Carl Lumbly
Acting
Born August 14, 1951 · 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.
Films (60)
The Exorcist
2027
The Life of Chuck
2025
Captain America: Brave New World
2025
I'm Charlie Walker
2022
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
2020
Doctor Sleep
2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
A Cure for Wellness
2017
Love Twice
2016
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
2015
Quitters
2015
Justice League: Doom
2012
Black Panther
2010
Nominated
2010
The Alphabet Killer
2008
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
2004
Warming by the Devil's Fire
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: The First Mission
2000
Men of Honor
2000
Little Richard
2000
The Color of Friendship
2000
Border Line
1999
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
The Wedding
1998
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
1998
Buffalo Soldiers
1997
The Ditchdigger's Daughters
1997
Nightjohn
1996
America's Dream
1996
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994
On Promised Land
1994
M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994
Out of Darkness
1994
South Central
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
Judgment in Berlin
1988
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
1987
The Bedroom Window
1987
The Gospel at Colonus
1985
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
1981
Caveman
1981
Lifepod
1981
Undercover with the KKK
1979
Escape from Alcatraz
1979