Alias: Carl Lumbly
The son of Jamaican immigrants, Carl Lumbly started his career
in Minnesota as a journalist, working for the 3M company in
public relations, writing freelance and penning for the Associated
Press. While on assignment for a story on Dudley Riggs' Brave
New Workshop Comedy Theatre, fate was on Lumbly's side and
he ended up being cast in one of the productions. He stayed
there for two years doing improvisational comedy.
Lumbly then moved to San Francisco, where he met and worked
with actor Danny Glover in a production of Sizwe Bansi is
Dead, by Athol Fugard. The production brought the two actors
to Los Angeles on a Cal Arts Council Tour, where they ended
up doing The Island, another Fugard play, at the Matrix Theatre.
An acclaimed veteran of the stage, Lumbly has been working
steadily ever since, appearing in such films as Escape from
Alcatraz, Caveman, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across
the 8th Dimension, Judgement in Berlin, The Bedroom Window,
Everybody's All American, To Sleep with Anger, Pacific Heights,
South Central, How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Men of Honor.
On television Lumbly starred in the series Cagney & Lacey,
ABC's Going to Extremes and M.A.N.T.I.S. He also had recurring
roles on ER and EZ Streets, and guest starred on such popular
series as The West Wing and The X-Files.
Lumbly received critical acclaim for his role as Father in
the ABC remake of Sounder. His numerous made-for-television
movies and miniseries also include The Chicago Conspiracy
Trial, Tribeca: The Box, Out of Darkness, Cagney & Lacey:
The Return, America's Dream Reunion, The Ditchdigger's Daughter,
Buffalo Soldiers -- for which he earned a NAACP Image Award
nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor -- Oprah Winfrey Presents
The Wedding with Halle Berry, the Emmy Award-winning The Color
of Friendship and Built for Speed: The Little Richard Story.
He received Ace Award nominations for his work in Nightjohn
and On Promised Land, both for the Disney Channel. He also
starred in Showtime's Just a Dream, which was directed by
Glover.
Lumbly recently completed filming the title role of Sam Nujoma
in the independent feature, Nujoma: Where Others Wavered.
Written and directed by Charles Burnett, the film is based
on the autobiography of Sam Nujoma, first President of Namibia
and former President of SWAPO (South West African People's
Organization), and also stars Glover. Production took place
in Namibia, the southern Africa region, South Africa, London
and New York.
Lumbly also lends his voice to the Cartoon Network's animated
series Justice League, for the role of action hero J'onn J'onzz/Martian
Manhunter. The series follows the adventures of the greatest
superhero team of all time.
Movies
TV Shows
- "Cagney & Lacey" (1982)
- "Going to Extremes" (1992)
- "M.A.N.T.I.S." (1994)
- "EZ Streets" (1996)
- "Wedding, The" (1998) (mini)
- "Alias" (2001)
- "Justice League" (2001) (voice)
TV Movies
- Undercover with the KKK (1979)
- Cagney & Lacey (1981)
- Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987)
- Eyes of a Witness (1991)
- Back to the Streets of San Francisco (1992)
- Out of Darkness (1994)
- M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994)
- On Promised Land (1994)
- Cagney & Lacey: The Return (1994)
- Nightjohn (1996)
- Ditchdigger's Daughters, The (1997)
- Buffalo Soldiers (1997)
- Border Line (1999)
- Color of Friendship, The (2000)
- Little Richard (2000)
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