Carl Lumbly
Acting
Born: August 14, 1951 (age 75) · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Highest Rated
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
Grey's Anatomy
2005
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
2021
Family Guy
1999
Doctor Sleep
2019
Supergirl
2015
A Cure for Wellness
2017
The X-Files
1993
Escape from Alcatraz
1979
Captain America: Brave New World
2025
Men of Honor
2000
NCIS
2003
Altered Carbon
2018
Photos (4)
Movies (55)
Captain America: Brave New World
Isaiah Bradley
Escape from Alcatraz
Inmate
Doctor Sleep
Dick Halloran
The Life of Chuck
Sam Yarbrough
Men of Honor
Mac Brashear
A Cure for Wellness
Mr. Wilson
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
John Parker
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Additional Voices (voice)
Justice League: Doom
Martian Manhunter (voice)
Pacific Heights
Lieutenant Lou Baker
The Color of Friendship
Ron Dellums
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
Silas Stone (voice)
Caveman
Bork
South Central
Ali
The Bedroom Window
Quirke
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Judge Spencer Boyle
The Alphabet Killer
Dr. Ellis Parks
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)
Everybody's All-American
Narvel Blue
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis (voice)
M.A.N.T.I.S.
Dr. Miles Hawkins
Justice League: Secret Origins
J'onn J'onzz (voice)
To Sleep with Anger
Junior
The Ditchdigger's Daughters
Donald Thornton
Buffalo Soldiers
John Horse
Black Panther
Uncle S'Yan
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Samuel Nujoma
Judgment in Berlin
Edwin Palmer
I'm Charlie Walker
Willie
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
Border Line
Detective Mollo
Sounder
The Father
Just a Dream
J.M. Hoagland
Moe's World
1990
The Wedding
Lute McNeil
Out of Darkness
Addison
America's Dream
Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
Love Twice
Rodrigo
Little Richard
Bud Penniman
Nominated
Ray Cowan
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Marcus Petrie
The Gospel at Colonus
Theseus
Brother Future
Denmark Vessy
Nightjohn
Nightjohn
On Promised Land
Floyd Ween
Quitters
Dr. Weiss
Undercover with the KKK
Rev. Lowell
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
Mark Petrie
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
Bobby Seale
Justice League: Paradise Lost
J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
Lifepod
Keshah
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
Charlie Walker
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Nat Turner - Gray
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Narrator
TV Shows (55)
Family Guy
Loan Officer (voice) · 1 eps
NCIS
Beau Hindley · 1 eps
Grey's Anatomy
Kurt Walling · 1 eps
S.W.A.T.
Saint · 3 eps
The West Wing
Jeff Breckenridge · 1 eps
The X-Files
Marcus Duff · 1 eps
NCIS: Los Angeles
Charles Langston · 4 eps
Cold Case
Cordell Baker (2008) · 1 eps
Young Justice
M'aatt M'orzz (voice) · 3 eps
Chicago Hope
Michael Johnson · 1 eps
Supergirl
Myr'nn J'onzz · 15 eps
ER
Graham Baker · 2 eps
This Is Us
Abe Clarke · 2 eps
Battlestar Galactica
Lt. Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek · 1 eps
Great Performances
Theseus · 1 eps
Taxi
Customer #2 · 1 eps
L.A. Law
Earl Williams · 6 eps
Touched by an Angel
Willis Thompson · 1 eps
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Tornado Champion / Tornado Tyrant (voice) · 1 eps
Superman: The Animated Series
Mayor (voice) · 1 eps
Superman: The Animated Series
Alterus (voice) · 1 eps
American Experience
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
The Chi
Walter Dion Burkes · 1 eps
Chuck
Ty Bennett · 1 eps
The Wild Thornberrys
Tumbulu (voice) · 1 eps
The Wild Thornberrys
Red Colobus Monkey (voice) · 1 eps
Cagney & Lacey
Mark Petrie · 106 eps
Batman Beyond
Stalker / Officer Williams (voice) · 1 eps
Batman Beyond
Stalker (voice) · 1 eps
Justice League Unlimited
J'onn J'onzz (voice) · 39 eps
seaQuest DSV
Lamm · 1 eps
Family Law
Tom Calloway · 1 eps
Altered Carbon
Lukas Imani · 2 eps
Zoo
Delavenne · 6 eps
Static Shock
Martian Manhunter (voice) · 2 eps
Static Shock
Anansi (voice) · 2 eps
Bunnicula
Lead Prison Guard / Vampire Bat (voice) · 1 eps
Justice League
J'onn J'onzz (voice) · 50 eps
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Isaiah Bradley · 3 eps
UnREAL
Dr. Henry Carter · 1 eps
Obliterated
James Langdon · 6 eps
The Jeffersons
1 eps
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Colonel William Marcus (voice) · 1 eps
God Friended Me
Alphonse · 2 eps
The Fall of the House of Usher
C. Auguste Dupin · 8 eps
Any Day Now
2 eps
Alias
Marcus Dixon · 105 eps
The Returned
Pastor Leon Wright · 5 eps
Night Visions
Dan (segment "A View Through the Window") · 1 eps
M.A.N.T.I.S.
Dr. Miles Hawkins · 22 eps
EZ Streets
8 eps
Black Panther
Uncle S'Yan (voice) · 6 eps
Going to Extremes
Dr. Michael Norris · 17 eps
Kate Brasher
Jackson Turner · 7 eps
EP Daily
1 eps
