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.
126 acting credits · 7 directing credits
Acting · 126
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Criminal Minds
2005
Suits
2011
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Fargo
2014
ER
1994
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Scrubs
2001
The Wire
2002
FBI: Most Wanted
2020
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
Paradise
2025
Touched by an Angel
1994
T. J. Hooker
1982
Matlock
1986
The Twilight Zone
1985
black-ish
2014
In Treatment
2008
Millennium
1996
The Neighborhood
2018
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2023
A Different World
1987
Mr. Mercedes
2017
The Bernie Mac Show
2001
American Gods
2017
Power Book II: Ghost
2020
Room 222
1969
FlashForward
2009
House of Lies
2012
Revolution
2012
Freddy's Nightmares
1988
The Defenders
2010
Alcatraz
2012
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022
The Magnificent Seven
1998
Bumblebee
2018
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022
CBS Playhouse
1966
Gremlins
1984
STRAW
2025
The Paper Chase
1978
Graves
2016
Centennial
1978
The Tony Randall Show
1976
The Big Cigar
2024
Super 8
2011
Men of Honor
2000
Sahara
2005
Burlesque
2010
Sextuplets
2019
Takers
2010
Hot Pursuit
1984
The Red Line
2019
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024
Women of the Movement
2022
Race
2016
Hail to the Chief
1985
The Way Back
2020
Rustin
2023
Deep Cover
1992
80 for Brady
2023
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2024
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020
The Devil You Know
2022
John Dies at the End
2013
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
The Serpent's Egg
1977
The Seat Filler
2004
Buffalo Soldiers
1997
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023
Light It Up
1999
Out of Bounds
1986
Attica
1980
Cooley High
1975
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
1974
The Inkwell
1994
Freedom Song
2000
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
2020
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
1977
Honky
1971
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1985
Windows on the World
2019
Air Rage
2001
Carter's Army
1975
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold
1978
Dakota's Summer
2014
Penitentiary II
1982
The River Niger
1976
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
2008
Uncle P
2007
Thornwell
1981
The Obama Effect
2012
Subterfuge
1996
Secrets of a Married Man
1984
In Search of America
1971
The Richard Pryor Special?
1977
Thomasine & Bushrod
1974
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017
Someone Else's Child
1994
Justine
2019
J.D.'s Revenge
1976
Solace
2018
The Blue Knight
1975
Ask Max
1986
Minstrel Man
1977
The Visit
2001
Fire & Ice
2001
Five on the Black Hand Side
1973
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
1975
AWOL
1972
Together Brothers
1974
Kings of the Evening
2008
Act Like You Love Me
2013
Preaching To The Pastor
2009
The Pastor's Secret
2012
City Teacher
2012
The Grand Baby
1983
The Legend of Glynn Turman
2022
The Killing Floor
2017
The Tapestry
1976
