
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 League, Static Shock, and Justice League Unlimited, all part of the DC Animated Universe. As a reference …
Known For
Doctor Sleep
Dick Halloran
Escape from Alcatraz
Inmate
Men of Honor
Mac Brashear
Justice League Unlimited
J'onn J'onzz (voice)
A Cure for Wellness
Mr. Wilson
Justice League
J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Justice League: Doom
Martian Manhunter (voice)
The Fall of the House of Usher
C. Auguste Dupin
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Filmography
Acting (114)
Movies (61)
Untitled The Exorcist Film
2027 UpcomingMar 12
Captain America: Brave New World
2025as Isaiah Bradley
The Life of Chuck
2025as Sam Yarbrough
I'm Charlie Walker
2022as Willie
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021as Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
2020as Self
Doctor Sleep
2019as Dick Halloran
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019as Miles Davis (voice)
A Cure for Wellness
2017as Mr. Wilson
Love Twice
2016as Rodrigo
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
2015as Silas Stone (voice)
Quitters
2015as Dr. Weiss
Justice League: Doom
2012as Martian Manhunter (voice)
Nominated
2010as Ray Cowan
Black Panther
2010as Uncle S'Yan
The Alphabet Killer
2008as Dr. Ellis Parks
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007as Samuel Nujoma
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
2004as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004as Other Voices (voice)
Warming by the Devil's Fire
2003as Narrator
Justice League: Paradise Lost
2003as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
Sounder
2003as The Father
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003as Nat Turner - Gray
Just a Dream
2002as J.M. Hoagland
Justice League: The Savage Time
2002as Martian Manhunter
Justice League: Secret Origins
2001as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
The Color of Friendship
2000as Ron Dellums
Men of Honor
2000as Mac Brashear
Justice League: The First Mission
2000as Martian Manhunter
Little Richard
2000as Bud Penniman
Border Line
1999as Detective Mollo
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
1998as Additional Voices (voice)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998as Judge Spencer Boyle
The Wedding
1998as Lute McNeil
Buffalo Soldiers
1997as John Horse
The Ditchdigger's Daughters
1997as Donald Thornton
Nightjohn
1996as Nightjohn
America's Dream
1996as Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
On Promised Land
1994as Floyd Ween
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994as Marcus Petrie
M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994as Dr. Miles Hawkins
Out of Darkness
1994as Addison
South Central
1992as Ali
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
1992as Charlie Walker
Brother Future
1991as Denmark Vessy
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
1991as Self
Eyes of a Witness
1991as Mambulu
Pacific Heights
1990as Lieutenant Lou Baker
Moe's World
1990
To Sleep with Anger
1990as Junior
Everybody's All-American
1988as Narvel Blue
Judgment in Berlin
1988as Edwin Palmer
The Bedroom Window
1987as Quirke
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
1987as Bobby Seale
The Gospel at Colonus
1985as Theseus
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984as John Parker
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
1981as Mark Petrie
Caveman
1981as Bork
Lifepod
1981as Keshah
Escape from Alcatraz
1979as Inmate
Undercover with the KKK
1979as Rev. Lowell
Television (53)
Obliterated
2023as James Langdon
The Fall of the House of Usher
2023as C. Auguste Dupin
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
2021as Isaiah Bradley
Altered Carbon
2018as Lukas Imani
The Chi
2018as Walter Dion Burkes
God Friended Me
2018as Alphonse
S.W.A.T.
2017as Saint
This Is Us
2016as Abe Clarke
Bunnicula
2016as Lead Prison Guard / Vampire Bat (voice)
Supergirl
2015as Myr'nn J'onzz
UnREAL
2015as Dr. Henry Carter
Zoo
2015as Delavenne
The Returned
2015as Pastor Leon Wright
Young Justice
2010as M'aatt M'orzz (voice)
Black Panther
2010as Uncle S'Yan (voice)
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009as Charles Langston
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008as Tornado Champion / Tornado Tyrant (voice)
Chuck
2007as Ty Bennett
Grey's Anatomy
2005as Kurt Walling
Battlestar Galactica
2004as Lt. Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek
Justice League Unlimited
2004as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
NCIS
2003as Beau Hindley
Cold Case
2003as Cordell Baker (2008)
Justice League
2001as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
Alias
2001as Marcus Dixon
Night Visions
2001as Dan (segment "A View Through the Window")
Kate Brasher
2001as Jackson Turner
Static Shock
2000as Anansi (voice)
Family Guy
1999as Loan Officer (voice)
The West Wing
1999as Jeff Breckenridge
Batman Beyond
1999as Stalker / Officer Williams (voice)
Family Law
1999as Tom Calloway
The Wild Thornberrys
1998as Tumbulu (voice)
Any Day Now
1998
EP Daily
1997
Superman: The Animated Series
1996as Mayor (voice)
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996as Colonel William Marcus (voice)
EZ Streets
1996
ER
1994as Graham Baker
Chicago Hope
1994as Michael Johnson
Touched by an Angel
1994as Willis Thompson
M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994as Dr. Miles Hawkins
The X-Files
1993as Marcus Duff
seaQuest DSV
1993as Lamm
TriBeCa
1993
Going to Extremes
1992as Dr. Michael Norris
American Experience
1988as Narrator (voice)
L.A. Law
1986as Earl Williams
Cagney & Lacey
1982as Mark Petrie
Cagney & Lacey
1982as Mark Petrie
Taxi
1978as Customer #2
The Jeffersons
1975
Great Performances
1971as Theseus
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