Actor
· Acting
Glynn Turman
Born 1947-01-31
📍 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.
Filmography 124
STRAW
as Richard
2025
Paradise
as Fred Collins
2025
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024
The Big Cigar
as Walter
2024
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
as Self - Chiron
2024
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
as Mr. Brunner / Chiron
2023
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
as Chiron
2023
Rustin
as A. Philip Randolph
2023
Outlaw Johnny Black
as Bullseye Black
2023
80 for Brady
as Mickey
2023
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
as Sheriff Nate Craven
2022
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
as Self
2022
The Legend of Glynn Turman
as G.T.
2022
The Devil You Know
as Lloyd Cowans
2022
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
as Pa (voice)
2022
Women of the Movement
as Mose Wright
2022
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
as Self
2021
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
as Self - Presenter
2020
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
as Toledo
2020
Power Book II: Ghost
as Gabriel
2020
The Way Back
as Doc
2020
FBI: Most Wanted
as Terry Daniels
2020
Sextuplets
as Leland
2019
Justine
as Papa Don
2019
Windows on the World
as Lou
2019
The Red Line
as Nathan Gordon
2019
Bumblebee
as General Whalen
2018
The Neighborhood
as Otis
2018
Solace
as Clay (Pastor Davis)
2018
The Killing Floor
as Self
2017
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
as Self
2017
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
Mr. Mercedes
as Judge Bernard Raines
2017
American Gods
as Reverend Hutchins
2017
Graves
2016
Race
as Harry E. Davis
2016
How to Get Away with Murder
as Nathaniel Lahey
2014
black-ish
as Billy Blade
2014
Dakota's Summer
as Isaac Benson
2014
Fargo
as Doctor Senator
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
Act Like You Love Me
as David Lofton
2013
John Dies at the End
as Detective Lawrence 'Morgan Freeman' Appleton
2013
Revolution
as David Kipling
2012
The Obama Effect
as Slim Sugar
2012
City Teacher
as Kevin Sawyer
2012
Alcatraz
as Emmitt Little
2012
House of Lies
as Jeremiah Kaan
2012
Suits
as Vic
2011
Super 8
as Dr. Woodward
2011
Burlesque
as Harold Saint
2010
The Defenders
as Judge Bob Owens
2010
Takers
as Chief Detective Duncan
2010
FlashForward
as Senator Noland
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
as James Pierce
2009
Preaching To The Pastor
as Bishop Hightower
2009
In Treatment
as Alex Prince, Sr.
2008
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
as Sheriff Bob Monroe
2008
Kings of the Evening
as Clarence Brown
2008
Uncle P
as Dr. Niles
2007
Criminal Minds
as Charles Johnson
2005
Sahara
as Dr. Frank Hopper
2005
The Seat Filler
as Derrick's Dad
2004
The Wire
as Clarence Royce
2002
The Bernie Mac Show
as Carl
2001
Scrubs
as George
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Roy Hines
2001
Air Rage
as Ted Bigelow
2001
The Visit
as Parole Board Member Reingold
2001
Fire & Ice
as Robert Aimes Sr.
2001
Men of Honor
as Chief Floyd
2000
Freedom Song
as T-Bone Lanier
2000
Light It Up
as Principal Allan Armstrong
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. Young
1999
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Dr. Shakespeare
1998
The Magnificent Seven
as Achilles Thompson/Hector Thompson
1998
Buffalo Soldiers
as Sgt. Joshua 'Joyu' Judges Ruth
1997
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Coach Powell
1996
Millennium
as James Glen
1996
Subterfuge
as Stallworth Hubbs
1996
Touched by an Angel
as Sheriff Ernie Guthrie
1994
ER
as Mr. Holmes
1994
The Inkwell
as Spencer Phillips
1994
Deep Cover
as Russell Stevens Sr.
1992
Freddy's Nightmares
as Dr. Redman
1988
A Different World
as Colonel Brad Taylor
1987
Ask Max
as Lloyd Lyman
1986
Out of Bounds
as Lieutenant Delgado
1986
Matlock
as Dennis Orlando
1986
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour")
1985
Hail to the Chief
as Secretary of State LaRue Hawkins
1985
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
as Joshua
1985
Murder, She Wrote
as Stan Lassiter
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Earl Browder
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Ben Coleman
1984
Hot Pursuit
as Mitch Simpson
1984
Gremlins
as Roy Hanson
1984
Penitentiary II
as Charles Johnson
1982
T. J. Hooker
as Norman Powell
1982
Thornwell
as James Thornwell
1981
Attica
as Raymond Franklin
1980
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold
as Preston de Cordiva
1978
Centennial
as Nate Person
1978
The Paper Chase
1978
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
as Nigeria
1977
The Serpent's Egg
as Monroe
1977
The Richard Pryor Special?
as Booster Johnson
1977
Minstrel Man
as Harry Brown Jr.
1977
The Tapestry
1976
The Tony Randall Show
1976
J.D.'s Revenge
as Isaac / 'Ike'
1976
The River Niger
as Jeff Williams
1976
Cooley High
as Leroy "Preach" Jackson
1975
Carter's Army
as Pvt. George Brightman
1975
The Blue Knight
as Edwin Beall
1975
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
as Theo
1975
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
as (voice)
1974
Together Brothers
as Dr. Johnson
1974
Thomasine & Bushrod
as Jomo J. Anderson
1974
Five on the Black Hand Side
as Gideon
1973
AWOL
as Mohammed G.
1972
Honky
as Sailor at Bus Station
1971
In Search of America
as Bodhi
1971
Room 222
1969