Glynn Turman
Glynn Turman is an American actor. First coming to attention as a child actor in the original 1959 Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun, Turman is known for his roles as Lew Miles on the prime-time soap opera Peyton Place (1968–1969), 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 (1988–1993), and Baltimore mayor Clarence Royce on the HBO drama series The Wire. He received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role on the HBO drama series In Treatment.
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STRAW
actor
2025
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
actor
2024
Rustin
actor
2023
Outlaw Johnny Black
actor
2023
80 for Brady
actor
2023
The Devil You Know
actor
2022
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
actor
2020
The Way Back
actor
2020
Sextuplets
actor
2019
Bumblebee
actor
2018
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
actor
2017
Dakota's Summer
actor
2014
John Dies at the End
actor
2013
Super 8
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2011
Burlesque
actor
2010
Takers
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2010
Sahara
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2005
The Seat Filler
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2004
Air Rage
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2001
The Visit
actor
2001
Men of Honor
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2000
Freedom Song
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2000
Light It Up
actor
1999
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
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1998
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
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1996
Deep Cover
actor
1992
Out of Bounds
actor
1986
Secrets of a Married Man
actor
1984
Gremlins
actor
1984
Attica
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1980
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold
actor
1978
J.D.'s Revenge
actor
1976
Cooley High
actor
1975
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
actor
1974
