Carl Lumbly
ActingCarl 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.
Known For
Captain America: Brave New World
Isaiah Bradley
The Life of Chuck
Sam Yarbrough
Doctor Sleep
Dick Halloran
Escape from Alcatraz
Inmate
A Cure for Wellness
Mr. Wilson
Men of Honor
Mac Brashear
Caveman
Bork
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
John Parker
Pacific Heights
Lieutenant Lou Baker
Untitled The Exorcist Film
Filmography — Acting
Captain America: Brave New World
Isaiah Bradley
The Life of Chuck
Sam Yarbrough
Doctor Sleep
Dick Halloran
Escape from Alcatraz
Inmate
A Cure for Wellness
Mr. Wilson
Men of Honor
Mac Brashear
Caveman
Bork
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
John Parker
Pacific Heights
Lieutenant Lou Baker
Untitled The Exorcist Film
South Central
Ali
Justice League: Doom
Martian Manhunter (voice)
The Bedroom Window
Quirke
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
Silas Stone (voice)
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Additional Voices (voice)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Judge Spencer Boyle
The Alphabet Killer
Dr. Ellis Parks
Black Panther
Uncle S'Yan
To Sleep with Anger
Junior
Everybody's All-American
Narvel Blue
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Buffalo Soldiers
John Horse
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)
The Wedding
Lute McNeil
Judgment in Berlin
Edwin Palmer
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
Justice League: Secret Origins
J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Quitters
Dr. Weiss
Little Richard
Bud Penniman
The Ditchdigger's Daughters
Donald Thornton
M.A.N.T.I.S.
Dr. Miles Hawkins
Eyes of a Witness
Mambulu
America's Dream
Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
Nightjohn
Nightjohn
Just a Dream
J.M. Hoagland
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
Bobby Seale
I'm Charlie Walker
Willie
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Marcus Petrie
Undercover with the KKK
Rev. Lowell
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Nat Turner - Gray
Border Line
Detective Mollo
Lifepod
Keshah
The Gospel at Colonus
Theseus
The Color of Friendship
Ron Dellums
Justice League: Paradise Lost
J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
Charlie Walker
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
Mark Petrie
Brother Future
Denmark Vessy
Justice League: The First Mission
Martian Manhunter
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
Self
Moe's World
Sounder
The Father
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis (voice)
Nominated
Ray Cowan
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Samuel Nujoma
Out of Darkness
Addison
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Self
Love Twice
Rodrigo
On Promised Land
Floyd Ween
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Narrator