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) installments The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and the forthcoming Captain America: Brave New World (2025).
He was married to Vonetta McGee from 1987 until her death in 2010.
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Primarily2025 The Life of Chuck as Sam Yarbrough
2025 Captain America: Brave New World as Isaiah Bradley
2022 I'm Charlie Walker as Willie
2021 Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)
2020 Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook as Self
2019 Doctor Sleep as Dick Halloran
2019 Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool as Miles Davis (voice)
2017 A Cure for Wellness as Mr. Wilson
2016 Love Twice as Rodrigo
2015 Justice League: Gods and Monsters as Silas Stone (voice)
2015 Quitters as Dr. Weiss
2012 Justice League: Doom as Martian Manhunter (voice)
2010 Black Panther as Uncle S'Yan
2010 Nominated as Ray Cowan
2008 The Alphabet Killer as Dr. Ellis Parks
2007 Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation as Samuel Nujoma
2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice)
2004 Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2003 Warming by the Devil's Fire as Narrator
2003 Justice League: Paradise Lost as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
2003 Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property as Nat Turner - Gray
2003 Sounder as The Father
2002 Justice League: The Savage Time as Martian Manhunter
2002 Just a Dream as J.M. Hoagland
2001 Justice League: Secret Origins as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2000 Justice League: The First Mission as Martian Manhunter
2000 Men of Honor as Mac Brashear
2000 Little Richard as Bud Penniman
2000 The Color of Friendship as Ron Dellums
1999 Border Line as Detective Mollo
1998 How Stella Got Her Groove Back as Judge Spencer Boyle
1998 The Wedding as Lute McNeil
1998 Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero as Additional Voices (voice)
1997 Buffalo Soldiers as John Horse
1997 The Ditchdigger's Daughters as Donald Thornton
1996 Nightjohn as Nightjohn
1996 America's Dream as Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
1994 Cagney & Lacey: The Return as Marcus Petrie
1994 On Promised Land as Floyd Ween
1994 M.A.N.T.I.S. as Dr. Miles Hawkins
1994 Out of Darkness as Addison
1992 South Central as Ali
1992 Back to the Streets of San Francisco as Charlie Walker
1991 Eyes of a Witness as Mambulu
1991 Brother Future as Denmark Vessy
1991 The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry as Self
1990 To Sleep with Anger as Junior
1990 Pacific Heights as Lieutenant Lou Baker
1990 Moe's World
1988 Everybody's All-American as Narvel Blue
1987 Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 as Bobby Seale
1987 The Bedroom Window as Quirke
1985 The Gospel at Colonus as Theseus
1984 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as John Parker
1981 Caveman as Bork
1981 Lifepod as Keshah
1979 Undercover with the KKK as Rev. Lowell
1979 Escape from Alcatraz as Inmate