Glynn Turman
Acting
Born January 31, 1947
From New York City, New York, USA
Also known as 글린 터먼, Glynn Russell Turman, Glynn R. Turman
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...
Filmography
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When They're Gone
Calvin “Cece” Carr
2026
STRAW
Richard
20257.7
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
20247.0
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Self - Chiron
20246.5
Rustin
A. Philip Randolph
20236.5
Outlaw Johnny Black
Bullseye Black
20235.4
80 for Brady
Mickey
20236.2
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
20226.2
The Legend of Glynn Turman
G.T.
2022
The Devil You Know
Lloyd Cowans
20226.7
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
Self
20218.0
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
Self - Presenter
20206.2
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Toledo
20206.6
The Way Back
Doc
20206.6
Sextuplets
Leland
20196.2
Justine
Papa Don
20196.4
Windows on the World
Lou
20193.3
Bumblebee
General Whalen
20186.7
Solace
Clay (Pastor Davis)
20184.7
The Killing Floor
Self
2017
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
Self
20176.2
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
20171.0
Race
Harry E. Davis
20167.3
Dakota's Summer
Isaac Benson
20146.4
Act Like You Love Me
David Lofton
20135.4
John Dies at the End
Detective Lawrence 'Morgan Freeman' Appleton
20136.3
The Obama Effect
Slim Sugar
20122.5
City Teacher
Kevin Sawyer
2012
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The Pastor's Secret
2012
Super 8
Dr. Woodward
20116.8
Burlesque
Harold Saint
20107.2
Takers
Chief Detective Duncan
20106.3
Preaching To The Pastor
Bishop Hightower
20091.0
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
Sheriff Bob Monroe
20086.7
Kings of the Evening
Clarence Brown
2008
Uncle P
Dr. Niles
20075.1
Sahara
Dr. Frank Hopper
20055.9
The Seat Filler
Derrick's Dad
20044.6
Air Rage
Ted Bigelow
20015.5
The Visit
Parole Board Member Reingold
20017.9
Fire & Ice
Robert Aimes Sr.
20018.0
Men of Honor
Chief Floyd
20007.5
Freedom Song
T-Bone Lanier
20005.7
Light It Up
Principal Allan Armstrong
19996.7
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Dr. Shakespeare
19985.8
Buffalo Soldiers
Sgt. Joshua 'Joyu' Judges Ruth
19975.5
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Coach Powell
19967.1
Subterfuge
Stallworth Hubbs
19967.0
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Someone Else's Child
Judge Roullard
19944.0
The Inkwell
Spencer Phillips
19945.6
Deep Cover
Russell Stevens Sr.
19926.8
Ask Max
Lloyd Lyman
19867.0
Out of Bounds
Lieutenant Delgado
19865.4
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Joshua
1985
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Secrets of a Married Man
Jesse
19843.0
Gremlins
Roy Hanson
19847.1
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The Grand Baby
19835.5
Penitentiary II
Charles Johnson
19824.4
Thornwell
James Thornwell
19817.3
Attica
Raymond Franklin
19805.7
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold
Preston de Cordiva
19784.6
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
Nigeria
19775.9
The Serpent's Egg
Monroe
19776.2
The Richard Pryor Special?
Booster Johnson
19777.2
Minstrel Man
Harry Brown Jr.
1977
The Tapestry
19766.0
J.D.'s Revenge
Isaac / 'Ike'
19765.9
The River Niger
Jeff Williams
19767.4
Cooley High
Leroy "Preach" Jackson
19757.0
Carter's Army
Pvt. George Brightman
19754.4
The Blue Knight
Edwin Beall
19757.0
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Theo
197510.0
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
(voice)
19745.1
Together Brothers
Dr. Johnson
19744.8
Thomasine & Bushrod
Jomo J. Anderson
19746.3
Five on the Black Hand Side
Gideon
19737.2
AWOL
Mohammed G.
19727.0
Honky
Sailor at Bus Station
19715.1
In Search of America
Bodhi
19715.3