Glynn Turman
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.
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- Born:
- Jan 31, 1947 In New York City - New York - USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 76
- First Appeared:
- In the movie In Search of America 1971-03-23
- Latest Project:
- Movie Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 2025-04-03
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 | 2025-04-03 | |
| Movie | A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Self - Chiron | 2024-01-30 |
| Series | The Big Cigar | Walter | 2024-05-16 |
| Movie | 80 for Brady | Mickey | 2023-02-03 |
| Movie | Rustin | A. Philip Randolph | 2023-11-03 |
| Movie | Outlaw Johnny Black | Bullseye Black | 2023-09-15 |
| Series | Women of the Movement | Mose Wright | 2022-01-06 |
| Movie | The Devil You Know | Lloyd Cowans | 2022-04-01 |
| Movie | Is That Black Enough for You?!? | Self | 2022-10-09 |
| Movie | Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist | Self | 2021-04-17 |
| Movie | The Way Back | Doc | 2020-03-05 |
| Movie | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Toledo | 2020-11-25 |
| Movie | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen | Self - Presenter | 2020-12-18 |
| Movie | Windows on the World | Lou | 2019-04-28 |
| Movie | Sextuplets | Leland | 2019-08-16 |
| Movie | Justine | Papa Don | 2019-06-23 |
| Movie | Solace | Clay (Pastor Davis) | 2018-09-23 |
| Movie | Bumblebee | General Whalen | 2018-12-15 |
| Movie | Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart | Self | 2017-10-14 |
| Movie | August 28: A Day in the Life of a People | 2017-08-26 | |
| Movie | The Killing Floor | Self | 2017-10-21 |
| Movie | Race | Harry E. Davis | 2016-02-19 |
| Movie | John Dies at the End | Detective Lawrence 'Morgan Freeman' Appleton | 2013-01-25 |
| Movie | Act Like You Love Me | David Lofton | 2013-08-06 |
| Series | House of Lies | Jeremiah Kaan | 2012-01-08 |
| Movie | The Pastor's Secret | 2012-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Obama Effect | Slim Sugar | 2012-07-13 |
| Movie | Super 8 | Dr. Woodward | 2011-06-08 |
| Movie | Takers | Chief Detective Duncan | 2010-08-26 |
| Movie | Burlesque | Harold Saint | 2010-11-23 |
| Movie | Preaching To The Pastor | Bishop Hightower | 2009-01-01 |
| Movie | Kings of the Evening | Clarence Brown | 2008-01-01 |
| Movie | Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery | Sheriff Bob Monroe | 2008-01-14 |
| Movie | Sahara | Dr. Frank Hopper | 2005-04-06 |
| Movie | The Seat Filler | Derrick's Dad | 2004-08-05 |
| Movie | The Visit | Parole Board Member Reingold | 2001-04-20 |
| Movie | Fire & Ice | Robert Aimes Sr. | 2001-01-22 |
| Movie | Air Rage | Ted Bigelow | 2001-07-24 |
| Movie | Freedom Song | T-Bone Lanier | 2000-02-27 |
| Movie | Men of Honor | Chief Floyd | 2000-09-13 |
| Movie | Light It Up | Principal Allan Armstrong | 1999-11-04 |
| Movie | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Dr. Shakespeare | 1998-08-14 |
| Movie | Buffalo Soldiers | Sgt. Joshua 'Joyu' Judges Ruth | 1997-12-07 |
| Movie | Subterfuge | Stallworth Hubbs | 1996-02-23 |
| Movie | Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault | Coach Powell | 1996-11-23 |
| Movie | The Inkwell | Spencer Phillips | 1994-04-22 |
| Movie | Someone Else's Child | Judge Roullard | 1994-12-04 |
| Movie | Deep Cover | Russell Stevens Sr. | 1992-04-15 |
| Series | A Different World | Colonel Brad Taylor | 1987-09-24 |
| Movie | Out of Bounds | Lieutenant Delgado | 1986-07-25 |
| Movie | Ask Max | Lloyd Lyman | 1986-11-02 |
| Series | Hail to the Chief | Secretary of State LaRue Hawkins | 1985-04-09 |
| Movie | Gremlins | Roy Hanson | 1984-06-08 |
| Movie | Secrets of a Married Man | Jesse | 1984-09-24 |
| Movie | Penitentiary II | Charles Johnson | 1982-04-02 |
| Movie | Thornwell | James Thornwell | 1981-01-28 |
| Movie | Attica | Raymond Franklin | 1980-03-02 |
| Movie | Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold | Preston de Cordiva | 1978-10-23 |
| Series | Centennial | Nate Person | 1978-10-01 |
| Movie | Minstrel Man | Harry Brown Jr. | 1977-03-02 |
| Movie | The Richard Pryor Special? | Booster Johnson | 1977-05-05 |
| Movie | A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich | Nigeria | 1977-12-14 |
| Movie | The Serpent's Egg | Monroe | 1977-10-28 |
| Movie | The River Niger | Jeff Williams | 1976-04-14 |
| Movie | J.D.'s Revenge | Isaac / 'Ike' | 1976-08-25 |
| Movie | The Blue Knight | Edwin Beall | 1975-05-09 |
| Movie | Ceremonies in Dark Old Men | Theo | 1975-01-06 |
| Movie | Carter's Army | Pvt. George Brightman | 1975-05-25 |
| Movie | Cooley High | Leroy "Preach" Jackson | 1975-06-25 |
| Movie | Together Brothers | Dr. Johnson | 1974-08-07 |
| Movie | Thomasine & Bushrod | Jomo J. Anderson | 1974-04-10 |
| Movie | The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat | 1974-09-18 | |
| Movie | Five on the Black Hand Side | Gideon | 1973-10-25 |
| Movie | AWOL | Mohammed G. | 1972-06-12 |
| Movie | In Search of America | Bodhi | 1971-03-23 |
| Movie | Honky | Sailor at Bus Station | 1971-11-26 |