Glynn Turman
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Jan 31 1947
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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…
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Glynn Turman's Credits
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Young
Criminal Minds
Charles Johnson
Suits
Vic
NCIS: Los Angeles
James Pierce
Scrubs
George
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Roy Hines
Paradise
Fred Collins
Fargo
Doctor Senator
ER
Mr. Holmes
The Wire
Clarence Royce
Murder, She Wrote
Stan Lassiter
black-ish
Billy Blade
How to Get Away with Murder
Nathaniel Lahey
FBI: Most Wanted
Terry Daniels
Dynasty
Directing
T. J. Hooker
Norman Powell
Touched by an Angel
Sheriff Ernie Guthrie
Matlock
Dennis Orlando
Millennium
James Glen
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour")
In Treatment
Alex Prince, Sr.
The Neighborhood
Otis
The Bernie Mac Show
Carl
A Different World
Colonel Brad Taylor
Mr. Mercedes
Judge Bernard Raines
American Gods
Reverend Hutchins
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Mr. Brunner / Chiron
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Directing
House of Lies
Jeremiah Kaan
FlashForward
Senator Noland
The Wayans Bros.
Directing
Freddy's Nightmares
Dr. Redman
The Defenders
Judge Bob Owens
Power Book II: Ghost
Gabriel
Graves
Room 222
Alcatraz
Emmitt Little
The Parent 'Hood
Directing
Revolution
David Kipling
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Sheriff Nate Craven
STRAW
Richard
The Magnificent Seven
Achilles Thompson/Hector Thompson
The Paper Chase
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
Pa (voice)
Gremlins
Roy Hanson
Bumblebee
General Whalen
Centennial
Nate Person
The Tony Randall Show
Super 8
Dr. Woodward
Men of Honor
Chief Floyd
The Red Line
Nathan Gordon
The Big Cigar
Walter
Sahara
Dr. Frank Hopper
Hot Pursuit
Mitch Simpson
Takers
Chief Detective Duncan
Burlesque
Harold Saint
Deep Cover
Russell Stevens Sr.
Rustin
A. Philip Randolph
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
80 for Brady
Mickey
Sextuplets
Leland
Women of the Movement
Mose Wright
Race
Harry E. Davis
The Way Back
Doc
Hail to the Chief
Secretary of State LaRue Hawkins
Homeboys in Outer Space
Directing
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Toledo
John Dies at the End
Detective Lawrence 'Morgan Freeman' Appleton
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Coach Powell
Honky
Sailor at Bus Station
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Dr. Shakespeare
The Obama Effect
Slim Sugar
Out of Bounds
Lieutenant Delgado
Outlaw Johnny Black
Bullseye Black
The Seat Filler
Derrick's Dad
Carter's Army
Pvt. George Brightman
The Visit
Parole Board Member Reingold
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
Fire & Ice
Robert Aimes Sr.
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Self - Chiron
Thomasine & Bushrod
Jomo J. Anderson
Air Rage
Ted Bigelow
Thornwell
James Thornwell
Someone Else's Child
Judge Roullard
The Inkwell
Spencer Phillips
Act Like You Love Me
David Lofton
Attica
Raymond Franklin
Light It Up
Principal Allan Armstrong
Uncle P
Dr. Niles
Ask Max
Lloyd Lyman
The Serpent's Egg
Monroe
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
The Blue Knight
Edwin Beall
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold
Preston de Cordiva
The Devil You Know
Lloyd Cowans
Freedom Song
T-Bone Lanier
Secrets of a Married Man
Jesse
Subterfuge
Stallworth Hubbs
Minstrel Man
Harry Brown Jr.
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
Sheriff Bob Monroe
J.D.'s Revenge
Isaac / 'Ike'
Solace
Clay (Pastor Davis)
Cooley High
Leroy "Preach" Jackson
Buffalo Soldiers
Sgt. Joshua 'Joyu' Judges Ruth
Justine
Papa Don
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
Nigeria
Windows on the World
Lou
Five on the Black Hand Side
Gideon
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
Self - Presenter
The Richard Pryor Special?
Booster Johnson
The River Niger
Jeff Williams
House of Lies: Fridays at Galweather
Directing
City Teacher
Kevin Sawyer
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
Self
Dakota's Summer
Isaac Benson
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
Self
AWOL
Mohammed G.
Penitentiary II
Charles Johnson
The Legend of Glynn Turman
G.T.
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Theo
Preaching To The Pastor
Bishop Hightower
Kings of the Evening
Clarence Brown
The Tapestry
Together Brothers
Dr. Johnson
The Pastor's Secret
Women of Theatre, New York
Production
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Joshua
In Search of America
Bodhi
The Grand Baby
You Look Familiar: Vernée Watson
Production
The Killing Floor
Self