Carl Lumbly is an American actor. He was born on August 14, 1951 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. His parents are Carl and Mabel Lumbly. He has two sisters, Carolyn and Cheryl. He attended the University of Minnesota and graduated with a degree in theater arts. After college, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting.
Lumbly’s first acting role was in the television movie “The Young Lawyers” (1970). He went on to guest star in several television shows, including “All in the Family”, “The Waltons”, “Hill Street Blues”, and “Miami Vice”. He had a recurring role as Marcus Dixon on the television series “Alias” (2001-2006). He also appeared in the films “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” (1974), “The Terminator” (1984), and “Marked for Death” (1990).
Lumbly is married to actress Peggy Lipton. They have two daughters, Rashida and Kidada, both of whom are actresses.
As of 2020, Carl Lumbly’s net worth is $3 million.
General Info
Full Name
Carl Lumbly
Date Of Birth
August 14, 1951
Height
1.85 m
Profession
Journalist, Voice Actor
Education
Macalester College
Nationality
American
Family
Spouse
Vonetta McGee
Children
Brandon Lumbly
Accomplishments
Awards
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance, Obie Award for Ensemble Performance
Nominations
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Movies
Justice League: Doom, To Sleep with Anger, South Central, The Bedroom Window, Men of Honor, Everybody's All-American, Pacific Heights, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Nightjohn, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, The Alphabet Killer, Escape from Alcatraz, Caveman, The Color ...
TV Shows
Alias, Justice League Unlimited, Justice League, Kate Brasher, M.A.N.T.I.S., Cagney & Lacey, Going to Extremes, TriBeCa
There are so many 'accepted' criteria at least for defining your success in Los Angeles. I think you have to just establish your own criteria for yourself before you enter the town or shortly thereafter. It has to be about your personal happiness. What is is that you like about yourself that you would like to hold on to? Then be really principled about holding on to it.
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[Acting is] not to promote yourself or exercise your expertise or demonstrate your acting knowledge and skill; it's to be a vessel for the information that that character has to give up.
Facts
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Fact
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He was awarded the 1991 NAACP Image Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Miss Evers Boys" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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Has a son, Brandon Lumbly (born 1988) with Vonetta McGee.
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Longtime close friends with Danny Glover, they appeared together in two of Athol Fugard's plays early in their career: "Siswe Bansi Is Dead" and "The Island". Carl recently appeared in the film Just a Dream (2002) directed by Glover.
A former journalist in Minnesota, he got an acting job while on assignment for a story about a workshop theatre and stayed with the improvisational company for two years.
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Attended the same college as Peter Berg - Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He appeared in a guest role with Berg in episode #2.17, "Life Lines" of Chicago Hope (1994). Berg also guest starred in two episodes of Alias (2001) where Lumbly had a big role.
