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Acting

Carl Lumbly

Titles: 58movies52TV shows

Career: Active from 1981 to 2025, busiest in 2003 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 23
top three billing

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: Justice League
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 84 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Carl Lumbly Catalog average

Nostalgia
5.3average 3.7
Politics
3.8average 2.6
Pop Culture
3.4average 2.2
Wonder
4.4average 3.4
Social Commentary
5.8average 4.9
Family Dynamics
5.6average 4.8
Wholesome
4.1average 3.3
Wit & Wordplay
4.3average 3.7

Rarely in their work

Absurdist Humor
1.3, average 2.0
Cringe Humor
1.5, average 2.2
Contemporary Realism
4.7, average 5.4
Eroticism
1.3, average 1.8

Main genres

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Drama 24
TV Movie 13
Animation 7
Science Fiction 7
Adventure 6
Action 5
Thriller 5
Crime 5

Recurring tags

Coming-of-Age 3
Moral Dilemmas 3
Moral Dilemma 2
Comic Book Adaptation 2
Cultural Clash 2
Superhero Action 2
Political Intrigue 2
Visual Spectacle 2
Epic Superhero Ensemble 2
Racial Injustice 2
Thought-Provoking 2
Crime Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

108

Group by

Newest first Oldest first

2020s

8 titles · average score 64

LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian

as Greef Karga (voice)

Captain America: Brave New World

as Isaiah Bradley

The Life of Chuck

as Sam Yarbrough

Obliterated

TV show · as James Langdon

The Fall of the House of Usher

TV show · as C. Auguste Dupin

I'm Charlie Walker

as Willie

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

TV show · as Isaiah Bradley

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

as Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)

2010s

21 titles · average score 69

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

as Miles Davis (voice)

Doctor Sleep

as Dick Halloran

Altered Carbon

TV show · as Lukas Imani

The Chi

TV show · as Walter Dion Burkes

S.W.A.T.

TV show · as Saint

This Is Us

TV show · as Abe Clarke

Love Twice

as Rodrigo

Supergirl

TV show · as Myr'nn J'onzz

Justice League: Doom

as Martian Manhunter (voice)

Black Panther

as Uncle S'Yan

Young Justice

TV show · as M'aatt M'orzz (voice)

Nominated

as Ray Cowan

All 21 titles from the 2010s

2000s

26 titles · average score 73

Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation

as Samuel Nujoma

Grey's Anatomy

TV show · as Kurt Walling

Justice League Unlimited

TV show · as J'onn J'onzz (voice)

Justice League: Paradise Lost

as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)

Sounder

as The Father

NCIS

TV show · as Beau Hindley

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

as Nat Turner - Gray

Just a Dream

as J.M. Hoagland

Justice League

TV show · as J'onn J'onzz (voice)

Alias

TV show · as Marcus Dixon

The Color of Friendship

as Ron Dellums

Little Richard

as Bud Penniman

All 26 titles from the 2000s

1990s

36 titles · average score 70

Border Line

as Detective Mollo

Family Guy

TV show · as Loan Officer (voice)

The Ditchdigger's Daughters

as Donald Thornton

Nightjohn

as Nightjohn

M.A.N.T.I.S.

TV show · as Dr. Miles Hawkins

M.A.N.T.I.S.

as Dr. Miles Hawkins

On Promised Land

as Floyd Ween

The X-Files

TV show · as Marcus Duff

Going to Extremes

TV show · as Dr. Michael Norris

South Central

as Ali

Brother Future

as Denmark Vessy

Pacific Heights

as Lieutenant Lou Baker

All 36 titles from the 1990s

1980s

12 titles · average score 60

Everybody's All-American

as Narvel Blue

American Experience

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Judgment in Berlin

as Edwin Palmer

The Bedroom Window

as Quirke

Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8

as Bobby Seale

L.A. Law

TV show · as Earl Williams

The Gospel at Colonus

as Theseus

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

as John Parker

Cagney & Lacey

TV show · as Mark Petrie

Caveman

as Bork

Lifepod

as Keshah

Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot

as Mark Petrie

1970s

5 titles · average score 77

Escape from Alcatraz

as Inmate

Undercover with the KKK

as Rev. Lowell

Taxi

TV show · as Customer #2

The Jeffersons

TV show

Great Performances

TV show · as Theseus