Carl Lumbly
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.
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Movies (60)
The Exorcist: Martyrs
2027
LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2026 · Greef Karga (voice)
La Vida De Chuck
2025 · Sam Yarbrough
Captain America: Brave New World
2025 · Isaiah Bradley
I'm Charlie Walker
2022 · Willie
Especial Disney+ Day de Marvel Studios 2021
2021 · Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
2020 · Self
Doctor Sueño
2019 · Dick Halloran
The Birth of Cool: La historia de Miles Davis y su música
2019 · Miles Davis (voice)
La cura siniestra
2017 · Mr. Wilson
Love Twice
2016 · Rodrigo
Liga de la justicia: Dioses y monstruos
2015 · Silas Stone (voice)
Quitters
2015 · Dr. Weiss
La Liga de la Justicia: Legión del Mal
2012 · Martian Manhunter (voice)
Black Panther
2010 · Uncle S'Yan
Nominated
2010 · Ray Cowan
The Alphabet Killer
2008 · Dr. Ellis Parks
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007 · Samuel Nujoma
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004 · Other Voices (voice)
La Liga De La Justicia: Desventurados
2004 · J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Warming by the Devil's Fire
2003 · Narrator
Justice League: Paradise Lost
2003 · J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003 · Nat Turner - Gray
Sounder
2003 · The Father
Just a Dream
2002 · J.M. Hoagland
La Liga de la Justicia: Orígenes secretos
2001 · J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Hombres de honor
2000 · Mac Brashear
Little Richard
2000 · Bud Penniman
El Color de la Amistad
2000 · Ron Dellums
Border Line
1999 · Detective Mollo
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998 · Judge Spencer Boyle
The Wedding
1998 · Lute McNeil
Batman: Bajo Cero
1998 · Additional Voices (voice)
Buffalo Soldiers
1997 · John Horse
The Ditchdigger's Daughters
1997 · Donald Thornton
Nightjohn
1996 · Nightjohn
America's Dream
1996 · Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994 · Marcus Petrie
On Promised Land
1994 · Floyd Ween
M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994 · Dr. Miles Hawkins
Out of Darkness
1994 · Addison
South Central
1992 · Ali
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
1992 · Charlie Walker
Eyes of a Witness
1991 · Mambulu
Brother Future
1991 · Denmark Vessy
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
1991 · Self
To Sleep with Anger
1990 · Junior
Pacific Heights
1990 · Lieutenant Lou Baker
Moe's World
1990
Everybody's All-American
1988 · Narvel Blue
Judgment in Berlin
1988 · Edwin Palmer
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
1987 · Bobby Seale
The Bedroom Window
1987 · Quirke
The Gospel at Colonus
1985 · Theseus
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984 · John Parker
Caveman
1981 · Bork
Lifepod
1981 · Keshah
Undercover with the KKK
1979 · Rev. Lowell
Escape from Alcatraz
1979 · Inmate
A Grim Life
· Henry
TV shows (53)
Hechos polvo
2023 · James Langdon
La caída de la Casa Usher
2023 · C. Auguste Dupin
Falcon Y El Soldado Del Invierno
2021 · Isaiah Bradley
God Friended Me
2018 · Alphonse
Carbono Alterado
2018 · Lukas Imani
The Chi
2018 · Walter Dion Burkes
S.W.A.T.
2017 · Saint
This Is Us
2016 · Abe Clarke
Bunnicula, El Conejo Vampiro
2016 · Lead Prison Guard / Vampire Bat (voice)
Supergirl
2015 · Myr'nn J'onzz
Zoo
2015 · Delavenne
UnREAL
2015 · Dr. Henry Carter
The Returned
2015 · Pastor Leon Wright
Justicia Joven
2010 · M'aatt M'orzz (voice)
Pantera Negra
2010 · Uncle S'Yan (voice)
NCIS: Los Ángeles
2009 · Charles Langston
Batman, el Valiente
2008 · Tornado Champion / Tornado Tyrant (voice)
La Doble Vida de Chuck
2007 · Ty Bennett
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Kurt Walling
Battlestar Galactica
2004 · Lt. Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek
Liga de la Justicia Ilimitada
2004 · J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Caso Cerrado
2003 · Cordell Baker (2008)
NCIS
2003 · Beau Hindley
Liga de la Justicia
2001 · J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Alias Us
2001 · Marcus Dixon
Night Visions
2001 · Dan (segment "A View Through the Window")
Kate Brasher
2001 · Jackson Turner
Static Shock
2000 · Martian Manhunter (voice), Anansi (voice)
The West Wing
1999 · Jeff Breckenridge
Leyes de familia
1999 · Tom Calloway
Padre de Familia
1999 · Loan Officer (voice)
Batman del futuro
1999 · Stalker / Officer Williams (voice), Stalker (voice)
Los Thornberrys
1998 · Tumbulu (voice), Red Colobus Monkey (voice)
Any Day Now
1998
EP Daily
1997
EZ Streets
1996
Superman: La Serie Animada
1996 · Mayor (voice), Alterus (voice)
Las increíbles aventuras de Jonny Quest
1996 · Colonel William Marcus (voice)
El Toque de un Angel
1994 · Willis Thompson
Sala de urgencias
1994 · Graham Baker
Chicago Hope
1994 · Michael Johnson
M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994 · Dr. Miles Hawkins
seaQuest DSV
1993 · Lamm
Los Expedientes Secretos X
1993 · Marcus Duff
TriBeCa
1993
Going to Extremes
1992 · Dr. Michael Norris
American Experience
1988 · Narrator (voice)
L.A. Law
1986 · Earl Williams
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · Mark Petrie
B. J. and the Bear
1979 · Telephone Rep.
Taxi
1978 · Customer #2
The Jeffersons
1975
Great Performances
1971 · Theseus