Glynn Turman

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 (125 Appearances)

STRAW

2025

Paradise

2025

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2

2024

The Big Cigar

2024

A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians

2024

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Rustin

Outlaw Johnny Black

80 for Brady

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

2022

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

2022

The Legend of Glynn Turman

2022

The Devil You Know

2022

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

2022

Women of the Movement

2022

Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist

2021

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen

2020

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

2017

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

2009

In Treatment

2008

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

Fire & Ice

Men of Honor

Freedom Song

Light It Up

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

1998

The Magnificent Seven

1998

Buffalo Soldiers

1997

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Millennium

Subterfuge

Someone Else's Child

Touched by an Angel

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

1985

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Secrets of a Married Man

Hot Pursuit

Gremlins

The Grand Baby

Penitentiary II

T. J. Hooker

Thornwell

Attica

Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold

1978

Centennial

1978

The Paper Chase

1978

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

1977

The Serpent's Egg

1977

The Richard Pryor Special?

1977

Minstrel Man

1977

The Tapestry

1976

The Tony Randall Show

J.D.'s Revenge

The River Niger

Cooley High

Carter's Army

The Blue Knight

Ceremonies in Dark Old Men

1975

The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat

1974

Together Brothers

1974

Thomasine & Bushrod

1974

Five on the Black Hand Side

AWOL

Honky

In Search of America

Room 222