Glynn Turman

Glynn Turman

Known for
Acting
Born
January 31, 1947 (age 79)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Filmography

2026
When They're Gone

When They're Gone

Movie · as Calvin “Cece” Carr

2026
A Different World poster

A Different World

TV · as Col. Bradford Taylor · 1 ep

2025
STRAW poster

STRAW

Movie · as Richard

2025
Paradise poster

Paradise

TV · as Fred Collins · 1 ep

2025
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Official Podcast poster

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Official Podcast

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 poster

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2

Movie

2024
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians poster

A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Movie · as Self - Chiron

2024
The Big Cigar poster

The Big Cigar

TV · as Walter · 6 eps

2023
80 for Brady poster

80 for Brady

Movie · as Mickey

2023
Outlaw Johnny Black poster

Outlaw Johnny Black

Movie · as Bullseye Black

2023
Rustin poster

Rustin

Movie · as A. Philip Randolph

2023
Percy Jackson and the Olympians poster

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

TV · as Mr. Brunner / Chiron · 4 eps

2022
The Legend of Glynn Turman poster

The Legend of Glynn Turman

Movie · as G.T.

2022
The Devil You Know poster

The Devil You Know

Movie · as Lloyd Cowans

2022
Is That Black Enough for You?!? poster

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Movie · as Self

2022
Women of the Movement poster

Women of the Movement

TV · as Mose Wright · 6 eps

2022
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder poster

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

TV · as Pa (voice) · 2 eps

2022
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities poster

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

TV · as Sheriff Nate Craven · 1 ep

2021
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist poster

Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist

Movie · as Self

2020
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom poster

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Movie · as Toledo

2020
The Way Back poster

The Way Back

Movie · as Doc

2020
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen poster

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen

Movie · as Self - Presenter

2020
Power Book II: Ghost poster

Power Book II: Ghost

TV · as Gabriel · 1 ep

2020
FBI: Most Wanted poster

FBI: Most Wanted

TV · as Terry Daniels · 1 ep

2019
Windows on the World poster

Windows on the World

Movie · as Lou

2019
Sextuplets poster

Sextuplets

Movie · as Leland

2019
Justine poster

Justine

Movie · as Papa Don

2019
The Red Line poster

The Red Line

TV · as Nathan Gordon · 1 ep

2018
Bumblebee poster

Bumblebee

Movie · as General Whalen

2018
Solace poster

Solace

Movie · as Clay (Pastor Davis)

2018
The Neighborhood poster

The Neighborhood

TV · as Otis · 2 eps

2017
The Killing Floor poster

The Killing Floor

Movie · as Self

2017
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart poster

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

Movie · as Self

2017
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

Movie

2017
Mr. Mercedes poster

Mr. Mercedes

TV · as Judge Bernard Raines · 6 eps

2017
American Gods poster

American Gods

TV · as Reverend Hutchins · 1 ep

2016
Race poster

Race

Movie · as Harry E. Davis

2016
Graves poster

Graves

TV · 2 eps

2014
Dakota's Summer poster

Dakota's Summer

Movie · as Isaac Benson

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
How to Get Away with Murder poster

How to Get Away with Murder

TV · as Nate Lahey Sr. · 8 eps

2014
black-ish poster

black-ish

TV · as Billy Blade · 1 ep

2014
Fargo poster

Fargo

TV · as Doctor Senator · 6 eps

2013
John Dies at the End poster

John Dies at the End

Movie · as Detective Lawrence 'Morgan Freeman' Appleton

2013
Act Like You Love Me poster

Act Like You Love Me

Movie · as David Lofton

2012
The Pastor's Secret

The Pastor's Secret

Movie

2012
City Teacher poster

City Teacher

Movie · as Kevin Sawyer

2012
The Obama Effect poster

The Obama Effect

Movie · as Slim Sugar

2012
House of Lies poster

House of Lies

TV · as Jeremiah Kaan · 51 eps

2012
Revolution poster

Revolution

TV · as David Kipling · 1 ep

2012
Alcatraz poster

Alcatraz

TV · as Emmitt Little · 1 ep

2011
Super 8 poster

Super 8

Movie · as Dr. Woodward

2011
Suits poster

Suits

TV · as Vic · 1 ep

2010
Burlesque poster

Burlesque

Movie · as Harold Saint

2010
Takers poster

Takers

Movie · as Chief Detective Duncan

2010
The Defenders poster

The Defenders

TV · as Judge Bob Owens · 5 eps

2009
Preaching To The Pastor poster

Preaching To The Pastor

Movie · as Bishop Hightower

2009
FlashForward poster

FlashForward

TV · as Senator Noland · 1 ep

2009
NCIS: Los Angeles poster

NCIS: Los Angeles

TV · as James Pierce · 1 ep

2008
Kings of the Evening poster

Kings of the Evening

Movie · as Clarence Brown

2008
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery poster

Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery

Movie · as Sheriff Bob Monroe

2008
In Treatment poster

In Treatment

TV · as Alex Prince, Sr. · 4 eps

2007
Uncle P poster

Uncle P

Movie · as Dr. Niles

2005
Sahara poster

Sahara

Movie · as Dr. Frank Hopper

2005
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

TV · as Charles Johnson · 1 ep

2004
The Seat Filler poster

The Seat Filler

Movie · as Derrick's Dad

2002
The Wire poster

The Wire

TV · as Clarence Royce · 22 eps

2001
Fire & Ice poster

Fire & Ice

Movie · as Robert Aimes Sr.

2001
The Visit poster

The Visit

Movie · as Parole Board Member Reingold

2001
Air Rage poster

Air Rage

Movie · as Ted Bigelow

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Roy Hines · 1 ep

2001
The Bernie Mac Show poster

The Bernie Mac Show

TV · as Carl · 2 eps

2001
Scrubs poster

Scrubs

TV · as George · 1 ep

2001
Big Apple poster

Big Apple

TV · as Ted Olsen · 8 eps

2000
Freedom Song poster

Freedom Song

Movie · as T-Bone Lanier

2000
Men of Honor poster

Men of Honor

Movie · as Chief Floyd

1999
Light It Up poster

Light It Up

Movie · as Principal Allan Armstrong

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Dr. Young · 1 ep

1998
How Stella Got Her Groove Back poster

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Movie · as Dr. Shakespeare

1998
The Magnificent Seven poster

The Magnificent Seven

TV · as Achilles Thompson/Hector Thompson · 1 ep

1997
Buffalo Soldiers poster

Buffalo Soldiers

Movie · as Sgt. Joshua 'Joyu' Judges Ruth

1996
Subterfuge poster

Subterfuge

Movie · as Stallworth Hubbs

1996
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault poster

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Movie · as Coach Powell

1996
Millennium poster

Millennium

TV · as James Glen · 1 ep

1994
The Inkwell poster

The Inkwell

Movie · as Spencer Phillips

1994
Someone Else's Child

Someone Else's Child

Movie · as Judge Roullard

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Sheriff Ernie Guthrie · 1 ep

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Mr. Holmes · 1 ep

1992
Deep Cover poster

Deep Cover

Movie · as Russell Stevens Sr.

1988
Freddy's Nightmares poster

Freddy's Nightmares

TV · as Dr. Redman · 1 ep

1987
A Different World poster

A Different World

TV · as Colonel Brad Taylor · 122 eps

1986
Out of Bounds poster

Out of Bounds

Movie · as Lieutenant Delgado

1986
Ask Max poster

Ask Max

Movie · as Lloyd Lyman

1986
Matlock poster

Matlock

TV · as Dennis Orlando · 2 eps

1985
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom poster

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

Movie · as Joshua

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour") · 1 ep

1985
Hail to the Chief poster

Hail to the Chief

TV · as Secretary of State LaRue Hawkins · 7 eps

1984
Secrets of a Married Man

Secrets of a Married Man

Movie · as Jesse

1984
Gremlins poster

Gremlins

Movie · as Roy Hanson

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Stan Lassiter, Earl Browder, Ben Coleman · 1 ep

1984
Hot Pursuit poster

Hot Pursuit

TV · as Mitch Simpson · 1 ep

1983
The Grand Baby

The Grand Baby

Movie

1982
Penitentiary II poster

Penitentiary II

Movie · as Charles Johnson

1982
T. J. Hooker poster

T. J. Hooker

TV · as Norman Powell · 1 ep

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Joshua · 1 ep

1981
Thornwell poster

Thornwell

Movie · as James Thornwell

1980
Attica poster

Attica

Movie · as Raymond Franklin

1978
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold poster

Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold

Movie · as Preston de Cordiva

1978
The Paper Chase poster

The Paper Chase

TV · 1 ep

1978
Centennial poster

Centennial

TV · as Nate Person · 12 eps

1977
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich poster

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

Movie · as Nigeria

1977
Minstrel Man poster

Minstrel Man

Movie · as Harry Brown Jr.

1977
The Richard Pryor Special? poster

The Richard Pryor Special?

Movie · as Booster Johnson

1977
The Serpent's Egg poster

The Serpent's Egg

Movie · as Monroe

1976
J.D.'s Revenge poster

J.D.'s Revenge

Movie · as Isaac / 'Ike'

1976
The River Niger poster

The River Niger

Movie · as Jeff Williams

1976
The Tapestry poster

The Tapestry

Movie

1976
The Tony Randall Show poster

The Tony Randall Show

TV · 1 ep

1975
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men poster

Ceremonies in Dark Old Men

Movie · as Theo

1975
Cooley High poster

Cooley High

Movie · as Leroy "Preach" Jackson

1975
The Blue Knight poster

The Blue Knight

Movie · as Edwin Beall

1975
Carter's Army poster

Carter's Army

Movie · as Pvt. George Brightman

1974
Thomasine & Bushrod poster

Thomasine & Bushrod

Movie · as Jomo J. Anderson

1974
Together Brothers poster

Together Brothers

Movie · as Dr. Johnson

1974
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat poster

The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat

Movie · as (voice)

1973
Five on the Black Hand Side poster

Five on the Black Hand Side

Movie · as Gideon

1972
AWOL poster

AWOL

Movie · as Mohammed G.

1971
Honky poster

Honky

Movie · as Sailor at Bus Station

1971
In Search of America poster

In Search of America

Movie · as Bodhi

1969
Room 222 poster

Room 222

TV · 1 ep

1969
Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O

TV · as Harley Dartson · 1 ep

1966
CBS Playhouse

CBS Playhouse

TV · as Jackson · 1 ep