Glynn Turman
Actor

Glynn Turman

5 Movies
5 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 5
Birthday January 31, 1947 (79 years old)
Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As κΈ€λ¦° ν„°λ¨Ό, Glynn Russell Turman, Glynn R. Turman, Ϊ―Ω„ΫŒΩ† ΨͺΨ±Ω…Ω†
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Biography

Glynn Russell Turman, born on January 31, 1947, in New York City, is a revered American stage, television, and film actor as well as a writer, whose career spans decades. He gained early recognition for his role as Leroy "Preach" Jackson in the 1975 film "Cooley High." Turman's talent shone on Broadway, earning a Tony Award for "The Great White Hope." He's renowned for TV work in "The Wire," math professor and retired Army colonel Bradford Taylor on the NBC sitcom "A Different World," fictional Baltimore mayor Clarence Royce on the HBO drama series "The Wire" and "House of Lies." His filmography includes impactful roles in "Gremlins" and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." With a captivating presence, Turman continues to enthrall audiences, showcasing remarkable versatility and depth in his performances.

Filmography (128)

When They're Gone 2026
STRAW 2025
Paradise 2025
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 2024
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians 2024
The Big Cigar 2024
80 for Brady 2023
Outlaw Johnny Black 2023
Rustin 2023
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 2023
The Legend of Glynn Turman 2022
The Devil You Know 2022
Is That Black Enough for You?!? 2022
Women of the Movement 2022
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder 2022
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities 2022
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist 2021
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 2020
The Way Back 2020
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen 2020
Power Book II: Ghost 2020
FBI: Most Wanted 2020
Windows on the World 2019
Sextuplets 2019
Justine 2019
The Red Line 2019
Bumblebee 2018
Solace 2018
The Neighborhood 2018
The Killing Floor 2017
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart 2017
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People 2017
Mr. Mercedes 2017
American Gods 2017
Race 2016
Graves 2016
Dakota's Summer 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers 2014
How to Get Away with Murder 2014
black-ish 2014
Fargo 2014
John Dies at the End 2013
Act Like You Love Me 2013
The Pastor's Secret 2012
City Teacher 2012
The Obama Effect 2012
House of Lies 2012
Revolution 2012
Alcatraz 2012
Super 8 2011
Suits 2011
Burlesque 2010
Takers 2010
The Defenders 2010
Preaching To The Pastor 2009
FlashForward 2009
NCIS: Los Angeles 2009
Kings of the Evening 2008
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery 2008
In Treatment 2008
Uncle P 2007
Sahara 2005
Criminal Minds 2005
The Seat Filler 2004
The Wire 2002
Fire & Ice 2001
The Visit 2001
Air Rage 2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2001
The Bernie Mac Show 2001
Scrubs 2001
Big Apple 2001
Freedom Song 2000
Men of Honor 2000
Light It Up 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999
How Stella Got Her Groove Back 1998
The Magnificent Seven 1998
Buffalo Soldiers 1997
Subterfuge 1996
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault 1996
Millennium 1996
The Inkwell 1994
Someone Else's Child 1994
Touched by an Angel 1994
ER 1994
Deep Cover 1992
Freddy's Nightmares 1988
A Different World 1987
Out of Bounds 1986
Ask Max 1986
Matlock 1986
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom 1985
The Twilight Zone 1985
Hail to the Chief 1985
Secrets of a Married Man 1984
Gremlins 1984
Murder, She Wrote 1984
Hot Pursuit 1984
The Grand Baby 1983
Penitentiary II 1982
T. J. Hooker 1982
Thornwell 1981
Attica 1980
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold 1978
The Paper Chase 1978
Centennial 1978
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich 1977
Minstrel Man 1977
The Richard Pryor Special? 1977
The Serpent's Egg 1977
J.D.'s Revenge 1976
The River Niger 1976
The Tapestry 1976
The Tony Randall Show 1976
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men 1975
Cooley High 1975
The Blue Knight 1975
Carter's Army 1975
Thomasine & Bushrod 1974
Together Brothers 1974
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat 1974
Five on the Black Hand Side 1973
AWOL 1972
Honky 1971
In Search of America 1971
Room 222 1969
CBS Playhouse 1966