Acting credits
125
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Glynn Turman
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.1
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Movies: 76Series: 57Crew 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: 1969 - 2025
Years active: 57
Average TMDB rating: 6.88
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.
STRAW
as Richard
2025 Movie
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024 Movie
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
as Self - Chiron
2024 Movie
Rustin
as A. Philip Randolph
2023 Movie
Outlaw Johnny Black
as Bullseye Black
2023 Movie
80 for Brady
as Mickey
2023 Movie
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
as Self
2022 Movie
Women of Theatre, New York
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
The Legend of Glynn Turman
as G.T.
2022 Movie
The Devil You Know
as Lloyd Cowans
2022 Movie
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
as Self
2021 Movie
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
as Self - Presenter
2020 Movie
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
as Toledo
2020 Movie
The Way Back
as Doc
2020 Movie
Sextuplets
as Leland
2019 Movie
Justine
as Papa Don
2019 Movie
Windows on the World
as Lou
2019 Movie
Bumblebee
as General Whalen
2018 Movie
Solace
as Clay (Pastor Davis)
2018 Movie
The Killing Floor
as Self
2017 Movie
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
as Self
2017 Movie
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017 Movie
Race
as Harry E. Davis
2016 Movie
Dakota's Summer
as Isaac Benson
2014 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Glynn Turman.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Official Podcast
as Self • 1 eps
2025 Series
Paradise
as Fred Collins • 1 eps
2025 Series
The Big Cigar
as Walter • 6 eps
2024 Series
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
as Mr. Brunner / Chiron • 4 eps
2023 Series
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
as Sheriff Nate Craven • 1 eps
2022 Series
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
as Pa (voice) • 2 eps
2022 Series
Women of the Movement
as Mose Wright • 6 eps
2022 Series
Power Book II: Ghost
as Gabriel • 1 eps
2020 Series
FBI: Most Wanted
as Terry Daniels • 1 eps
2020 Series
The Red Line
as Nathan Gordon • 1 eps
2019 Series
The Neighborhood
as Otis • 2 eps
2018 Series
Mr. Mercedes
as Judge Bernard Raines • 6 eps
2017 Series
American Gods
as Reverend Hutchins • 1 eps
2017 Series
Graves
2 eps
2016 Series
How to Get Away with Murder
as Nate Lahey Sr. • 8 eps
2014 Series
black-ish
as Billy Blade • 1 eps
2014 Series
Fargo
as Doctor Senator • 6 eps
2014 Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
Revolution
as David Kipling • 1 eps
2012 Series
House of Lies: Fridays at Galweather
Director • 6 eps
2012 Series
Alcatraz
as Emmitt Little • 1 eps
2012 Series
House of Lies
as Jeremiah Kaan • 51 eps
2012 Series
Suits
as Vic • 1 eps
2011 Series
The Defenders
as Judge Bob Owens • 5 eps
2010 Series