Carl Lumbly

Carl Lumbly ( born August 14, 1952 in Minneapolis, Minnesota ) is an American actor.

Lumbly, son of Jamaican immigrants, was the first writer for the Associated Press in Minneapolis and for various other magazines. When writing a story about a comedy theater, he discovered his live qualities and took two years as a comedian.

When he moved to San Francisco, he became friends with the still unknown Danny Glover and joined with him also. His first success in the film business was in 1981 in the television series Cagney and Lacey. In 1998, he was then seen with Halle Berry also on television in The Wedding. In 2006 he made ​​a guest appearance on the science fiction series Battlestar Galactica remake. Also on the big screen he has already been shown, namely in Men of Honor with Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Charlize Theron.

An important supporting role he occupies in the television series Alias ​​, where he plays Marcus R. Dixon. In the first two seasons, he is here partners, from the third season supervisor of Sidney Bristow (Jennifer Garner).

He also acted in the movie scenes in the computer game Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars with the expansion Kane's Wrath with where he embodies Brother Marcion an apostate of the Brotherhood of Nod new group, the Black Hand is leading.

Lumbly was married to the actress Vonetta McGee died in 2010 since 1987 and has one child.

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