Known for

Acting

Born

Aug 14, 1951 (75 years old)

Place of birth

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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.

Titles

Family Guy

Series • 1999

Grey's Anatomy

Series • 2005

NCIS

Series • 2003

The X-Files

Series • 1993

NCIS: Los Angeles

Series • 2009

S.W.A.T.

Series • 2017

The West Wing

Series • 1999

Great Performances

Series • 1971

ER

Series • 1994

This Is Us

Series • 2016

Young Justice

Series • 2010

Chicago Hope

Series • 1994

Supergirl

Series • 2015

Cold Case

Series • 2003

American Experience

Series • 1988

L.A. Law

Series • 1986

Chuck

Series • 2007

Battlestar Galactica

Series • 2004

Touched by an Angel

Series • 1994

The Chi

Series • 2018

Taxi

Series • 1978

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

Series • 2008

The Wild Thornberrys

Series • 1998

Superman: The Animated Series

Series • 1996

Cagney & Lacey

Series • 1982

The Jeffersons

Series • 1975

Justice League Unlimited

Series • 2004

Batman Beyond

Series • 1999

seaQuest DSV

Series • 1993

Zoo

Series • 2015