Glynn Turman

Glynn Turman

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

31/01/1947

Age

78 years old

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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 Broad... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2025

STRAW

as Richard

2023

Rustin

as A. Philip Randolph

2023

Outlaw Johnny Black

as Bullseye Black

2023

80 for Brady

as Mickey

2022

The Devil You Know

as Lloyd Cowans

2020

The Way Back

as Doc

2019

Sextuplets

as Leland

2019

Justine

as Papa Don

2018

Bumblebee

as General Whalen

2018

Solace

as Clay (Pastor Davis)

2016

Race

as Harry E. Davis

2014

Dakota's Summer

as Isaac Benson

2013

Act Like You Love Me

as David Lofton

2013

John Dies at the End

as Detective Lawrence 'Morgan Freeman' Appl...

2012

The Obama Effect

as Slim Sugar

2012

City Teacher

as Kevin Sawyer

2011

Super 8

as Dr. Woodward

2010

Burlesque

as Harold Saint

2010

Takers

as Chief Detective Duncan

2009

Preaching To The Pastor

as Bishop Hightower

2008

Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery

as Sheriff Bob Monroe

2008

Kings of the Evening

as Clarence Brown

2007

Uncle P

as Dr. Niles

2005

Sahara

as Dr. Frank Hopper

2004

The Seat Filler

as Derrick's Dad

2001

Air Rage

as Ted Bigelow

2001

The Visit

as Parole Board Member Reingold

2001

Fire & Ice

as Robert Aimes Sr.

2000

Men of Honor

as Chief Floyd

2000

Freedom Song

as T-Bone Lanier

1999

Light It Up

as Principal Allan Armstrong

1998

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

as Dr. Shakespeare

1997

Buffalo Soldiers

as Sgt. Joshua 'Joyu' Judges Ruth

1996

Subterfuge

as Stallworth Hubbs

1994

Someone Else's Child

as Judge Roullard

1994

The Inkwell

as Spencer Phillips

1992

Deep Cover

as Russell Stevens Sr.

1987

A Different World

as Colonel Bradford Taylor

1986

Ask Max

as Lloyd Lyman

1986

Out of Bounds

as Lieutenant Delgado

1984

Gremlins

as Roy Hanson

1982

Penitentiary II

as Charles Johnson

1981

Thornwell

as James Thornwell

1980

Attica

as Raymond Franklin

1978

Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold

as Preston de Cordiva

1977

The Serpent's Egg

as Monroe

1977

The Richard Pryor Special?

as Booster Johnson

1977

Minstrel Man

as Harry Brown Jr.

1976

J.D.'s Revenge

as Isaac / 'Ike'

1976

The River Niger

as Jeff Williams

1975

Cooley High

as Leroy "Preach" Jackson

1975

Carter's Army

as Pvt. George Brightman

1975

The Blue Knight

as Edwin Beall

1974

Together Brothers

as Dr. Johnson

1974

Thomasine & Bushrod

as Jomo J. Anderson

1972

AWOL

as Mohammed G.

1971

Honky

as Sailor at Bus Station

Crew

2022

Women of Theatre, New York

as Executive Producer

2019

Justine

as Executive Producer