Glynn Turman
Acting
134
Acting Credits
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Directed
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
Filmography
When They're Gone
2026
as Calvin “Cece” Carr
STRAW
2025
as Richard
Paradise
2025
as Fred Collins
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Official Podcast
2025
as Self
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2024
as Self - Chiron
The Big Cigar
2024
as Walter
80 for Brady
2023
as Mickey
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023
as Bullseye Black
Rustin
2023
as A. Philip Randolph
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2023
as Mr. Brunner / Chiron
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2023
as Chiron
The Legend of Glynn Turman
2022
as G.T.
The Devil You Know
2022
as Lloyd Cowans
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
as Self
Women of the Movement
2022
as Mose Wright
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022
as Pa (voice)
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022
as Sheriff Nate Craven
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021
as Self
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020
as Toledo
The Way Back
2020
as Doc
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
2020
as Self - Presenter
Power Book II: Ghost
2020
as Gabriel
FBI: Most Wanted
2020
as Terry Daniels
Windows on the World
2019
as Lou
Sextuplets
2019
as Leland
Justine
2019
as Papa Don
The Red Line
2019
as Nathan Gordon
Bumblebee
2018
as General Whalen
Solace
2018
as Clay (Pastor Davis)
The Neighborhood
2018
as Otis
The Killing Floor
2017
as Self
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017
as Self
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
Mr. Mercedes
2017
as Judge Bernard Raines
American Gods
2017
as Reverend Hutchins
Race
2016
as Harry E. Davis
Graves
2016
Dakota's Summer
2014
as Isaac Benson
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Nathaniel Lahey
black-ish
2014
as Billy Blade
Fargo
2014
as Doctor Senator
John Dies at the End
2013
as Detective Lawrence 'Morgan Freeman' Appleton
Act Like You Love Me
2013
as David Lofton
The Pastor's Secret
2012
City Teacher
2012
as Kevin Sawyer
The Obama Effect
2012
as Slim Sugar
House of Lies
2012
as Jeremiah Kaan
Revolution
2012
as David Kipling
Alcatraz
2012
as Emmitt Little
Super 8
2011
as Dr. Woodward
Suits
2011
as Vic
Burlesque
2010
as Harold Saint
Takers
2010
as Chief Detective Duncan
The Defenders
2010
as Judge Bob Owens
Preaching To The Pastor
2009
as Bishop Hightower
FlashForward
2009
as Senator Noland
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
as James Pierce
Kings of the Evening
2008
as Clarence Brown
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
2008
as Sheriff Bob Monroe
In Treatment
2008
as Alex Prince, Sr.
Uncle P
2007
as Dr. Niles
Sahara
2005
as Dr. Frank Hopper
Criminal Minds
2005
as Charles Johnson
The Seat Filler
2004
as Derrick's Dad
The Wire
2002
as Clarence Royce
Fire & Ice
2001
as Robert Aimes Sr.
The Visit
2001
as Parole Board Member Reingold
Air Rage
2001
as Ted Bigelow
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Roy Hines
The Bernie Mac Show
2001
as Carl
Scrubs
2001
as George
Big Apple
2001
as Ted Olsen
Freedom Song
2000
as T-Bone Lanier
Men of Honor
2000
as Chief Floyd
Light It Up
1999
as Principal Allan Armstrong
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dr. Young
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
as Dr. Shakespeare
The Magnificent Seven
1998
as Achilles Thompson/Hector Thompson
Buffalo Soldiers
1997
as Sgt. Joshua 'Joyu' Judges Ruth
Subterfuge
1996
as Stallworth Hubbs
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
as Coach Powell
Millennium
1996
as James Glen
The Inkwell
1994
as Spencer Phillips
Someone Else's Child
1994
as Judge Roullard
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Sheriff Ernie Guthrie
ER
1994
as Mr. Holmes
Deep Cover
1992
as Russell Stevens Sr.
Freddy's Nightmares
1988
as Dr. Redman
A Different World
1987
as Colonel Brad Taylor
Out of Bounds
1986
as Lieutenant Delgado
Ask Max
1986
as Lloyd Lyman
Matlock
1986
as Dennis Orlando
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1985
as Joshua
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour")
Hail to the Chief
1985
as Secretary of State LaRue Hawkins
Secrets of a Married Man
1984
as Jesse
Gremlins
1984
as Roy Hanson
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Stan Lassiter
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Earl Browder
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Ben Coleman
Hot Pursuit
1984
as Mitch Simpson
The Grand Baby
1983
Penitentiary II
1982
as Charles Johnson
T. J. Hooker
1982
as Norman Powell
American Playhouse
1982
as Joshua
Thornwell
1981
as James Thornwell
Attica
1980
as Raymond Franklin
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold
1978
as Preston de Cordiva
The Paper Chase
1978
Centennial
1978
as Nate Person
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
1977
as Nigeria
Minstrel Man
1977
as Harry Brown Jr.
The Richard Pryor Special?
1977
as Booster Johnson
The Serpent's Egg
1977
as Monroe
J.D.'s Revenge
1976
as Isaac / 'Ike'
The River Niger
1976
as Jeff Williams
The Tapestry
1976
The Tony Randall Show
1976
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
1975
as Theo
Cooley High
1975
as Leroy "Preach" Jackson
The Blue Knight
1975
as Edwin Beall
Carter's Army
1975
as Pvt. George Brightman
Thomasine & Bushrod
1974
as Jomo J. Anderson
Together Brothers
1974
as Dr. Johnson
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
1974
as (voice)
Five on the Black Hand Side
1973
as Gideon
AWOL
1972
as Mohammed G.
Honky
1971
as Sailor at Bus Station
In Search of America
1971
as Bodhi
Room 222
1969
Hawaii Five-O
1969
as Harley Dartson
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Jackson