Carl Lumbly

Carl Lumbly

Birthday: 1951-08-14

Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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.

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Pacific Heights
Pacific Heights

A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately ...

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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take ...

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Everybody's All-American
Everybody's All-American

Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-...

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Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

Explore the Disney+ series of the MCU—past, present and future!...

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The Bedroom Window
The Bedroom Window

Baltimore, Maryland. Sylvia sees a girl being attacked from her lover Terry's bedroom window. The as...

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Justice League: Gods and Monsters
Justice League: Gods and Monsters

In an alternate universe, very different versions of DC's Trinity fight against the government after...

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Caveman
Caveman

Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man,...

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Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation

Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation is a 2007 epic film on the Namibian independence struggle again...

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Justice League: Doom
Justice League: Doom

An adaptation of Mark Waid's "Tower of Babel" story from the JLA comic. Vandal Savage steals confide...

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Moe's World
Moe's World

The spirit of a deceased 11-year-old boy acts as the guardian of his family and friends in the worki...

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Just a Dream
Just a Dream

Film crew arrives in a small town in Nevada desert. Ends up changing the life of a 12-year-old kid a...

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Sounder
Sounder

This is a coming-of-age story of a boy living in the Depression era of the South. "Boy" (Daniel Lee ...

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I'm Charlie Walker
I'm Charlie Walker

1971 post civil rights San Francisco seemed like the perfect place for a black Korean War veteran an...

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Buffalo Soldiers
Buffalo Soldiers

They've ridden dusty miles without end and fought fierce battles. Yet when these brave African-Ameri...

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Brother Future
Brother Future

A young street rapper is transported back in time to the pre-Civil War South, where he finds himself...

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Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8

A made-for-cable-TV docudrama about the trial of the men accused of conspiring to cause protesters t...

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To Sleep with Anger
To Sleep with Anger

An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Centra...

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The Ditchdigger's Daughters
The Ditchdigger's Daughters

Based on the memoirs of Yvonne S. Thornton, this heartwarming, inspirational family drama centers on...

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The Life of Chuck
The Life of Chuck

In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of lov...

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Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie

When the Thanagarians visit Earth, Hawkgirl is forced to choose between loyalty to her people and lo...

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The Wedding
The Wedding

Shelby Coles (Halle Berry) is engaged to marry talented white jazz musician Meade Howell, but the pa...

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The Color of Friendship
The Color of Friendship

Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when a...

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Captain America: Brave New World
Captain America: Brave New World

After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, Sam finds himself in the middle of an...

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How Stella Got Her Groove Back
How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy bui...

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Nominated
Nominated

A fickle Hollywood star just nominated for an Oscar is banished to a small town by his agent to avoi...

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Justice League: Secret Origins
Justice League: Secret Origins

When global catastrophe strikes, the World's Greatest Super Heroes answer the call to join Justice L...

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Undercover with the KKK
Undercover with the KKK

The true story of Gary Thomas Rowe, Jr., who worked undercover for the FBI to infiltrate a Ku Klux K...

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Justice League: Paradise Lost
Justice League: Paradise Lost

Wonder Woman returns to Paradise Island after her abrupt departure, only to find the Amazons turned ...

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Love Twice
Love Twice

"What do you do when the spark touches down-brief and hot?" So begins award-winning director Rob Nil...

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A Cure for Wellness
A Cure for Wellness

An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "w...

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Escape from Alcatraz
Escape from Alcatraz

San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security...

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America's Dream
America's Dream

Made especially for the HBO cable network, this well-wrought feature is comprised of three short sto...

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The Gospel at Colonus
The Gospel at Colonus

An African-American musical version of Sophocles's tragedy, Oedipus at Colonus. In 1985 PBS televise...

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Out of Darkness
Out of Darkness

A paranoid schizophrenic woman finds treatment to her mental illness after 18 years of suffering....

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Eyes of a Witness
Eyes of a Witness

Roy Baxter is concerned for his daughter Christina's safety. She's working as a doctor among the Mas...

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Lifepod
Lifepod

The first interplanetary cruise ship malfunctions halfway to Jupiter, forcing most of the crew and p...

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Back to the Streets of San Francisco
Back to the Streets of San Francisco

Mike Stone's back and his old partner, Steve Keller, is missing. So Mike heads up an investigation. ...

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Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local ...

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The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

American Experience...

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Nightjohn
Nightjohn

John is a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. When he teaches a young s...

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Little Richard
Little Richard

The story of Little Richard Penniman, from his poor Southern upbringing to dealing with the trials a...

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Black Panther
Black Panther

Black Panther is the ruler and protector of the African nation of Wakanda. Using technology, wits, a...

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Border Line
Border Line

Allison Westlin, a Los Angeles-based immigration lawyer and single mother, investigates a murder wit...

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On Promised Land
On Promised Land

In the 1950s, the Ween family live and work on land that was promised to their family. The landowner...

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Warming by the Devil's Fire
Warming by the Devil's Fire

Director Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding, To Sleep with Anger) presents a tal...

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Doctor Sleep
Doctor Sleep

Still scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance faces the ghos...

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Men of Honor
Men of Honor

Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, le...

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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion....

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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trum...

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South Central
South Central

During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby ...

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Quitters
Quitters

The story of the Raymans, a wealthy Jewish family that's falling apart. The son, Clark, is a bright ...

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M.A.N.T.I.S.
M.A.N.T.I.S.

A brilliant, wheelchair-bound scientist invents a form of exo-skeleton called the Mechanically Augme...

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The Alphabet Killer
The Alphabet Killer

Based on the true story of double killings occurring in Rochester, NY during the 80’s and the troubl...

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Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Cagney & Lacey: The Return

1994. Cagney, now a Lieutenant, re-teams with Lacey, who has left the force, to search for a cache ...

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Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero

When Mr. Freeze kidnaps Barbara Gordon, as an involuntary organ donor to save his dying wife, Batman...

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Justice League: The First Mission
Justice League: The First Mission

A short film that acted as the developmental pilot for Justice League, including a unique Justice Le...

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Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook

"Return to the Overlook" is a behind-the-scenes featurette exploring the meticulous recreation of th...

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Justice League: The Savage Time
Justice League: The Savage Time

The 3 episodes of the Justice League titled "The Savage Time I,II and II" and also just The Savage T...

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Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot

Cagney and Lacey are two female New York policewomen doing their job as best they can in a male-domi...

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