Carl Lumbly
Acting

Carl Lumbly

Born 14 August 1951 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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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.

Known for

Grey's Anatomy
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Family Guy
Doctor Sleep
Supergirl
A Cure for Wellness
The X-Files
Captain America: Brave New World
Escape from Alcatraz
Men of Honor
NCIS
Altered Carbon
The Exorcist: Martyrs
LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian
The Life of Chuck
Captain America: Brave New World
I'm Charlie Walker
Doctor Sleep
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
A Cure for Wellness
Love Twice
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
Quitters
Justice League: Doom
Nominated
Black Panther
The Alphabet Killer
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Sounder
Justice League: Paradise Lost
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Just a Dream
Justice League: Secret Origins
The Color of Friendship
Little Richard
Men of Honor
Border Line
The Wedding
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Buffalo Soldiers
The Ditchdigger's Daughters
America's Dream
Nightjohn
Out of Darkness
On Promised Land
M.A.N.T.I.S.
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
South Central
Brother Future
Pacific Heights
Moe's World
To Sleep with Anger
Everybody's All-American
Judgment in Berlin
The Bedroom Window
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
The Gospel at Colonus
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Caveman
Lifepod
Undercover with the KKK
Escape from Alcatraz
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