Acting credits
124
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Glynn Turman
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 76Series: 56Crew credits: 11
TMDB ID: 114674
IMDb ID: nm0877270
Known for: Acting
Born: January 31, 1947
Age: 79
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1968 - 2025
Years active: 58
Average TMDB rating: 6.87
Wikidata: Q1532531
Also known as
글린 터먼 • Glynn Russell Turman • Glynn R. Turman • گلین ترمن
Other jobs
Director (7)Executive Producer (3)Writer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Glynn Turman.
as Richard
STRAW
2025 • Movie
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024 • Movie
as Self - Chiron
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2024 • Movie
as A. Philip Randolph
Rustin
2023 • Movie
as Bullseye Black
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023 • Movie
as Mickey
80 for Brady
2023 • Movie
as Self
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022 • Movie
Executive Producer
Women of Theatre, New York
2022 • Movie
as G.T.
The Legend of Glynn Turman
2022 • Movie
as Lloyd Cowans
The Devil You Know
2022 • Movie
as Self
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021 • Movie
as Self - Presenter
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
2020 • Movie
as Toledo
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020 • Movie
as Doc
The Way Back
2020 • Movie
as Leland
Sextuplets
2019 • Movie
as Papa Don
Justine
2019 • Movie
as Lou
Windows on the World
2019 • Movie
as General Whalen
Bumblebee
2018 • Movie
as Clay (Pastor Davis)
Solace
2018 • Movie
as Self
The Killing Floor
2017 • Movie
as Self
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017 • Movie
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017 • Movie
as Harry E. Davis
Race
2016 • Movie
as Isaac Benson
Dakota's Summer
2014 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Glynn Turman.
as Fred Collins • 1 eps
Paradise
2025 • Series
as Walter • 6 eps
The Big Cigar
2024 • Series
as Mr. Brunner / Chiron • 4 eps
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2023 • Series
as Sheriff Nate Craven • 1 eps
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022 • Series
as Pa (voice) • 2 eps
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022 • Series
as Mose Wright • 6 eps
Women of the Movement
2022 • Series
as Gabriel • 1 eps
Power Book II: Ghost
2020 • Series
as Terry Daniels • 1 eps
FBI: Most Wanted
2020 • Series
as Nathan Gordon • 1 eps
The Red Line
2019 • Series
as Otis • 2 eps
The Neighborhood
2018 • Series
as Judge Bernard Raines • 6 eps
Mr. Mercedes
2017 • Series
as Reverend Hutchins • 1 eps
American Gods
2017 • Series
2 eps
Graves
2016 • Series
as Nathaniel Lahey • 8 eps
How to Get Away with Murder
2014 • Series
as Billy Blade • 1 eps
black-ish
2014 • Series
as Doctor Senator • 6 eps
Fargo
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 • Series
as David Kipling • 1 eps
Revolution
2012 • Series
Director • 6 eps
House of Lies: Fridays at Galweather
2012 • Series
as Emmitt Little • 1 eps
Alcatraz
2012 • Series
as Jeremiah Kaan • 51 eps
House of Lies
2012 • Series
as Vic • 1 eps
Suits
2011 • Series
as Judge Bob Owens • 5 eps
The Defenders
2010 • Series
as Senator Noland • 1 eps
FlashForward
2009 • Series