Directed by Alex Garcia Lopez   Written by Archie Goodwin   George Tuska   Roy Thomas   John Romita Sr.   Cheo Hodari Coker   Matt Owens   Matthew Lopes   Cast Mike Colter ... Luke Cage Simone Missick ... Misty Knight Theo Rossi ... Hernan 'Shades' Alvarez Gabrielle Dennis ... Tilda Johnson Mustafa Shakir ... John 'Bushmaster' McIver Stephen Rider ... Blake Tower Alfre Woodard ... Mariah Dillard Kevin Mambo ... Sheldon Karen Pittman ... Deputy Chief Priscilla Ridley Danny Johnson ... Benjamin Donovan John Clarence Stewart ... Alex Wesley Heather Simms ... Auntie Ingrid (as Heather Alicia Simms) Justin Swain ... Detective Mark Bailey Annabella Sciorra ... Rosalie Carbone Sean Ringgold ... Sugar Jeremiah Craft ... D.W. Griffith (as Jeremiah Richard Craft) Tijuana Ricks ... Thembi Wallace Delissa Reynolds ... Kalinda Porter Joy Lynn Jacobs ... Judge Amanda Garmon Sedly Bloomfield ... Joel Spurlock Marcus Choi ... Eric Hong Louie Gasparro ... Anibal Izqueda Kymbali Craig ... Jamaican Woman Cheryl Lewis ... Black Female Inmate Joanna Shelmidine ... Older Italian Female Harold Surratt ... Robert Ivan Moore ... Joe Thomas Silcott ... Larry Twinkle Burke ... Mother Tim Moriarty ... A.U.S.A. Colin Dunbar Cris Tucci ... Italian Goon Jamar Greene ... Goon One Truck Hudson ... Goon Three Jelani Cobb ... Jelani Cobb Rakim ... Rakim Adrian Younge ... Adrian Younge Ali Shaheed Muhammad ... Ali Shaheed Muhammad Uncredited Cast Akana ... VIP Clubgoer Dionne Audain ... Minion #2 Assibey Blake ... Harlem Park Drug Dealer Michael Carey ... Carbone's Bodyguard Reg E. Cathey ... James Lucas (voice) Jefferson Cox ... Mob Jordyn Crawford ... Security Guard Kurt DeVille ... Goon Two Vic Estrella ... Upscale Club Goer Matthias Sebastiun Garry ... Club Goer Floyd Anthony Johns Jr. ... Harlem Thug #2 Madison Manzueta ... Upscale Party Goer Amanda Micsak ... Clubgoer Smokey Sims ... Bar Patron Trevor J Swan ... Thug Produced by Gail Barringer   Jim Chory   Cheo Hodari Coker   Akela Cooper   Aïda Mashaka Croal   Alan Fine   Nathan Louis Jackson   Stan Lee   Tom Lieber   Jeph Loeb   Nicole Mirante-Matthews   Joe Quesada   Holly S. Rymon   Lori Slomka   Ian Stokes   Michael Tuths   Karim Zreik   Original Music by Ali Shaheed Muhammad   Adrian Younge

Additional Info Premiere: June 22, 2018 Country: Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Websites: Production Companies ABC Television Studio Disney-ABC Domestic Television Marvel Entertainment Marvel Television Netflix The Walt Disney Company Walt Disney Television Distributors Disney+   (2022) (United States) (VOD) (video) Disney+   (2022) (World-wide) (VOD) (video) Netflix   (2015) (United States) Filming Locations World of McIntosh Townhouse, 214 Lafayette Street, New York City, New York, USA   (Rosalie Carbone's house) Rating Stats Overall Rating -- / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #1,332 / 20,920 Site Ranking