Carl Winston Lumbly (born August 14, 1951) is an American film, stage, and television actor. He is best known for his roles as 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 the Martian Manhunter for 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.
Full Name | Carl Lumbly |
Net Worth | $2 Million |
Date Of Birth | August 14, 1951 |
Place Of Birth | Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |
Height | 6' 1" (1.85 m) |
Profession | Actor |
Education | Macalester College |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Vonetta McGee |
Children | Brandon Lumbly |
Facebook | http://www.facebook.com/OfficialCarlLumbly |
Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/carllumbly |
IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0525855 |
Awards | Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance, Obie Award for Ensemble Performance |
Nominations | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special |
Movies | Justice League: Doom, To Sleep with Anger, South Central, The Bedroom Window, Men of Honor, Everybody's All-American, Pacific Heights, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Nightjohn, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, The Alphabet Killer, Escape from Alcatraz, Caveman, The Color ... |
TV Shows | Alias, Justice League Unlimited, Justice League, Kate Brasher, M.A.N.T.I.S., Cagney & Lacey, Going to Extremes, TriBeCa |
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1 | He was awarded the 1991 NAACP Image Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Miss Evers Boys" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. |
2 | Has a son, Brandon Lumbly (born 1988) with Vonetta McGee. |
3 | Longtime close friends with Danny Glover, they appeared together in two of Athol Fugard's plays early in their career: "Siswe Bansi Is Dead" and "The Island". Carl recently appeared in the film Just a Dream (2002) directed by Glover. |
4 | Has played an alien in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) and voiced the alien Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz on the animated Justice League (2001) series. |
5 | Both he and close friend Danny Glover made their feature film debuts in Escape from Alcatraz (1979). |
6 | A former journalist in Minnesota, he got an acting job while on assignment for a story about a workshop theatre and stayed with the improvisational company for two years. |
7 | Attended the same college as Peter Berg - Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He appeared in a guest role with Berg in episode #2.17, "Life Lines" of Chicago Hope (1994). Berg also guest starred in two episodes of Alias (2001) where Lumbly had a big role. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Love Twice | 2015 | filming | Rodrigo |
Zoo | 2015 | TV Series | Delavane / Delavenne |
Justice League: Gods and Monsters | 2015 | Video | Silas Stone (voice) |
The Returned | 2015 | TV Series | Pastor Leon Wright |
Quitters | 2015 | | Dr. Weiss |
America Is Still the Place | 2015 | | Willie |
Family Guy | 2014 | TV Series | |
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls | 2014 | Video Game | Witch Doctor - Male (voice) |
Hope: The Last Paladin | 2014 | TV Series | Robert Danforth |
Injustice: Gods Among Us | 2013 | Video Game | Martian Manhunter (voice, uncredited) |
99% | 2012 | Short | Dr. Carl Westen |
Diablo III | 2012 | Video Game | Witch Doctor - Male (voice) |
Southland | 2012 | TV Series | Captain Joel Rucker |
Justice League: Doom | 2012 | Video | Martian Manhunter / Ma'alefa'ak (voice) |
NCIS | 2011 | TV Series | Navy Rear Admiral Beau Hindley |
Nominated | 2010 | | Ray Cowan |
Criminal Minds | 2010 | TV Series | James 'Jay-Mo' Morris |
Minerva's Den | 2010 | Video Game | Charles Milton Porter (voice) |
Trauma | 2010 | TV Series | Special Agent Reynolds |
BioShock 2 | 2010 | Video Game | Charles Milton Porter (voice) |
Black Panther | 2010 | TV Mini-Series | Uncle S'Yan / Miner #1 / Miner #4 / ... |
Batman: The Brave and the Bold | 2009 | TV Series | Tornado Champion / Tornado Tyrant |
Chuck | 2008 | TV Series | Ty Bennett |
Immigrants (L.A. Dolce Vita) | 2008 | | Splits Jackson (English version, voice) |
Grey's Anatomy | 2008 | TV Series | Kurt Walling |
The Alphabet Killer | 2008 | | Dr. Ellis Parks |
Cold Case | 2008 | TV Series | Cordell Baker '08 |
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath | 2008 | Video Game | Brother Marcion |
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation | 2007 | | Sam Nujoma |
Battlestar Galactica | 2006 | TV Series | Lt. Danny 'Bulldog' Novacek |
Alias | 2001-2006 | TV Series | Marcus Dixon |
Justice League | 2001-2006 | TV Series | Martian Manhunter / J'onn J'onzz / Lord Martian Manhunter / ... |
Slavery and the Making of America | 2005 | TV Series | Salomon Northup |
Alias | 2004 | Video Game | Agent Marcus Dixon (voice) |
Independent Lens | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Nat Turner-Gray |
Static Shock | 2003 | TV Series | J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter / Anansi |
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property | 2003 | Documentary | Nat Turner - Gray |
Sounder | 2003 | TV Movie | The Father |
Just a Dream | 2002 | | J.M. Hoagland |
Night Visions | 2001 | TV Series | Dan (segment "A View Through the Window") |
Kate Brasher | 2001 | TV Series | Jackson Turner |
American Experience | 1991-2001 | TV Series documentary | Narrator / Frederick Douglass |
9mm of Love | 2000 | Short | Cue |
Family Law | 2000 | TV Series | Tom Calloway |
The Wild Thornberrys | 1999-2000 | TV Series | Red Colobus Monkey / Tumbulu |
Men of Honor | 2000 | | Mac Brashear |
The Magnificent Seven | 2000 | TV Series | Obediah Jackson |
Batman Beyond | 1999-2000 | TV Series | Stalker |
The West Wing | 2000 | TV Series | Jeff Breckenridge |
Little Richard | 2000 | TV Movie | Bud Penniman |
The Color of Friendship | 2000 | TV Movie | Ron Dellums |
ER | 1999 | TV Series | Dr. Graham Baker |
Border Line | 1999 | TV Movie | Detective Mollo |
Superman | 1997-1999 | TV Series | Alterus / Mayor |
Strange World | 1999 | TV Series | Kevin Manus |
Any Day Now | 1998 | TV Series | Nathan |
How Stella Got Her Groove Back | 1998 | | Judge Spencer Boyle |
The Wedding | 1998 | TV Movie | Lute McNeil |
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero | 1998 | Video voice | |
Buffalo Soldiers | 1997 | TV Movie | John Horse |
M.A.N.T.I.S. | 1994-1997 | TV Series | Dr. Miles Hawkins |
EZ Streets | 1996-1997 | TV Series | Mayor Christian Davidson |
The Ditchdigger's Daughters | 1997 | TV Movie | Donald Thornton |
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | 1997 | TV Series | Colonel William Marcus |
The X-Files | 1996 | TV Series | Marcus Duff |
Touched by an Angel | 1996 | TV Series | Willis Thompson |
Nightjohn | 1996 | TV Movie | John |
Chicago Hope | 1996 | TV Series | Michael Johnson |
America's Dream | 1996 | TV Movie | Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black") |
The Lazarus Man | 1996 | TV Series | |
Cagney & Lacey: The Return | 1994 | TV Movie | Marcus Petrie |
On Promised Land | 1994 | TV Movie | Floyd Ween |
SeaQuest 2032 | 1994 | TV Series | Lamm |
M.A.N.T.I.S. | 1994 | TV Movie | Dr. Miles Hawkins |
Out of Darkness | 1994 | TV Movie | Addison |
Tribeca | 1993 | TV Series | Ernest |
Going to Extremes | 1992-1993 | TV Series | Dr. Norris |
South Central | 1992 | | Ali |
Back to the Streets of San Francisco | 1992 | TV Movie | Charlie Walker |
Brother Future | 1991 | TV Movie | Denmark Vesey |
Eyes of a Witness | 1991 | TV Movie | Mambulu |
L.A. Law 100th Episode Celebration | 1991 | TV Movie | Earl Williams (uncredited) |
Moe's World | 1990 | TV Movie | |
Pacific Heights | 1990 | | Lou Baker |
L.A. Law | 1989-1990 | TV Series | Earl Williams |
To Sleep with Anger | 1990 | | Junior |
Everybody's All-American | 1988 | | Narvel Blue |
Judgement in Berlin | 1988 | | Edwin Palmer |
Cagney & Lacey | 1981-1988 | TV Series | Det. Mark Petrie |
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 | 1987 | TV Movie | Bobby Seale |
The Bedroom Window | 1987 | | Det. Quirke |
Great Performances | 1985 | TV Series | Theseus |
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | 1984 | | John Parker |
Lifepod | 1981 | | Keshah |
Nurse | 1981 | TV Series | |
Caveman | 1981 | | Bork |
B.J. and the Bear | 1981 | TV Series | Telephone Rep. |
The Jeffersons | 1981 | TV Series | Jimmy |
Taxi | 1980 | TV Series | Customer #2 |
Undercover with the KKK | 1979 | TV Movie | Reverend Lowell |
Emergency! | 1979 | TV Series | Third Paramedic |
Escape from Alcatraz | 1979 | | Inmate |