Carl Lumbly
Biography
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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 2025
The Life of Chuck
As: Sam Yarbrough
- 2025
Captain America: Brave New World
As: Isaiah Bradley
- 2023
Obliterated
As: James Langdon
- 2023
The Fall of the House of Usher
As: C. Auguste Dupin
- 2022
I'm Charlie Walker
As: Willie
- 2021
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
As: Isaiah Bradley
- 2019
Doctor Sleep
As: Dick Halloran
- 2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
As: Miles Davis (voice)
- 2018
God Friended Me
As: Alphonse
- 2018
Altered Carbon
As: Lukas Imani
- 2018
The Chi
As: Walter Dion Burkes
- 2017
S.W.A.T.
As: Saint
- 2017
A Cure for Wellness
As: Mr. Wilson
- 2016
This Is Us
As: Abe Clarke
- 2016
Bunnicula
As: Lead Prison Guard / Vampire Bat (voice)
- 2016
Love Twice
As: Rodrigo
- 2015
Supergirl
As: Myr'nn J'onzz
- 2015
Zoo
As: Delavenne
- 2015
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
As: Silas Stone (voice)
- 2015
UnREAL
As: Dr. Henry Carter
- 2015
Quitters
As: Dr. Weiss
- 2015
The Returned
As: Pastor Leon Wright
- 2012
Justice League: Doom
As: Martian Manhunter (voice)
- 2010
Young Justice
As: M'aatt M'orzz (voice)
- 2010
Black Panther
As: Uncle S'Yan
- 2010
Black Panther
As: Uncle S'Yan (voice)
- 2010
Nominated
As: Ray Cowan
- 2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
As: Charles Langston
- 2008
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
As: Tornado Champion / Tornado Tyrant (voice)
- 2008
The Alphabet Killer
As: Dr. Ellis Parks
- 2007
Chuck
As: Ty Bennett
- 2007
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
As: Samuel Nujoma
- 2005
Grey's Anatomy
As: Kurt Walling
- 2004
Battlestar Galactica
As: Lt. Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek
- 2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
As: Other Voices (voice)
- 2004
Justice League Unlimited
As: J'onn J'onzz (voice)
- 2004
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
As: J'onn J'onzz (voice)
- 2003
Warming by the Devil's Fire
As: Narrator
- 2003
Cold Case
As: Cordell Baker (2008)
- 2003
NCIS
As: Beau Hindley
- 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)
- 2001
Justice League
As: J'onn J'onzz (voice)
- 2001
Alias
As: Marcus Dixon
- 2001
Night Visions
As: Dan (segment "A View Through the Window")
- 2001
Kate Brasher
As: Jackson Turner
- 2000
Justice League: The First Mission
As: Martian Manhunter
- 2000
Static Shock
As: Martian Manhunter (voice)
- 2000
Static Shock
As: Anansi (voice)
- 2000
Men of Honor
As: Mac Brashear
- 2000
Little Richard
As: Bud Penniman
- 2000
The Color of Friendship
As: Ron Dellums
- 1999
The West Wing
As: Jeff Breckenridge
- 1999
Family Law
As: Tom Calloway
- 1999
Border Line
As: Detective Mollo
- 1999
Family Guy
As: Loan Officer (voice)
- 1999
Batman Beyond
As: Stalker / Officer Williams (voice)
- 1999
Batman Beyond
As: Stalker (voice)
- 1998
The Wild Thornberrys
As: Tumbulu (voice)
- 1998
The Wild Thornberrys
As: Red Colobus Monkey (voice)
- 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
Superman: The Animated Series
As: Alterus (voice)
- 1996
Superman: The Animated Series
As: Mayor (voice)
- 1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
As: Colonel William Marcus (voice)
- 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
Touched by an Angel
As: Willis Thompson
- 1994
ER
As: Graham Baker
- 1994
M.A.N.T.I.S.
As: Dr. Miles Hawkins
- 1994
On Promised Land
As: Floyd Ween
- 1994
M.A.N.T.I.S.
As: Dr. Miles Hawkins
- 1994
Out of Darkness
As: Addison
- 1993
seaQuest DSV
As: Lamm
- 1993
The X-Files
As: Marcus Duff
- 1992
South Central
As: Ali
- 1992
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
As: Charlie Walker
- 1991
Brother Future
As: Denmark Vessy
- 1990
To Sleep with Anger
As: Junior
- 1990
Pacific Heights
As: Lieutenant Lou Baker
- 1988
Everybody's All-American
As: Narvel Blue
- 1988
American Experience
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1987
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
As: Bobby Seale
- 1987
The Bedroom Window
As: Quirke
- 1986
L.A. Law
As: Earl Williams
- 1985
The Gospel at Colonus
As: Theseus
- 1984
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
As: John Parker
- 1982
Cagney & Lacey
As: Mark Petrie
- 1981
Caveman
As: Bork
- 1981
Lifepod
As: Keshah
- 1979
Undercover with the KKK
As: Rev. Lowell
- 1979
Escape from Alcatraz
As: Inmate
- 1978
Taxi
As: Customer #2
- 1971
Great Performances
As: Theseus