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): Catherine of York • Frank and John Craighead • Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji • Larry Graham • Margaret Lindsay Huggins • Mark Loretta • Raoul Bova • Willy Ronis

Born in the same month (August 1951): Ann Biderman • Bill Whitaker (journalist) • Burgess Owens • Chesley V. Morton • Colin McAdam (footballer) • Dan Fogelberg • Edward Witten • Greg Bear • James Naughtie • Keiichi Suzuki • Mark Hudson (musician) • Oscar Hijuelos • Randall Garrison • Robert Joy • Samantha Sang • Slim Dunlap