Carl Lumbly
August 14, 1951 (73 years old) 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) installments The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and the forthcoming Captain America: Brave New World (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Carl Lumbly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2025 · Captain America: Brave New World as Isaiah Bradley
- 2024 · The Life of Chuck as Sam Yarbrough
- 2022 · I'm Charlie Walker as Willie
- 2021 · Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)
- 2019 · Doctor Sleep as Dick Halloran
- 2019 · Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool as Miles Davis (voice)
- 2017 · A Cure for Wellness as Mr. Wilson
- 2016 · Love Twice as Rodrigo
- 2015 · Justice League: Gods and Monsters as Silas Stone (voice)
- 2015 · Quitters as Dr. Weiss
- 2012 · Justice League: Doom as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter / Ma'alefa'ak (voice)
- 2010 · Black Panther as Uncle S'Yan
- 2010 · Nominated as Ray Cowan
- 2008 · The Alphabet Killer as Dr. Ellis Parks
- 2007 · Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation as Samuel Nujoma
- 2004 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice)
- 2004 · Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
- 2003 · Justice League: Paradise Lost as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
- 2003 · Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property as Nat Turner - Gray
- 2003 · Sounder as The Father
- 2002 · Just a Dream as J.M. Hoagland
- 2001 · Justice League: Secret Origins as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
- 2000 · Men of Honor as Mac Brashear
- 2000 · Little Richard as Bud Penniman
- 2000 · The Color of Friendship as Ron Dellums
- 1999 · Border Line as Detective Mollo
- 1998 · How Stella Got Her Groove Back as Judge Spencer Boyle
- 1998 · The Wedding as Lute McNeil
- 1998 · Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero as Additional Voices (voice)
- 1997 · Buffalo Soldiers as John Horse
- 1997 · The Ditchdigger's Daughters as Donald Thornton
- 1996 · Nightjohn as Nightjohn
- 1996 · America's Dream as Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
- 1994 · Cagney & Lacey: The Return as Marcus Petrie
- 1994 · On Promised Land as Floyd Ween
- 1994 · M.A.N.T.I.S. as Dr. Miles Hawkins
- 1994 · Out of Darkness as Addison
- 1992 · South Central as Ali
- 1992 · Back to the Streets of San Francisco as Charlie Walker
- 1991 · Eyes of a Witness as Mambulu
- 1991 · Brother Future as Denmark Vessy
- 1991 · The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry as Self
- 1990 · To Sleep with Anger as Junior
- 1990 · Pacific Heights as Lieutenant Lou Baker
- 1990 · Moe's World as
- 1988 · Everybody's All-American as Narvel Blue
- 1987 · Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 as Bobby Seale
- 1987 · The Bedroom Window as Quirke
- 1985 · The Gospel at Colonus as Theseus
- 1984 · The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as John Parker
- 1981 · Caveman as Bork
- 1981 · Lifepod as Keshah
- 1979 · Undercover with the KKK as Rev. Lowell
- 1979 · Escape from Alcatraz as Inmate
- Future · Warming by the Devil's Fire as Narrator
- 2023 · Obliterated as James Langdon
- 2023 · The Fall of the House of Usher as C. Auguste Dupin
- 2021 · The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as Isaiah Bradley
- 2018 · God Friended Me as Alphonse
- 2018 · Altered Carbon as Lukas Imani
- 2017 · S.W.A.T. as Saint
- 2016 · This Is Us as Abe Clarke
- 2016 · Bunnicula as Lead Prison Guard / Vampire Bat (voice)
- 2015 · Supergirl as Myr'nn J'onzz
- 2015 · Zoo as Delavenne
- 2015 · UnREAL as Dr. Henry Carter
- 2015 · The Returned as Pastor Leon Wright
- 2010 · Young Justice as M'aatt M'orzz (voice)
- 2010 · Black Panther as Uncle S'Yan (voice)
- 2009 · NCIS: Los Angeles as Charles Langston
- 2008 · 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
- 2004 · Justice League Unlimited as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
- 2003 · Cold Case as Cordell Baker (2008)
- 2003 · NCIS as Beau Hindley
- 2001 · Justice League as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
- 2001 · Alias as Marcus Dixon
- 2001 · Night Visions as Dan
- 2001 · Kate Brasher as Jackson Turner
- 2000 · Static Shock as Anansi (voice)
- 2000 · Static Shock as Martian Manhunter (voice)
- 1999 · The West Wing as Jeff Breckenridge
- 1999 · Family Law as Tom Calloway
- 1999 · Family Guy as Loan Officer (voice)
- 1999 · Batman Beyond as Stalker / Officer Williams (voice)
- 1999 · Batman Beyond as Stalker (voice)
- 1998 · The Wild Thornberrys as Tumbulu (voice)
- 1998 · The Wild Thornberrys as Red Colobus Monkey (voice)
- 1998 · Any Day Now as
- 1997 · EP Daily as
- 1996 · EZ Streets as
- 1996 · Superman: The Animated Series as Mayor (voice)
- 1996 · Superman: The Animated Series as Alterus (voice)
- 1996 · The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as Colonel William Marcus (voice)
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Willis Thompson
- 1994 · ER as Graham Baker
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as
- 1994 · M.A.N.T.I.S. as Dr. Miles Hawkins
- 1993 · seaQuest DSV as Lamm
- 1993 · The X-Files as Marcus Duff
- 1993 · TriBeCa as
- 1992 · Going to Extremes as
- 1988 · American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Earl Williams
- 1982 · Cagney & Lacey as Mark Petrie
- 1978 · Taxi as Customer #2
- 1975 · The Jeffersons as
- 1971 · Great Performances as Theseus