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Carl Lumbly

1951 - Today

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Carl Winston Lumbly (born August 14, 1951) is an American actor. He is known for his role as television's first black superhero in M.A.N.T.I.S., Dick Hallorann in Doctor Sleep, NYPD detective Marcus Petrie on the CBS police drama Cagney & Lacey, CIA agent Marcus Dixon on the ABC espionage drama series Alias, and as the voice of J'onn J'onnz / Martian Manhunter in the animated series Justice League, Static Shock and Justice League Unlimited, all part of the DC Animated Universe. As a reference to his voice work as J'onn, Lumbly portrayed J'onn J'onnz's father, M'yrnn, on The CW's Arrowverse on Supergirl from 2017 until 2019. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Lumbly has received more than 2,590,498 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Carl Lumbly is the 3,797th most popular actor (up from 5,403rd in 2019), the 5,669th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,037th in 2019) and the 1,720th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Carl Lumbly ranks 3,797 out of 13,578. Before him are Irving Cummings, Kurt Fuller, Ichirō Nagai, JoBeth Williams, Gavin MacLeod, and Harry Morgan. After him are Fernando Lamas, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Françoise Rosay, Haruko Sugimura, Peter Simonischek, and Felicity Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Carl Lumbly ranks 292. Before him are Charlaine Harris, Luther Vandross, David Almond, Bill Bryson, Bob Gale, and Domitien Ndayizeye. After him are Edgardo Codesal, Fyodor Konyukhov, Greg Bear, Marie-Anne Chazel, Alicia Giménez Bartlett, and Phyllis Smith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Lumbly ranks 5,669 out of 20,380. Before him are Kurt Fuller (1953), Ray Barretto (1929), JoBeth Williams (1948), Gavin MacLeod (1931), George Saling (1909), and Harry Morgan (1915). After him are Edmund Beecher Wilson (1856), Kenneth Noland (1924), Anita Borg (1949), Forrest Smithson (1884), Henry Knox (1750), and Paul Sweezy (1910).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Carl Lumbly ranks 1,720. Before him are Mark Pellegrino (1965), Irving Cummings (1888), Kurt Fuller (1953), JoBeth Williams (1948), Gavin MacLeod (1931), and Harry Morgan (1915). After him are Ed O'Ross (1949), Tommy Rettig (1941), Sandra Bernhard (1955), Elizabeth Mitchell (1970), David White (1916), and Harry Carey (1878).

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