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.
112 acting credits
Acting · 112
Grey's Anatomy
2005
NCIS
2003
Family Guy
1999
S.W.A.T.
2017
The X-Files
1993
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
ER
1994
The West Wing
1999
Young Justice
2010
This Is Us
2016
Cold Case
2003
Supergirl
2015
American Experience
1988
Chicago Hope
1994
Battlestar Galactica
2004
Great Performances
1971
Chuck
2007
The Chi
2018
Touched by an Angel
1994
L.A. Law
1986
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Taxi
1978
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
seaQuest DSV
1993
Batman Beyond
1999
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008
Altered Carbon
2018
Zoo
2015
Family Law
1999
Justice League Unlimited
2004
Captain America: Brave New World
2025
The Jeffersons
1975
Static Shock
2000
God Friended Me
2018
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
2021
Justice League
2001
Obliterated
2023
UnREAL
2015
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996
Bunnicula
2016
The Fall of the House of Usher
2023
Any Day Now
1998
Alias
2001
A Cure for Wellness
2017
Night Visions
2001
The Returned
2015
The Life of Chuck
2025
Doctor Sleep
2019
Escape from Alcatraz
1979
M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984
EZ Streets
1996
Men of Honor
2000
Black Panther
2010
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
1998
TriBeCa
1993
Pacific Heights
1990
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
2015
Justice League: Doom
2012
Caveman
1981
The Bedroom Window
1987
Going to Extremes
1992
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021
The Alphabet Killer
2008
South Central
1992
Kate Brasher
2001
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
2004
Untitled The Exorcist Film
2027
Buffalo Soldiers
1997
Black Panther
2010
Nightjohn
1996
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
1987
Everybody's All-American
1988
I'm Charlie Walker
2022
Justice League: Secret Origins
2001
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
1992
M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
America's Dream
1996
To Sleep with Anger
1990
Judgment in Berlin
1988
Quitters
2015
The Wedding
1998
Border Line
1999
The Ditchdigger's Daughters
1997
Little Richard
2000
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003
On Promised Land
1994
Justice League: Paradise Lost
2003
The Color of Friendship
2000
Out of Darkness
1994
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
2020
Just a Dream
2002
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
1991
Moe's World
1990
Undercover with the KKK
1979
Eyes of a Witness
1991
Sounder
2003
The Gospel at Colonus
1985
Justice League: The First Mission
2000
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994
Lifepod
1981
Brother Future
1991
EP Daily
1997
Warming by the Devil's Fire
2003
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
1981
Nominated
2010
Love Twice
2016