Carl Lumbly
- Acting
- August 14, 1951 · 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 · Greef Karga (Voice)
- The Life of Chuck · Sam Yarbrough
- Captain America: Brave New World · Isaiah Bradley
- Obliterated · James Langdon
- The Fall of the House of Usher · C. Auguste Dupin
- I'm Charlie Walker · Willie
- Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special · Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier · Isaiah Bradley
- Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook · Self
- Doctor Sleep · Dick Halloran
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool · Miles Davis (Voice)
- God Friended Me · Alphonse
- Altered Carbon · Lukas Imani
- The Chi · Walter Dion Burkes
- S.W.A.T. · Saint
- A Cure for Wellness · Mr. Wilson
- This Is Us · Abe Clarke
- Bunnicula · Lead Prison Guard / Vampire Bat (Voice)
- Love Twice · Rodrigo
- Supergirl · Myr'nn J'onzz
- Zoo · Delavenne
- Justice League: Gods and Monsters · Silas Stone (Voice)
- UnREAL · Dr. Henry Carter
- Quitters · Dr. Weiss
- The Returned · Pastor Leon Wright
- Justice League: Doom · Martian Manhunter (Voice)
- Young Justice · M'aatt M'orzz (Voice)
- Black Panther · Uncle S'Yan
- Black Panther · Uncle S'Yan (Voice)
- Nominated · Ray Cowan
- NCIS: Los Angeles · Charles Langston
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold · Tornado Champion / Tornado Tyrant (Voice)
- The Alphabet Killer · Dr. Ellis Parks
- Chuck · Ty Bennett
- Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation · Samuel Nujoma
- Grey's Anatomy · Kurt Walling
- Battlestar Galactica · Lt. Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson · Other Voices (Voice)
- Justice League Unlimited · J'onn J'onzz (Voice)
- Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie · J'onn J'onzz (Voice)
- Warming by the Devil's Fire · Narrator
- Cold Case · Cordell Baker (2008)
- NCIS · Beau Hindley
- Justice League: Paradise Lost · J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (Voice)
- Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property · Nat Turner - Gray
- Sounder · The Father
- Just a Dream · J.M. Hoagland
- Justice League: Secret Origins · J'onn J'onzz (Voice)
- Justice League · J'onn J'onzz (Voice)
- Alias · Marcus Dixon
- Night Visions · Dan (segment "A View Through the Window")
- Kate Brasher · Jackson Turner
- Static Shock · Martian Manhunter (Voice), Anansi (Voice)
- Men of Honor · Mac Brashear
- Little Richard · Bud Penniman
- The Color of Friendship · Ron Dellums
- The West Wing · Jeff Breckenridge
- Family Law · Tom Calloway
- Border Line · Detective Mollo
- Family Guy · Loan Officer (Voice)
- Batman Beyond · Stalker / Officer Williams (Voice), Stalker (Voice)
- The Wild Thornberrys · Tumbulu (Voice), Red Colobus Monkey (Voice)
- Any Day Now
- How Stella Got Her Groove Back · Judge Spencer Boyle
- The Wedding · Lute McNeil
- Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero · Additional Voices (Voice)
- Buffalo Soldiers · John Horse
- EP Daily
- The Ditchdigger's Daughters · Donald Thornton
- EZ Streets
- Superman: The Animated Series · Alterus (Voice), Mayor (Voice)
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest · Colonel William Marcus (Voice)
- Nightjohn · Nightjohn
- America's Dream · Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
- Cagney & Lacey: The Return · Marcus Petrie
- Touched by an Angel · Willis Thompson
- ER · Graham Baker
- Chicago Hope · Michael Johnson
- M.A.N.T.I.S. · Dr. Miles Hawkins