Carl Lumbly

Carl Winston Lumbly is an American actor. He is known for his role 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) installments The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and the forthcoming Captain America: Brave New World (2025).

14 August 1951

Born on the same birth date (14 August 1951): Slim Dunlap

Born on the same birth day (14 August): Alexander I of Serbia • Bob Backlund • Connie Smith • Dick Tiger • Ernest Everett Just • Fabrizio Donato • Guido Castelnuovo • Jared Borgetti • Magic Johnson • Margaret Lindsay Huggins • Paolo Sarpi • Paul Gallen • Pierre Schaeffer • Richard Freitag • Shea Weber • Slim Dunlap • Tom Walkinshaw

Born in the same month (August 1951): Bill Handel • Dana Rosemary Scallon • Edward Witten • Glenn Hughes (musician) • Jim Paredes • Phil Carlson • Randy Shilts • Richard Hunt (puppeteer) • Robert Joy