Person Details

Birthday: 1947-01-31 00:21:58

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: New City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 55

TV Involvements: 30


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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8
Criminal Minds
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8

Criminal Minds

(2005) Charles Johnson
Fargo
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8

Fargo

(2014) Doctor Senator
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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8

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

(2001) Roy Hines
Murder, She Wrote
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8

Murder, She Wrote

(1984) Ben Coleman
How to Get Away with Murder
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8

How to Get Away with Murder

(2014) Nathaniel Lahey
The Wire
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9

The Wire

(2002) Mayor Clarence V. Royce
Touched by an Angel
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7

Touched by an Angel

(1994) Sheriff Ernie Guthrie

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 N/A
2023 Mr. Brunner / Chiron
A. Philip Randolph
Bullseye Black
Mickey
2022 Sheriff Nate Craven
Self
G.T.
Lloyd Cowans
Pa (voice)
Mose Wright
2021 Self
2020 Self - Presenter
Toledo
Gabriel
Doc
Terry Daniels
2019 Leland
Papa Don
Nathan Gordon
Lou
2018 General Whalen
Clay (Pastor Davis)
2017 Self
Self
N/A
Judge Bernard Raines
Reverend Hutchins
2014 Nathaniel Lahey
Billy Blade
Doctor Senator
Self
2013 David Lofton
Detective Lawrence 'Morgan Freeman' Appleton
2012 Major David Kipling
Slim Sugar
Emmitt Little
Jeremiah Kaan
N/A
2011 Dr. Woodward
2010 Harold Saint
Chief Detective Duncan
2009 Senator Noland
Bishop Hightower
2008 Alex Prince Sr.
Sheriff Bob Monroe
Clarence Brown
2005 Charles Johnson
Dr. Frank Hopper
2004 Derrick's Dad
2002 Clarence Royce
Mayor Clarence V. Royce
N/A
2001 George
Roy Hines
Ted Bigelow
Parole Board Member Reingold
Robert Aimes Sr.
2000 Chief Floyd
T-Bone Lanier
1999 Principal Allan Armstrong
Dr. Young
N/A
1998 Dr. Shakespeare
N/A
1997 Sgt. Joshua 'Joyu' Judges Ruth
1996 N/A
Stallworth Hubbs
1994 Judge Roullard
Sheriff Ernie Guthrie
Spencer Phillips
1992 Russell Stevens Sr.
1987 Colonel Bradford Taylor
1986 Lloyd Lyman
Lieutenant Delgado
1985 N/A
Secretary of State LaRue Hawkins
Joshua
1984 Ben Coleman
Jesse
Roy Hanson
1983 Ty Earl
1982 Charles Johnson
Norman Powell
1981 James Thornwell
1980 Raymond Franklin
1978 Preston de Cordiva
Nate Person
N/A
Lenny Johnson
Nigeria
1977 Monroe
Harry Brown Jr.
1976 N/A
N/A
Isaac / 'Ike'
Jeff Williams
1975 Leroy "Preach" Jackson
Edwin Beall
Theo
1974 Dr. Johnson
Jomo J. Anderson
1973 Gideon
1972 Mohammed G.
1971 Sailor at Bus Station
Bodhi
1970 Pvt. George Brightman
1969 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2022 Executive Producer
2019 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2022 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing


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