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Carl Lumbly

Carl Winston Lumbly (born August 14, 1951) is an American actor. He is best known for M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994–1997) and has also had television roles on Cagney & Lacey (1982–1988) and Alias (2001–2006). He has also had roles in various superhero franchises including voicing Martian Manhunter in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU). Lumbly later portrayed M'yrnn J'onzz, Martian Manhunter's father, in Supergirl (2017–2019). He has since portrayed Isaiah Bradley, the first Black super soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), appearing in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and Captain America: Brave New World (2025).

Infobox

Born
Carl Winston Lumbly (1951-08-14) August 14, 1951 (age 74)Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Education
Macalester College
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1979–present
Spouses
mw- Vonetta McGee (m. 1987; died 2010) Deborah Santana (m. 2015; div. 2019)
Children
1

Tables

· Filmography › Film
1979
Role(s)
Inmate
1981
Role(s)
Bork
Role(s)
Keshah
1987
Role(s)
Detective Quirke
1988
Role(s)
Edwin Palmer
Role(s)
Narvel Blue
1990
Role(s)
Junior
Role(s)
Lou Baker
1992
Role(s)
Ali
1998
Role(s)
Additional voices
Notes
Direct-to-video
Role(s)
Judge Spencer Boyle
1999
Role(s)
Nightjohn
2000
Role(s)
Mac Brashear
9mm of Love
Role(s)
Cue
Notes
Short film
2002
Just a Dream
Role(s)
J.M. Hoagland
2003
Role(s)
Nat Turner – Gray
Notes
Documentary
2007
2008
Role(s)
Ellis Parks
Role(s)
Splits Jackson (voice)
Notes
English dub
2010
Nominated
Role(s)
Ray Cowan
2012
Role(s)
J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter, Ma'alefa'ak (voice)
Notes
Direct-to-video
99%
Role(s)
Carl Westen
Notes
Short film
2015
Role(s)
Silas Stone (voice)
Notes
Direct-to-video
Role(s)
Dr. Weiss
2016
Gilpin's Nightmare
Role(s)
Charles Gilpin
Notes
Short film
Love Twice
Role(s)
Rodrigo
Role(s)
Wilson
2019
Role(s)
Dick Hallorann
2022
Role(s)
Willie
2024
Role(s)
Sam Yarbrough
2025
Role(s)
Isaiah Bradley
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1979
Escape from Alcatraz
Inmate
1981
Caveman
Bork
Lifepod
Keshah
1984
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
John Parker
1987
The Bedroom Window
Detective Quirke
1988
Judgement in Berlin
Edwin Palmer
Everybody's All-American
Narvel Blue
1990
To Sleep with Anger
Junior
Pacific Heights
Lou Baker
1992
South Central
Ali
1998
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Additional voices
Direct-to-video
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Judge Spencer Boyle
1999
Nightjohn
Nightjohn
2000
Men of Honor
Mac Brashear
9mm of Love
Cue
Short film
2002
Just a Dream
Hoagland
2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Nat Turner – Gray
Documentary
2007
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Sam Nujoma
2008
The Alphabet Killer
Ellis Parks
Immigrants
Splits Jackson (voice)
English dub
2010
Nominated
Ray Cowan
2012
Justice League: Doom
J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter, Ma'alefa'ak (voice)
Direct-to-video
2012
99%
Carl Westen
Short film
2015
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
Silas Stone (voice)
Direct-to-video
Quitters
Dr. Weiss
2016
Gilpin's Nightmare
Charles Gilpin
Short film
Love Twice
Rodrigo
A Cure for Wellness
Wilson
2019
Doctor Sleep
Dick Hallorann
2022
I'm Charlie Walker
Willie
2024
The Life of Chuck
Sam Yarbrough
2025
Captain America: Brave New World
Isaiah Bradley
· Filmography › Television
1979
Role(s)
Beutel
Notes
Episode: "What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing...?"
Role(s)
Reverend Lowell
Notes
Television film
1980
Role(s)
Beutel
Notes
Episode: "Hazard"
Role(s)
Customer #2
Notes
Episode: "Fantasy Borough"
1981
Role(s)
Jimmy
Notes
Episode: "And the Doorknobs Shined Like Diamonds"
Role(s)
Telephone Representative
Notes
Episode: "Intercepted Pass"
1981–1988
Role(s)
Cagney & Lacey
Notes
Marcus Petrie
1985
Role(s)
Theseus
Notes
Episode: "The Gospel at Colonus"
1987
Role(s)
Bobby Seale
Notes
Television film
1989–1990
Role(s)
L.A. Law
Notes
Earl Williams
1991
Eyes of a Witness
Role(s)
Mambulu
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
Denmark Vesey
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
Narrator
Notes
Episode: "Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind"
1992
Role(s)
Charlie Walker
Notes
Television film
1992–1993
Role(s)
Going to Extremes
Notes
Dr. Norris
1993
Role(s)
Ernest
Notes
Episode: "The Box"
1994–1995
Role(s)
M.A.N.T.I.S.
Notes
Miles Hawkins
1994
Role(s)
Addison
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
Lamm
Notes
Episode: "The Last Lap of Luxury"
On Promised Land
Role(s)
Floyd Ween
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
Marcus Petrie
1996
Role(s)
Cal
Notes
Television film; segment: "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black"
Role(s)
Michael Johnson
Notes
Episode: "Life Lines"
Role(s)
John
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
Willis Thompson
Notes
Episode: "Sins of the Father"
Role(s)
Marcus Duff
Notes
Episode: "Teliko"
1996–1997
Role(s)
EZ Streets
Notes
Christian Davidson
1997
Role(s)
William Marcus (voice)
Notes
Episode: "Other Space"
The Ditchdigger's Daughters
Role(s)
Donald Thornton
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
John Horse
1997–1998
Role(s)
Superman: The Animated Series
Notes
Alterus, Mayor of Metropolis (voice)
1998
The Wedding
Role(s)
Lute McNeil
Notes
Television film
1999
Role(s)
Nathan
Notes
2 episodes
Border Line
Role(s)
Detective Mollo
Notes
Television film
ER
Role(s)
Graham Baker
Notes
2 episodes
Role(s)
Kevin Manus
Notes
Episode: "Eliza"
1999–2000
Role(s)
Batman Beyond
Notes
Stalker (voice)
Role(s)
Red Colobus, Tumbulu (voice)
Notes
2 episodes
2000
Role(s)
Ron Dellums
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
Bud Penniman
Role(s)
Jeff Breckenridge
Notes
Episode: "Six Meetings Before Lunch"
Role(s)
Obediah Jackson
Notes
Episode: "The Trial"
Role(s)
Tom Calloway
Notes
Episode: "Affairs of the State"
2001
Role(s)
Frederick Douglass
Notes
Episode: "The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry""
Role(s)
Jackson Turner
Notes
Episode: "Jackson Turner"
Role(s)
Dan
Notes
Episode: "A View Through the Window"
2001–2004
Role(s)
Justice League
Notes
J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
2001–2006
Role(s)
Alias
Notes
Marcus Dixon
2002
Role(s)
Swayzak
Notes
Episode: "Trapped in Hyperspace"
2003
Role(s)
The Father
Notes
Episode: "Sounder"
Role(s)
J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter, Anansi (voice)
Notes
3 episodes
2004–2006
Role(s)
Justice League Unlimited
Notes
J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
2005
Role(s)
Salomon Northup
Notes
Episode: "Seeds of Destruction"
2006
Role(s)
Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek
Notes
Episode: "Hero"
2008
Role(s)
Cordell Baker '08
Notes
Episode: "Wednesday's Women"
Role(s)
Kurt Walling
Notes
Episode: "There's No 'I' in Team"
Role(s)
Ty Bennett
Notes
Episode: "Chuck Versus the Sensei"
2009
Role(s)
Tornado Champion, Tornado Tyrant (voice)
Notes
Episode: "Hail the Tornado Tyrant!"
2010
Role(s)
S'Yan (voice)
Notes
6 episodes
Role(s)
Special Agent Reynolds
Notes
Episode: "Tunnel Vision"
Role(s)
James "Jay-Mo" Morris
Notes
Episode: "Devil's Night"
2011
Role(s)
Beau Hindley
Notes
Episode: "Tell-All"
2012
Role(s)
Joel Rucker
Notes
3 episodes
2014
Role(s)
Loan Officer (voice)
Notes
Episode: "Baking Bad"
Hope: The Last Paladin
Role(s)
Robert Danforth
Notes
Episode: "Pilot"
2015
Role(s)
Leon Wright
Notes
5 episodes
Zoo
Role(s)
Delavenne
Notes
6 episodes
2016
Role(s)
Henry Carter
Notes
Episode: "Infiltration"
2017
Six
Role(s)
Robert Chase Sr.
Notes
Episode: "Confession"
Role(s)
Walter Don Burkes
Notes
Episode: "#2.5"
2017–2018
Role(s)
NCIS: Los Angeles
Notes
Charles Langston
2017–2019
Role(s)
Supergirl
Notes
M'yrnn J'onzz
2018
Role(s)
Lead Prison Guard, Vampire Bat (voice)
Notes
Episode: "Prism Prison"
2019, 2022
Role(s)
This Is Us
Notes
Abe Clarke
2020
Role(s)
Alphonse Jeffries
Notes
Episode: "BFF"
Role(s)
Lukas Imani
Notes
2 episodes
2021
Role(s)
Isaiah Bradley
Notes
3 episodes
Role(s)
M'aatt M'orzz (voice)
Notes
3 episodes
2021–2022
Role(s)
S.W.A.T.
Notes
Saint
2023
Role(s)
James Langdon
Notes
6 episodes
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1979
Emergency!
Beutel
Episode: "What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing...?"
Undercover with the KKK
Reverend Lowell
Television film
1980
Lou Grant
Beutel
Episode: "Hazard"
Taxi
Customer
Episode: "Fantasy Borough"
1981
The Jeffersons
Jimmy
Episode: "And the Doorknobs Shined Like Diamonds"
B. J. and the Bear
Telephone Representative
Episode: "Intercepted Pass"
1981–1988
Cagney & Lacey
Marcus Petrie
Main role
1985
Great Performances
Theseus
Episode: "The Gospel at Colonus"
1987
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
Bobby Seale
Television film
1989–1990
Law
Earl Williams
6 episodes
1991
Eyes of a Witness
Mambulu
Television film
Brother Future
Denmark Vesey
Television film
American Experience
Narrator
Episode: "Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind"
1992
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
Charlie Walker
Television film
1992–1993
Going to Extremes
Dr. Norris
Main role
1993
Tribeca
Ernest
Episode: "The Box"
1994–1995
M.A.N.T.I.S.
Miles Hawkins
Main role
1994
Out of Darkness
Addison
Television film
SeaQuest 2032
Lamm
Episode: "The Last Lap of Luxury"
On Promised Land
Floyd Ween
Television film
1994
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Marcus Petrie
1996
America's Dream
Cal
Television film; segment: "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black"
Chicago Hope
Michael Johnson
Episode: "Life Lines"
Nightjohn
John
Television film
Touched by an Angel
Willis Thompson
Episode: "Sins of the Father"
The X-Files
Marcus Duff
Episode: "Teliko"
1996–1997
EZ Streets
Christian Davidson
9 episodes
1997
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
William Marcus (voice)
Episode: "Other Space"
The Ditchdigger's Daughters
Donald Thornton
Television film
Buffalo Soldiers
John Horse
1997–1998
Superman: The Animated Series
Alterus, Mayor of Metropolis (voice)
2 episodes
1998
The Wedding
Lute McNeil
Television film
1999
Any Day Now
Nathan
2 episodes
Border Line
Detective Mollo
Television film
ER
Graham Baker
2 episodes
Strange World
Kevin Manus
Episode: "Eliza"
1999–2000
Batman Beyond
Stalker (voice)
2 episodes
The Wild Thornberrys
Red Colobus, Tumbulu (voice)
2 episodes
2000
The Color of Friendship
Ron Dellums
Television film
Little Richard
Bud Penniman
The West Wing
Jeff Breckenridge
Episode: "Six Meetings Before Lunch"
The Magnificent Seven
Obediah Jackson
Episode: "The Trial"
Family Law
Tom Calloway
Episode: "Affairs of the State"
2001
American Experience
Frederick Douglass
Episode: "The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Kate Brasher
Jackson Turner
Episode: "Jackson Turner"
Night Visions
Dan
Episode: "A View Through the Window"
2001–2004
Justice League
J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
Main cast
2001–2006
Alias
Marcus Dixon
Main role
2002
Toonami
Swayzak
Episode: "Trapped in Hyperspace"
· Filmography › Theater
1980
1997
2013
Storefront Church
2015
Let There Be Love
2016
Year
Title
1980
Eden
1997
Macbeth
2013
The Motherfucker with the Hat
Storefront Church
2015
Let There Be Love
Between Riverside and Crazy
2016
Red Velvet
· Filmography › Video games
2004
Role(s)
Agent Marcus Dixon
2008
Role(s)
Brother Marcion
2010
Role(s)
Charles Milton Porter
2012
Role(s)
Witch Doctor
Notes
Also Reaper of Souls DLC
2013
Role(s)
J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter
Notes
Uncredited
2015
Role(s)
Nazeebo
2017
Role(s)
ODIN
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2004
Alias
Agent Marcus Dixon
2008
Command and Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
Brother Marcion
2010
BioShock 2: Minerva's Den
Charles Milton Porter
2012
Diablo III
Witch Doctor
Also Reaper of Souls DLC
2013
Injustice: Gods Among Us
J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter
Uncredited
2015
Heroes of the Storm
Nazeebo
2017
Tacoma
ODIN

References

  1. deborahsantana.com
    https://web.archive.org/web/20190405073152/https://www.deborahsantana.com/blog/gratitude/carl-lumbly
  2. According to the State of Minnesota. Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002. At Ancestry.com.
  3. The Mercury News
    https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/11/18/berkeley-stage-star-carl-lumbly-used-his-art-to-overcome-real-life-grief/
  4. LA Phil
    https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/artists/3258/carl-lumbly
  5. YouTube
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjU6cH5UdMc
  6. Chicago Tribune
    https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-05-15-8702060022-story.html
  7. Buffalo News
    https://buffalonews.com/news/l-a-law-makes-good-case-for-a-very-entertaining-season/article_cc861f8d-d9b6-5bc4-89f8-6ab46437ae02.html
  8. TV Insider
    https://www.tvinsider.com/1075410/alias-20th-anniversary-phase-one-jennifer-garner-michael-vartan-carl-lumbly/
  9. Game Informer
    https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/07/14/martian-manhunter-coming-to-injustice-gods-among-us.aspx
  10. Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/04/29/carl-lumbly-falcon-winter-soldier/
  11. Los Angeles Times
    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-05-ca-61188-story.html
  12. PS: Political Science and Politics
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/1554721
  13. The A.V. Club
    https://www.avclub.com/captain-america-4-liv-tyler-carl-lumbly-join-cast-1850270095
  14. Deadline
    https://deadline.com/2019/02/this-is-us-carl-lumbly-rachel-naomi-hilson-akira-akbar-join-nbc-drama-1202551493/
  15. Entertainment Weekly
    https://ew.com/tv/the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher-cast-characters/
  16. Behind The Voice Actors
    https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Carl-Lumbly/
  17. Deadline Hollywood
    https://deadline.com/2018/08/doctor-sleep-the-shining-carl-lumbly-dick-halloran-alex-essoe-wendy-torrance-scatman-crothers-shelley-duvall-1202438309/
  18. Top 10 Films
    https://www.top10films.co.uk/84750-interview-carl-lumbly-reflects-on-history-and-humanity-in-im-charlie-walker/
  19. Collider
    https://collider.com/fall-of-the-house-of-usher-production-start-mike-flanagan-netflix/
  20. TheWrap
    https://www.thewrap.com/obliterated-netflix-series-carl-lumbly-david-costabile-guest-stars/
  21. Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090210192554/http://ladramacriticscircle.com/awards_1980_1989.htm
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