Highest rated as cast or director
Justice League Unlimited
2004 · 3 Seasons
Justice League
2001 · 2 Seasons
Alias
2001 · 5 Seasons
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.
Acted in 106
2020s
- 2027
- 2026
- 2025
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
2010s
- 2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis (voice)
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
Love Twice
Rodrigo
- 2015
Quitters
Dr. Weiss
- 2012
- 2010
Black Panther
Uncle S'Yan
Black Panther
Uncle S'Yan (voice) · 6 episodes
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Samuel Nujoma
- 2005
- 2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
- 2003
Justice League: Paradise Lost
J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Nat Turner - Gray
Sounder
The Father
- 2002
- 2001
Kate Brasher
Jackson Turner · 7 episodes
- 2000
Little Richard
Bud Penniman
1990s
- 1999
Border Line
Detective Mollo
- 1998
The Wedding
Lute McNeil
- 1997
Buffalo Soldiers
John Horse
EP Daily
TV
The Ditchdigger's Daughters
Donald Thornton
- 1996
EZ Streets
TV
Nightjohn
Nightjohn
America's Dream
Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
- 1994
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Marcus Petrie
On Promised Land
Floyd Ween
M.A.N.T.I.S.
Dr. Miles Hawkins
Out of Darkness
Addison
- 1993
- 1992
South Central
Ali
Going to Extremes
Dr. Michael Norris · 17 episodes
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
Charlie Walker
- 1991
Brother Future
Denmark Vessy
- 1990
To Sleep with Anger
Junior
Moe's World
Movie
1980s
- 1988
Everybody's All-American
Narvel Blue
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
The Gospel at Colonus
Theseus
- 1984
- 1982
- 1981
Lifepod
Keshah
1970s
- 1979
Undercover with the KKK
Rev. Lowell
- 1978
- 1975
- 1971
Appearances4
2020s
- 2020
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
Self
2000s
- 2003
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Narrator
1990s
- 1991
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Self
