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