Carl Lumbly
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.
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All Credits (108)
The Exorcist: Martyrs
as Unknown
LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian
as Greef Karga (voice)
Obliterated
as James Langdon
The Fall of the House of Usher
as C. Auguste Dupin
I'm Charlie Walker
as Willie
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
as Isaiah Bradley
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
as Self
Doctor Sleep
as Dick Halloran
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Miles Davis (voice)
God Friended Me
as Alphonse
Altered Carbon
as Lukas Imani
The Chi
as Walter Dion Burkes
S.W.A.T.
as Saint
This Is Us
as Abe Clarke
Bunnicula
as Lead Prison Guard / Vampire Bat (voice)
Love Twice
as Rodrigo
Supergirl
as Myr'nn J'onzz
Zoo
as Delavenne
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
as Silas Stone (voice)
UnREAL
as Dr. Henry Carter
Quitters
as Dr. Weiss
The Returned
as Pastor Leon Wright
Justice League: Doom
as Martian Manhunter (voice)
Young Justice
as M'aatt M'orzz (voice)
Nominated
as Ray Cowan
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Charles Langston
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
as Tornado Champion / Tornado Tyrant (voice)
The Alphabet Killer
as Dr. Ellis Parks
Chuck
as Ty Bennett
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
as Samuel Nujoma
Grey's Anatomy
as Kurt Walling
Battlestar Galactica
as Lt. Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Warming by the Devil's Fire
as Narrator
Cold Case
as Cordell Baker (2008)
NCIS
as Beau Hindley
Justice League: Paradise Lost
as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
as Nat Turner - Gray
Sounder
as The Father
Just a Dream
as J.M. Hoagland
Justice League: Secret Origins
as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Alias
as Marcus Dixon
Night Visions
as Dan (segment "A View Through the Window")
Kate Brasher
as Jackson Turner
Static Shock
as Martian Manhunter (voice)
Static Shock
as Anansi (voice)
Men of Honor
as Mac Brashear
Little Richard
as Bud Penniman
The Color of Friendship
as Ron Dellums
The West Wing
as Jeff Breckenridge
Family Law
as Tom Calloway
Border Line
as Detective Mollo
Family Guy
as Loan Officer (voice)
Batman Beyond
as Stalker / Officer Williams (voice)
Batman Beyond
as Stalker (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys
as Tumbulu (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys
as Red Colobus Monkey (voice)
Any Day Now
as Unknown
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Judge Spencer Boyle
The Wedding
as Lute McNeil
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
as Additional Voices (voice)
Buffalo Soldiers
as John Horse
EP Daily
as Unknown
The Ditchdigger's Daughters
as Donald Thornton
EZ Streets
as Unknown
Superman: The Animated Series
as Alterus (voice)
Superman: The Animated Series
as Mayor (voice)
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
as Colonel William Marcus (voice)
Nightjohn
as Nightjohn
America's Dream
as Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as Marcus Petrie
Touched by an Angel
as Willis Thompson
ER
as Graham Baker
Chicago Hope
as Michael Johnson
M.A.N.T.I.S.
as Dr. Miles Hawkins
On Promised Land
as Floyd Ween
M.A.N.T.I.S.
as Dr. Miles Hawkins
Out of Darkness
as Addison
seaQuest DSV
as Lamm
The X-Files
as Marcus Duff
South Central
as Ali
Going to Extremes
as Dr. Michael Norris
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
as Charlie Walker
Brother Future
as Denmark Vessy
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
as Self
To Sleep with Anger
as Junior
Pacific Heights
as Lieutenant Lou Baker
Moe's World
as Unknown
Everybody's All-American
as Narvel Blue
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
Judgment in Berlin
as Edwin Palmer
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
as Bobby Seale
The Bedroom Window
as Quirke
L.A. Law
as Earl Williams
The Gospel at Colonus
as Theseus
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
as John Parker
Cagney & Lacey
as Mark Petrie
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
as Mark Petrie
Caveman
as Bork
Lifepod
as Keshah
Undercover with the KKK
as Rev. Lowell
Escape from Alcatraz
as Inmate
B. J. and the Bear
as Telephone Rep.
The Jeffersons
as Unknown
Great Performances
as Theseus