Glynn Turman
Acting
- Born:
- 1947-01-31
- Place of birth:
- New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
A Different World
When They're Gone
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Official Podcast
STRAW
Paradise
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
The Big Cigar
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rustin
Outlaw Johnny Black
80 for Brady
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
The Legend of Glynn Turman
The Devil You Know
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
Women of the Movement
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Power Book II: Ghost
The Way Back
FBI: Most Wanted
Sextuplets
Justine
The Red Line
Windows on the World
Bumblebee
The Neighborhood
Solace
The Killing Floor
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Mr. Mercedes
American Gods
Graves
Race
How to Get Away with Murder
black-ish
Dakota's Summer
Fargo
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Act Like You Love Me
John Dies at the End
Revolution
The Obama Effect
City Teacher
Alcatraz
House of Lies
The Pastor's Secret
Suits
Super 8
Burlesque
The Defenders
Takers
FlashForward
NCIS: Los Angeles
Preaching To The Pastor
In Treatment
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
Kings of the Evening
Uncle P
Criminal Minds
Sahara
The Seat Filler
The Wire
The Bernie Mac Show
Scrubs
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Air Rage
The Visit
Big Apple
Fire & Ice
Men of Honor
Freedom Song
Light It Up
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
The Magnificent Seven
Buffalo Soldiers
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Millennium
Subterfuge
Someone Else's Child
Touched by an Angel
ER
The Inkwell
Deep Cover
Freddy's Nightmares
A Different World
Ask Max
Out of Bounds
Matlock
The Twilight Zone
Hail to the Chief
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Murder, She Wrote
Secrets of a Married Man
Hot Pursuit
Gremlins
The Grand Baby
Penitentiary II
T. J. Hooker
American Playhouse
Thornwell
Attica
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold
Centennial
The Paper Chase
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
The Serpent's Egg
The Richard Pryor Special?
Minstrel Man
The Tapestry
The Tony Randall Show
J.D.'s Revenge
The River Niger
Cooley High
Carter's Army
The Blue Knight
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
Together Brothers
Thomasine & Bushrod
Five on the Black Hand Side
AWOL
Honky
In Search of America
Room 222
Hawaii Five-O
CBS Playhouse