Carl Lumbly
Acting
🎂 1951-08-14
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.
Cast credits(114)
Kurt Walling
2005
Beau Hindley
2003
Loan Officer (voice)
1999
Saint
2017
Charles Langston
2009
Marcus Duff
1993
Isaiah Bradley
2025
Myr'nn J'onzz
2015
Jeff Breckenridge
1999
M'aatt M'orzz (voice)
2010
Graham Baker
1994
Cordell Baker (2008)
2003
Ty Bennett
2007
Abe Clarke
2016
Lt. Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek
2004
Narrator (voice)
1988
Sam Yarbrough
2025
1994
Theseus
1971
Tornado Champion / Tornado Tyrant (voice)
2008
Stalker / Officer Williams (voice)
1999
Stalker (voice)
1999
Earl Williams
1986
Customer #2
1978
Walter Dion Burkes
2018
Alterus (voice)
1996
Mayor (voice)
1996
Mark Petrie
1982
Willis Thompson
1994
J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2004
Lamm
1993
1975
Isaiah Bradley
2021
Delavenne
2015
James Langdon
2023
Martian Manhunter (voice)
2000
Anansi (voice)
2000
J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2001
Tumbulu (voice)
1998
Red Colobus Monkey (voice)
1998
Lukas Imani
2018
Tom Calloway
1999
Inmate
1979
Dr. Henry Carter
2015
Lead Prison Guard / Vampire Bat (voice)
2016
Alphonse
2018
C. Auguste Dupin
2023
Mr. Wilson
2017
Dick Halloran
2019
Colonel William Marcus (voice)
1996
Pastor Leon Wright
2015
1998
Mambulu
1991
Mac Brashear
2000
Martian Manhunter (voice)
2012
Marcus Dixon
2001
Bud Penniman
2000
Dan (segment "A View Through the Window")
2001
John Parker
1984
Theseus
1985
Ray Cowan
2010
Bork
1981
Keshah
1981
Lieutenant Lou Baker
1990
1996
Samuel Nujoma
2007
Silas Stone (voice)
2015
Dr. Miles Hawkins
1994
Nat Turner - Gray
2003
Additional Voices (voice)
1998
Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)
2021
Quirke
1987
Donald Thornton
1997
Addison
1994
John Horse
1997
Uncle S'Yan (voice)
2010
Martian Manhunter
2000
Ron Dellums
2000
Judge Spencer Boyle
1998
Dr. Ellis Parks
2008
Other Voices (voice)
2004
Self
1991
Lute McNeil
1998
Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
1996
Miles Davis (voice)
2019
Denmark Vessy
1991
Ali
1992
Rev. Lowell
1979
Dr. Miles Hawkins
1994
The Father
2003
1993
Junior
1990
Marcus Petrie
1994
Willie
2022
1992
Uncle S'Yan
2010
Jackson Turner
2001
Narvel Blue
1988
Bobby Seale
1987
J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2001
Nightjohn
1996
1990
Rodrigo
2016
Self
2020
Floyd Ween
1994
Martian Manhunter
2002
J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2004
Dr. Weiss
2015
Charlie Walker
1992
Narrator
2003
J.M. Hoagland
2002
J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
2003
Detective Mollo
1999
1997