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Carl Lumbly
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Marcus Dixon
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The Basics: Born August 14, 1952, Lumbly was a journalist in Minnesota
before he became an actor. His career started onstage after an assignment covering a
local theater company led to a role in one of the plays. After following a girlfriend to San Francisco,
he spotted a classified ad looking for two black actors to star in South African political plays.
The parts went to him and Danny Glover, with whom he became close friends (and frequent co-stars).
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The Basics: Dixon has been Sydney's partner for almost as long as she's been working
for SD-6. His loyalty and sensitivity make him the ideal partner and friend, which is why
he felt so betrayed when he learned that Sydney had known for over a year that SD-6 was
not the real CIA. When it came down to saving her life or holding on to his
pain, Dixon chose to save her. After the murder of his wife, he was so
devastated that he considered jumping off a bridge, but his love for his
children stopped him.
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Personal: Lumbly is married to actress Vonetta McGee, who played his wife both on
the series "Cagney and Lacey" and in the film To Sleep With Anger. They have one son.
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Personal: Dixon and wife Diane had been married 13 years when he confessed
that he was never an investment analyst. After she decided she loved him too much
to keep him from his work, they reconciled. Shortly afterward, Sloane retaliated
for Dixon's accidental murder of Emily by having Evil Francie blow up Diane in her
car. Now Dixon is single dad to his two kids, a boy and a girl.
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Work History: His earliest plays were performed in California alongside Glover. He has appeared in such films as South Central, How Stella Got Her Groove Back,
and Men of Honor. Besides "Alias" and "Cagney and Lacey," Lumbly has had regular roles on "L.A. Law" and "M.A.N.T.I.S."
and guest credits on "ER" and "The West Wing." Currently, he does voice work
on the Cartoon Network's "Justice League."
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Work History: He was recruited into SD-6 in 1981 after
receiving a business degree from Sarah Lawrence and doing graduate studies at
MIT in computer science. His experience provides an effective
combination with Sydney's physical skills and ability to con her doe-eyed way out of dangerous
situations. Despite his strong physical presence, he's spent a good deal of
time on communications duty. Lately, after reluctantly deciding to work for the CIA
rather than get out of the intelligence field, he's been getting more field
action.
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Trivia: During a 1987 stage performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," in which he
played Oberon, Lumbly was so involved in mixing a love potion that he didn't notice its sparks
had ignited his hair. A woman in the front row jumped onstage and smothered the fire with her
jacket; Lumbly later brought her up to take a bow. Less alarming was a TV milestone he was to set
several years later. In "M.A.N.T.I.S.," playing a character he called "a combination of George Washington
Carver and 'Action Jackson,'" Lumbly became television's first black superhero.
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Trivia: Dixon is generally an impeccably well-prepared guy (who else would think
to bring a backup detonator for the unlikely event of a malfunction?). He could use a
little more training in when to wear bulletproof vests, though. He speaks nine
languages, none of which is techno. Even with that handicap, he still makes
a competent DJ.
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Information was gathered from ABC.com, The San Francisco Chronicle,
Hollywood.com, L.A. Times, The Times Union,
and The Internet Movie Database.
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