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Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-08-14 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Carl Lumbly

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) installments The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and the forthcoming Captain America: Brave New World (2025).

He was married to Vonetta McGee from 1987 until her death in 2010.

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Known For

Acting

2025

The Life of Chuck as Sam Yarbrough

2023

The Fall of the House of Usher as C. Auguste Dupin
Obliterated as James Langdon

2022

2021

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)

2019

Doctor Sleep as Dick Halloran
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool as Miles Davis (voice)

2018

God Friended Me as Alphonse
Altered Carbon as Lukas Imani
The Chi as Walter Dion Burkes

2017

A Cure for Wellness as Mr. Wilson
S.W.A.T. as Saint

2016

Love Twice as Rodrigo
This Is Us as Abe Clarke
Bunnicula as Lead Prison Guard / Vampire Bat (voice)

2015

Justice League: Gods and Monsters as Silas Stone (voice)
Quitters as Dr. Weiss
Zoo as Delavenne
UnREAL as Dr. Henry Carter
Supergirl as Myr'nn J'onzz
The Returned as Pastor Leon Wright

2012

Justice League: Doom as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter / Ma'alefa'ak (voice)

2010

Nominated as Ray Cowan
Black Panther as Uncle S'Yan
Young Justice as M'aatt M'orzz (voice)
Black Panther as Uncle S'Yan (voice)

2009

NCIS: Los Angeles as Charles Langston

2008

The Alphabet Killer as Dr. Ellis Parks
Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Tornado Champion / Tornado Tyrant (voice)

2007

Chuck as Ty Bennett

2005

Grey's Anatomy as Kurt Walling

2004

Battlestar Galactica as Lt. Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek
Justice League Unlimited as J'onn J'onzz (voice)

2003

Sounder as The Father
Justice League: Paradise Lost as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
Cold Case as Cordell Baker (2008)
NCIS as Beau Hindley

2002

Just a Dream as J.M. Hoagland

2001

Justice League: Secret Origins as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Justice League as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Alias as Marcus Dixon
Night Visions as Dan (segment "A View Through the Window")
Kate Brasher as Jackson Turner

2000

Little Richard as Bud Penniman
Men of Honor as Mac Brashear
Static Shock as Martian Manhunter (voice)
Static Shock as Anansi (voice)

1999

Border Line as Detective Mollo
Batman Beyond as Stalker / Officer Williams (voice)
Family Law as Tom Calloway
The West Wing as Jeff Breckenridge
Batman Beyond as Stalker (voice)
Family Guy as Loan Officer (voice)

1998

The Wedding as Lute McNeil
How Stella Got Her Groove Back as Judge Spencer Boyle
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero as Additional Voices (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys as Tumbulu (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys as Red Colobus Monkey (voice)

1997

1996

America's Dream as Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
Nightjohn as Nightjohn
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as Colonel William Marcus (voice)

1994

Out of Darkness as Addison
On Promised Land as Floyd Ween
M.A.N.T.I.S. as Dr. Miles Hawkins
Touched by an Angel as Willis Thompson
ER as Graham Baker
M.A.N.T.I.S. as Dr. Miles Hawkins

1993

seaQuest DSV as Lamm
The X-Files as Marcus Duff

1992

1991

1990

Pacific Heights as Lieutenant Lou Baker

1988

American Experience as Narrator (voice)

1987

1986

L.A. Law as Earl Williams

1985

1984

1982

Cagney & Lacey as Mark Petrie

1981

Caveman as Bork
Lifepod as Keshah

1979

1978

Taxi as Customer #2

1975

1971