Carl Lumbly is an American film, stage, and television actor, best known for his roles as NYPD Detective Marcus Petrie on the CBS police drama, Cagney & Lacey and CIA Agent Marcus Dixon on the ABC espionage drama series, Alias. Other television credits include Delavenne on CBS’ Zoo, Captain Joel Rucker on TNT’s Southland, Dr. Miles Hawkins on FOX’s M.A.N.T.I.S., and Earl Williams on NBC’s L.A. Law.

Theatre credits include Off-Broadway, as Alexander Ames in stop. reset. (Romulus Linney Courtyard); Booster in Jitney (Union Square Theatre); Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Anspacher Theater); Francisco in The Tempest (Delacorte Theatre); and Hugh in Meetings (Marymount Manhattan Theatre); and regionally, as Leo Price in Tree, Chester Kimmich in Storefront Church, Ralph D. in The Motherf**ker With The Hat, and Lucius Jenkins in Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (SF Playhouse); Troy Maxson in Fences (Marin Theatre); and Christopher in Blue/Orange (Lorraine Hansberry Theatre).