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'{{BLP sources|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox person |name=Carl Lumbly |image= |imagesize= |caption= |birth_name=Carl Winston Lumbly |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1951|8|14}} |birth_place=[[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date= |death_place= |other_names= |years_active= 1978 - present |spouse=[[Vonetta McGee]] (1987–2010, her death) |website= |academyawards= |emmyawards= |tonyawards= }} '''Carl Winston Lumbly''' (born August 14, 1951)<ref>According to the State of Minnesota. ''Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002''. At Ancestry.com</ref> is an [[United States|American]] [[film]], [[stage (theatre)|stage]], and [[television]] [[actor]]. He is best known for his roles as [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] Detective Marcus Petrie on the [[CBS]] police drama ''[[Cagney & Lacey]]'', [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] Agent [[Marcus Dixon (Alias)|Marcus Dixon]] on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] espionage drama series ''[[Alias (television series)|Alias]]'', and as the voice of the [[Martian Manhunter]] for the animated series ''[[Justice League (TV 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]]''.<ref name="GInformer">{{cite web|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/07/14/martian-manhunter-coming-to-injustice-gods-among-us.aspx|last=Hillard|first=Kyle|publisher=[[Game Informer]]|title=Martian Manhunter Coming To Injustice: Gods Among Us}}</ref> ==Biography== Born to [[Jamaican]] immigrants in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]], Lumbly graduated from [[Minneapolis South High School|South High School]] there and [[Macalester College]] in nearby [[St. Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]]. Lumbly began his professional career as a journalist in Minnesota. and starred in a short film in high school called "Kat KIllers" While on assignment for a story about a workshop [[theatre]] he was cast as an actor and stayed with the [[improvisation]]al company for two years (along with then-unknown [[Danny Glover]]). His first major role was Detective Marcus Petrie on the television series ''[[Cagney & Lacey]]'' (1982–1988). In 1985 he appeared as Theseus in "The Gospel At Colonus," an African-American musical iteration of the Oedipus legend, which starred [[Morgan Freeman]] and The Blind Boys Of Alabama, 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 movie ''Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8''. In 1989-90, 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]]''. From 1994-1995, Lumbly starred as the main character in the short-lived [[science fiction]] series ''[[M.A.N.T.I.S.]]'' Perhaps his most visible role was as [[Marcus Dixon (Alias)|Marcus Dixon]] in the American television series ''[[Alias (television)|Alias]]'' (2001–2006). Other prominent roles include providing the voice the for [[Martian Manhunter]] on ''[[Justice League (TV series)|Justice League]]'' and ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', and a recurring role on ''[[L.A. Law]]'' as a college professor unjustly accused of first-degree murder. He also appeared in ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'' as the voice of the Mayor of [[Metropolis (comics)|Metropolis]] on the episode "Speed Demons" in 1997, and as an alien military general in the episode "Absolute Power" in 1999. He also appeared as the voice of the villain [[Stalker (Batman Beyond)|Stalker]] on ''[[Batman Beyond]]''. In 2000, Lumbly portrayed activist and Congressman [[Ron Dellums]] in the [[Disney Channel]] original movie, ''[[The Color of Friendship (2000)|The Color of Friendship]]''. Although the movie 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 a season one episode of ''[[The West Wing]]'' entitled "[[Six Meetings Before Lunch]]" as Jeff Breckenridge, a nominee for U.S. Assistant Attorney General who supports [[reparations for slavery]]. Lumbly appeared as [[List of minor characters in Battlestar Galactica (re-imagining)#Daniel 'Bulldog' Novacek|Lt. Daniel "Bulldog" Novacek]] in the 2004 television series ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]''. He also plays a role in the video game ''[[Command and Conquer 3]]'' 's expansion pack ''[[Kane's Wrath]]''. Most recently, Lumbly played police captain Joe Rucker on TNT's ''[[Southland (TV series)|Southland]]''. ==Works== ===Film=== * ''[[Escape from Alcatraz (film)|Escape from Alcatraz]]'' (1979) * ''[[Lifepod (1981 film)|Lifepod]]'' (1981) * ''[[Caveman (film)|Caveman]]'' (1981) * ''[[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension]]'' (1984) * ''[[The Bedroom Window]]'' (1987) * ''[[Everybody's All-American (film)|Everybody's All-American]]'' (1988) * ''[[To Sleep With Anger]]'' (1990) * ''[[Pacific Heights (1990 film)|Pacific Heights]]'' (1990) * ''[[Brother Future]]'' (1991) * ''[[South Central (film)|South Central]]'' (1992) * ''[[Nightjohn]]'' (1996) * ''[[The Ditchdigger's Daughters]]'' (1997) * ''[[How Stella Got Her Groove Back]]'' (1998) * ''[[Men of Honor]]'' (2000) * ''[[The Color of Friendship]]'' (2000) * ''[[Just a Dream (film)|Just a Dream]]'' (2002) * ''[[Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation]]'' (2007) * ''[[The Alphabet Killer]]'' (2008) * ''[[Justice League: Doom]]'' - Martian Manhunter/Ma'alefa'ak (voice) (2012) ===Television=== * ''[[Lou Grant]]'' (episode titled - "Hazard" - aired March 24, 1980) * ''[[Cagney and Lacey]]'' (1982–1988) * ''[[Great Performances]]'' - "The Gospel at Colonus" (1985) … Theseus * ''[[Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8]]'' (1987) * ''[[L.A. Law]]'' - 7 episodes as Earl Williams: "Placenta Claus Is Coming to Town" (1989), "One Rat, One Ranger"(1989) and "The Mouse That Soared" (1989), "Blood, Sweat and Fears" (1990), and Ex-Wives and Videotape (1990), * ''[[M.A.N.T.I.S.]]'' (1994) * ''[[Out of Darkness]]'' (1994) * ''[[On Promised Land]]'' (1994) * ''[[Nightjohn]]'' (1996) * ''[[The X-Files]]'': "[[Teliko]]" (Season 4, Episode 3; 1996) * ''[[The Ditchdigger's Daughters]]'' (1997) * ''[[Buffalo Soldiers]]'' (1997) * ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'' (1997, 1999) * ''[[The Wedding (TV miniseries)|The Wedding]]'' (1998) * ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' - Stalker (voice) (1999) * ''[[The West Wing]]'' (2000) * ''[[The Color of Friendship (2000)|The Color of Friendship]]'' (2000) * ''[[Little Richard (film)|Little Richard]]'' (2000) * ''[[Justice League (animated series)|Justice League]]'' - Martian Manhunter (voice) (2001–2004) * ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'' (2001–2006) * ''[[Static Shock]]'' (2003) * ''[[Sounder]]'' (2003) * ''[[The Blues (film)|Martin Scorsese presents The Blues]]'': Episode 4 (2003) * ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' - Martian Manhunter (voice) (2004–2006) * ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' (2006) * ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (one episode) (2008) * ''[[Chuck (TV series)|Chuck]]'' (2008) * ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'' - Tornado Champion/Tornado Tyrant (voice) (2009) * ''[[Black Panther (TV series)|Black Panther]]'' (2010) * ''[[Trauma (TV series)|Trauma]]'' (2010) * ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' (Season 6, Episode 6; 2010) ===Theatre=== * ''[[Eden (Steve Carter play)|Eden]]'' (1980) * ''[[The Motherfucker with the Hat]]'' (2013) * ''[[Storefront Church]]'' (2013) * ''[[Let There Be Love]]'' (2015) ===Video games=== * '' [[Command and Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath]] '' (2008) * '' [[Bioshock 2#Minerva's Den|BioShock 2: Minerva's Den]] '' (2010) * '' [[Diablo III]] '' (2012) * '' [[Injustice Gods Among Us]] '' (2013) ===Awards and recognition=== * 1980: [[Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award]], Lead Performance - ''[[Eden (Steve Carter play)|Eden]]''<ref name='LADCCA-1980-1989'> {{cite web |url=http://www.ladramacriticscircle.com/awards_1980_1989.htm |title= 1980-1989 Awards |publisher=Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards |location= [[United States]] |accessdate=2009-11-25 }} </ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb name|0525855}} {{Authority control}} {{Persondata | NAME = Lumbly, Carl | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American actor | DATE OF BIRTH = August 14, 1951 | PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]], [[United States|U.S.]] | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lumbly, Carl}} [[Category:1951 births]] [[Category:American actors of Jamaican descent]] [[Category:American male film actors]] [[Category:American male stage actors]] [[Category:American male television actors]] [[Category:American male voice actors]] [[Category:Male actors from Minneapolis, Minnesota]] [[Category:Macalester College alumni]] [[Category:Living people]]'