Luke Cage — Marvel's Luke Cage Character Profile

About Luke Cage

Invulnerable Harlem hero, seeks justice and protects his community.

Luke Cage — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Enhanced_human

Abilities

Unbreakable skin, Superhuman strength, Martial arts, Community leadership, Durability

• Strength: 9/10
• Intelligence: 6/10
• Charisma: 7/10
• Morality: 8/10
• Influence: 7/10

Affiliations

• The Fantastic Four
• Avengers
• Heroes for Hire
• Defenders
• The New Avengers
• Thunderbolts
• Earth-616

Quick Facts about Luke Cage

Full Name

Carl Lucas}}

Occupation

mercenary, superhero, bodyguard

Luke Cage's Known Relations

• Danielle Cage — Child
• Jessica Jones — Spouse
• She-Hulk — Unmarried partner
• The Fantastic Four — Member of
• Avengers — Member of
• Heroes for Hire — Member of
• Defenders — Member of
• The New Avengers — Member of
• Thunderbolts — Member of
• Chemistro — Enemy
• Cottonmouth — Enemy
• Man Mountain Marko — Enemy
• Cottonmouth — Enemy
• Diamondback — Enemy

Luke Cage appears in 3 titles

• Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015) — character page
• Marvel's Luke Cage (2016)
• Marvel's The Defenders (2017) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Mike Colter

Appears in

Marvel's Luke Cage (2016)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Luke Cage — Romantic Partner — Misty Knight (Simone Missick)

  Develops from professional relationship to romantic partners

• Luke Cage — Conflict Antagonist — Mariah Dillard (Alfre Woodard)

  Initially professional, becomes adversarial as Luke opposes her criminal activities

• Luke Cage — Conflict Enemy — John 'Bushmaster' McIver (Mustafa Shakir)

  Bushmaster has personal vendetta against Luke

• Luke Cage — Narrative — Tilda Johnson (Gabrielle Dennis)

  Tilda is a key character in the story, often involved in Luke's journey.

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More characters from Marvel's Luke Cage

• Mariah Dillard (Alfre Woodard)
• Misty Knight (Simone Missick)
• Hernan ‘Shades’ Alvarez (Theo Rossi)
• John 'Bushmaster' McIver (Mustafa Shakir)
• Claire Temple (Rosario Dawson)
• Tilda Johnson (Gabrielle Dennis)
• Cottonmouth (Mahershala Ali)
• Inspector Priscilla Ridley (Karen Pittman)
• Ben Donovan (Danny Johnson)
• Sheldon Shaw (Kevin Mambo)
• Candace (Deborah Ayorinde)
• Detective Mark Bailey (Justin Swain)