Glynn Turman

Glynn Turman

Birthday: 1947-01-31

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Also known as: 글린 터먼, Glynn Russell Turman, Glynn R. Turman, گلین ترمن

imdb_id: nm0877270

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 presence, Turman continues to enthrall audiences, showcasing remarkable versatility and depth in his performances.

Played in movies:

A Different World

Score: 10.0

Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist

Score: 8.2

Fire & Ice

Score: 8.0

STRAW

Score: 7.8

The Visit

Score: 7.6

Men of Honor

Score: 7.5

Race

Score: 7.3

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Score: 7.2

Burlesque

Score: 7.2

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2

Score: 7.2

Gremlins

Score: 7.1

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Score: 7.1

The Richard Pryor Special?

Score: 7.0

Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery

Score: 7.0

Deep Cover

Score: 6.8

Five on the Black Hand Side

Score: 6.8

The River Niger

Score: 6.8

Cooley High

Score: 6.8

Super 8

Score: 6.8

Bumblebee

Score: 6.7

The Devil You Know

Score: 6.7

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Score: 6.7

The Way Back

Score: 6.6

Light It Up

Score: 6.6

Rustin

Score: 6.6

Justine

Score: 6.4

Dakota's Summer

Score: 6.4

A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Score: 6.3

Subterfuge

Score: 6.3

Thomasine & Bushrod

Score: 6.3

The Serpent's Egg

Score: 6.3

John Dies at the End

Score: 6.3

80 for Brady

Score: 6.3

Takers

Score: 6.2

Sextuplets

Score: 6.2

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen

Score: 6.2

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

Score: 6.2

The Tapestry

Score: 6.0

Ask Max

Score: 6.0

Thornwell

Score: 6.0

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

Score: 5.9

Sahara

Score: 5.9

J.D.'s Revenge

Score: 5.8

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Score: 5.8

Attica

Score: 5.7

Outlaw Johnny Black

Score: 5.6

The Inkwell

Score: 5.5

Freedom Song

Score: 5.5

Act Like You Love Me

Score: 5.4

Buffalo Soldiers

Score: 5.4

Out of Bounds

Score: 5.3

Air Rage

Score: 5.2

Uncle P

Score: 5.1

The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat

Score: 5.0

Together Brothers

Score: 5.0

Honky

Score: 4.8

Solace

Score: 4.7

Penitentiary II

Score: 4.3

The Seat Filler

Score: 4.3

Windows on the World

Score: 4.0

Carter's Army

Score: 4.0

Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold

Score: 3.8

In Search of America

Score: 3.0

The Obama Effect

Score: 2.5

Someone Else's Child

Score: 2.0

Secrets of a Married Man

Score: 2.0

August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

Score: 1.0

Preaching To The Pastor

Score: 1.0

AWOL

Score: 0.0

City Teacher

Score: 0.0

Minstrel Man

Score: 0.0

The Blue Knight

Score: 0.0

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

Score: 0.0

The Pastor's Secret

Score: 0.0

Kings of the Evening

Score: 0.0

The Legend of Glynn Turman

Score: 0.0

The Killing Floor

Score: 0.0

Ceremonies in Dark Old Men

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Wire

Score: 8.6

Criminal Minds

Score: 8.3

Fargo

Score: 8.3

Power Book II: Ghost

Score: 8.3

Suits

Score: 8.2

Scrubs

Score: 8.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Score: 7.9

How to Get Away with Murder

Score: 7.8

ER

Score: 7.8

Centennial

Score: 7.7

The Twilight Zone

Score: 7.7

Millennium

Score: 7.7

FBI: Most Wanted

Score: 7.7

In Treatment

Score: 7.6

Paradise

Score: 7.6

The Paper Chase

Score: 7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Score: 7.6

The Neighborhood

Score: 7.6

Murder, She Wrote

Score: 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

Score: 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

Score: 7.5

NCIS: Los Angeles

Score: 7.5

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

Score: 7.5

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Score: 7.4

The Red Line

Score: 7.3

Freddy's Nightmares

Score: 7.2

Touched by an Angel

Score: 7.2

Mr. Mercedes

Score: 7.1

The Defenders

Score: 7.1

black-ish

Score: 7.1

American Gods

Score: 7.1

FlashForward

Score: 7.0

A Different World

Score: 7.0

House of Lies

Score: 6.6

Women of the Movement

Score: 6.5

The Bernie Mac Show

Score: 6.5

Revolution

Score: 6.4

T. J. Hooker

Score: 6.4

Alcatraz

Score: 6.3

The Tony Randall Show

Score: 6.2

The Magnificent Seven

Score: 6.0

Room 222

Score: 6.0

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

Score: 5.6

The Big Cigar

Score: 5.4

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Score: 5.3

Hail to the Chief

Score: 5.0