Carl Lumbly
Acting
1951-08-14 · 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.
Filmography
The Exorcist: Martyrs
2027 · Movie
The Life of Chuck
2025 · Movie
Captain America: Brave New World
2025 · Movie
Obliterated
2023 · Series
The Fall of the House of Usher
2023 · Series
I'm Charlie Walker
2022 · Movie
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021 · Movie
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
2021 · Series
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
2020 · Movie
Doctor Sleep
2019 · Movie
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019 · Movie
God Friended Me
2018 · Series
Altered Carbon
2018 · Series
The Chi
2018 · Series
S.W.A.T.
2017 · Series
A Cure for Wellness
2017 · Movie
This Is Us
2016 · Series
Bunnicula
2016 · Series
Love Twice
2016 · Movie
Supergirl
2015 · Series
Zoo
2015 · Series
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
2015 · Movie
UnREAL
2015 · Series
Quitters
2015 · Movie
The Returned
2015 · Series
Justice League: Doom
2012 · Movie
Young Justice
2010 · Series
Black Panther
2010 · Movie
Black Panther
2010 · Series
Nominated
2010 · Movie
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009 · Series
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008 · Series
The Alphabet Killer
2008 · Movie
Chuck
2007 · Series
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007 · Movie
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Series
Battlestar Galactica
2004 · Series
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004 · Movie
Justice League Unlimited
2004 · Series
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
2004 · Movie
Warming by the Devil's Fire
2003 · Movie
Cold Case
2003 · Series
NCIS
2003 · Series
Justice League: Paradise Lost
2003 · Movie
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003 · Movie
Sounder
2003 · Movie
Just a Dream
2002 · Movie
Justice League
2001 · Series
Justice League: Secret Origins
2001 · Movie
Alias
2001 · Series
Night Visions
2001 · Series
Kate Brasher
2001 · Series
Static Shock
2000 · Series
Men of Honor
2000 · Movie
Little Richard
2000 · Movie
The Color of Friendship
2000 · Movie
The West Wing
1999 · Series
Family Law
1999 · Series
Border Line
1999 · Movie
Family Guy
1999 · Series
Batman Beyond
1999 · Series
The Wild Thornberrys
1998 · Series
Any Day Now
1998 · Series
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998 · Movie
The Wedding
1998 · Movie
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
1998 · Movie
Buffalo Soldiers
1997 · Movie
EP Daily
1997 · Series
The Ditchdigger's Daughters
1997 · Movie
EZ Streets
1996 · Series
Superman: The Animated Series
1996 · Series
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996 · Series
Nightjohn
1996 · Movie
America's Dream
1996 · Movie
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994 · Movie
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Series
ER
1994 · Series
Chicago Hope
1994 · Series
M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994 · Series
On Promised Land
1994 · Movie
M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994 · Movie
Out of Darkness
1994 · Movie
seaQuest DSV
1993 · Series
The X-Files
1993 · Series
TriBeCa
1993 · Series
South Central
1992 · Movie
Going to Extremes
1992 · Series
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
1992 · Movie
Eyes of a Witness
1991 · Movie
Brother Future
1991 · Movie
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
1991 · Movie
To Sleep with Anger
1990 · Movie
Pacific Heights
1990 · Movie
Moe's World
1990 · Movie
Everybody's All-American
1988 · Movie
American Experience
1988 · Series
Judgment in Berlin
1988 · Movie
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
1987 · Movie
The Bedroom Window
1987 · Movie
L.A. Law
1986 · Series
The Gospel at Colonus
1985 · Movie
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984 · Movie
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · Series
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
1981 · Movie
Caveman
1981 · Movie
Lifepod
1981 · Movie
Undercover with the KKK
1979 · Movie
Escape from Alcatraz
1979 · Movie
Taxi
1978 · Series
The Jeffersons
1975 · Series
Great Performances
1971 · Series