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









