"Hero is your word, not mine."

2016- 2018

2 Seasons

26 Episodes

6.9(1882 votes)

Canceled

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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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Cast & Crew

5 members

Acting

Mike Colter

Luke Cage

Acting

Alfre Woodard

Mariah Dillard

Acting

Simone Missick

Misty Knight

Acting

Theo Rossi

Hernan ‘Shades’ Alvarez

Acting

Mustafa Shakir

John 'Bushmaster' McIver

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