LUMBLY, Carl 1952–

PERSONAL

Born August 14, 1952, in Montego Bay, Jamaica; raised in Minneapolis, MN; married Vonetta McGee (an actress), May 29, 1987; children: Brandon. Education: Attended Macalester College. Avocational Interests: Gardening, writing, dogs.

Addresses: Agent—Karen Forman, Metropolitan Talent Agency, 4526 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90010; Susie Schwarz, SDB Partners, 1801 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 902, Los Angeles, CA 90067; (commercials) David Brady, Brady, Brannon & Rich, 5670 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 820, Los Angeles, CA 90036. Publicist— Nancy Iannios Public Relations, 8271 Melrose Ave., Suite 102, Los Angeles, CA 90046 (some sources cite 8225 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, 90036).

Career: Actor and voice performer. Associated with Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1984–85; performer of improvisational comedy with Dudley Riggs at Brave New Workshop Theatre. Also worked as a writer for Associated Press in Minnesota and worked in public relations for 3M Co.

Awards, Honors: DramaLogue awards, 1978, for The Island and Statements; Los Angeles Drama Critics Association Award, 1980, for Eden; Theatre Award, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, best supporting actor, 1991, for My Children! My Africa!; Annual CableACE Award nomination, National Cable Television Association, best supporting actor in a movie or miniseries, 1995, for On Promised Land; Annual CableACE Award, c. 1996, for Nightjohn; Image Award nomination, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), outstanding lead actor in a television movie, miniseries, or drama special, 1998, for Buffalo Soldiers; special Drama Desk Award and Obie Award, Village Voice, both outstanding ensemble performance (with others), 2000, for Jitney; Black Reel Award nomination, best television actor, 2004, for Sounder.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Inmate, Escape from Alcatraz, Paramount, 1979.

Hardcore, 1979.

Keshah, Lifepod, 1980.

Bork, Caveman, United Artists, 1981.

John Parker, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension (also known as Buckaroo Banzai and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1984.

Detective Quirke, The Bedroom Window, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1987.

Edwin Palmer, Judgment in Berlin (also known as Escape to Freedom and Ein Richter fuer Berlin), New Line Cinema, 1988.

Narvel Blue, Everybody's All–American (also known as When I Fall in Love), Warner Bros., 1988.

Junior, To Sleep with Anger, Samuel Goldwyn, 1990.

Lou Baker, Pacific Heights, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1990.

Ali, South Central, Warner Bros., 1992.

Judge Spencer Boyle, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1998.

Cue, 9mm of Love, 2000.

Mac Brashear, Men of Honor (also known as The Diver, Men of Honour, and Navy Diver), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2000.

Narrator, Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind, 2001.

Nat Turner, Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property, California Newsreel, 2003.

Film Additional Voices:

Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (animated; also known as Subzero), 1998.

Television Appearances; Series:

Detective sergeant Marcus Petrie, Cagney & Lacey, CBS, 1982–1988.

Earl Williams, a recurring role, L.A. Law, NBC, 1989–1990.

Dr. Michael Norris, Going to Extremes, ABC, 1992–1993.

Dr. Miles Hawkins (title role), M.A.N.T.I.S., Fox, 1994–1995.

Mayor Christian Davidson, a recurring role, EZ Streets, CBS, 1996–1997.

Marcus R. Dixon, Alias (also known as Alias—Die Agentin and A Vingadora), ABC, 2001—.

Voice of J'Onn J'Onzz (Martian manhunter), Justice League (animated; also known as JL, JLA, and Justice League of America), The Cartoon Network, 2001–2004.

Voice of J'Onn J'Onzz (Martian manhunter), Justice League: Unlimited (animated), The Cartoon Network, 2004—.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Frederick Douglass, "The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry," The American Experience, PBS, 1991.

Lute, The Wedding (also known as Oprah Winfrey Presents: The Wedding), ABC, 1998.

Himself, I Love the '80s Strikes Back, VH1, 2003.

Narrator, "Warming by the Devil's Fire," The Blues, PBS, 2003.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Reverend Howell, Undercover with the KKK (also known as The Freedom Riders and My Undercover Years with the KKK), NBC, 1979.

Bobby Seale, Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8, HBO, 1987.

Denmark Vesey, "Brother Future" (also known as "T. J.'s Turn in Time"), WonderWorks Family Movie, PBS, 1991.

District police commissioner Thomas Mambulu, Eyes of a Witness (also known as Circumstantial Evidence), CBS, 1991.

Charlie Walker, Back to the Streets of San Francisco, NBC, 1992.

Addison Haig, "Out of Darkness," ABC Theatre, ABC, 1994.

Floyd Ween, On Promised Land (also known as My Precious T–Top), The Disney Channel, 1994.

Sergeant Marcus Petrie, Cagney & Lacey: The Return, CBS, 1994.

John (title role), Nightjohn, The Disney Channel, 1996.

Donald Thornton, The Ditchdigger's Daughters, The Family Channel, 1997.

Horse, Buffalo Soldiers, TNT, 1997.

Detective Mollo, Border Line, NBC, 1999.

Bud Penniman, Little Richard (also known as Built for Speed: The Little Richard Story), NBC, 2000.

Ron Dellums, The Color of Friendship, The Disney Channel, 2000.

J. M. Hoagland, Just a Dream, Showtime, 2002.

The father, "Sounder," The Wonderful World of Disney, ABC, 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Voice of Theseus, "The Gospel at Colonus," Great Performances, PBS, 1985.

Destined to Live: 100 Roads to Recovery, NBC, 1988.

Cal, "The Reunion," America's Dream, HBO, 1996.

Africans in America—America's Journey through Slavery, PBS, 1998.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Third paramedic, "What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing... ?," Emergency!, NBC, 1978.

Customer, "Fantasy Borough: Part 1," Taxi, ABC, 1980.

Jimmy, "And the Doorknobs Shined Like Diamonds," The Jeffersons, CBS, 1981.

Ernest (Ernie), "The Box," Tribeca, Fox, 1993.

Lamm, "The Last Lap at Luxury," seaQuest DSV (also known as seaQuest 2032), NBC, 1994.

Marcus Duff, "Teliko," The X–Files, Fox, 1996.

Michael Johnson, "Life Lines," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1996.

Willis Thompson, "Sins of the Father," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1996.

"The Palace of Dreams," The Lazarus Man, TNT, 1996.

Voice of Colonel William Marcus, "Other Space," The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (animated), The Carton Network and TBS, 1997.

Voice of mayor, "Speed Demons," Superman (animated), The WB, 1997.

Nathan, "Eve of Destruction," Any Day Now, Lifetime, 1998.

Nathan, "It's Called Depression," Any Day Now, Lifetime, 1998.

Dr. Graham Baker, "Double Blind," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1999.

Dr. Graham Baker, "Sticks and Stones," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1999.

Kevin Manus, "Eliza," Strange World, ABC, 1999.

Voice of Alterus, "Absolute Power," Superman (animated), The WB, 1999.

Voice of stalker, "Bloodsport," Batman Beyond (animated), The WB, 1999.

Voice of Tumbulu, "Chimp off the Old Block," The Wild Thornberrys (animated), Nickelodeon, 1999.

Jeff Breckenridge, "Six Meetings before Lunch," The West Wing, NBC, 2000.

Obediah Jackson, "The Trial," The Magnificent Seven, CBS, 2000.

Thomas "Tom" Calloway, "Affairs of the State," Family Law, CBS, 2000.

Voice of red colobus monkey, "Island Trade," The Wild Thornberrys (animated), Nickelodeon, 2000.

Voice of stalker, "Plague," Batman Beyond (animated), The WB, 2000.

Dan "Danny" Holman, "A View through the Window," Night Visions, Fox, 2001.

Jackson Turner, "Jackson," Kate Brasher, CBS, 2001.

Anansi, "Static in Africa," Static Shock (animated), The WB, 2003.

Martian manhunter, "A League of Their Own: Parts 1 & 2," Static Shock (animated), The WB, 2003.

Anansi, "Out of Africa," Static Shock (animated), The WB, 2004.

Guest, The Wayne Brady Show, syndicated, 2004.

Himself, Pyramid, syndicated, 2004.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Sergeant Marcus Petrie, Cagney & Lacey, CBS, 1981.

Peter, Moe's World, ABC, 1992.

Dr. Miles Hawkins (title role), M.A.N.T.I.S., Fox, 1994.

Stage Appearances:

Siswe Bansi Is Dead, San Francisco, CA, 1976.

The Island, San Francisco, CA, 1976, then Matrix Theatre, Los Angeles, 1978.

Statements, Los Angeles, 1978.

Eden, Los Angeles Actors Theatre, Los Angeles, 1980.

Francisco, The Tempest, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1981.

Hugh, Meetings, Phoenix Theatre Company, Marymount Manhattan Theatre, New York City, 1981.

Nevis Mountain Dew, Los Angeles Actors Theatre, 1981.

Theseus, The Gospel at Colonus, Carey Playhouse, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York City, 1983.

Sus, Los Angeles Actors Theatre, 1983.

"The Damned Thing," Sundays at the Itchy Foot, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1986.

Eyes of the American, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Los Angeles, 1986.

"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar and Berenice," Sundays at the Itchy Foot, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, 1986.

Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, Anspacher Theatre, New York City, 1988.

Caleb Humphries, Miss Evers' Boys, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, 1989–1990.

My Children! My Africa!, 1991.

Booster, Jitney, Second Stage Theatre, Union Square Theatre, New York City, 2000.

Voice of Bobo, The Outsiders (staged reading), Marin, CA; also appeared in Styles, Los Angeles Actors Theatre.

Major Tours:

Appeared in The Island and Siswe Bansi Is Dead, Los Angeles Actors Theatre, both produced on tour of Californian cities.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Buckaroo Banzai Declassified, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists Home Entertainment, 2002.

Video Games:

Voice, Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (also known as Subzero), 1998.

Voice of Agent Marcus Dixon, Alias, Acclaim Entertainment, 2004.

Audiobooks:

Narrator, A Season on the Reservation: My Sojourn with the White Mountain Apache, by Kareem Abdul–Jabbar, Simon & Schuster, 2000.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Starlog, November, 1994.