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).
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.
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0525855
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q953908
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Filmography (Movies)
The Life of Chuck
Character:Sam Yarbrough
Release Date:05/06/2025
Captain America: Brave New World
Character:Isaiah Bradley
Release Date:12/02/2025
I'm Charlie Walker
Character:Willie
Release Date:10/06/2022
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Character:Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)
Release Date:12/11/2021
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
Character:Self
Release Date:04/02/2020
Doctor Sleep
Character:Dick Halloran
Release Date:30/10/2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Character:Miles Davis (voice)
Release Date:23/08/2019
A Cure for Wellness
Character:Mr. Wilson
Release Date:15/02/2017
Love Twice
Character:Rodrigo
Release Date:01/01/2016
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
Character:Silas Stone (voice)
Release Date:18/06/2015
Quitters
Character:Dr. Weiss
Release Date:16/03/2015
Justice League: Doom
Character:Martian Manhunter (voice)
Release Date:28/02/2012
Black Panther
Character:Uncle S'Yan
Release Date:18/01/2010
Nominated
Character:Ray Cowan
Release Date:01/01/2010
The Alphabet Killer
Character:Dr. Ellis Parks
Release Date:07/11/2008
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Character:Samuel Nujoma
Release Date:27/06/2007
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Character:Other Voices (voice)
Release Date:04/09/2004
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
Character:J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Release Date:13/07/2004
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/10/2003
Justice League: Paradise Lost
Character:J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
Release Date:22/07/2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Character:Nat Turner - Gray
Release Date:16/02/2003
Sounder
Character:The Father
Release Date:19/01/2003
Justice League: The Savage Time
Character:Martian Manhunter
Release Date:09/11/2002
Just a Dream
Character:J.M. Hoagland
Release Date:16/03/2002
Justice League: Secret Origins
Character:J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Release Date:17/11/2001
Justice League: The First Mission
Character:Martian Manhunter
Release Date:01/11/2000
Men of Honor
Character:Mac Brashear
Release Date:13/09/2000
Little Richard
Character:Bud Penniman
Release Date:20/02/2000
The Color of Friendship
Character:Ron Dellums
Release Date:05/02/2000
Border Line
Character:Detective Mollo
Release Date:22/02/1999
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Character:Judge Spencer Boyle
Release Date:14/08/1998
The Wedding
Character:Lute McNeil
Release Date:22/02/1998
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Character:Additional Voices (voice)
Release Date:11/02/1998
Buffalo Soldiers
Character:John Horse
Release Date:07/12/1997
The Ditchdigger's Daughters
Character:Donald Thornton
Release Date:23/02/1997
Nightjohn
Character:Nightjohn
Release Date:01/06/1996
America's Dream
Character:Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
Release Date:17/02/1996
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Character:Marcus Petrie
Release Date:06/11/1994
On Promised Land
Character:Floyd Ween
Release Date:17/04/1994
M.A.N.T.I.S.
Character:Dr. Miles Hawkins
Release Date:24/01/1994
Out of Darkness
Character:Addison
Release Date:16/01/1994
South Central
Character:Ali
Release Date:18/09/1992
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
Character:Charlie Walker
Release Date:27/01/1992
Eyes of a Witness
Character:Mambulu
Release Date:30/03/1991
Brother Future
Character:Denmark Vessy
Release Date:03/02/1991
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1991
To Sleep with Anger
Character:Junior
Release Date:12/10/1990
Pacific Heights
Character:Lieutenant Lou Baker
Release Date:28/09/1990
Moe's World
Character:
Release Date:14/07/1990
Everybody's All-American
Character:Narvel Blue
Release Date:04/11/1988
Judgment in Berlin
Character:Edwin Palmer
Release Date:06/05/1988
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
Character:Bobby Seale
Release Date:16/05/1987
The Bedroom Window
Character:Quirke
Release Date:16/01/1987
The Gospel at Colonus
Character:Theseus
Release Date:08/11/1985
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Character:John Parker
Release Date:10/08/1984
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
Character:Mark Petrie
Release Date:08/10/1981
Caveman
Character:Bork
Release Date:17/04/1981
Lifepod
Character:Keshah
Release Date:01/01/1981
Undercover with the KKK
Character:Rev. Lowell
Release Date:23/10/1979
Escape from Alcatraz
Character:Inmate
Release Date:22/06/1979
Television Appearances
Obliterated
Character:James Langdon
The Fall of the House of Usher
Character:C. Auguste Dupin
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Character:Isaiah Bradley
God Friended Me
Character:Alphonse
Altered Carbon
Character:Lukas Imani
The Chi
Character:Walter Dion Burkes
S.W.A.T.
Character:Saint
This Is Us
Character:Abe Clarke
Bunnicula
Character:Lead Prison Guard / Vampire Bat (voice)
Supergirl
Character:Myr'nn J'onzz
Zoo
Character:Delavenne
UnREAL
Character:Dr. Henry Carter
The Returned
Character:Pastor Leon Wright
Young Justice
Character:M'aatt M'orzz (voice)
Black Panther
Character:Uncle S'Yan (voice)
NCIS: Los Angeles
Character:Charles Langston
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Character:Tornado Champion / Tornado Tyrant (voice)
Chuck
Character:Ty Bennett
Grey's Anatomy
Character:Kurt Walling
Battlestar Galactica
Character:Lt. Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek
Justice League Unlimited
Character:J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Cold Case
Character:Cordell Baker (2008)
NCIS
Character:Beau Hindley
Justice League
Character:J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Alias
Character:Marcus Dixon
Night Visions
Character:Dan (segment "A View Through the Window")
Kate Brasher
Character:Jackson Turner
Static Shock
Character:Martian Manhunter (voice)
Static Shock
Character:Anansi (voice)
The West Wing
Character:Jeff Breckenridge
Family Law
Character:Tom Calloway
Family Guy
Character:Loan Officer (voice)
Batman Beyond
Character:Stalker / Officer Williams (voice)
Batman Beyond
Character:Stalker (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys
Character:Tumbulu (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys
Character:Red Colobus Monkey (voice)
Any Day Now
Character:
EP Daily
Character:
EZ Streets
Character:
Superman: The Animated Series
Character:Alterus (voice)
Superman: The Animated Series
Character:Mayor (voice)
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Character:Colonel William Marcus (voice)
Touched by an Angel
Character:Willis Thompson
ER
Character:Graham Baker
Chicago Hope
Character:Michael Johnson
M.A.N.T.I.S.
Character:Dr. Miles Hawkins
seaQuest DSV
Character:Lamm
The X-Files
Character:Marcus Duff
TriBeCa
Character:
Going to Extremes
Character:Dr. Michael Norris
American Experience
Character:Narrator (voice)
L.A. Law
Character:Earl Williams
Cagney & Lacey
Character:Mark Petrie
Taxi
Character:Customer #2
The Jeffersons
Character:
Great Performances
Character:Theseus
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