People
Glynn Turman
- Name: Glynn Turman
- Birthday: 1947-01-31
- Also known as: 글린 터먼,Glynn Russell Turman,Glynn R. Turman
- Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
- Popularity: 15.8
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 | 2024-09-07 |
| A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians as Self - Chiron | 2024-01-30 |
| Rustin as A. Philip Randolph | 2023-11-03 |
| Outlaw Johnny Black as Bullseye Black | 2023-09-15 |
| 80 for Brady as Mickey | 2023-02-03 |
| Is That Black Enough for You?!? as Self | 2022-10-09 |
| The Legend of Glynn Turman as G.T. | 2022-08-30 |
| The Devil You Know as Lloyd Cowans | 2022-04-01 |
| Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist as Self | 2021-04-17 |
| Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen as Self - Presenter | 2020-12-18 |
| Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Toledo | 2020-11-25 |
| The Way Back as Doc | 2020-03-05 |
| Sextuplets as Leland | 2019-08-16 |
| Justine as Papa Don | 2019-06-23 |
| Windows on the World as Lou | 2019-04-28 |
| Bumblebee as General Whalen | 2018-12-15 |
| Solace as Clay (Pastor Davis) | 2018-09-23 |
| The Killing Floor as Self | 2017-10-21 |
| Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart as Self | 2017-10-14 |
| August 28: A Day in the Life of a People | 2017-08-26 |
| Race as Harry E. Davis | 2016-02-19 |
| Act Like You Love Me as David Lofton | 2013-08-06 |
| John Dies at the End as Detective Lawrence 'Morgan Freeman' Appleton | 2013-01-25 |
| The Obama Effect as Slim Sugar | 2012-07-13 |
| City Teacher as Kevin Sawyer | 2012-01-16 |
| The Pastor's Secret | 2012-01-01 |
| Super 8 as Dr. Woodward | 2011-06-08 |
| Burlesque as Harold Saint | 2010-11-23 |
| Takers as Chief Detective Duncan | 2010-08-26 |
| Preaching To The Pastor as Bishop Hightower | 2009-01-01 |
| Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery as Sheriff Bob Monroe | 2008-01-14 |
| Kings of the Evening as Clarence Brown | 2008-01-01 |
| Sahara as Dr. Frank Hopper | 2005-04-06 |
| The Seat Filler as Derrick's Dad | 2004-08-05 |
| Air Rage as Ted Bigelow | 2001-07-24 |
| The Visit as Parole Board Member Reingold | 2001-04-20 |
| Fire & Ice as Robert Aimes Sr. | 2001-01-22 |
| Men of Honor as Chief Floyd | 2000-09-13 |
| Freedom Song as T-Bone Lanier | 2000-02-27 |
| Light It Up as Principal Allan Armstrong | 1999-11-04 |
| How Stella Got Her Groove Back as Dr. Shakespeare | 1998-08-14 |
| Buffalo Soldiers as Sgt. Joshua 'Joyu' Judges Ruth | 1997-12-07 |
| Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault as Coach Powell | 1996-11-23 |
| Subterfuge as Stallworth Hubbs | 1996-02-23 |
| Someone Else's Child as Judge Roullard | 1994-12-04 |
| The Inkwell as Spencer Phillips | 1994-04-22 |
| Deep Cover as Russell Stevens Sr. | 1992-04-15 |
| Ask Max as Lloyd Lyman | 1986-11-02 |
| Out of Bounds as Lieutenant Delgado | 1986-07-25 |
| Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom as Joshua | 1985-02-25 |
| Secrets of a Married Man as Jesse | 1984-09-24 |
| Gremlins as Roy Hanson | 1984-06-08 |
| Manimal as Ty Earl | 1983-09-30 |
| Penitentiary II as Charles Johnson | 1982-04-02 |
| Thornwell as James Thornwell | 1981-01-28 |
| Attica as Raymond Franklin | 1980-03-02 |
| Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold as Preston de Cordiva | 1978-10-23 |
| A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich as Nigeria | 1977-12-14 |
| The Serpent's Egg as Monroe | 1977-10-28 |
| The Richard Pryor Special? as Booster Johnson | 1977-05-05 |
| Minstrel Man as Harry Brown Jr. | 1977-03-02 |
| The Tapestry | 1976-12-30 |
| J.D.'s Revenge as Isaac / 'Ike' | 1976-08-25 |
| The River Niger as Jeff Williams | 1976-04-14 |
| Cooley High as Leroy "Preach" Jackson | 1975-06-25 |
| Carter's Army as Pvt. George Brightman | 1975-05-25 |
| The Blue Knight as Edwin Beall | 1975-05-09 |
| Ceremonies in Dark Old Men as Theo | 1975-01-06 |
| The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat | 1974-09-18 |
| Together Brothers as Dr. Johnson | 1974-08-07 |
| Thomasine & Bushrod as Jomo J. Anderson | 1974-04-10 |
| Five on the Black Hand Side as Gideon | 1973-10-25 |
| AWOL as Mohammed G. | 1972-06-12 |
| Honky as Sailor at Bus Station | 1971-11-26 |
| In Search of America as Bodhi | 1971-03-23 |
