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14 Aug 1951 (73)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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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) installments The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and the forthcoming Captain America: Brave New World (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Carl Lumbly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Captain America: Brave New World | Isaiah Bradley |
| 2024 | The Life of Chuck | Sam Yarbrough |
| 2023 | The Fall of the House of Usher | C. Auguste Dupin |
| 2023 | Obliterated | James Langdon |
| 2022 | I'm Charlie Walker | Willie |
| 2021 | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Isaiah Bradley |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special | Isaiah Bradley (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Doctor Sleep | Dick Halloran |
| 2019 | Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool | Miles Davis (voice) |
| 2018 | Altered Carbon | Lukas Imani |
| 2018 | God Friended Me | Alphonse |
| 2017 | A Cure for Wellness | Mr. Wilson |
| 2017 | S.W.A.T. | Saint |
| 2016 | This Is Us | Abe Clarke |
| 2016 | Bunnicula | Lead Prison Guard / Vampire Bat (voice) |
| 2016 | Love Twice | Rodrigo |
| 2015 | Supergirl | Myr'nn J'onzz |
| 2015 | Justice League: Gods and Monsters | Silas Stone (voice) |
| 2015 | Zoo | Delavenne |
| 2015 | UnREAL | Dr. Henry Carter |
| 2015 | The Returned | Pastor Leon Wright |
| 2015 | Quitters | Dr. Weiss |
| 2012 | Justice League: Doom | J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter / Ma'alefa'ak (voice) |
| 2010 | Young Justice | M'aatt M'orzz (voice) |
| 2010 | Black Panther | Uncle S'Yan |
| 2010 | Black Panther | Uncle S'Yan (voice) |
| 2010 | Nominated | Ray Cowan |
| 2009 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Charles Langston |
| 2008 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Tornado Champion / Tornado Tyrant (voice) |
| 2008 | The Alphabet Killer | Dr. Ellis Parks |
| 2007 | Chuck | Ty Bennett |
| 2007 | Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation | Samuel Nujoma |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Kurt Walling |
| 2004 | Battlestar Galactica | Lt. Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek |
| 2004 | Justice League Unlimited | J'onn J'onzz (voice) |
| 2004 | Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie | J'onn J'onzz (voice) |
| 2004 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Other Voices (voice) |
| 2003 | NCIS | Beau Hindley |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Cordell Baker (2008) |
| 2003 | Justice League: Paradise Lost | J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice) |
| 2003 | Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property | Nat Turner - Gray |
| 2003 | Warming by the Devil's Fire | Narrator |
| 2003 | Sounder | The Father |
| 2002 | Just a Dream | J.M. Hoagland |
| 2001 | Alias | Marcus Dixon |
| 2001 | Justice League | J'onn J'onzz (voice) |
| 2001 | Justice League: Secret Origins | J'onn J'onzz (voice) |
| 2001 | Night Visions | Dan |
| 2001 | Kate Brasher | Jackson Turner |
| 2000 | Men of Honor | Mac Brashear |
| 2000 | Static Shock | Martian Manhunter (voice) |
| 2000 | Static Shock | Anansi (voice) |
| 2000 | The Color of Friendship | Ron Dellums |
| 2000 | Little Richard | Bud Penniman |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Loan Officer (voice) |
| 1999 | Batman Beyond | Stalker / Officer Williams (voice) |
| 1999 | Batman Beyond | Stalker (voice) |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Jeff Breckenridge |
| 1999 | Family Law | Tom Calloway |
| 1999 | Border Line | Detective Mollo |
| 1998 | Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero | Additional Voices (voice) |
| 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys | Tumbulu (voice) |
| 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys | Red Colobus Monkey (voice) |
| 1998 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Judge Spencer Boyle |
| 1998 | Any Day Now | |
| 1998 | The Wedding | Lute McNeil |
| 1997 | Buffalo Soldiers | John Horse |
| 1997 | The Ditchdigger's Daughters | Donald Thornton |
| 1997 | EP Daily | |
| 1996 | Superman: The Animated Series | Mayor (voice) |
| 1996 | Superman: The Animated Series | Alterus (voice) |
| 1996 | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Colonel William Marcus (voice) |
| 1996 | Nightjohn | Nightjohn |
| 1996 | EZ Streets | |
| 1996 | America's Dream | Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black") |
| 1994 | ER | Graham Baker |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Willis Thompson |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | |
| 1994 | M.A.N.T.I.S. | Dr. Miles Hawkins |
| 1994 | M.A.N.T.I.S. | Dr. Miles Hawkins |
| 1994 | Cagney & Lacey: The Return | Marcus Petrie |
| 1994 | Out of Darkness | Addison |
| 1994 | On Promised Land | Floyd Ween |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Marcus Duff |
| 1993 | seaQuest DSV | Lamm |
| 1993 | TriBeCa | |
| 1992 | South Central | Ali |
| 1992 | Back to the Streets of San Francisco | Charlie Walker |
| 1992 | Going to Extremes | |
| 1991 | Brother Future | Denmark Vessy |
| 1991 | The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry | Self |
| 1991 | Eyes of a Witness | Mambulu |
| 1990 | Pacific Heights | Lieutenant Lou Baker |
| 1990 | To Sleep with Anger | Junior |
| 1990 | Moe's World | |
| 1988 | Everybody's All-American | Narvel Blue |
| 1988 | American Experience | Narrator (voice) |
| 1987 | The Bedroom Window | Quirke |
| 1987 | Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 | Bobby Seale |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Earl Williams |
| 1985 | The Gospel at Colonus | Theseus |
| 1984 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | John Parker |
| 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | Mark Petrie |
| 1981 | Caveman | Bork |
| 1981 | Lifepod | Keshah |
| 1979 | Escape from Alcatraz | Inmate |
| 1979 | Undercover with the KKK | Rev. Lowell |
| 1978 | Taxi | Customer #2 |
| 1975 | The Jeffersons | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Theseus |