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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 14, 1951
Place of Birth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Carl Lumbly
2.1 Popularity
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
7.4
Sam Yarbrough
The Life of Chuck
2025
6.1
Isaiah Bradley
Captain America: Brave New World
2025
7.0
James Langdon
Obliterated
2023
7.6
C. Auguste Dupin
The Fall of the House of Usher
2023
4.8
Willie
I'm Charlie Walker
2022
7.0
Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021
7.6
Isaiah Bradley
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
2021
0.0
Self
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
2020
7.1
Dick Halloran
Doctor Sleep
2019
7.2
Miles Davis (voice)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
Credits
The Life of Chuck
as Sam Yarbrough
2025
7.4
Captain America: Brave New World
as Isaiah Bradley
2025
6.1
Obliterated
as James Langdon
2023
7.0
The Fall of the House of Usher
as C. Auguste Dupin
2023
7.6
I'm Charlie Walker
as Willie
2022
4.8
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)
2021
7.0
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
as Isaiah Bradley
2021
7.6
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
as Self
2020
0.0
Doctor Sleep
as Dick Halloran
2019
7.1
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Miles Davis (voice)
2019
7.2
God Friended Me
as Alphonse
2018
7.8
Altered Carbon
as Lukas Imani
2018
7.7
The Chi
as Walter Dion Burkes
2018
7.9
S.W.A.T.
as Saint
2017
8.1
A Cure for Wellness
as Mr. Wilson
2017
6.3
This Is Us
as Abe Clarke
2016
8.2
Bunnicula
as Lead Prison Guard / Vampire Bat (voice)
2016
6.0
Love Twice
as Rodrigo
2016
5.0
Supergirl
as Myr'nn J'onzz
2015
7.3
Zoo
as Delavenne
2015
6.7
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
as Silas Stone (voice)
2015
7.1
UnREAL
as Dr. Henry Carter
2015
6.7
Quitters
as Dr. Weiss
2015
4.6
The Returned
as Pastor Leon Wright
2015
6.7
Justice League: Doom
as Martian Manhunter (voice)
2012
7.4
Young Justice
as M'aatt M'orzz (voice)
2010
8.4
Black Panther
as Uncle S'Yan
2010
6.1
Black Panther
as Uncle S'Yan (voice)
2010
6.9
Nominated
as Ray Cowan
2010
0.0
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Charles Langston
2009
7.5
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
as Tornado Champion / Tornado Tyrant (voice)
2008
7.6
The Alphabet Killer
as Dr. Ellis Parks
2008
5.1
Chuck
as Ty Bennett
2007
7.7
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
as Samuel Nujoma
2007
5.9
Grey's Anatomy
as Kurt Walling
2005
8.2
Battlestar Galactica
as Lt. Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek
2004
8.2
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
2004
7.1
Justice League Unlimited
as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2004
8.3
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2004
8.1
Warming by the Devil's Fire
as Narrator
2003
6.9
Cold Case
as Cordell Baker (2008)
2003
7.8
NCIS
as Beau Hindley
2003
7.6
Justice League: Paradise Lost
as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
2003
7.9
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
as Nat Turner - Gray
2003
6.1
Sounder
as The Father
2003
7.0
Justice League: The Savage Time
as Martian Manhunter
2002
7.0
Just a Dream
as J.M. Hoagland
2002
4.8
Justice League
as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2001
8.1
Justice League: Secret Origins
as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2001
7.8
Alias
as Marcus Dixon
2001
6.8
Night Visions
as Dan (segment "A View Through the Window")
2001
7.2
Kate Brasher
as Jackson Turner
2001
0.0
Justice League: The First Mission
as Martian Manhunter
2000
8.0
Static Shock
as Martian Manhunter (voice)
2000
8.0
Static Shock
as Anansi (voice)
2000
8.0
Men of Honor
as Mac Brashear
2000
7.5
Little Richard
as Bud Penniman
2000
6.4
The Color of Friendship
as Ron Dellums
2000
6.9
The West Wing
as Jeff Breckenridge
1999
8.3
Family Law
as Tom Calloway
1999
8.2
Border Line
as Detective Mollo
1999
4.0
Family Guy
as Loan Officer (voice)
1999
7.4
Batman Beyond
as Stalker / Officer Williams (voice)
1999
8.1
Batman Beyond
as Stalker (voice)
1999
8.1
The Wild Thornberrys
as Tumbulu (voice)
1998
6.9
The Wild Thornberrys
as Red Colobus Monkey (voice)
1998
6.9
Any Day Now
1998
7.4
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Judge Spencer Boyle
1998
5.8
The Wedding
as Lute McNeil
1998
8.3
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
as Additional Voices (voice)
1998
6.9
Buffalo Soldiers
as John Horse
1997
5.2
EP Daily
1997
10.0
The Ditchdigger's Daughters
as Donald Thornton
1997
10.0
EZ Streets
1996
6.4
Superman: The Animated Series
as Alterus (voice)
1996
7.6
Superman: The Animated Series
as Mayor (voice)
1996
7.6
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
as Colonel William Marcus (voice)
1996
7.2
Nightjohn
as Nightjohn
1996
5.6
America's Dream
as Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
1996
6.5
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as Marcus Petrie
1994
6.6
Touched by an Angel
as Willis Thompson
1994
7.2
ER
as Graham Baker
1994
7.8
Chicago Hope
1994
7.2
M.A.N.T.I.S.
as Dr. Miles Hawkins
1994
5.0
On Promised Land
as Floyd Ween
1994
6.0
M.A.N.T.I.S.
as Dr. Miles Hawkins
1994
4.5
Out of Darkness
as Addison
1994
8.3
seaQuest DSV
as Lamm
1993
7.0
The X-Files
as Marcus Duff
1993
8.4
🎬
TriBeCa
1993
6.0
South Central
as Ali
1992
6.7
🎬
Going to Extremes
1992
4.7
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
as Charlie Walker
1992
5.5
🎬
Eyes of a Witness
as Mambulu
1991
0.0
Brother Future
as Denmark Vessy
1991
6.0
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
as Self
1991
4.3
To Sleep with Anger
as Junior
1990
6.7
Pacific Heights
as Lieutenant Lou Baker
1990
6.3
Moe's World
1990
0.0
Everybody's All-American
as Narvel Blue
1988
5.4
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
1988
7.4
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
as Bobby Seale
1987
6.5
The Bedroom Window
as Quirke
1987
6.3
L.A. Law
as Earl Williams
1986
7.1
The Gospel at Colonus
as Theseus
1985
0.0
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
as John Parker
1984
6.0
Cagney & Lacey
as Mark Petrie
1982
6.9
Caveman
as Bork
1981
6.5
Lifepod
as Keshah
1981
5.4
Undercover with the KKK
as Rev. Lowell
1979
3.3
Escape from Alcatraz
as Inmate
1979
7.5
Taxi
as Customer #2
1978
7.2
The Jeffersons
1975
7.3
Great Performances
as Theseus
1971
5.3