Personal Info
Known Credits
76
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1947-01-31 (78 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known For
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Glynn Turman
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2025 --
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
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2024 --
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
| Self - Chiron
2023 --
Rustin
| A. Philip Randolph
2023 --
Outlaw Johnny Black
| Bullseye Black
2023 --
80 for Brady
| Mickey
2022 --
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
| Self
2022 --
The Legend of Glynn Turman
| G.T.
2022 --
The Devil You Know
| Lloyd Cowans
2021 --
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
| Self
2020 --
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
| Self - Presenter
2020 --
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
| Toledo
2020 --
The Way Back
| Doc
2019 --
Sextuplets
| Leland
2019 --
Justine
| Papa Don
2019 --
Windows on the World
| Lou
2018 --
Bumblebee
| General Whalen
2018 --
Solace
| Clay (Pastor Davis)
2017 --
The Killing Floor
| Self
2017 --
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
| Self
2017 --
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
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2016 --
Race
| Harry E. Davis
2013 --
Act Like You Love Me
| David Lofton
2013 --
John Dies at the End
| Detective Lawrence 'Morgan Freeman' Appleton
2012 --
The Obama Effect
| Slim Sugar
2012 --
City Teacher
| Kevin Sawyer
2012 --
The Pastor's Secret
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2011 --
Super 8
| Dr. Woodward
2010 --
Burlesque
| Harold Saint
2010 --
Takers
| Chief Detective Duncan
2009 --
Preaching To The Pastor
| Bishop Hightower
2008 --
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
| Sheriff Bob Monroe
2008 --
Kings of the Evening
| Clarence Brown
2007 --
Uncle P
| Dr. Niles
2005 --
Sahara
| Dr. Frank Hopper
2004 --
The Seat Filler
| Derrick's Dad
2001 --
Air Rage
| Ted Bigelow
2001 --
The Visit
| Parole Board Member Reingold
2001 --
Fire & Ice
| Robert Aimes Sr.
2000 --
Men of Honor
| Chief Floyd
2000 --
Freedom Song
| T-Bone Lanier
1999 --
Light It Up
| Principal Allan Armstrong
1998 --
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
| Dr. Shakespeare
1997 --
Buffalo Soldiers
| Sgt. Joshua 'Joyu' Judges Ruth
1996 --
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
| Coach Powell
1996 --
Subterfuge
| Stallworth Hubbs
1994 --
Someone Else's Child
| Judge Roullard
1994 --
The Inkwell
| Spencer Phillips
1992 --
Deep Cover
| Russell Stevens Sr.
1986 --
Ask Max
| Lloyd Lyman
1986 --
Out of Bounds
| Lieutenant Delgado
1985 --
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
| Joshua
1984 --
Secrets of a Married Man
| Jesse
1984 --
Gremlins
| Roy Hanson
1983 --
Manimal
| Ty Earl
1982 --
Penitentiary II
| Charles Johnson
1981 --
Thornwell
| James Thornwell
1980 --
Attica
| Raymond Franklin
1978 --
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold
| Preston de Cordiva
1977 --
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
| Nigeria
1977 --
The Serpent's Egg
| Monroe
1977 --
The Richard Pryor Special?
| Booster Johnson
1977 --
Minstrel Man
| Harry Brown Jr.
1976 --
The Tapestry
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1976 --
J.D.'s Revenge
| Isaac / 'Ike'
1976 --
The River Niger
| Jeff Williams
1975 --
Cooley High
| Leroy "Preach" Jackson
1975 --
Carter's Army
| Pvt. George Brightman
1975 --
The Blue Knight
| Edwin Beall
1975 --
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
| Theo
1974 --
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
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1974 --
Together Brothers
| Dr. Johnson
1974 --
Thomasine & Bushrod
| Jomo J. Anderson
1973 --
Five on the Black Hand Side
| Gideon
1972 --
AWOL
| Mohammed G.
1971 --
Honky
| Sailor at Bus Station
1971 --
In Search of America
| Bodhi