Carl Lumbly
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 14, 1951 (age 75)
- Birthplace
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Biography
Carl Winston Lumbly (born August 14, 1951) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as television's first black superhero in M.A.N.T.I.S., Dick Hallorann in Doctor Sleep, NYPD detective Marcus Petrie on the CBS police drama Cagney & Lacey, CIA agent Marcus Dixon on the ABC espionage drama series Alias, and as the voice of J'onn J'onnz / Martian Manhunter in the animated series Justice League, Static Shock, and Justice League Unlimited, all part of the DC Animated Universe. As a reference to his voice work as J'onn, Lumbly portrayed J'onn J'onnz's father, M'yrnn, on The CW's Arrowverse on Supergirl from 2017 until 2019. He also plays Isaiah Bradley, the first Black super-soldier, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and the film Captain America: Brave New World (2025). He was married to Vonetta McGee from 1987 until her death in 2010.
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Filmography
A Grim Life
Movie · as Henry
The Exorcist: Martyrs
Movie
LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Movie · as Greef Karga (voice)
The Life of Chuck
Movie · as Sam Yarbrough
Captain America: Brave New World
Movie · as Isaiah Bradley
The Fall of the House of Usher
TV · as C. Auguste Dupin · 8 eps
Obliterated
TV · as James Langdon · 6 eps
I'm Charlie Walker
Movie · as Willie
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Movie · as Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
TV · as Isaiah Bradley · 3 eps
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
Movie · as Self
Doctor Sleep
Movie · as Dick Halloran
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Movie · as Miles Davis (voice)
God Friended Me
TV · as Alphonse · 2 eps
Altered Carbon
TV · as Lukas Imani · 2 eps
The Chi
TV · as Walter Dion Burkes · 1 ep
A Cure for Wellness
Movie · as Mr. Wilson
S.W.A.T.
TV · as Saint · 3 eps
Love Twice
Movie · as Rodrigo
This Is Us
TV · as Abe Clarke · 2 eps
Bunnicula
TV · as Lead Prison Guard / Vampire Bat (voice) · 1 ep
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
Movie · as Silas Stone (voice)
Quitters
Movie · as Dr. Weiss
Zoo
TV · as Delavenne · 6 eps
UnREAL
TV · as Dr. Henry Carter · 1 ep
Supergirl
TV · as Myr'nn J'onzz · 15 eps
The Returned
TV · as Pastor Leon Wright · 5 eps
Justice League: Doom
Movie · as Martian Manhunter (voice)
Nominated
Movie · as Ray Cowan
Black Panther
Movie · as Uncle S'Yan
Young Justice
TV · as M'aatt M'orzz (voice) · 3 eps
Black Panther
TV · as Uncle S'Yan (voice) · 6 eps
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV · as Charles Langston · 4 eps
The Alphabet Killer
Movie · as Dr. Ellis Parks
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
TV · as Tornado Champion / Tornado Tyrant (voice) · 1 ep
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Movie · as Samuel Nujoma
Chuck
TV · as Ty Bennett · 1 ep
Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Kurt Walling · 1 ep
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
Movie · as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Movie · as Other Voices (voice)
Battlestar Galactica
TV · as Lt. Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek · 1 ep
Justice League Unlimited
TV · as J'onn J'onzz (voice) · 39 eps
Sounder
Movie · as The Father
Justice League: Paradise Lost
Movie · as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Movie · as Nat Turner - Gray
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Movie · as Narrator
Cold Case
TV · as Cordell Baker (2008) · 1 ep
NCIS
TV · as Beau Hindley · 1 ep
Just a Dream
Movie · as J.M. Hoagland
Justice League: Secret Origins
Movie · as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Justice League
TV · as J'onn J'onzz (voice) · 50 eps
Alias
TV · as Marcus Dixon · 105 eps
Night Visions
TV · as Dan (segment "A View Through the Window") · 1 ep
Kate Brasher
TV · as Jackson Turner · 7 eps
The Color of Friendship
Movie · as Ron Dellums
Little Richard
Movie · as Bud Penniman
Men of Honor
Movie · as Mac Brashear
Static Shock
TV · as Martian Manhunter (voice), Anansi (voice) · 2 eps
Border Line
Movie · as Detective Mollo
Batman Beyond
TV · as Stalker / Officer Williams (voice), Stalker (voice) · 1 ep
Family Law
TV · as Tom Calloway · 1 ep
The West Wing
TV · as Jeff Breckenridge · 1 ep
Family Guy
TV · as Loan Officer (voice) · 1 ep
The Wedding
Movie · as Lute McNeil
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Movie · as Judge Spencer Boyle
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Movie · as Additional Voices (voice)
Any Day Now
TV · 2 eps
The Wild Thornberrys
TV · as Tumbulu (voice), Red Colobus Monkey (voice) · 1 ep
Buffalo Soldiers
Movie · as John Horse
The Ditchdigger's Daughters
Movie · as Donald Thornton
EP Daily
TV · 1 ep
America's Dream
Movie · as Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
Nightjohn
Movie · as Nightjohn
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
TV · as Colonel William Marcus (voice) · 1 ep
Superman: The Animated Series
TV · as Alterus (voice), Mayor (voice) · 1 ep
EZ Streets
TV · 8 eps
Out of Darkness
Movie · as Addison
On Promised Land
Movie · as Floyd Ween
M.A.N.T.I.S.
Movie · as Dr. Miles Hawkins
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Movie · as Marcus Petrie
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Willis Thompson · 1 ep
Chicago Hope
TV · as Michael Johnson · 1 ep
ER
TV · as Graham Baker · 2 eps
M.A.N.T.I.S.
TV · as Dr. Miles Hawkins · 22 eps
seaQuest DSV
TV · as Lamm · 1 ep
The X-Files
TV · as Marcus Duff · 1 ep
TriBeCa
TV · 7 eps
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
Movie · as Charlie Walker
South Central
Movie · as Ali
Going to Extremes
TV · as Dr. Michael Norris · 17 eps
Brother Future
Movie · as Denmark Vessy
Eyes of a Witness
Movie · as Mambulu
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Movie · as Self
Pacific Heights
Movie · as Lieutenant Lou Baker
Moe's World
Movie
To Sleep with Anger
Movie · as Junior
Everybody's All-American
Movie · as Narvel Blue
Judgment in Berlin
Movie · as Edwin Palmer
American Experience
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
The Bedroom Window
Movie · as Quirke
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
Movie · as Bobby Seale
L.A. Law
TV · as Earl Williams · 6 eps
The Gospel at Colonus
Movie · as Theseus
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Movie · as John Parker
Cagney & Lacey
TV · as Mark Petrie · 106 eps
Caveman
Movie · as Bork
Lifepod
Movie · as Keshah
Undercover with the KKK
Movie · as Rev. Lowell
Escape from Alcatraz
Movie · as Inmate
B. J. and the Bear
TV · as Telephone Rep. · 1 ep
Taxi
TV · as Customer #2 · 1 ep
The Jeffersons
TV · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as Theseus · 1 ep