
Carl Lumbly
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.
Acting (58 movies)

Pacific Heights
1990

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984

Everybody's All-American
1988

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021

The Bedroom Window
1987

Justice League: Gods and Monsters
2015

Caveman
1981

Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007

Justice League: Doom
2012

Moe's World
1990

Just a Dream
2002

Sounder
2003

I'm Charlie Walker
2022

Buffalo Soldiers
1997

Brother Future
1991

Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
1987

To Sleep with Anger
1990

The Ditchdigger's Daughters
1997

The Life of Chuck
2025

Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
2004

The Wedding
1998

The Color of Friendship
2000

Captain America: Brave New World
2025

How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998

Nominated
2010

Justice League: Secret Origins
2001

Undercover with the KKK
1979

Justice League: Paradise Lost
2003

Love Twice
2016

A Cure for Wellness
2017

Escape from Alcatraz
1979

America's Dream
1996

The Gospel at Colonus
1985

Out of Darkness
1994

Lifepod
1981

Back to the Streets of San Francisco
1992

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003

The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
1991

Nightjohn
1996

Little Richard
2000

Black Panther
2010

Border Line
1999

On Promised Land
1994

Warming by the Devil's Fire
2003

Doctor Sleep
2019

Men of Honor
2000

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019

South Central
1992

Quitters
2015

M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994

The Alphabet Killer
2008

Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994

Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
1998

Justice League: The First Mission
2000

Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
2020

Justice League: The Savage Time
2002

Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
1981
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