Carl Lumbly
Acting • Born 1951-08-14
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.
Filmography
116 credits
Pacific Heights
Movie • 1990
Lieutenant Lou Baker
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Movie • 1984
John Parker
Everybody's All-American
Movie • 1988
Narvel Blue
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Movie • 2021
Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)
The Bedroom Window
Movie • 1987
Quirke
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
Movie • 2015
Silas Stone (voice)
Caveman
Movie • 1981
Bork
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Movie • 2007
Samuel Nujoma
Justice League: Doom
Movie • 2012
Martian Manhunter (voice)
Moe's World
Movie • 1990
Just a Dream
Movie • 2002
J.M. Hoagland
Sounder
Movie • 2003
The Father
I'm Charlie Walker
Movie • 2022
Willie
Buffalo Soldiers
Movie • 1997
John Horse
Brother Future
Movie • 1991
Denmark Vessy
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
Movie • 1987
Bobby Seale
To Sleep with Anger
Movie • 1990
Junior
The Ditchdigger's Daughters
Movie • 1997
Donald Thornton
The Life of Chuck
Movie • 2025
Sam Yarbrough
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
Movie • 2004
J'onn J'onzz (voice)
The Wedding
Movie • 1998
Lute McNeil
The Color of Friendship
Movie • 2000
Ron Dellums
Captain America: Brave New World
Movie • 2025
Isaiah Bradley
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Movie • 1998
Judge Spencer Boyle
Nominated
Movie • 2010
Ray Cowan
Justice League: Secret Origins
Movie • 2001
J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Undercover with the KKK
Movie • 1979
Rev. Lowell
Justice League: Paradise Lost
Movie • 2003
J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
Love Twice
Movie • 2016
Rodrigo
A Cure for Wellness
Movie • 2017
Mr. Wilson
Escape from Alcatraz
Movie • 1979
Inmate
America's Dream
Movie • 1996
Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
The Gospel at Colonus
Movie • 1985
Theseus
Out of Darkness
Movie • 1994
Addison
Eyes of a Witness
Movie • 1991
Mambulu
Lifepod
Movie • 1981
Keshah
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
Movie • 1992
Charlie Walker
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Movie • 2003
Nat Turner - Gray
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Movie • 1991
Self
Nightjohn
Movie • 1996
Nightjohn
Little Richard
Movie • 2000
Bud Penniman
Black Panther
Movie • 2010
Uncle S'Yan
Border Line
Movie • 1999
Detective Mollo
On Promised Land
Movie • 1994
Floyd Ween
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Movie • 2003
Narrator
Doctor Sleep
Movie • 2019
Dick Halloran
Men of Honor
Movie • 2000
Mac Brashear
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Movie • 2004
Other Voices (voice)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Movie • 2019
Miles Davis (voice)
South Central
Movie • 1992
Ali
Quitters
Movie • 2015
Dr. Weiss
M.A.N.T.I.S.
Movie • 1994
Dr. Miles Hawkins
The Alphabet Killer
Movie • 2008
Dr. Ellis Parks
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Movie • 1994
Marcus Petrie
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Movie • 1998
Additional Voices (voice)
Justice League: The First Mission
Movie • 2000
Martian Manhunter
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
Movie • 2020
Self
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
Movie • 1981
Mark Petrie
Judgment in Berlin
Movie • 1988
Edwin Palmer
The Exorcist
Movie • 2027
Batman Beyond
TV • 1999
Stalker / Officer Williams (voice)
Chuck
TV • 2007
Ty Bennett
EP Daily
TV • 1997
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Earl Williams
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
TV • 1996
Colonel William Marcus (voice)
Justice League
TV • 2001
J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Alias
TV • 2001
Marcus Dixon
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Willis Thompson
seaQuest DSV
TV • 1993
Lamm
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Cordell Baker (2008)
The Jeffersons
TV • 1975
Battlestar Galactica
TV • 2004
Lt. Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek
Any Day Now
TV • 1998
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Marcus Duff
Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982
Mark Petrie
Night Visions
TV • 2001
Dan (segment "A View Through the Window")
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Michael Johnson
ER
TV • 1994
Graham Baker
Family Law
TV • 1999
Tom Calloway
M.A.N.T.I.S.
TV • 1994
Dr. Miles Hawkins
TriBeCa
TV • 1993
Kate Brasher
TV • 2001
Jackson Turner
Going to Extremes
TV • 1992
Dr. Michael Norris
Zoo
TV • 2015
Delavenne
Superman: The Animated Series
TV • 1996
Mayor (voice)
Superman: The Animated Series
TV • 1996
Alterus (voice)
Static Shock
TV • 2000
Anansi (voice)
Static Shock
TV • 2000
Martian Manhunter (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys
TV • 1998
Tumbulu (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys
TV • 1998
Red Colobus Monkey (voice)
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Jeff Breckenridge
Batman Beyond
TV • 1999
Stalker (voice)
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Kurt Walling
Young Justice
TV • 2010
M'aatt M'orzz (voice)
Taxi
TV • 1978
Customer #2
UnREAL
TV • 2015
Dr. Henry Carter
Black Panther
TV • 2010
Uncle S'Yan (voice)
American Experience
TV • 1988
Narrator (voice)
Supergirl
TV • 2015
Myr'nn J'onzz
The Fall of the House of Usher
TV • 2023
C. Auguste Dupin
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV • 2009
Charles Langston
Obliterated
TV • 2023
James Langdon
S.W.A.T.
TV • 2017
Saint
The Returned
TV • 2015
Pastor Leon Wright
This Is Us
TV • 2016
Abe Clarke
Bunnicula
TV • 2016
Lead Prison Guard / Vampire Bat (voice)
NCIS
TV • 2003
Beau Hindley
Justice League Unlimited
TV • 2004
J'onn J'onzz (voice)
God Friended Me
TV • 2018
Alphonse
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Loan Officer (voice)
EZ Streets
TV • 1996
Altered Carbon
TV • 2018
Lukas Imani
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Theseus
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
TV • 2021
Isaiah Bradley
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
TV • 2008
Tornado Champion / Tornado Tyrant (voice)
The Chi
TV • 2018
Walter Dion Burkes