Carl Lumbly
57 movies · 52 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 14, 1951 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Biography
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
Carl Lumbly: movies and TV shows
Acting (109)
- Upcoming
- 2026 LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian
as Greef Karga (voice)
- 2025 The Life of Chuck
as Sam Yarbrough
- 2025 Captain America: Brave New World
as Isaiah Bradley
- 2023
- 2023
- 2022 I'm Charlie Walker
as Willie
- 2021 Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)
- 2021
- 2019 Doctor Sleep
as Dick Halloran
- 2019 Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Miles Davis (voice)
- 2018
- 2018
- 2018
- 2017
- 2017 A Cure for Wellness
as Mr. Wilson
- 2016
- 2016
- 2016 Love Twice
as Rodrigo
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015 Justice League: Gods and Monsters
as Silas Stone (voice)
- 2015
- 2015 Quitters
as Dr. Weiss
- 2015
- 2012 Justice League: Doom
as Martian Manhunter (voice)
- 2010
- 2010 Black Panther
as Uncle S'Yan
- 2010
- 2010 Nominated
as Ray Cowan
- 2009
- 2008
- 2008 The Alphabet Killer
as Dr. Ellis Parks
- 2007
- 2007 Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
as Samuel Nujoma
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
- 2004
- 2004 Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
- 2003 Warming by the Devil's Fire
as Narrator
- 2003
- 2003
- 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)
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 2000
- 2000 Men of Honor
as Mac Brashear
- 2000 Little Richard
as Bud Penniman
- 2000 The Color of Friendship
as Ron Dellums
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999 Border Line
as Detective Mollo
- 1999
- 1999
- 1998
- 1998
- 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
- 1996
- 1996
- 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
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994 On Promised Land
as Floyd Ween
- 1994 M.A.N.T.I.S.
as Dr. Miles Hawkins
- 1994 Out of Darkness
as Addison
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993
- 1992 South Central
as Ali
- 1992
- 1992 Back to the Streets of San Francisco
as Charlie Walker
- 1991 Eyes of a Witness
as Mambulu
- 1991 Brother Future
as Denmark Vessy
- 1990 To Sleep with Anger
as Junior
- 1990 Pacific Heights
as Lieutenant Lou Baker
- 1990
- 1988 Everybody's All-American
as Narvel Blue
- 1988
- 1988 Judgment in Berlin
as Edwin Palmer
- 1987 Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
as Bobby Seale
- 1987 The Bedroom Window
as Quirke
- 1986
- 1985 The Gospel at Colonus
as Theseus
- 1984 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
as John Parker
- 1982
- 1981 Caveman
as Bork
- 1981 Lifepod
as Keshah
- 1979 Undercover with the KKK
as Rev. Lowell
- 1979 Escape from Alcatraz
as Inmate
- 1979
- 1978
- 1975
- 1971
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 2020
- 1997 EP Daily
1 episode
- 1991