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Glynn Russell Turman is an American stage, television, and film actor as well as a writer, director, and producer. Turman is known for his roles as Lew Miles on the prime-time soap opera Peyton Place (1968–69), 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 (1988–93), and fictional Baltimore mayor Clarence Royce on the HBO drama series The Wire. He recently portrayed Jeremiah Kaan on the Showtime series House of Lies.
Birth Name
Glynn Russell Turman
Born
Friday, 31 January 1947
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 | 2024 | |
| Horizon: An American Saga | 2024 | |
| A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Self - Chiron | 2024 |
| Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Chiron / Mr. Brunner | 2023 |
| Rustin | A. Philip Randolph | 2023 |
| Black Cake | Charles Mitch | 2023 |
| Outlaw Johnny Black | Bullseye Black | 2023 |
| Unsung Presents: Best in Black | Self | 2023 |
| 80 for Brady | Mickey | 2023 |
| Is That Black Enough for You?!? | Self | 2022 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 | 2024 | |
| Horizon: An American Saga | 2024 | |
| A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Self - Chiron | 2024 |
| Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Chiron / Mr. Brunner | 2023 |
| Rustin | A. Philip Randolph | 2023 |
| Black Cake | Charles Mitch | 2023 |
| Outlaw Johnny Black | Bullseye Black | 2023 |
| Unsung Presents: Best in Black | Self | 2023 |
| 80 for Brady | Mickey | 2023 |
| Is That Black Enough for You?!? | Self | 2022 |
| Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities | Sheriff Nate Craven | 2022 |
| The Legend of Glynn Turman | G.T. | 2022 |
| The Devil You Know | Lloyd Cowans | 2022 |
| The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder | Pa | 2022 |
| Women of the Movement | Mose Wright | 2022 |
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist | Self | 2021 |
| Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen | Self - Presenter | 2020 |
| Stillwater | Mr. Morgan | 2020 |
| Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Toledo | 2020 |
| Power Book II: Ghost | Gabriel | 2020 |
| The Carlos Watson Show | Self - Guest | 2020 |
| Close Enough | (voice) | 2020 |
| GMA3: What You Need to Know | Self | 2020 |
| The Way Back | Doc | 2020 |
| FBI: Most Wanted | Terry Daniels | 2020 |
| It Takes a Lunatic | Self | 2019 |
| Tamron Hall | Self | 2019 |
| Sextuplets | Leland | 2019 |
| Windows on the World | Lou | 2019 |
| The Red Line | Nathan Gordon | 2019 |
| Bumblebee | General Whalen | 2018 |
| Solace | Clay (Pastor Davis) | 2018 |
| Red Table Talk | Self | 2018 |
| Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart | Self | 2017 |
| Mr. Mercedes | Judge Raines | 2017 |
| Claws | Calvin | 2017 |
| American Gods | Reverend Hutchins | 2017 |
| Who Killed Soul Glow? | 2016 | |
| Queen Sugar | Ernest Bordelon | 2016 |
| Better Things | Rocket | 2016 |
| Race | Harry E. Davis | 2016 |
| Documentary Now! | Julius Baxter | 2015 |
| Proof | Colonel James Tyler | 2015 |
| Being Fabulous Rocks! T.V. Show | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| How to Get Away with Murder | Nate Lahey Sr. | 2014 |
| Black-ish | Billy Blade | 2014 |
| Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self | 2014 |
| Power | Gabriel | 2014 |
| Fargo | Doctor Senator | 2014 |
| Dakota's Summer | Isaac Benson | 2014 |
| Unsung Hollywood | Self | 2014 |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| Act Like You Love Me | David / David Lofton | 2013 |
| Kimmie's Kitchen | Self | 2013 |
| John Dies at the End | Detective / Detective Lawrence 'Morgan Freeman' Appleton | 2012 |
| Revolution | Major David Kipling | 2012 |
| The Obama Effect | Slim Sugar | 2012 |
| Chasing LA | Self | 2012 |
| Reel Black Love | 2012 | |
| City Teacher | Kevin Sawyer | 2012 |
| Alcatraz | Emmitt Little | 2012 |
| House of Lies | Jeremiah Kaan | 2012 |
| The Pastor's Secrets | 2012 | |
| Suits | Vic | 2011 |
| Super 8 | Dr. Woodward | 2011 |
| Way Black When: Primetime | Self | 2011 |
| Burlesque | Harold Saint | 2010 |
| The Defenders | Judge Bob Owens / Judge Owens | 2010 |
| Detroit 1-8-7 | Reverend Clinton P. Huey | 2010 |
| Takers | Chief Detective Duncan | 2010 |
| Funny or Die Presents... | Chief Huckey (segment "United States Police Department") | 2010 |
| For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots | (voice) | 2010 |
| Red Carpet Report | Self | 2009 |
| Flashforward | Senator Noland | 2009 |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | James Pierce | 2009 |
| Southland | Captain | 2009 |
| Preaching to the Pastor | Bishop Hightower | 2009 |
| Murder 101: New Age | Sheriff Bob Monroe | 2008 |
| Players at the Poker Palace | Black Bart | 2008 |
| Kings of the Evening | Clarence Brown | 2008 |
| In Treatment | Alex Prince, Sr. | 2008 |
| Murder 101 | Sheriff Bob Monroe | 2006 |
| Criminal Minds | Charles Johnson | 2005 |
| The Seat Filler | Derrick's Dad | 2005 |
| Sahara | Dr. Frank Hopper | 2005 |
| Black in the 80s | Self | 2005 |
| Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted | Self | 2004 |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Self | 2004 |
| The Lyon's Den | Phil Cherot | 2003 |
| Cold Case | Al Towert | 2003 |
| All of Us | Earl James | 2003 |
| The Wire | Mayor Clarence V. Royce / Clarence Royce / Former Mayor Clarence V. Royce | 2002 |
| The Bernie Mac Show | Carl | 2001 |
| Scrubs | George | 2001 |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Roy Hines | 2001 |
| Air Rage | Ted Bigelow | 2001 |
| Big Apple | Ted Olsen | 2001 |
| Fire & Ice | Robert Aimes Sr. | 2001 |
| The Visit | Parole Board Member Reingold | 2000 |
| Men of Honor | Chief Floyd | 2000 |
| Resurrection Blvd. | Bobby Davis | 2000 |
| Freedom Song | T-Bone Lanier | 2000 |
| Light It Up | Principal Allan Armstrong | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Young | 1999 |
| Strange World | Wade Beecher | 1999 |
| How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Dr. Shakespeare | 1998 |
| The Magnificent Seven | Achilles Thompson / Hector Thompson | 1998 |
| Buffalo Soldiers | Sgt. Joshua 'Joyu' Judges Ruth | 1997 |
| Millennium | James Glen | 1996 |
| Subterfuge | Stallworth Hubbs | 1996 |
| Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault | Coach Powell | 1996 |
| JAG | Sub Captain | 1995 |
| Someone Else's Child | Judge Roullard | 1994 |
| Touched by an Angel | Sheriff Ernie Guthrie | 1994 |
| ER | Mr. Holmes | 1994 |
| The Inkwell | Spencer Phillips | 1994 |
| Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad | Solomon | 1994 |
| Deep Cover | Russell Stevens Sr. | 1992 |
| Freddy's Nightmares | Dr. Redman | 1988 |
| J.J. Starbuck | Lt. Caspersons | 1987 |
| A Different World | Colonel Brad Taylor / Colonel Bradford Taylor | 1987 |
| American Film Institute Comedy Special | Eric (segment "Gwendolyn") | 1987 |
| CBS Summer Playhouse | Roger Donnely | 1987 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| Out of Bounds | Lieutenant Delgado | 1986 |
| Star's Table | Self | 1986 |
| Matlock | Maj. Dennis Orlando | 1986 |
| The Redd Foxx Show | Rod Tyler | 1986 |
| The Twilight Zone | Billy Kinetta (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour") | 1985 |
| Hail to the Chief | Secretary of State LaRue Hawkins / LaRue Hawkes | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Stan Lassiter / Earl Browder / Ben Coleman | 1984 |
| Secrets of a Married Man | Jesse | 1984 |
| Hot Pursuit | Mitch Simpson | 1984 |
| Gremlins | Roy Hanson | 1984 |
| Riptide | Tyrone Diamond | 1984 |
| Manimal | Ty Earl | 1983 |
| Manimal | Ty Earl | 1983 |
| Lottery! | Frank Porter | 1983 |
| Penitentiary II | Charles Johnson | 1982 |
| T.J. Hooker | Norman Powell | 1982 |
| An Evening at the Improv | Self - Host | 1982 |
| American Playhouse | Joshua | 1982 |
| Fame | Ben Pettit | 1982 |
| The Greatest American Hero | Captain Le Clerc | 1981 |
| Conspiracy Exposed | James Thornwell | 1981 |
| Palmerstown, U.S.A. | C.J. Freeman | 1980 |
| Attica | Raymond Franklin | 1980 |
| The White Shadow | Ron Taylor | 1978 |
| Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold | Preston de Cordiva | 1978 |
| Centennial | Nate Person | 1978 |
| The Paper Chase | Raymond Livingston | 1978 |
| A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich | Nigeria | 1977 |
| The Serpent's Egg | Monroe | 1977 |
| The Richard Pryor Special? | Booster Johnson | 1977 |
| The Love Boat | Tyrone | 1977 |
| Minstrel Man | Harry Brown Jr. | 1977 |
| Fantasy Island | Joe Wilson | 1977 |
| Visions | Axis | 1976 |
| The Tony Randall Show | William | 1976 |
| J.D.'s Revenge | Isaac / 'Ike' | 1976 |
| The River Niger | Jeff Williams | 1976 |
| Cooley High | Leroy "Preach" Jackson / Preach | 1975 |
| The Blue Knight | Edwin Beall | 1975 |
| Together Brothers | Dr. Johnson | 1974 |
| The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat | (voice) | 1974 |
| Thomasine & Bushrod | Jomo J. Anderson | 1974 |
| Five on the Black Hand Side | Gideon | 1973 |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | Lenny Johnson | 1972 |
| The Rookies | Jimmy Webster | 1972 |
| Honky | Sailor at bus station | 1971 |
| Cannon | Jamal | 1971 |
| In Search of America | Bodhi | 1971 |
| Carter's Army | Pvt. George Brightman | 1970 |
| Room 222 | Vic | 1969 |
| Mod Squad | Lonnie | 1968 |
| The Doris Day Show | Chris Davis | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Harley Dartson | 1968 |
| Julia | Jimmy James | 1968 |
| CBS Playhouse | Jackson | 1967 |
| Daktari | Usumbu | 1966 |
| Peyton Place | Lew Miles | 1964 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Lloyd Lyman | 1954 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| House of Lies: Fridays at Galweather | 2012 |
| Homeboys in Outer Space | 1996 |
| The Parent 'Hood | 1995 |
| The Wayans Bros. | 1995 |
| Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | 1992 |
| A Different World | 1987 |
| Dynasty | 1981 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 2008 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Won |
