Glynn Turman
Acting · Born 1947-01-31 · age 79 · 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.
Titles
Super 8
Gremlins
Bumblebee
Suits
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Criminal Minds
Fargo
The Wire
Men of Honor
Burlesque
American Gods
How to Get Away with Murder
Sahara
Race
Takers
The Way Back
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
NCIS: Los Angeles
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
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Sextuplets
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
John Dies at the End
Revolution
FlashForward
Paradise
Murder, She Wrote
FBI: Most Wanted
Mr. Mercedes
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Power Book II: Ghost
black-ish
Alcatraz
Millennium
Deep Cover
The Twilight Zone
House of Lies
Rustin
Freddy's Nightmares
80 for Brady
In Treatment
Touched by an Angel
The Neighborhood
Scrubs
Matlock
Dynasty
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
The Serpent's Egg
T. J. Hooker
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
A Different World
Cooley High
The Bernie Mac Show
The Wayans Bros.
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Dakota's Summer
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
The Devil You Know
Outlaw Johnny Black