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Carl Winston Lumbly (born August 14, 1951)According to the State of Minnesota. Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002. At Ancestry.com. 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 (2025).
Lumbly's first career was as a journalist in Minnesota. While on assignment for a story about a theatre workshop, he was cast as an actor. He stayed with the company for two years and later moved to San Francisco where he discovered a newspaper ad seeking “two black actors for South African political plays.” He went to the audition and landed one of the parts (along with then-unknown Danny Glover). Lumbly and Glover toured in productions of Athol Fugard's Sizwe Bansi is Dead and The Island.
In 1987, he garnered positive reviews for his portrayal of Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale in the HBO television film Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8. From 1989 to 1990, he portrayed ongoing character Earl Williams (named for the prisoner in Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's story The Front Page), a teacher falsely accused of the rape/murder of a female student, in the series L.A. Law.
In 1990, he co-starred in Charles Burnett's critically acclaimed film To Sleep with Anger. From 1994 to 1995, Lumbly starred as the main character in the short-lived science fiction series M.A.N.T.I.S.. One of his most visible roles was as Marcus Dixon in the American television series Alias (2001–2006).
Other prominent roles include providing the voice for Martian Manhunter in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU) series Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, as well as the character's father, M'yrnn J'onzz, in the series Supergirl. Lumbly also voiced minor or recurring characters in the DCAU - Alterus and the mayor of Metropolis in , Stalker in Batman Beyond, and Anansi in Static Shock.
In 2000, Lumbly portrayed activist and Congressman Ron Dellums in the Disney Channel original film The Color of Friendship. Although the film was focused on Dellums's daughter's friendship with a white girl, the film also discussed Dellums's role in ending apartheid in South Africa.
Also in 2000, Lumbly guest starred in the season one The West Wing episode "Six Meetings Before Lunch" as Jeff Breckenridge, a nominee for U.S. Assistant Attorney General who supports reparations for slavery. Lumbly appeared as Daniel Novacek in the 2004 television series Battlestar Galactica. He also plays a role in the Kane's Wrath expansion pack for the video game Command and Conquer 3. More recently, he played police captain Joe Rucker on TNT's Southland.
In 2021, Lumbly guest starred in several episodes of the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) as Isaiah Bradley, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), and reprised his role in the feature film (2025).
He was also cast as the father of Beth Pearson, Abraham Clarke, in the series, This Is Us.
In 2023, Lumbly portrayed C. Auguste Dupin, a major character in Netflix's The Fall of the House of Usher.
| 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 | 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 | J.M. Hoagland | |
| 2003 | Nat Turner – Gray | Documentary | |
| 2007 | Sam Nujoma | ||
| 2008 | The Alphabet Killer | Ellis Parks | |
| Immigrants | Splits Jackson (voice) | English dub | |
| 2010 | Nominated | Ray Cowan | |
| 2012 | J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter, Ma'alefa'ak (voice) | Direct-to-video | |
| 2012 | 99% | Carl Westen | Short film |
| 2015 | 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 | Isaiah Bradley |
| 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 #2 | 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 | Bobby Seale | Television film | |
| 1989–1990 | L.A. 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 | 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 | 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" |
| 2003 | The Wonderful World of Disney | The Father | Episode: "Sounder" |
| Static Shock | J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter, Anansi (voice) | 3 episodes | |
| 2004–2006 | Justice League Unlimited | J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice) | 18 episodes |
| 2005 | Slavery and the Making of America | Salomon Northup | Episode: "Seeds of Destruction" |
| 2006 | Battlestar Galactica | Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek | Episode: "Hero" |
| 2008 | Cold Case | Cordell Baker '08 | Episode: "Wednesday's Women" |
| Grey's Anatomy | Kurt Walling | Episode: "There's No 'I' in Team" | |
| Chuck | Ty Bennett | Episode: "Chuck Versus the Sensei" | |
| 2009 | Tornado Champion, Tornado Tyrant (voice) | Episode: "Hail the Tornado Tyrant!" | |
| 2010 | Black Panther | S'Yan (voice) | 6 episodes |
| Trauma | Special Agent Reynolds | Episode: "Tunnel Vision" | |
| Criminal Minds | James "Jay-Mo" Morris | Episode: "Devil's Night" | |
| 2011 | NCIS | Beau Hindley | Episode: "Tell-All" |
| 2012 | Southland | Joel Rucker | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Family Guy | Loan Officer (voice) | Episode: "Baking Bad" |
| Hope: The Last Paladin | Robert Danforth | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 2015 | The Returned | Leon Wright | 5 episodes |
| Zoo | Delavenne | 6 episodes | |
| 2016 | UnREAL | Henry Carter | Episode: "Infiltration" |
| 2017 | Six | Robert Chase Sr. | Episode: "Confession" |
| Doubt | Walter Don Burkes | Episode: "#2.5" | |
| 2017–2018 | Charles Langston | 4 episodes | |
| 2017–2019 | Supergirl | M'yrnn J'onzz | Recurring role; 15 episodes |
| 2018 | Bunnicula | Lead Prison Guard, Vampire Bat (voice) | Episode: "Prism Prison" |
| 2019, 2022 | This Is Us | Abe Clarke | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | God Friended Me | Alphonse Jeffries | Episode: "BFF" |
| Altered Carbon | Lukas Imani | 2 episodes | |
| 2021 | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Isaiah Bradley | 3 episodes |
| Young Justice | M'aatt M'orzz (voice) | 3 episodes | |
| 2021–2022 | S.W.A.T. | Saint | 3 episodes |
| 2023 | The Fall of the House of Usher | C. Auguste Dupin | 8 episodes |
| 2023 | Obliterated | James Langdon | 6 episodes |
| 1980 | Eden |
| 1997 | Macbeth |
| 2013 | The Motherfucker with the Hat |
| Storefront Church | |
| 2015 | Let There Be Love |
| Between Riverside and Crazy | |
| 2016 | Red Velvet |
| 2004 | Alias | Agent Marcus Dixon | |
| 2008 | Brother Marcion | ||
| 2010 | Charles Milton Porter | ||
| 2012 | Diablo III | Witch Doctor | Also Reaper of Souls DLC |
| 2013 | J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter | Uncredited | |
| 2015 | Heroes of the Storm | Nazeebo | |
| 2017 | Tacoma | ODIN |
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