Cast & creator
Carl Lumbly
Best known for Grey's Anatomy, Family Guy, NCIS
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.
60
film credits
57
television credits
117
1971–2027 · acting roles
7.0
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (117)
Showing 117 of 117 credits
Grey's Anatomy
Kurt Walling
2005
Family Guy
Loan Officer (voice)
1999
NCIS
Beau Hindley
2003
NCIS: Los Angeles
Charles Langston
2009
S.W.A.T.
Saint
2017
The X-Files
Marcus Duff
1993
The West Wing
Jeff Breckenridge
1999
This Is Us
Abe Clarke
2016
Chicago Hope
Michael Johnson
1994
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Tornado Champion / Tornado Tyrant (voice)
2008
ER
Graham Baker
1994
Great Performances
Theseus
1971
Young Justice
M'aatt M'orzz (voice)
2010
Cold Case
Cordell Baker (2008)
2003
Touched by an Angel
Willis Thompson
1994
L.A. Law
Earl Williams
1986
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988
Supergirl
Myr'nn J'onzz
2015
Taxi
Customer #2
1978
Chuck
Ty Bennett
2007
Battlestar Galactica
Lt. Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek
2004
The Chi
Walter Dion Burkes
2018
Cagney & Lacey
Mark Petrie
1982
Superman: The Animated Series
Mayor (voice)
1996Superman: The Animated Series
Alterus (voice)
1996
The Wild Thornberrys
Tumbulu (voice)
1998The Wild Thornberrys
Red Colobus Monkey (voice)
1998
seaQuest DSV
Lamm
1993
Batman Beyond
Stalker / Officer Williams (voice)
1999Batman Beyond
Stalker (voice)
1999
Family Law
Tom Calloway
1999
Justice League Unlimited
J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2004
The Jeffersons
1975
Altered Carbon
Lukas Imani
2018
Captain America: Brave New World
Isaiah Bradley
2025
Static Shock
Martian Manhunter (voice)
2000Static Shock
Anansi (voice)
2000
Bunnicula
Lead Prison Guard / Vampire Bat (voice)
2016
Zoo
Delavenne
2015
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Colonel William Marcus (voice)
1996
UnREAL
Dr. Henry Carter
2015
Obliterated
James Langdon
2023
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Isaiah Bradley
2021
Justice League
J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2001
God Friended Me
Alphonse
2018
LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Greef Karga (voice)
2026
Doctor Sleep
Dick Halloran
2019
The Fall of the House of Usher
C. Auguste Dupin
2023
B. J. and the Bear
Telephone Rep.
1979
Any Day Now
1998
Escape from Alcatraz
Inmate
1979
Alias
Marcus Dixon
2001
Night Visions
Dan (segment "A View Through the Window")
2001
The Returned
Pastor Leon Wright
2015
Men of Honor
Mac Brashear
2000
The Life of Chuck
Sam Yarbrough
2025
A Cure for Wellness
Mr. Wilson
2017
M.A.N.T.I.S.
Dr. Miles Hawkins
1994
EZ Streets
1996
Pacific Heights
Lieutenant Lou Baker
1990
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
John Parker
1984
Black Panther
Uncle S'Yan (voice)
2010
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
Silas Stone (voice)
2015
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Additional Voices (voice)
1998
The Color of Friendship
Ron Dellums
2000
Justice League: Doom
Martian Manhunter (voice)
2012
Caveman
Bork
1981TriBeCa
1993
Going to Extremes
Dr. Michael Norris
1992
The Exorcist: Martyrs
2027
The Bedroom Window
Quirke
1987
Kate Brasher
Jackson Turner
2001
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Judge Spencer Boyle
1998
Justice League: Secret Origins
J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2001
South Central
Ali
1992
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
J'onn J'onzz (voice)
2004
Everybody's All-American
Narvel Blue
1988
The Alphabet Killer
Dr. Ellis Parks
2008
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)
2021
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis (voice)
2019
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Samuel Nujoma
2007
Border Line
Detective Mollo
1999
I'm Charlie Walker
Willie
2022
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
2004
Justice League: Paradise Lost
J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
2003
Buffalo Soldiers
John Horse
1997
To Sleep with Anger
Junior
1990
Sounder
The Father
2003
Out of Darkness
Addison
1994
M.A.N.T.I.S.
Dr. Miles Hawkins
1994
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Marcus Petrie
1994
Judgment in Berlin
Edwin Palmer
1988
Undercover with the KKK
Rev. Lowell
1979
The Wedding
Lute McNeil
1998
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
Bobby Seale
1987
Little Richard
Bud Penniman
2000
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Nat Turner - Gray
2003
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
Mark Petrie
1981
Just a Dream
J.M. Hoagland
2002
The Ditchdigger's Daughters
Donald Thornton
1997
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
Charlie Walker
1992
The Gospel at Colonus
Theseus
1985
Black Panther
Uncle S'Yan
2010Eyes of a Witness
Mambulu
1991
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
Self
2020
Nominated
Ray Cowan
2010
Moe's World
1990
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Narrator
2003
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Self
1991
America's Dream
Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
1996
Love Twice
Rodrigo
2016
On Promised Land
Floyd Ween
1994
Quitters
Dr. Weiss
2015
Lifepod
Keshah
1981
Nightjohn
Nightjohn
1996
Brother Future
Denmark Vessy
1991