Glynn Turman

Glynn Turman

b. 1947 (age 79) New York City - New York - USA

Actor Director

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Glynn Russell Turman (born January 31, 1946) is an American stage, television, and film actor as well as a writer, director, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his roles as 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, and fictional Baltimore mayor Clarence Royce on the HBO drama series The Wire. Description above from the Wikipedia article Glynn Turman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Gremlins

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Super 8

John Dies at the End

John Dies at the End

Filmography

Straw

High Horse: The Black Cowboy

High Horse: The Black Cowboy

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

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

Poinsettia - Hollywood's Refuge

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Rustin

A. Philip Randolph

Black Cake

The Devil You Know

The Devil You Know

The Legend of Glynn Turman

2022 Actor Writer

Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist

Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist

Ma Rainey: Mother of the Blues

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

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

Celebrity Poker Gala

OWN Spotlight: They Call Me Dad

Sextuplets

Justine

Bumblebee

Solace

Clay (Pastor Davis)

Windows on the World

Windows on the World

August 28th

Oracles: Reginald T. Dorsey, Glynn Turman, & Leonard Thomas Share Insights!

Being Fabulous Rocks! T.V. Show

Dakota's Summer

Dakota's Summer

4TH NAFCA: African Oscar

Act Like You Love Me

Act Like You Love Me

Kimmie's Kitchen

Kimmie's Kitchen

John Dies at the End

John Dies at the End

House of Lies

House of Lies: Fridays at Galweather

House of Lies: Fridays at Galweather

The Pastor's Secrets

Forcin' the Blues

Way Black When: Primetime

The Defenders

Judge Bob Owens

Kings of the Evening

Kings of the Evening

City Teacher

Black in the 80s

The Seat Filler

The Seat Filler

Rough Riders & Black Cowboy Legends

Hell Up in Hollywood: Soul Cinema and the 1970s

Big Apple

Fire & Ice

Robert Aimes Sr.

Freedom Song

Light It Up

Principal Allan Armstrong

Dead Punkz

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Subterfuge

Stallworth Hubbs

Psalms from the Underground

Circle of Pain

The Wayans Bros.

The Wayans Bros.

The Parent 'Hood

The Parent 'Hood

The Inkwell

Spencer Phillips

Someone Else's Child

Someone Else's Child

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

A Different World

A Different World

1987 Actor Director

Colonel Brad Taylor

Out of Bounds

Lieutenant Delgado

Secrets of a Married Man

Secrets of a Married Man

Manimal

Penitentiary II

Penitentiary II

Charles Johnson

Officer Woodrow Freeman

Dynasty

Thornwell

James Thornwell

Attica

Raymond Franklin

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

The Richard Pryor Special?

The Richard Pryor Special?

Booster Johnson

Minstrel Man

Harry Brown Jr.

J.D.'s Revenge

The River Niger

The River Niger

Visions

Cooley High

Ceremonies in Dark Old Men

Ceremonies in Dark Old Men

Thomasine & Bushrod

Thomasine & Bushrod

Jomo J. Anderson

Together Brothers

Together Brothers

Five on the Black Hand Side

Five on the Black Hand Side

A.W.O.L.

Carter's Army

Pvt. George Brightman

Peyton Place

Capt. David Davenport

When They're Gone

Calvin 'Cece' Carr

Cowboy Culture of the West

Inner City Cultural Center II Presents an Intimate Evening with Glynn Turman

Untitled Black Cowboys Project

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