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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 31, 1947
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- 글린 터먼
- Glynn Russell Turman
- Glynn R. Turman
- گلین ترمن
Glynn Turman
1.8 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
7.8
Richard
STRAW
2025
7.6
Fred Collins
Paradise
2025
7.2
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024
5.5
Walter
The Big Cigar
2024
6.5
Self - Chiron
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2024
7.3
Mr. Brunner / Chiron
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2023
6.5
A. Philip Randolph
Rustin
2023
5.5
Bullseye Black
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023
6.3
Mickey
80 for Brady
2023
7.5
Sheriff Nate Craven
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022
Credits
STRAW
as Richard
2025
7.8
Paradise
as Fred Collins
2025
7.6
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024
7.2
The Big Cigar
as Walter
2024
5.5
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
as Self - Chiron
2024
6.5
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
as Mr. Brunner / Chiron
2023
7.3
Rustin
as A. Philip Randolph
2023
6.5
Outlaw Johnny Black
as Bullseye Black
2023
5.5
80 for Brady
as Mickey
2023
6.3
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
as Sheriff Nate Craven
2022
7.5
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
as Self
2022
6.6
The Legend of Glynn Turman
as G.T.
2022
0.0
The Devil You Know
as Lloyd Cowans
2022
6.7
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
as Pa (voice)
2022
5.6
Women of the Movement
as Mose Wright
2022
6.5
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
as Self
2021
8.2
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
as Self - Presenter
2020
6.2
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
as Toledo
2020
6.6
Power Book II: Ghost
as Gabriel
2020
8.2
The Way Back
as Doc
2020
6.6
FBI: Most Wanted
as Terry Daniels
2020
7.6
Sextuplets
as Leland
2019
6.2
Justine
as Papa Don
2019
6.4
Windows on the World
as Lou
2019
3.3
The Red Line
as Nathan Gordon
2019
7.3
Bumblebee
as General Whalen
2018
6.7
The Neighborhood
as Otis
2018
7.6
Solace
as Clay (Pastor Davis)
2018
4.7
The Killing Floor
as Self
2017
0.0
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
as Self
2017
6.2
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
1.0
Mr. Mercedes
as Judge Bernard Raines
2017
7.1
American Gods
as Reverend Hutchins
2017
7.1
Graves
2016
5.0
Race
as Harry E. Davis
2016
7.3
How to Get Away with Murder
as Nathaniel Lahey
2014
7.8
black-ish
as Billy Blade
2014
7.1
Dakota's Summer
as Isaac Benson
2014
6.4
Fargo
as Doctor Senator
2014
8.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
Act Like You Love Me
as David Lofton
2013
5.4
John Dies at the End
as Detective Lawrence 'Morgan Freeman' Appleton
2013
6.3
Revolution
as David Kipling
2012
6.4
The Obama Effect
as Slim Sugar
2012
2.5
City Teacher
as Kevin Sawyer
2012
0.0
Alcatraz
as Emmitt Little
2012
6.3
House of Lies
as Jeremiah Kaan
2012
6.6
🎬
The Pastor's Secret
2012
0.0
Suits
as Vic
2011
8.2
Super 8
as Dr. Woodward
2011
6.8
Burlesque
as Harold Saint
2010
7.2
The Defenders
as Judge Bob Owens
2010
7.1
Takers
as Chief Detective Duncan
2010
6.2
FlashForward
as Senator Noland
2009
7.0
NCIS: Los Angeles
as James Pierce
2009
7.5
Preaching To The Pastor
as Bishop Hightower
2009
1.0
In Treatment
as Alex Prince Sr.
2008
7.6
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
as Sheriff Bob Monroe
2008
7.0
Kings of the Evening
as Clarence Brown
2008
0.0
Uncle P
as Dr. Niles
2007
5.1
Criminal Minds
as Charles Johnson
2005
8.3
Sahara
as Dr. Frank Hopper
2005
5.9
The Seat Filler
as Derrick's Dad
2004
4.3
The Wire
as Clarence Royce
2002
8.6
The Bernie Mac Show
as Carl
2001
6.5
Scrubs
as George
2001
8.0
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Roy Hines
2001
7.6
Air Rage
as Ted Bigelow
2001
5.2
🎬
The Visit
as Parole Board Member Reingold
2001
7.6
Fire & Ice
as Robert Aimes Sr.
2001
8.0
Men of Honor
as Chief Floyd
2000
7.5
Freedom Song
as T-Bone Lanier
2000
5.5
Light It Up
as Principal Allan Armstrong
1999
6.7
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. Young
1999
7.9
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Dr. Shakespeare
1998
5.8
The Magnificent Seven
as Achilles Thompson/Hector Thompson
1998
6.0
Buffalo Soldiers
as Sgt. Joshua 'Joyu' Judges Ruth
1997
5.4
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Coach Powell
1996
7.1
Millennium
as James Glen
1996
7.7
Subterfuge
as Stallworth Hubbs
1996
6.3
🎬
Someone Else's Child
as Judge Roullard
1994
2.0
Touched by an Angel
as Sheriff Ernie Guthrie
1994
7.2
ER
as Mr. Holmes
1994
7.8
The Inkwell
as Spencer Phillips
1994
5.3
Deep Cover
as Russell Stevens Sr.
1992
6.8
Freddy's Nightmares
as Dr. Redman
1988
7.2
A Different World
as Colonel Brad Taylor
1987
7.0
A Different World
as Colonel Bradford Taylor
1987
9.0
Ask Max
as Lloyd Lyman
1986
6.0
Out of Bounds
as Lieutenant Delgado
1986
5.3
Matlock
as Maj. Dennis Orlando
1986
7.1
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour")
1985
7.8
Hail to the Chief
as Secretary of State LaRue Hawkins
1985
5.0
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
as Joshua
1985
0.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Stan Lassiter
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Earl Browder
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Ben Coleman
1984
7.5
🎬
Secrets of a Married Man
as Jesse
1984
1.7
Hot Pursuit
as Mitch Simpson
1984
5.0
Gremlins
as Roy Hanson
1984
7.1
Penitentiary II
as Charles Johnson
1982
4.0
T. J. Hooker
as Norman Powell
1982
6.4
Thornwell
as James Thornwell
1981
6.0
Attica
as Raymond Franklin
1980
5.7
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold
as Preston de Cordiva
1978
3.8
Centennial
as Nate Person
1978
7.7
The Paper Chase
1978
7.6
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
as Nigeria
1977
5.4
The Serpent's Egg
as Monroe
1977
6.2
The Richard Pryor Special?
as Booster Johnson
1977
7.0
Minstrel Man
as Harry Brown Jr.
1977
0.0
The Tapestry
1976
6.0
The Tony Randall Show
1976
6.2
J.D.'s Revenge
as Isaac / 'Ike'
1976
5.7
The River Niger
as Jeff Williams
1976
6.8
Cooley High
as Leroy "Preach" Jackson
1975
6.9
Carter's Army
as Pvt. George Brightman
1975
4.0
The Blue Knight
as Edwin Beall
1975
0.0
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
as Theo
1975
0.0
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
1974
5.1
Together Brothers
as Dr. Johnson
1974
4.2
Thomasine & Bushrod
as Jomo J. Anderson
1974
6.3
Five on the Black Hand Side
as Gideon
1973
6.8
AWOL
as Mohammed G.
1972
0.0
Honky
as Sailor at Bus Station
1971
4.3
In Search of America
as Bodhi
1971
3.0
Room 222
1969
6.0