Acting credits
110
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Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Carl Lumbly
Acting
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Movies: 59Series: 51
TMDB ID: 29382
IMDb ID: nm0525855
Known for: Acting
Born: August 14, 1951
Age: 74
Place of birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1971 - 2025
Years active: 55
Average TMDB rating: 7.18
Wikidata: Q953908
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 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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Carl Lumbly.
7.3
The Life of Chuck
as Sam Yarbrough
2025 Movie
6.0
Captain America: Brave New World
as Isaiah Bradley
2025 Movie
4.8
I'm Charlie Walker
as Willie
2022 Movie
6.9
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)
2021 Movie
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
as Self
2020 Movie
7.1
Doctor Sleep
as Dick Halloran
2019 Movie
7.2
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Miles Davis (voice)
2019 Movie
6.3
A Cure for Wellness
as Mr. Wilson
2017 Movie
5.0
Love Twice
as Rodrigo
2016 Movie
7.1
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
as Silas Stone (voice)
2015 Movie
4.3
Quitters
as Dr. Weiss
2015 Movie
7.4
Justice League: Doom
as Martian Manhunter (voice)
2012 Movie
6.2
Black Panther
as Uncle S'Yan
2010 Movie
Nominated
as Ray Cowan
2010 Movie
5.1
The Alphabet Killer
as Dr. Ellis Parks
2008 Movie
5.9
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
as Samuel Nujoma
2007 Movie
7.1
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
2004 Movie
8.1
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2004 Movie
6.9
Warming by the Devil's Fire
as Narrator
2003 Movie
7.7
Justice League: Paradise Lost
as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
2003 Movie
6.1
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
as Nat Turner - Gray
2003 Movie
7.0
Sounder
as The Father
2003 Movie
7.2
Justice League: The Savage Time
as Martian Manhunter
2002 Movie
4.8
Just a Dream
as J.M. Hoagland
2002 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Carl Lumbly.
6.9
Obliterated
as James Langdon • 6 eps
2023 Series
7.6
The Fall of the House of Usher
as C. Auguste Dupin • 8 eps
2023 Series
7.6
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
as Isaiah Bradley • 3 eps
2021 Series
7.7
God Friended Me
as Alphonse • 2 eps
2018 Series
7.6
Altered Carbon
as Lukas Imani • 2 eps
2018 Series
7.9
The Chi
as Walter Dion Burkes • 1 eps
2018 Series
8.1
S.W.A.T.
as Saint • 3 eps
2017 Series
8.2
This Is Us
as Abe Clarke • 2 eps
2016 Series
6.0
Bunnicula
as Lead Prison Guard / Vampire Bat (voice) • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.3
Supergirl
as Myr'nn J'onzz • 15 eps
2015 Series
6.7
Zoo
as Delavenne • 6 eps
2015 Series
6.6
UnREAL
as Dr. Henry Carter • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.7
The Returned
as Pastor Leon Wright • 5 eps
2015 Series
8.4
Young Justice
as M'aatt M'orzz (voice) • 3 eps
2010 Series
6.8
Black Panther
as Uncle S'Yan (voice) • 6 eps
2010 Series
7.5
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Charles Langston • 4 eps
2009 Series
7.6
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
as Tornado Champion / Tornado Tyrant (voice) • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.7
Chuck
as Ty Bennett • 1 eps
2007 Series
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Kurt Walling • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.2
Battlestar Galactica
as Lt. Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek • 1 eps
2004 Series
8.3
Justice League Unlimited
as J'onn J'onzz (voice) • 39 eps
2004 Series
7.8
Cold Case
as Cordell Baker (2008) • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.6
NCIS
as Beau Hindley • 1 eps
2003 Series
8.2
Justice League
as J'onn J'onzz (voice) • 50 eps
2001 Series