"Hero is your word, not mine."

2016- 2018

2 Seasons

26 Episodes

6.9(2075 votes)

Canceled

Drama

Action & Adventure

Crime

Overview

Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.

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Episodes

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The people behind it

Cast & crew

6 featured cast members

Starring

Mike Colter

Luke Cage

Alfre Woodard

Mariah Dillard

Simone Missick

Misty Knight

Theo Rossi

Hernan ‘Shades’ Alvarez

Mustafa Shakir

John 'Bushmaster' McIver

Gabrielle Dennis

Tilda Johnson

Creative team

Created by: Cheo Hodari Coker
Showrunner: Cheo Hodari Coker
Jim Chory

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