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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