Carl Lumbly
Actor
Born August 14, 1951 in 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 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)
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)
The Wild Thornberrys
Tumbulu (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)
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
On Promised Land
Floyd Ween
M.A.N.T.I.S.
Dr. Miles Hawkins
Out of Darkness
Addison
seaQuest DSV
Lamm
The X-Files
Marcus Duff
South Central
Ali
Going to Extremes
Dr. Michael Norris
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
Charlie Walker
Brother Future
Denmark Vessy
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Self
To Sleep with Anger
Junior
Pacific Heights
Lieutenant Lou Baker
Moe's World
Everybody's All-American
Narvel Blue
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
Judgment in Berlin
Edwin Palmer
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
Bobby Seale
The Bedroom Window
Quirke
L.A. Law
Earl Williams
The Gospel at Colonus
Theseus
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
John Parker
Cagney & Lacey
Mark Petrie
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
Mark Petrie
Caveman
Bork
Lifepod
Keshah
Undercover with the KKK
Rev. Lowell
Escape from Alcatraz
Inmate
Taxi
Customer #2
The Jeffersons
Great Performances
Theseus