Carl Lumbly
1.3Acting

Carl Lumbly

Aug 14, 1951 - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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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Media
Movie1990Pacific HeightsLieutenant Lou Baker
Movie1984The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th DimensionJohn Parker
Movie1988Everybody's All-AmericanNarvel Blue
Movie2021Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day SpecialIsaiah Bradley (archive footage)
Movie1987The Bedroom WindowQuirke
Movie2015Justice League: Gods and MonstersSilas Stone (voice)
Movie1981CavemanBork
Movie2007Namibia: The Struggle for LiberationSamuel Nujoma
Movie2012Justice League: DoomMartian Manhunter (voice)
Movie1990Moe's World
Movie2002Just a DreamJ.M. Hoagland
Movie2003SounderThe Father
Movie2022I'm Charlie WalkerWillie
Movie1997Buffalo SoldiersJohn Horse
Movie1991Brother FutureDenmark Vessy
Movie1987Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8Bobby Seale
Movie1990To Sleep with AngerJunior
Movie1997The Ditchdigger's DaughtersDonald Thornton
Movie2025The Life of ChuckSam Yarbrough
Movie2004Justice League: Starcrossed - The MovieJ'onn J'onzz (voice)
Movie1998The WeddingLute McNeil
Movie2000The Color of FriendshipRon Dellums
Movie2025Captain America: Brave New WorldIsaiah Bradley
Movie1998How Stella Got Her Groove BackJudge Spencer Boyle
Movie2010NominatedRay Cowan
Movie2001Justice League: Secret OriginsJ'onn J'onzz (voice)
Movie1979Undercover with the KKKRev. Lowell
Movie2003Justice League: Paradise LostJ'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
Movie2016Love TwiceRodrigo
Movie2017A Cure for WellnessMr. Wilson
Movie1979Escape from AlcatrazInmate
Movie1996America's DreamCal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
Movie1985The Gospel at ColonusTheseus
Movie1994Out of DarknessAddison
Movie1991Eyes of a WitnessMambulu
Movie1981LifepodKeshah
Movie1992Back to the Streets of San FranciscoCharlie Walker
Movie2003Nat Turner: A Troublesome PropertyNat Turner - Gray
Movie1991The Massachusetts 54th Colored InfantrySelf
Movie1996NightjohnNightjohn
Movie2000Little RichardBud Penniman
Movie2010Black PantherUncle S'Yan
Movie1999Border LineDetective Mollo
Movie1994On Promised LandFloyd Ween
Movie2003Warming by the Devil's FireNarrator
Movie2019Doctor SleepDick Halloran
Movie2000Men of HonorMac Brashear
Movie2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice)
Movie2019Miles Davis: Birth of the CoolMiles Davis (voice)
Movie1992South CentralAli
Movie2015QuittersDr. Weiss
Movie1994M.A.N.T.I.S.Dr. Miles Hawkins
Movie2008The Alphabet KillerDr. Ellis Parks
Movie1994Cagney & Lacey: The ReturnMarcus Petrie
Movie1998Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZeroAdditional Voices (voice)
Movie2000Justice League: The First MissionMartian Manhunter
Movie2020Doctor Sleep: Return To The OverlookSelf
Movie2002Justice League: The Savage TimeMartian Manhunter
TV Show1999Batman BeyondStalker / Officer Williams (voice)1
TV Show2007ChuckTy Bennett1
TV Show1997EP Daily1
TV Show1986L.A. LawEarl Williams6
TV Show1996The Real Adventures of Jonny QuestColonel William Marcus (voice)1
TV Show2001Justice LeagueJ'onn J'onzz (voice)50
TV Show2001AliasMarcus Dixon105
TV Show1994Touched by an AngelWillis Thompson1
TV Show1993seaQuest DSVLamm1
TV Show2003Cold CaseCordell Baker (2008)1
TV Show1975The Jeffersons1
TV Show2004Battlestar GalacticaLt. Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek1
TV Show1998Any Day Now2
TV Show1993The X-FilesMarcus Duff1
TV Show1982Cagney & LaceyMark Petrie106
TV Show2001Night VisionsDan (segment "A View Through the Window")1
TV Show1994Chicago Hope1
TV Show1994ERGraham Baker2
TV Show1999Family LawTom Calloway1
TV Show1994M.A.N.T.I.S.Dr. Miles Hawkins22
TV Show1993TriBeCa7
TV Show2001Kate BrasherJackson Turner7
TV Show1992Going to Extremes17
TV Show2015ZooDelavenne6
TV Show1996Superman: The Animated SeriesMayor (voice)1
TV Show1996Superman: The Animated SeriesAlterus (voice)1
TV Show2000Static ShockAnansi (voice)2
TV Show2000Static ShockMartian Manhunter (voice)2
TV Show1998The Wild ThornberrysTumbulu (voice)1
TV Show1998The Wild ThornberrysRed Colobus Monkey (voice)1
TV Show1999The West WingJeff Breckenridge1
TV Show1999Batman BeyondStalker (voice)1
TV Show2005Grey's AnatomyKurt Walling1
TV Show2010Young JusticeM'aatt M'orzz (voice)3
TV Show1978TaxiCustomer #21
TV Show2015UnREALDr. Henry Carter1
TV Show2010Black PantherUncle S'Yan (voice)6
TV Show1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice)1
TV Show2015SupergirlMyr'nn J'onzz15
TV Show2023The Fall of the House of UsherC. Auguste Dupin8
TV Show2009NCIS: Los AngelesCharles Langston4
TV Show2023ObliteratedJames Langdon6
TV Show2017S.W.A.T.Saint3
TV Show2015The ReturnedPastor Leon Wright5
TV Show2016This Is UsAbe Clarke2
TV Show2016BunniculaLead Prison Guard / Vampire Bat (voice)1
TV Show2003NCISBeau Hindley1
TV Show2004Justice League UnlimitedJ'onn J'onzz (voice)39
TV Show2018God Friended MeAlphonse2
TV Show1999Family GuyLoan Officer (voice)1
TV Show1996EZ Streets8
TV Show2018Altered CarbonLukas Imani2
TV Show1971Great PerformancesTheseus1
TV Show2021The Falcon and the Winter SoldierIsaiah Bradley3
TV Show2008Batman: The Brave and the BoldTornado Champion / Tornado Tyrant (voice)1
TV Show2018The ChiWalter Dion Burkes1

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