Carl Lumbly is finally getting his due thanks to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and former co-stars Jennifer Garner and Gina Torres couldn't be happier

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Nearly 30 years after Lumbly played the first Black superhero on primetime television in M.A.N.T.I.S., the actor has won raves as Marvel’s forgotten super-soldier, Isaiah Bradley, aka the original Black Captain America, in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Torres, who worked with Lumbly on M.A.N.T.I.S. and Alias, says: “My memory of Carl at this time was one of serenity and professionalism. I never witnessed a crack. It was a beautiful example of how the work and the importance of what we were doing had to be what drove us forward. First Black superhero on TV. That was big.” Garner, meanwhile, says Lumbly was key in helping her get through the rigorous first two seasons of Alias. “I have been waiting for Carl Lumbly to have his day,” says Garner. “He’s always been just so majestic and such a powerful person that he can really hold somebody larger than life. The fact that he is having this moment is completely and entirely appropriate. It’s like he’s finally aged enough to be as regal as he should be.”