Name: Carl Lumbly
Date of Birth: 14 August 1951 Went to same college as Peter Berg - Macalester College, 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 were Lumbly had a big role. 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. Both he and friend Danny Glover made their feature film debuts in Escape from Alcatraz (1979). ... Played an alien in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)) and voiced the alien Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz on the animated "Justice League" (2001). Long-time close friend of 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. Read more Carl Lumbly movies (actor)User Comments |
