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.
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PHOTOS
TV Series
A Different World
7.123
Touched by an Angel
7.2
The Twilight Zone
7.762
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.9
Room 222
6
Millennium
7.659
Scrubs
8.01
In Treatment
7.646
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
7.565
Hail to the Chief
5
The Paper Chase
7.556
The Tony Randall Show
6.25
Women of the Movement
6.5
House of Lies
6.583
Revolution
6.4
Power Book II: Ghost
8.3
The Wire
8.597
FlashForward
7
Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.3
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
6.05
FBI: Most Wanted
7.7
Centennial
7.625
Suits
8.2
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
7.4
How to Get Away with Murder
7.834
The Red Line
7.296
Alcatraz
6.354
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
7.528
The Big Cigar
5.3
T. J. Hooker
6.394
Criminal Minds
8.308
The Bernie Mac Show
6.4
Mr. Mercedes
7.123
black-ish
7.2
American Gods
7.072
Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Fargo
8.295
Murder, She Wrote
7.5
The Defenders
7.094
ER
7.828
The Neighborhood
7.6
NCIS: Los Angeles
7.53
Paradise
7.655
The Magnificent Seven
6
Movies
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
0
80 for Brady
6.326
Freedom Song
5.5
Sahara
5.908
The Killing Floor
0
Men of Honor
7.492
Outlaw Johnny Black
5.69
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
5.8
Rustin
6.62
Cooley High
6.875
Burlesque
7.203
Super 8
6.769
J.D.'s Revenge
5.774
Out of Bounds
5.5
Manimal
4.5
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
7.2
Light It Up
6.6
John Dies at the End
6.305
The River Niger
6.75
The Legend of Glynn Turman
0
The Inkwell
5.5
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
5.9
Preaching To The Pastor
1
The Devil You Know
6.73
Kings of the Evening
0
Secrets of a Married Man
2
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
7
Buffalo Soldiers
5.2
Fire & Ice
8
The Pastor's Secret
0
Thomasine & Bushrod
6.5
Someone Else's Child
2
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
0
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
7.4
Subterfuge
6.3
The Seat Filler
4.3
The Blue Knight
0
Act Like You Love Me
5.4
Five on the Black Hand Side
6.8
Minstrel Man
0
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
6.4
Deep Cover
6.769
Honky
4.8
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
7.142
The Richard Pryor Special?
7
Carter's Army
4.042
Together Brothers
5
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
5
City Teacher
0
Race
7.25
Takers
6.228
The Obama Effect
2.5
Thornwell
6
The Serpent's Egg
6.3
Attica
5.7
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
6.2
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
1
Gremlins
7.134
Penitentiary II
4.3
Bumblebee
6.722
Solace
4.7
Ask Max
6
Windows on the World
4
The Visit
7.6
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
6.657
Sextuplets
6.216
The Way Back
6.655
Justine
6.4
AWOL
0
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
6.2
Air Rage
5.2
The Tapestry
6
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
8.2
In Search of America
3
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold
3.75
Uncle P
5.091
STRAW
8.083