Carl Lumbly
Born: 1951-08-14 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Captain America: Brave New World as Isaiah Bradley
- The Life of Chuck as Sam Yarbrough
2023
- Obliterated as James Langdon
- The Fall of the House of Usher as C. Auguste Dupin
2022
- I'm Charlie Walker as Willie
2021
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as Isaiah Bradley
- Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)
2020
2019
- Doctor Sleep as Dick Halloran
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool as Miles Davis (voice)
2018
- The Chi as Walter Dion Burkes
- Altered Carbon as Lukas Imani
- God Friended Me as Alphonse
2017
- S.W.A.T. as Saint
- A Cure for Wellness as Mr. Wilson
2016
- This Is Us as Abe Clarke
- Bunnicula as Lead Prison Guard / Vampire Bat (voice)
- Love Twice as Rodrigo
2015
- Supergirl as Myr'nn J'onzz
- Zoo as Delavenne
- UnREAL as Dr. Henry Carter
- The Returned as Pastor Leon Wright
- Justice League: Gods and Monsters as Silas Stone (voice)
- Quitters as Dr. Weiss
2012
- Justice League: Doom as Martian Manhunter (voice)
2010
- Young Justice as M'aatt M'orzz (voice)
- Black Panther as Uncle S'Yan (voice)
- Black Panther as Uncle S'Yan
- Nominated as Ray Cowan
2009
- NCIS: Los Angeles as Charles Langston
2008
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Tornado Champion / Tornado Tyrant (voice)
- The Alphabet Killer as Dr. Ellis Parks
2007
- Chuck as Ty Bennett
- Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation as Samuel Nujoma
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Kurt Walling
2004
- Battlestar Galactica as Lt. Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek
- Justice League Unlimited as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice)
- Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2003
- NCIS as Beau Hindley
- Cold Case as Cordell Baker (2008)
- Sounder as The Father
- Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property as Nat Turner - Gray
- Justice League: Paradise Lost as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
- Warming by the Devil's Fire as Narrator
2002
- Just a Dream as J.M. Hoagland
2001
- Justice League as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
- Alias as Marcus Dixon
- Night Visions as Dan (segment "A View Through the Window")
- Kate Brasher as Jackson Turner
- Justice League: Secret Origins as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2000
- Static Shock as Martian Manhunter (voice)
- Men of Honor as Mac Brashear
- The Color of Friendship as Ron Dellums
- Little Richard as Bud Penniman
- Justice League: The First Mission as Martian Manhunter
1999
- Family Guy as Loan Officer (voice)
- The West Wing as Jeff Breckenridge
- Batman Beyond as Stalker / Officer Williams (voice)
- Family Law as Tom Calloway
- Border Line as Detective Mollo
1998
- The Wild Thornberrys as Tumbulu (voice)
- Any Day Now
- Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero as Additional Voices (voice)
- How Stella Got Her Groove Back as Judge Spencer Boyle
- The Wedding as Lute McNeil
1997
- The Ditchdigger's Daughters as Donald Thornton
- Buffalo Soldiers as John Horse
- EP Daily
1996
- Superman: The Animated Series as Alterus (voice)
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as Colonel William Marcus (voice)
- EZ Streets
- Nightjohn as Nightjohn
- America's Dream as Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
1994
- ER as Graham Baker
- Chicago Hope as Michael Johnson
- Touched by an Angel as Willis Thompson
- M.A.N.T.I.S. as Dr. Miles Hawkins
- M.A.N.T.I.S. as Dr. Miles Hawkins
- Out of Darkness as Addison
- Cagney & Lacey: The Return as Marcus Petrie
- On Promised Land as Floyd Ween
1993
- The X-Files as Marcus Duff
- seaQuest DSV as Lamm
- TriBeCa
1992
- Going to Extremes as Dr. Michael Norris
- South Central as Ali
- Back to the Streets of San Francisco as Charlie Walker
1991
- The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry as Self
- Eyes of a Witness as Mambulu
- Brother Future as Denmark Vessy
1990
- Pacific Heights as Lieutenant Lou Baker
- To Sleep with Anger as Junior
- Moe's World
1988
- American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- Everybody's All-American as Narvel Blue
- Judgment in Berlin as Edwin Palmer
1987
- The Bedroom Window as Quirke
- Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 as Bobby Seale
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
- Caveman as Bork
- Lifepod as Keshah
- Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot as Mark Petrie
1979
- Escape from Alcatraz as Inmate
- Undercover with the KKK as Rev. Lowell
1978
- Taxi as Customer #2
1975
1971
- Great Performances as Theseus