Acting

Carl Lumbly

Born 1951-08-14 · 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) 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.

Credits

Newest first

The Exorcist: Martyrs
2027
LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian
as Greef Karga (voice)
2026
The Life of Chuck
as Sam Yarbrough
2025
Captain America: Brave New World
as Isaiah Bradley
2025
Obliterated
as James Langdon
2023
The Fall of the House of Usher
as C. Auguste Dupin
2023
I'm Charlie Walker
as Willie
2022
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)
2021
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
as Isaiah Bradley
2021
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
as Self
2020
Doctor Sleep
as Dick Halloran
2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Miles Davis (voice)
2019
God Friended Me
as Alphonse
2018
Altered Carbon
as Lukas Imani
2018
The Chi
as Walter Dion Burkes
2018
S.W.A.T.
as Saint
2017
A Cure for Wellness
as Mr. Wilson
2017
This Is Us
as Abe Clarke
2016
Bunnicula
as Lead Prison Guard / Vampire Bat (voice)
2016
Love Twice
as Rodrigo
2016
Supergirl
as Myr'nn J'onzz
2015
Zoo
as Delavenne
2015
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
as Silas Stone (voice)
2015
UnREAL
as Dr. Henry Carter
2015
Quitters
as Dr. Weiss
2015
The Returned
as Pastor Leon Wright
2015
Justice League: Doom
as Martian Manhunter (voice)
2012
Young Justice
as M'aatt M'orzz (voice)
2010
Black Panther
as Uncle S'Yan
2010
Black Panther
as Uncle S'Yan (voice)
2010
Nominated
as Ray Cowan
2010
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Charles Langston
2009
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
as Tornado Champion / Tornado Tyrant (voice)
2008
The Alphabet Killer
as Dr. Ellis Parks
2008
Chuck
as Ty Bennett
2007
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
as Samuel Nujoma
2007
Grey's Anatomy
as Kurt Walling
2005
Battlestar Galactica
as Lt. Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
2004
Justice League Unlimited
as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2004
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2004
Warming by the Devil's Fire
as Narrator
2003
Cold Case
as Cordell Baker (2008)
2003
NCIS
as Beau Hindley
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
2003
Just a Dream
as J.M. Hoagland
2002
Justice League: Secret Origins
as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2001
Justice League
as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2001
Alias
as Marcus Dixon
2001
Night Visions
as Dan (segment "A View Through the Window")
2001
Kate Brasher
as Jackson Turner
2001
Static Shock
as Martian Manhunter (voice)
2000
Static Shock
as Anansi (voice)
2000
Men of Honor
as Mac Brashear
2000
Little Richard
as Bud Penniman
2000
The Color of Friendship
as Ron Dellums
2000
The West Wing
as Jeff Breckenridge
1999
Family Law
as Tom Calloway
1999
Border Line
as Detective Mollo
1999
Family Guy
as Loan Officer (voice)
1999
Batman Beyond
as Stalker / Officer Williams (voice)
1999
Batman Beyond
as Stalker (voice)
1999
The Wild Thornberrys
as Tumbulu (voice)
1998
The Wild Thornberrys
as Red Colobus Monkey (voice)
1998
Any Day Now
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)
1998
Buffalo Soldiers
as John Horse
1997
EP Daily
1997
The Ditchdigger's Daughters
as Donald Thornton
1997
EZ Streets
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)
1996
Nightjohn
as Nightjohn
1996
America's Dream
as Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
1996
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as Marcus Petrie
1994