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