Carl Lumbly

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1951-08-14

Place of Birth

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Carl Lumbly

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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Acting History

2025
The Life of Chuck as Sam Yarbrough
2025
Captain America: Brave New World as Isaiah Bradley
2023
Obliterated as James Langdon
2023
The Fall of the House of Usher as C. Auguste Dupin
2022
I'm Charlie Walker as Willie
2021
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)
2021
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as Isaiah Bradley
2020
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook as Self
2019
Doctor Sleep as Dick Halloran
2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool as Miles Davis (voice)
2018
God Friended Me as Alphonse
2018
Altered Carbon as Lukas Imani
2018
The Chi as Walter Dion Burkes
2017
S.W.A.T. as Saint
2017
A Cure for Wellness as Mr. Wilson
2016
This Is Us as Abe Clarke
2016
Bunnicula as Lead Prison Guard / Vampire Bat (voice)
2016
Love Twice as Rodrigo
2015
Supergirl as Myr'nn J'onzz
2015
Zoo as Delavenne
2015
Justice League: Gods and Monsters as Silas Stone (voice)
2015
UnREAL as Dr. Henry Carter
2015
Quitters as Dr. Weiss
2015
The Returned as Pastor Leon Wright
2012
Justice League: Doom as Martian Manhunter (voice)
2010
Young Justice as M'aatt M'orzz (voice)
2010
Black Panther as Uncle S'Yan
2010
Black Panther as Uncle S'Yan (voice)
2010
Nominated as Ray Cowan
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles as Charles Langston
2008
Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Tornado Champion / Tornado Tyrant (voice)
2008
The Alphabet Killer as Dr. Ellis Parks
2007
Chuck as Ty Bennett
2007
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation as Samuel Nujoma
2005
Grey's Anatomy as Kurt Walling
2004
Battlestar Galactica as Lt. Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice)
2004
Justice League Unlimited as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2004
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2003
Warming by the Devil's Fire as Narrator
2003
Cold Case as Cordell Baker (2008)
2003
NCIS as Beau Hindley
2003
Justice League: Paradise Lost as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property as Nat Turner - Gray
2003
Sounder as The Father
2002
Justice League: The Savage Time as Martian Manhunter
2002
Just a Dream as J.M. Hoagland
2001
Justice League as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2001
Justice League: Secret Origins as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2001
Alias as Marcus Dixon
2001
Night Visions as Dan (segment "A View Through the Window")
2001
Kate Brasher as Jackson Turner
2000
Justice League: The First Mission as Martian Manhunter
2000
Static Shock as Anansi (voice)
2000
Static Shock as Martian Manhunter (voice)
2000
Men of Honor as Mac Brashear
2000
Little Richard as Bud Penniman
2000
The Color of Friendship as Ron Dellums
1999
The West Wing as Jeff Breckenridge
1999
Family Law as Tom Calloway
1999
Border Line as Detective Mollo
1999
Family Guy as Loan Officer (voice)
1999
Batman Beyond as Stalker / Officer Williams (voice)
1999
Batman Beyond as Stalker (voice)
1998
The Wild Thornberrys as Tumbulu (voice)
1998
The Wild Thornberrys as Red Colobus Monkey (voice)
1998
Any Day Now
1998
How Stella Got Her Groove Back as Judge Spencer Boyle
1998
The Wedding as Lute McNeil
1998
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero as Additional Voices (voice)
1997
Buffalo Soldiers as John Horse
1997
EP Daily
1997
The Ditchdigger's Daughters as Donald Thornton
1996
EZ Streets
1996
Superman: The Animated Series as Mayor (voice)
1996
Superman: The Animated Series as Alterus (voice)
1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as Colonel William Marcus (voice)
1996
Nightjohn as Nightjohn
1996
America's Dream as Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
1994
Cagney & Lacey: The Return as Marcus Petrie
1994
Touched by an Angel as Willis Thompson
1994
ER as Graham Baker
1994
Chicago Hope as Michael Johnson
1994
M.A.N.T.I.S. as Dr. Miles Hawkins
1994
On Promised Land as Floyd Ween
1994
M.A.N.T.I.S. as Dr. Miles Hawkins
1994
Out of Darkness as Addison
1993
seaQuest DSV as Lamm
1993
The X-Files as Marcus Duff
1993
TriBeCa
1992
South Central as Ali
1992
Going to Extremes as Dr. Michael Norris
1992
Back to the Streets of San Francisco as Charlie Walker
1991
Eyes of a Witness as Mambulu
1991
Brother Future as Denmark Vessy
1991
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry as Self
1990
To Sleep with Anger as Junior
1990
Pacific Heights as Lieutenant Lou Baker
1990
Moe's World
1988
Everybody's All-American as Narvel Blue
1988
American Experience as Narrator (voice)
1987
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 as Bobby Seale
1987
The Bedroom Window as Quirke
1986
L.A. Law as Earl Williams
1985
The Gospel at Colonus as Theseus
1984
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as John Parker
1982
Cagney & Lacey as Mark Petrie
1981
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot as Mark Petrie
1981
Caveman as Bork
1981
Lifepod as Keshah
1979
Undercover with the KKK as Rev. Lowell
1979
Escape from Alcatraz as Inmate
1978
Taxi as Customer #2
1975
The Jeffersons
1971
Great Performances as Theseus