Carl Lumbly
Acting
- Born:
- 1951-08-14
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
The Exorcist: Martyrs
LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian
The Life of Chuck
Captain America: Brave New World
Obliterated
The Fall of the House of Usher
I'm Charlie Walker
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
Doctor Sleep
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
God Friended Me
Altered Carbon
The Chi
S.W.A.T.
A Cure for Wellness
This Is Us
Bunnicula
Love Twice
Supergirl
Zoo
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
UnREAL
Quitters
The Returned
Justice League: Doom
Young Justice
Black Panther
Black Panther
Nominated
NCIS: Los Angeles
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
The Alphabet Killer
Chuck
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Grey's Anatomy
Battlestar Galactica
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Justice League Unlimited
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Cold Case
NCIS
Justice League: Paradise Lost
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Sounder
Just a Dream
Justice League: Secret Origins
Justice League
Alias
Night Visions
Kate Brasher
Static Shock
Men of Honor
Little Richard
The Color of Friendship
The West Wing
Family Law
Border Line
Family Guy
Batman Beyond
The Wild Thornberrys
Any Day Now
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
The Wedding
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Buffalo Soldiers
EP Daily
The Ditchdigger's Daughters
EZ Streets
Superman: The Animated Series
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Nightjohn
America's Dream
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Touched by an Angel
ER
Chicago Hope
M.A.N.T.I.S.
On Promised Land
M.A.N.T.I.S.
Out of Darkness
seaQuest DSV
The X-Files
TriBeCa
South Central
Going to Extremes
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
Eyes of a Witness
Brother Future
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
To Sleep with Anger
Pacific Heights
Moe's World
Everybody's All-American
American Experience
Judgment in Berlin
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
The Bedroom Window
L.A. Law
The Gospel at Colonus
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Cagney & Lacey
Caveman
Lifepod
Undercover with the KKK
Escape from Alcatraz
B. J. and the Bear
Taxi
The Jeffersons
Great Performances