Carl Winston Lumbly (born August 14, 1951)[1] is an American film, stage, and television actor. He is most known for the roles of Marcus Dixon in the television drama Alias, Martian Manhunter in the animated series Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, and as Det. Marcus Petrie on Cagney and Lacey.

Born to Jamaican immigrants in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Lumbly graduated from South High School there and Macalester College in nearby St. Paul.

At one time he was a journalist in Minnesota, when he got an acting job while on assignment for a story about a workshop theatre and stayed with the improvisational company for two years (along with then-unknown Danny Glover).

Film
Caveman (1981)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (1984)
The Bedroom Window (1987)
Everybody's All-American (1988)
To Sleep With Anger (1990)
Pacific Heights (1990)
Brother Future (1991)
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 (2002)
The Alphabet Killer (2008)

Television
Cagney and Lacey (1982-1988)
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987)
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)
Superman: The Animated Series (1997)
Buffalo Soldiers (1997)
The Wedding (1998)
Batman Beyond (1999)
The West Wing (2000)
The Color of Friendship (2000)
Little Richard (2000)
Justice League (2001-2004)
Alias (2001-2006)
Static Shock (2003)
Sounder (2003)
Martin Scorsese presents The Blues: Episode 4 (2003)
Justice League Unlimited (2004-2006)
Battlestar Galactica (2006)
Grey's Anatomy (one episode) (2008)
Chuck (2008)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2009)
Black Panther (2010)
Trauma (2010)

Theatre
Eden (1980)

Video games
Command and Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath (2008)
BioShock 2: Minerva's Den (2010)

Awards and recognition
1980: Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, Lead Performance - Eden


More information
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Lumbly