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Carl Winston Lumbly (born August 14, 1951)[2] is an American actor. He is known for his roles as 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 and Justice League Unlimited, as well as the direct-to-DVD animated film Justice League: Doom and the video game Injustice: Gods Among Us.[3] Lumbly is also known for his roles on The CW's Arrowverse as J'onn J'onnz's father, M'yrnn, on Supergirl from 2017 until 2019, and on the Marvel Cinematic Universe's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as Isaiah Bradley in 2021.

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Carl Lumbly
Lumbly in his senior year of high school, 1969
Born	Carl Winston Lumbly (1951-08-14) August 14, 1951 (age 71) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Education	Macalester College
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1979–present
Spouse(s)	Vonetta McGee ​ ​ (m. 1987; died 2010)​ Deborah Santana ​ ​ (m. 2015; div. 2019)​ [1]
Children	1

Early life and background

Lumbly was born to Jamaican immigrants in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He graduated from South High School there and Macalester College in nearby St. Paul.

Lumbly's first career was as a journalist in Minnesota. While on assignment for a story about a workshop theatre, he was cast as an actor. He stayed with the improvisational 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 toured with Glover in productions of Athol Fugard's Sizwe Bansi is Dead and The Island.[4]

Career

His first major role was Detective Marcus Petrie on the television series Cagney & Lacey (1982–1988), where his character was paired with Detective Victor Isbecki (Martin Kove). In 1985, he appeared as Theseus in The Gospel At Colonus, an African-American musical iteration of the Oedipus legend on PBS' Great Performances series.

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 hit TV 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 the Martian Manhunter in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, which is why he was cast as the father of the same character in 2017 for the TV show Supergirl. In Superman: The Animated Series, Lumbly voiced the mayor of Metropolis in the episode "Speed Demons" in 1997, and an alien military general in the episode "Absolute Power" in 1999. He voiced the villain Stalker on Batman Beyond.

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' daughter's friendship with a white South African girl, the film also discussed Dellums' 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 "Bulldog" 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 2017, Lumbly had some guest spots on Supergirl as the Martian Manhunter's father M'yrnn J'onzz.

In 2021, Lumbly guest starred in several episodes of the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as Isaiah Bradley, which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

He was also cast as the father of Beth Pearson, Abraham Clarke, in the series, This is Us.

Personal life

Lumbly has been married twice and has one son. He was married to actress Vonetta McGee from 1987 until her death in 2010. Together they had one son, born in 1988. Lumbly married author Deborah Santana in 2015 and the couple divorced in 2019.[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Escape from Alcatraz	Inmate
1981	Caveman	Bork
1981	Lifepod	Keshah
1984	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	John Parker
1987	The Bedroom Window	Detective Quirke
1988	Coming to America	Stadium Janitor
1988	Judgement in Berlin	Edwin Palmer
1988	Everybody's All-American	Narvel Blue
1990	To Sleep with Anger	Junior
1990	Pacific Heights	Lou Baker
1992	South Central	Ali
1998	Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero	Additional Voices	Direct-to-video[5]
1998	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Judge Spencer Boyle
1999	Nightjohn	Nightjohn
2000	Men of Honor	Mac Brashear
2000	9mm of Love	Cue	Short film
2002	Just a Dream	J.M. 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
2008	Immigrants	Splits Jackson (voice)	English Dub[5]
2010	Nominated	Ray Cowan	[6]
2012	Justice League: Doom	Martian Manhunter / J'onn J'onzz / Ma'alefa'ak (voice)	Direct-to-video[5]
2012	99%	Carl Westen	Short film
2015	Justice League: Gods and Monsters	Silas Stone (voice)	Direct-to-video[5]
2015	Quitters	Dr. Weiss
2016	Gilpin's Nightmare	Charles Gilpin	Short film
2016	Love Twice	Rodrigo
2016	A Cure for Wellness	Wilson
2019	Doctor Sleep	Dick Hallorann	[7]
2021	I'm Charlie Walker	Willie
2024	Captain America: New World Order	Isaiah Bradley	Pre-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Emergency!	Beutel	Episode: What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing...?"
1979	Undercover with the KKK	Reverend Lowell	Television film
1980	Lou Grant	Beutel	Episode: "Hazard"
1980	Taxi	Customer #2	Episode: "Fantasy Borough: Part 1"
1981	The Jeffersons	Jimmy	Episode: "And the Doorknobs Shined Like Diamonds"
1981	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	L.A. Law	Earl Williams	6 episodes
1991	Eyes of a Witness	Mambulu	Television film
1991	Brother Future	Denmark Vesey	Television film
1991	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	Out of Darkness	Addison	Television film
1994–1995	M.A.N.T.I.S.	Miles Hawkins	Main role; also television film
1994	SeaQuest 2032	Lamm	Episode: "The Last Lap of Luxury"
1994	On Promised Land	Floyd Ween	Television film
1994	Cagney & Lacey: The Return	Marcus Petrie	Television film
1996	America's Dream	Cal	Television film; segment: "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black"
1996	Chicago Hope	Michael Johnson	Episode: "Life Lines"
1996	Nightjohn	John	Television film
1996	Touched by an Angel	Willis Thompson	Episode: "Sins of the Father"
1996	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"
1997	The Ditchdigger's Daughters	Donald Thornton	Television film
1997	Buffalo Soldiers	John Horse	Television film
1998	The Wedding	Lute McNeil	Television film
1999	Any Day Now	Nathan	2 episodes
1997–1998	Superman: The Animated Series	Alterus / Mayor (voice)	2 episodes[5]
1999	Border Line	Detective Mollo	Television film
1999	ER	Graham Baker	2 episodes
1999	Strange World	Kevin Manus	Episode: "Eliza"
1999–2000	Batman Beyond	Stalker / Officer Williams (voice)	2 episodes[5]
1999–2000	The Wild Thornberrys	Red Colobus Monkey / Tumbulu (voice)	2 episodes[5]
2000	The Color of Friendship	Ron Dellums	Television film
2000	Little Richard	Bud Penniman	Television film
2000	The West Wing	Jeff Breckenridge	Episode: "Six Meetings Before Lunch"
2000	The Magnificent Seven	Obediah Jackson	Episode: "The Trial"
2000	Family Law	Tom Calloway	Episode: "Affairs of the State"
2001	American Experience	Frederick Douglass	Episode: "The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry""
2001	Kate Brasher	Jackson Turner	Episode: "Jackson Turner"
2001	Night Visions	Dan	Episode: "A View Through the Window"
2001–2004	Justice League	Martian Manhunter / J'onn J'onzz (voice)	46 episodes[5]
2001–2006	Alias	Marcus Dixon	Main role
2002	Toonami	Swayzak	Episode: "Trapped in Hyperspace"
2003	The Wonderful World of Disney	The Father	Episode: "Sounder"
2003	Static Shock	Anansi The Spider / Martian Manhunter / J'onn J'onzz (voice)	4 episodes[5]
2004–2006	Justice League Unlimited	Martian Manhunter / J'onn J'onzz (voice)	18 episodes[5]
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"
2008	Grey's Anatomy	Kurt Walling	Episode: "There's No 'I' in Team"
2008	Chuck	Ty Bennett	Episode: "Chuck Versus the Sensei"
2009	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Tornado Champion / Tornado Tyrant (voice)	Episode: "Hail the Tornado Tyrant"[5]
2010	Black Panther	Uncle S'Yan (voice) / Other Voices	6 episodes[5]
2010	Trauma	Special Agent Reynolds	Episode: "Tunnel Vision"
2010	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"
2014	Hope: The Last Paladin	Robert Danforth	Pilot
2015	The Returned	Leon Wright	5 episodes
2015	Zoo	Delavenne	6 episodes
2016	UnREAL	Henry Carter	Episode: "Infiltration"
2017	Six	Robert Chase Sr.	Episode: "Confession"
2017	Doubt	Walter Don Burkes	Episode: "#2.5"
2017–2018	NCIS: Los Angeles	Charles Langston	4 episodes
2017–2019	Supergirl	M'yrnn J'onzz	Recurring role; 15 episodes
2019, 2022	This Is Us	Abe Clarke	Episode: "Our Little Island Girl"[8]
2020	God Friended Me	Alphonse Jeffries	Episode: "BFF"
2020	Altered Carbon	Lukas Imani	2 episodes
2021	The Falcon and the Winter Soldier	Isaiah Bradley	3 episodes
2021	Young Justice	M'aatt M'orzz	3 episodes
TBA	The Fall of the House of Usher	C. Auguste Dupin	Filming[9]

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Theatre

Year	Title
1980	Eden
1997	Macbeth
2013	The Motherfucker with the Hat
2013	Storefront Church
2015	Let There Be Love
2015	Between Riverside and Crazy
2016	Red Velvet

Video games

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 - Male	[5]
2013	Injustice: Gods Among Us	Martian Manhunter/ J'onn J'onzz	Uncredited
2014	Diablo III: Reaper of Souls	Witch Doctor - Male	[5]
2015	Heroes of the Storm	Nazeebo
2017	Tacoma	Odin	[5]

Awards and nominations

• 1980: Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, Lead Performance - Eden[10]

References

External links

• Carl Lumbly at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Carl Lumbly

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[es] Carl Lumbly

Carl Lumbly (Mineápolis, Minnesota, 14 de agosto de 1951) es un actor estadounidense de teatro, cine y televisión.

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[ru] Ламбли, Карл

Карл Уи́нстон Ла́мбли (англ. Carl Winston Lumbly, род. 14 августа 1951, Миннеаполис)[1] — американский актёр театра, телевидения и кино.

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