10.0
10.0
A Different World
1987
as Colonel Bradford Taylor
Glynn Turman
Also known as: Glynn Russell Turman
Acting
Nationality:United States
Education:Negro Ensemble Company, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, High School of Performing Arts
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Glynn Turman (born January 31, 1947) is an American actor. First coming to attention as a child actor in the original 1959 Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun, Turman is known for his roles as Lew Miles on the prime-time soap opera Peyton Place (1968–1969), high school student Leroy "Preach" Jackson in the 1975 coming-of-age film Cooley High, math professor and retired Army colonel Bradford Taylor on the NBC sitcom A Different World (1988–1993), and Baltimore mayor Clarence Royce on the HBO drama series The Wire. He received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role on the HBO drama series In Treatment. Turman also portrayed Jeremiah Kaan on the Showtime series House of Lies, Doctor Senator in the fourth season of the FX black comedy crime drama series Fargo, and starred in the 2020 Netflix film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
Filmography (75 movies)
10.0
10.0
You Look Familiar: Vernée Watson
TBA
Executive Producer
8.2
8.2
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021
as Self
8.0
8.0
Fire & Ice
2001
as Robert Aimes Sr.
7.8
7.8
STRAW
2025
as Richard
7.6
7.6
The Visit
2001
as Parole Board Member Reingold
7.5
7.5
Men of Honor
2000
as Chief Floyd
7.2
7.2
Burlesque
2010
as Harold Saint
7.1
7.1
Gremlins
1984
as Roy Hanson
7.1
7.1
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
as Coach Powell
7.0
7.0
The Richard Pryor Special?
1977
as Booster Johnson
7.0
7.0
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
2008
as Sheriff Bob Monroe
6.8
6.8
The River Niger
1976
as Jeff Williams
6.8
6.8
Cooley High
1975
as Leroy "Preach" Jackson
6.8
6.8
Five on the Black Hand Side
1973
as Gideon
6.8
6.8
Super 8
2011
as Dr. Woodward
6.8
6.8
Deep Cover
1992
as Russell Stevens Sr.
6.7
6.7
Bumblebee
2018
as General Whalen
6.7
6.7
Light It Up
1999
as Principal Allan Armstrong
6.7
6.7
The Devil You Know
2022
as Lloyd Cowans
6.6
6.6
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020
as Toledo
6.6
6.6
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
as Self
6.6
6.6
Rustin
2023
as A. Philip Randolph
6.6
6.6
The Way Back
2020
as Doc
6.4
6.4
Justine
2019
Executive Producer
6.4
6.4
Dakota's Summer
2014
as Isaac Benson
6.3
6.3
Thomasine & Bushrod
1974
as Jomo J. Anderson
6.3
6.3
Subterfuge
1996
as Stallworth Hubbs
6.3
6.3
John Dies at the End
2013
as Detective Lawrence 'Morgan Freeman' Appleton
6.3
6.3
80 for Brady
2023
as Mickey
6.2
6.2
Takers
2010
as Chief Detective Duncan
6.2
6.2
Sextuplets
2019
as Leland
6.2
6.2
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
2020
as Self - Presenter
6.2
6.2
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017
as Self
6.1
6.1
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2024
as Self - Chiron
6.0
6.0
The Tapestry
1976
6.0
6.0
Ask Max
1986
as Lloyd Lyman
6.0
6.0
Thornwell
1981
as James Thornwell
5.9
5.9
Sahara
2005
as Dr. Frank Hopper
5.8
5.8
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
as Dr. Shakespeare
5.7
5.7
Attica
1980
as Raymond Franklin
5.7
5.7
J.D.'s Revenge
1976
as Isaac / 'Ike'
5.5
5.5
Freedom Song
2000
as T-Bone Lanier
5.5
5.5
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023
as Bullseye Black
5.4
5.4
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
1977
as Nigeria
5.4
5.4
Act Like You Love Me
2013
as David Lofton
5.4
5.4
Buffalo Soldiers
1997
as Sgt. Joshua 'Joyu' Judges Ruth
5.3
5.3
Out of Bounds
1986
as Lieutenant Delgado
5.3
5.3
The Inkwell
1994
as Spencer Phillips
5.2
5.2
Air Rage
2001
as Ted Bigelow
5.0
5.0
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
1974
4.7
4.7
Solace
2018
as Clay (Pastor Davis)
4.3
4.3
Honky
1971
as Sailor at Bus Station
4.3
4.3
The Seat Filler
2004
as Derrick's Dad
4.2
4.2
Together Brothers
1974
as Dr. Johnson
4.0
4.0
Penitentiary II
1982
as Charles Johnson
4.0
4.0
Carter's Army
1975
as Pvt. George Brightman
3.8
3.8
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold
1978
as Preston de Cordiva
3.3
3.3
Windows on the World
2019
as Lou
3.0
3.0
In Search of America
1971
as Bodhi
2.0
2.0
Someone Else's Child
1994
as Judge Roullard
1.7
1.7
Secrets of a Married Man
1984
as Jesse
1.0
1.0
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
1.0
1.0
Preaching To The Pastor
2009
as Bishop Hightower
The Legend of Glynn Turman
2022
Writer
Minstrel Man
1977
as Harry Brown Jr.
City Teacher
2012
as Kevin Sawyer
Kings of the Evening
2008
as Clarence Brown
AWOL
1972
as Mohammed G.
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1985
as Joshua
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
1975
as Theo
The Killing Floor
2017
as Self
The Blue Knight
1975
as Edwin Beall
The Pastor's Secret
2012
Women of Theatre, New York
2022
Executive Producer
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