Glynn Turman
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 Broadway, earning a Tony Award for "The Great White Hope." He's renowned for TV work in "The Wire," math professor and retired Army colonel Bradford Taylor on the NBC sitcom "A Different World," fictional Baltimore mayor Clarence Royce on the HBO drama series "The Wire" and "House of Lies." His filmography includes impactful roles in "Gremlins" and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." With a captivating presence, Turman continues to enthrall audiences, showcasing remarkable versatility and depth in his performances.
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach...
Movie pageWhen Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he...
Movie pageIn 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst...
Movie pageTakers
as Chief Detective DuncanA seasoned team of bank robbers, including Gordon Jennings, John Rahway, A.J., and brothers Jake...
Movie page80 for Brady
as MickeyA quartet of elderly best friends decide to live life to the fullest by taking a wild trip to...
Movie pageMen of Honor
as Chief FloydAgainst formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's...
Movie pageAli leaves behind a troubled life and follows her dreams to Los Angeles, where she lands a job...
Movie pageDeep Cover
as Russell Stevens Sr.Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the...
Movie pageSeasoned adventurer and treasure hunter Dirk Pitt, a former Navy SEAL, sets out for the African...
Movie pageSextuplets
as LelandFather-to-be Alan is shocked to learn that he was born a sextuplet. With his newfound brother...
Movie pageRustin
as A. Philip RandolphActivist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights...
Movie pageMa Rainey's Black Bottom
as ToledoTensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago...
Movie pageHorizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
as uncreditedExplore the lure of the Old West and how it was won—and lost—through the blood, sweat and tears...
Movie pageA former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with...
Movie pageHow Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Dr. ShakespeareThrough good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy...
Movie pageJohn Dies at the End
as Detective Lawrence 'Morgan Freeman' AppletonA new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an...
Movie pageThe Devil You Know
as Lloyd CowansOnce-incarcerated Marcus Cowans is trying to turn over a new leaf with the support of his loving...
Movie pageA Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
as Self - ChironAlongside a passionate cast and crew, follow Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan...
Movie pageHorizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
as uncreditedExplore the lure of the Old West and how it was won—and lost—through the blood, sweat and tears...
Movie pageCooley High
as Leroy "Preach" JacksonIn the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago...
Movie pageThe Serpent's Egg
as MonroeBerlin, 1923. Following the suicide of his brother, American circus acrobat Abel Rosenberg...
Movie pageOut of Bounds
as Lieutenant DelgadoFarm boy Daryl Cage's parents ship him off to the big city to live with his brother, hoping he...
Movie pageRebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Coach PowellA dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual...
Movie pageThe Seat Filler
as Derrick's DadDerrick is a struggling law student who takes a job as an awards show seat filler to make ends...
Movie pageOutlaw Johnny Black
as Bullseye BlackHell bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and...
Movie pageAttica
as Raymond FranklinAcclaimed dramatization recreating the incidents surrounding the 1971 revolt in New York's...
Movie pageLight It Up
as Principal Allan ArmstrongOn a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly...
Movie pageThe Inkwell
as Spencer PhillipsThe Inkwell is about a 16-year-old boy coming of age on Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 1976.
Movie pageAir Rage
as Ted BigelowA Marine Colonel and his men are sent abroad on hostage rescue mission. When they arrive, they...
Movie pageIs That Black Enough for You?!?
as SelfA look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the...
Movie pageCarter's Army
as Pvt. George BrightmanA racist officer is put in charge of an all-black squad of troops charged with the mission of...
Movie pageMa Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
as Self - PresenterViola Davis, Denzel Washington, George C. Wolfe and more share the heart, soul and history that...
Movie pageBuffalo Soldiers
as Sgt. Joshua 'Joyu' Judges RuthThey've ridden dusty miles without end and fought fierce battles. Yet when these brave...
Movie pageFreedom Song
as T-Bone LanierFreedom Song is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in...
Movie pageThe Visit
as Parole Board Member ReingoldA young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put...
Movie pageThe River Niger
as Jeff WilliamsAn intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a...
Movie pagePenitentiary II
as Charles JohnsonAn ex-con, on parole and trying to straighten his life out, decides to resume his boxing career...
Movie pageAsk Max
as Lloyd LymanA 12-year-old genius, poor Max is a washout socially. To impress his girlfriend, he sells the...
Movie pageThomasine & Bushrod
as Jomo J. AndersonA pair of thieves operate in the American South between 1911 and 1915, stealing from rich, white...
Movie pageAugust 28: A Day in the Life of a People
as uncreditedDocumentary film on events that happened on August 28th in African-American history, shown at...
Movie pageJ.D.'s Revenge
as Isaac / 'Ike'Although notorious New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker is shot and killed in the 1940s, his spirit...
Movie pageWindows on the World
as LouAfter watching the news on 9/11 with his family, Fernando travels from Mexico to New York City...
Movie pageTogether Brothers
as Dr. JohnsonA group of ghetto kids try to find out who killed a popular police officer.
Movie pageFire & Ice
as Robert Aimes Sr.While many celebrities believe their fame gives them good luck with the opposite gender, one man...
Movie pageHonky
as Sailor at Bus StationBlack girl from rich family loves white boy from poor family.
Movie pageJustine
as Papa DonA woman dealing with the loss of her husband, the struggle of parenthood and finding work in a...
Movie pageChadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
as SelfAn intimate look at the Oscar-nominated actor’s incomparable artistry, and the acting process...
Movie pageThe Obama Effect
as Slim SugarA serious health scare ignites John Thomas, an insurance salesman in his 50s, to take a closer...
Movie pageThe Blue Knight
as Edwin BeallIn this pilot film that preceded the short-lived series, a street cop in his last week on the...
Movie pageA Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
as NigeriaA troubled boy becomes addicted to heroin, and his mother and foster father help him fight it.
Movie pageIn Search of America
as BodhiMichael (Jeff Bridges) drops out of college with the intention of finding himself. When his...
Movie pageManimal
as Ty EarlJonathan Chase is a British college professor at New York University who has the unusual ability...
Movie pageFive on the Black Hand Side
as GideonLeonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African...
Movie pageKatie: Portrait of a Centerfold
as Preston de CordivaA naive Texas beauty queen, seeking Hollywood stardom, quickly learns the realities of the...
Movie pageAWOL
as Mohammed G.In Sweden, young US soldier, Willy, goes a.w.o.l and teams up with other deserters in Stockholm....
Movie pageThornwell
as James ThornwellThe story of James Thornwell, whose accusation that the U.S. Army used mind control drugs on him...
Movie pageAct Like You Love Me
as David LoftonKelly Lofton is a young, successful dentist who has all the material things a woman could ask...
Movie pageCeremonies in Dark Old Men
as TheoRussell B. Parker, a former vaudeville hoofer, is a man of big dreams but small ambitions. He...
Movie pageMurder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
as Sheriff Bob MonroeCriminology professor Jonathan Maxwell investigates a murder at a new age retreat where the...
Movie pageSolace
as Clay (Pastor Davis)Following the death of her father, a 17-year-old girl is sent to live with her estranged family...
Movie pageLorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
as SelfOn March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the...
Movie pageKings of the Evening
as Clarence BrownHomer Hobbs, home after two years in jail, discovers that life on the outside can be crueler...
Movie pagePreaching To The Pastor
as Bishop HightowerPreaching To The Pastor is a musical comedy about the controversy going on at High And Mighty...
Movie pageThe Killing Floor
as SelfA documentary on making the movie JD'S REVENGE.
Movie pageThe Legend of Glynn Turman
as G.T.Actor Glynn Turman makes his Broadway debut at 12 years old in the original production of “A...
Movie pageSubterfuge
as Stallworth HubbsScuba-diver turned beach-bum Jonathan Slade is forced back into his previous milieu - the world...
Movie pageThe Tapestry
as uncreditedA television drama directed by Maya Angelou. In 1975, the accomplished writer became the first...
Movie pageThe Pastor's Secret
as uncreditedAfter paying his debt to society, a convicted man is redeemed, called by God to become the...
Movie pageLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. YoungIn the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...
TV Show pageScrubs
as GeorgeIn the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine,...
TV Show pageLate Night with Seth Meyers
as SelfSeth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular...
TV Show pageLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
as Roy HinesThe third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its...
TV Show pageThe Wire
as uncreditedTold from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their...
TV Show pageThe Wire
as Clarence RoyceTold from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their...
TV Show pageThe Wire
as Mayor Clarence V. RoyceTold from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their...
TV Show pageCriminal Minds
as Charles JohnsonAn elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating...
TV Show pageFBI: Most Wanted
as Terry DanielsThe Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau’s...
TV Show pageFargo
as Doctor SenatorA close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based...
TV Show pageThe Twilight Zone
as uncreditedThis 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original...
TV Show pageSuits
as VicWhile running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips...
TV Show pageMurder, She Wrote
as Ben ColemanAn unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...
TV Show pageT. J. Hooker
as Norman PowellSergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who...
TV Show pageHow to Get Away with Murder
as Nathaniel LaheyA sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their...
TV Show pageA Different World
as Colonel Bradford TaylorA Different World is an American television sitcom which aired for six seasons on NBC. It is a...
TV Show pageTouched by an Angel
as Sheriff Ernie GuthrieMonica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who...
TV Show pagePower Book II: Ghost
as GabrielPicking up just days after the “Power” finale, this sequel series follows Tariq navigating his...
TV Show pageblack-ish
as Billy BladeA family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a...
TV Show pageHouse of Lies
as Jeremiah KaanCharming, fast talking Marty Kaan and his crack team of management consultants know how to play...
TV Show pageAmerican Gods
as Reverend HutchinsAn ex-con becomes the traveling partner of a conman who turns out to be one of the older gods...
TV Show pageFlashForward
as Senator NolandWhen the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of...
TV Show pageMr. Mercedes
as Judge Bernard RainesA demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and...
TV Show pagePercy Jackson and the Olympians
as Mr. Brunner / ChironPercy Jackson is on a dangerous quest. Outrunning monsters and outwitting gods, he must journey...
TV Show pageIn Treatment
as Alex Prince Sr.Set within the highly charged confines of individual psychotherapy sessions and centering around...
TV Show pageMillennium
as uncreditedA retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground...
TV Show pageThe Paper Chase
as uncreditedCritically lauded drama about the life and pressures of a group of students at a prestigious...
TV Show pageThe Tony Randall Show
as uncreditedWalter Franklin is a somewhat less-than-magisterial Philadelphia judge put upon by an assortment...
TV Show pageGuillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
as Sheriff Nate CravenBizarre nightmares unfold in eight tales of terror in this visually stunning, spine-tingling...
TV Show pageThe Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
as Pa (voice)Follow the adventures and misadventures of newly 14-year-old Penny Proud and her family as they...
TV Show pageAlcatraz
as Emmitt LittleA unique team, consisting of a federal agent, a police officer and a conspiracy theory novelist,...
TV Show pageThe Magnificent Seven
as uncreditedThe Magnificent Seven is an American western television series based on the 1960 movie, which is...
TV Show pageRoom 222
as uncreditedRoom 222 is an American comedy-drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television....
TV Show pageRevolution
as Major David KiplingOne day, electricity just stopped working and the world was suddenly thrust back into the dark...
TV Show pageCentennial
as Nate PersonThe economic and cultural growth of town of Centennial, Colorado, through the intertwining lives...
TV Show pageThe Red Line
as Nathan GordonA heart-in-your-throat drama, Red Line begins with the mistaken shooting of a black doctor at...
TV Show pageWomen of the Movement
as Mose WrightA limited series focusing on Mamie Till Mobley, who devoted her life to seeking justice for her...
TV Show pageHail to the Chief
as Secretary of State LaRue HawkinsHail to the Chief is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from April 9, 1985 until May 21, 1985....
TV Show pageThe Big Cigar
as uncreditedBlack Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton enlists an unlikely ally—Hollywood producer Bert...
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