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‘Luke Cage’ Main Characters: Everything You Need to Know (Photos)

‘Luke Cage’ Main Characters: Everything You Need to Know (Photos)

‘Luke Cage’ Main Characters: Everything You Need to Know (Photos)

Luke Cage (Mike Colter)

Cage was blessed with unbreakable skin and super strength due to a prison experiment that went awry. As the show begins, he is hiding out in Harlem after the events of “Jessica Jones.” He tries to keep a low profile, but cannot sit idly by as the community is torn apart by crime

Cornell “Cottonmouth” Stokes (Mahershala Ali)

The show’s main villain, Cornell (don’t call him Cottonmouth) runs most of the rackets in Harlem out of his nightclub, Harlem’s Paradise. But his operation starts to unravel when a gun deal goes south and Luke Cage starts to investigate him

Det. Misty Knight (Simone Missick)

Knight is a no-nonsense cop who grew up in the streets of Harlem. She starts investigating when reports of a man with super strength begin surfacing, putting her on a collision course with Cage

Pop (Frankie Faison)

Pop runs a Harlem barber shop where Cage works off the books. The two are close friends, with Pop encouraging Cage to use his abilities for good instead of hiding out

Shades Alvarez (Theo Rossi)

Shades is a “criminal consultant” in the employ of the mysterious arch-criminal Diamondback. He is sent to help Cottonmouth when his control over Harlem starts to wain

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