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

2023

Rustin

2023

Outlaw Johnny Black

2023

80 for Brady

2023

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

2020

Power Book II: Ghost

2020

The Way Back

2020

FBI: Most Wanted

2020

Sextuplets

2019

Justine

2019

The Red Line

2019

Windows on the World

2019

Bumblebee

2018

The Neighborhood

2018

Solace

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

Graves

2016

Race

2016

How to Get Away with Murder

2014

black-ish

2014

Dakota's Summer

2014

Fargo

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

Act Like You Love Me

2013

John Dies at the End

2013

Revolution

2012

The Obama Effect

2012

City Teacher

2012

Alcatraz

2012

House of Lies

2012

The Pastor's Secret

2012

Suits

2011

Super 8

2011

Burlesque

2010

The Defenders

2010

Takers

2010

FlashForward

2009

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009

Preaching To The Pastor

2009

In Treatment

2008

Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery

2008

Kings of the Evening

2008

Uncle P

2007

Criminal Minds

2005

Sahara

2005

The Seat Filler

2004

The Wire

2002

The Bernie Mac Show

2001

Scrubs

2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

Air Rage

2001

The Visit

2001

Fire & Ice

2001

Men of Honor

2000

Freedom Song

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

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

1996

Millennium

1996

Subterfuge

1996

Someone Else's Child

1994

Touched by an Angel

1994

ER

1994

The Inkwell

1994

Deep Cover

1992

Freddy's Nightmares

1988

A Different World

1987

Ask Max

1986

Out of Bounds

1986

Matlock

1986

The Twilight Zone

1985

Hail to the Chief

1985

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

1985

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Secrets of a Married Man

1984

Hot Pursuit

1984

Gremlins

1984

The Grand Baby

1983

Penitentiary II

1982

T. J. Hooker

1982

Thornwell

1981

Attica

1980

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

1976

J.D.'s Revenge

1976

The River Niger

1976

Cooley High

1975

Carter's Army

1975

The Blue Knight

1975

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

1973

AWOL

1972

Honky

1971

In Search of America

1971 Debut

Room 222

1969
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