- Both he and close friend Danny Glover made their feature film debuts in Escape from Alcatraz (1979).
- 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.
- Has a son, Brandon Lumbly (born 1988) with Vonetta McGee.
- Has 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) series.
- 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.
- 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.
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