Glynn Turman
Acting
1947-01-31 · New York City, New York, USA
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
A Different World
2026 · Series
When They're Gone
2026 · Movie
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Official Podcast
2025 · Series
STRAW
2025 · Movie
Paradise
2025 · Series
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024 · Movie
The Big Cigar
2024 · Series
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2024 · Movie
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2023 · Series
Rustin
2023 · Movie
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023 · Movie
80 for Brady
2023 · Movie
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022 · Series
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022 · Movie
Women of Theatre, New York
2022 · Movie
The Legend of Glynn Turman
2022 · Movie
The Devil You Know
2022 · Movie
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022 · Series
Women of the Movement
2022 · Series
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021 · Movie
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
2020 · Movie
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020 · Movie
Power Book II: Ghost
2020 · Series
The Way Back
2020 · Movie
FBI: Most Wanted
2020 · Series
Sextuplets
2019 · Movie
Justine
2019 · Movie
The Red Line
2019 · Series
Windows on the World
2019 · Movie
Bumblebee
2018 · Movie
The Neighborhood
2018 · Series
Solace
2018 · Movie
The Killing Floor
2017 · Movie
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017 · Movie
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017 · Movie
Mr. Mercedes
2017 · Series
American Gods
2017 · Series
Graves
2016 · Series
Race
2016 · Movie
How to Get Away with Murder
2014 · Series
black-ish
2014 · Series
Dakota's Summer
2014 · Movie
Fargo
2014 · Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
Act Like You Love Me
2013 · Movie
John Dies at the End
2013 · Movie
Revolution
2012 · Series
The Obama Effect
2012 · Movie
House of Lies: Fridays at Galweather
2012 · Series
Alcatraz
2012 · Series
City Teacher
2012 · Movie
House of Lies
2012 · Series
The Pastor's Secret
2012 · Movie
Suits
2011 · Series
Super 8
2011 · Movie
Burlesque
2010 · Movie
The Defenders
2010 · Series
Takers
2010 · Movie
FlashForward
2009 · Series
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009 · Series
Preaching To The Pastor
2009 · Movie
In Treatment
2008 · Series
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
2008 · Movie
Kings of the Evening
2008 · Movie
Uncle P
2007 · Movie
Criminal Minds
2005 · Series
Sahara
2005 · Movie
The Seat Filler
2004 · Movie
The Wire
2002 · Series
The Bernie Mac Show
2001 · Series
Scrubs
2001 · Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Series
Air Rage
2001 · Movie
The Visit
2001 · Movie
Big Apple
2001 · Series
Fire & Ice
2001 · Movie
Men of Honor
2000 · Movie
Freedom Song
2000 · Movie
Light It Up
1999 · Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998 · Movie
The Magnificent Seven
1998 · Series
Buffalo Soldiers
1997 · Movie
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996 · Movie
Millennium
1996 · Series
Homeboys in Outer Space
1996 · Series
Subterfuge
1996 · Movie
The Parent 'Hood
1995 · Series
The Wayans Bros.
1995 · Series
Someone Else's Child
1994 · Movie
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Series
ER
1994 · Series
The Inkwell
1994 · Movie
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
1992 · Series
Deep Cover
1992 · Movie
Freddy's Nightmares
1988 · Series
A Different World
1987 · Series
Ask Max
1986 · Movie
Out of Bounds
1986 · Movie
Matlock
1986 · Series
The Twilight Zone
1985 · Series
Hail to the Chief
1985 · Series
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1985 · Movie
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
Secrets of a Married Man
1984 · Movie
Hot Pursuit
1984 · Series
Gremlins
1984 · Movie
The Grand Baby
1983 · Movie
Penitentiary II
1982 · Movie
T. J. Hooker
1982 · Series
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Thornwell
1981 · Movie
Dynasty
1981 · Series
Attica
1980 · Movie
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold
1978 · Movie
Centennial
1978 · Series
The Paper Chase
1978 · Series
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
1977 · Movie
The Serpent's Egg
1977 · Movie
The Richard Pryor Special?
1977 · Movie
Minstrel Man
1977 · Movie
The Tapestry
1976 · Movie
The Tony Randall Show
1976 · Series
J.D.'s Revenge
1976 · Movie
The River Niger
1976 · Movie
Cooley High
1975 · Movie
Carter's Army
1975 · Movie
The Blue Knight
1975 · Movie
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
1975 · Movie
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
1974 · Movie
Together Brothers
1974 · Movie
Thomasine & Bushrod
1974 · Movie
Five on the Black Hand Side
1973 · Movie
AWOL
1972 · Movie
Honky
1971 · Movie
In Search of America
1971 · Movie
Room 222
1969 · Series
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Series
CBS Playhouse
1966 · Series
You Look Familiar: Vernée Watson
Movie