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.

Filmography (112 Appearances)

Untitled The Exorcist Film

Upcoming (2027)

The Life of Chuck

Captain America: Brave New World

Obliterated

The Fall of the House of Usher

I'm Charlie Walker

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook

Doctor Sleep

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

God Friended Me

Altered Carbon

The Chi

S.W.A.T.

A Cure for Wellness

This Is Us

Bunnicula

Love Twice

Supergirl

Zoo

Justice League: Gods and Monsters

UnREAL

Quitters

The Returned

Justice League: Doom

Young Justice

Black Panther

Black Panther

Nominated

NCIS: Los Angeles

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

The Alphabet Killer

Chuck

Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation

Grey's Anatomy

Battlestar Galactica

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Justice League Unlimited

Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie

Warming by the Devil's Fire

Cold Case

NCIS

Justice League: Paradise Lost

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

Sounder

Just a Dream

Justice League: Secret Origins

Justice League

Alias

Night Visions

Kate Brasher

Justice League: The First Mission

Static Shock

Men of Honor

Little Richard

The Color of Friendship

The West Wing

Family Law

Border Line

Family Guy

Batman Beyond

The Wild Thornberrys

Any Day Now

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

The Wedding

Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero

Buffalo Soldiers

EP Daily

The Ditchdigger's Daughters

EZ Streets

Superman: The Animated Series

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

Nightjohn

America's Dream

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

Touched by an Angel

ER

Chicago Hope

M.A.N.T.I.S.

On Promised Land

M.A.N.T.I.S.

Out of Darkness

seaQuest DSV

The X-Files

TriBeCa

South Central

Going to Extremes

Back to the Streets of San Francisco

Eyes of a Witness

Brother Future

The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

To Sleep with Anger

Pacific Heights

Moe's World

Everybody's All-American

American Experience

Judgment in Berlin

Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8

The Bedroom Window

L.A. Law

The Gospel at Colonus

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Cagney & Lacey

Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot

Caveman

Lifepod

Undercover with the KKK

Escape from Alcatraz

Taxi

The Jeffersons

Great Performances

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