Carl Lumbly
Acting
111 titles
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
Untitled The Exorcist Film
2027
The Life of Chuck
2025
Captain America: Brave New World
2025
Obliterated
2023
The Fall of the House of Usher
2023
I'm Charlie Walker
2022
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
2021
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
2020
Doctor Sleep
2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
God Friended Me
2018
Altered Carbon
2018
The Chi
2018
S.W.A.T.
2017
A Cure for Wellness
2017
This Is Us
2016
Bunnicula
2016
Love Twice
2016
Supergirl
2015
Zoo
2015
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
2015
UnREAL
2015
Quitters
2015
The Returned
2015
Justice League: Doom
2012
Young Justice
2010
Black Panther
2010
Black Panther
2010
Nominated
2010
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008
The Alphabet Killer
2008
Chuck
2007
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Battlestar Galactica
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
Justice League Unlimited
2004
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
2004
Warming by the Devil's Fire
2003
Cold Case
2003
NCIS
2003
Justice League: Paradise Lost
2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003
Sounder
2003
Just a Dream
2002
Justice League: Secret Origins
2001
Justice League
2001
Alias
2001
Night Visions
2001
Kate Brasher
2001
Static Shock
2000
Men of Honor
2000
Little Richard
2000
The Color of Friendship
2000
The West Wing
1999
Family Law
1999
Border Line
1999
Family Guy
1999
Batman Beyond
1999
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
Any Day Now
1998
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
The Wedding
1998
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
1998
Buffalo Soldiers
1997
EP Daily
1997
The Ditchdigger's Daughters
1997
EZ Streets
1996
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996
Nightjohn
1996
America's Dream
1996
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994
Touched by an Angel
1994
ER
1994
Chicago Hope
1994
M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994
On Promised Land
1994
M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994
Out of Darkness
1994
seaQuest DSV
1993
The X-Files
1993
TriBeCa
1993
South Central
1992
Going to Extremes
1992
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
1992
Eyes of a Witness
1991
Brother Future
1991
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
1991
To Sleep with Anger
1990
Pacific Heights
1990
Moe's World
1990
Everybody's All-American
1988
American Experience
1988
Judgment in Berlin
1988
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
1987
The Bedroom Window
1987
L.A. Law
1986
The Gospel at Colonus
1985
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
1981
Caveman
1981
Lifepod
1981
Undercover with the KKK
1979
Escape from Alcatraz
1979
Taxi
1978
The Jeffersons
1975
Great Performances
1971