Glynn Turman is an American actor, director, writer, and producer. Turman is known for his roles as Lew Miles on the primetime 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.
Known For
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Cast Credits
Paradise (2025)
Guest starring as Mr. Collins
- Episode 1x03: The Architect of Social Well-Being (Jan 28, 2025)
The Big Cigar (2024)
Guest starring as Walter
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x05: Lost Paradise (Jun 7, 2024)
- Episode 1x02: The Cuban (May 17, 2024)
- Episode 1x01: Panther / Producer (May 17, 2024)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023)
Guest starring as Chiron / Mr. Brunner
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: The Prophecy Comes True (Jan 30, 2024)
- Episode 1x03: We Visit the Garden Gnome Emporium (Dec 26, 2023)
- Episode 1x02: I Become Supreme Lord of the Bathroom (Dec 19, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher (Dec 19, 2023)
Black Cake (2023)
Starring as Charles Mitch
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Nine Night (Dec 6, 2023)
- Episode 1x07: Birth Mother (Nov 29, 2023)
- Episode 1x06: Ma (Nov 22, 2023)
- Episode 1x05: Mother (Nov 15, 2023)
- Episode 1x04: Mrs. Bennett (Nov 8, 2023)
- Episode 1x03: Eleanor (Nov 1, 2023)
- Episode 1x02: Coventina (Nov 1, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: Covey (Nov 1, 2023)
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022)
Guest starring as Sheriff Nate Craven
- Episode 1x03: The Autopsy (Oct 26, 2022)
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (2022)
Starring as Pa
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x01: Old Towne Road Part 2 (Feb 1, 2023)
- Episode 1x10: Old Towne Road Part I (Apr 20, 2022)
Women of the Movement (2022)
Starring as Mose Wright
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: The Last Word (Jan 20, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Manhunt (Jan 13, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Only Skin (Jan 6, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Mother and Son (Jan 6, 2022)
Stillwater (2020)
Guest starring as Mr. Morgan
(3 episodes)
- Episode 3x08: Birdwatching (May 19, 2023)
- Episode 3x07: Sounds Like Poetry (May 19, 2023)
- Episode 1x24: The Way Home (Dec 3, 2021)
Power Book II: Ghost (2020)
Guest starring as Gabriel
- Episode 1x02: Exceeding Expectations (Sep 13, 2020)
Tamron Hall (2019)
Guest starring as Glynn Turman
- Episode 4x135: Dream Big or Go Home (Mar 27, 2023)
The Red Line (2019)
Guest starring as Nathan Gordon
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: This Victory Alone is Not the Change We Seek (May 19, 2019)
- Episode 1x05: One Day We May Be More Than a Body (May 12, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: For We Meet by One or the Other (May 5, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: We Must All Care (Apr 28, 2019)
The Neighborhood (2018)
Guest starring as Otis
(2 episodes)
- Episode 7x07: Welcome to the Wicked Stepmother (Dec 9, 2024)
- Episode 7x06: Welcome to Daddy Issues (Dec 2, 2024)
Mr. Mercedes (2017)
Guest starring as Judge Bernard Raines
(6 episodes)
- Episode 3x07: The End of the Beginning (Oct 22, 2019)
- Episode 3x06: Bad to Worse (Oct 15, 2019)
- Episode 3x05: Great Balls of Fire (Oct 8, 2019)
- Episode 3x04: Trial and Terror (Oct 1, 2019)
- Episode 3x02: Madness (Sep 17, 2019)
- Episode 3x01: No Good Deed (Sep 10, 2019)
Claws (2017)
Guest starring as Calvin
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x06: Fly Like an Eagle (Jul 14, 2019)
- Episode 3x05: Zaddy Was a Rolling Stone (Jul 7, 2019)
American Gods (2017)
Guest starring as Reverend Hutchins
- Episode 2x05: The Ways of the Dead (Apr 7, 2019)
Graves (2016)
Guest starring as Lenny
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: Spark Meets Gasoline (Dec 10, 2017)
- Episode 2x09: Not All Who Wander Are Lost (Dec 10, 2017)
Queen Sugar (2016)
Guest starring as Ernest Bordelon
(2 episodes)
- Episode 7x13: For They Existed (Nov 29, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: First Things First (Sep 6, 2016)
How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
Guest starring as Nate Lahey Sr.
(8 episodes)
- Episode 5x15: Please Say No One Else Is Dead (Feb 28, 2019)
- Episode 5x14: Make Me the Enemy (Feb 21, 2019)
- Episode 5x06: We Can Find Him (Nov 1, 2018)
- Episode 5x05: It Was the Worst Day of My Life (Oct 25, 2018)
- Episode 5x04: It's Her Kid (Oct 18, 2018)
- Episode 4x13: Lahey v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Mar 1, 2018)
- Episode 4x12: Ask Him About Stella (Feb 8, 2018)
- Episode 4x11: He's a Bad Father (Feb 1, 2018)
Fargo (2014)
Guest starring as Doctor Senator
(7 episodes)
- Episode 4x11: Storia Americana (Nov 29, 2020)
- Episode 4x06: Camp Elegance (Oct 25, 2020)
- Episode 4x05: The Birthplace of Civilization (Oct 18, 2020)
- Episode 4x04: The Pretend War (Oct 11, 2020)
- Episode 4x03: Raddoppiarlo (Oct 4, 2020)
- Episode 4x02: The Land of Taking and Killing (Sep 27, 2020)
- Episode 4x01: Welcome to the Alternate Economy (Sep 27, 2020)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Glynn Turman
- Episode 2021-03-03: Jake Tapper, Glynn Turman (Mar 3, 2021)
The Arsenio Hall Show (2013)
Guest starring as Glynn Turman
- Episode 1x126: Wiz Khalifa, Glynn Turman, Golden Sisters (Mar 31, 2014)
Revolution (2012)
Guest starring as Major David Kipling
- Episode 1x10: Nobody's Fault But Mine (Nov 26, 2012)
House of Lies (2012)
Starring as Jeremiah Kaan
(39 episodes)
- Episode 5x06: Johari Window (May 15, 2016)
- Episode 5x04: End State Vision (May 1, 2016)
- Episode 5x02: Game Theory (Apr 17, 2016)
- Episode 4x12: You're Safely Sucking at the Triple-Venti Tits of The New Kaan & Associates (Mar 29, 2015)
- Episode 4x11: Everything's So Fucking Obvious, I'm Starting to Wonder Why We're Even Having This Conversation (Mar 29, 2015)
- Episode 4x10: Praise Money! Hallowed Be Thy Name (Mar 22, 2015)
- Episode 4x09: We're Going to Build a Mothership and Rule the Universe (Mar 15, 2015)
- Episode 4x06: Trust Me, I'm Getting Plenty of Erections (Feb 15, 2015)
- Episode 4x03: Entropy is Contagious (Jan 25, 2015)
- Episode 4x01: At the End of the Day, Reality Wins (Jan 11, 2015)
- Episode 3x12: Joshua (Apr 6, 2014)
- Episode 3x09: Zhang (Mar 16, 2014)
- Episode 3x08: Brinkmanship (Mar 9, 2014)
- Episode 3x07: Pushback (Feb 23, 2014)
- Episode 3x06: Middlegame (Feb 16, 2014)
- Episode 3x05: Soldiers (Feb 9, 2014)
- Episode 3x04: Associates (Feb 2, 2014)
- Episode 3x03: Boom (Jan 26, 2014)
- Episode 3x02: Power (Jan 19, 2014)
- Episode 3x01: Wreckage (Jan 12, 2014)
- Episode 2x12: Til Death Do Us Part (Apr 7, 2013)
- Episode 2x11: Hostile Takeover (Mar 31, 2013)
- Episode 2x10: Exit Strategy (Mar 24, 2013)
- Episode 2x09: Liability (Mar 17, 2013)
- Episode 2x08: Wonders of the World (Mar 10, 2013)
- Episode 2x07: The Runner Stumbles (Mar 3, 2013)
- Episode 2x06: Family Values (Feb 24, 2013)
- Episode 2x05: Sincerity is an Easy Disguise in This Business (Feb 17, 2013)
- Episode 2x03: Man-date (Jan 27, 2013)
- Episode 1x12: The Mayan Apocalypse (Apr 1, 2012)
- Episode 1x11: Business (Mar 25, 2012)
- Episode 1x09: Ouroboros (Mar 11, 2012)
- Episode 1x07: Bareback Town (Feb 19, 2012)
- Episode 1x06: Our Descent Into Los Angeles (Feb 12, 2012)
- Episode 1x05: Utah (Feb 5, 2012)
- Episode 1x04: Mini-Mogul (Jan 29, 2012)
- Episode 1x03: Microphallus (Jan 22, 2012)
- Episode 1x02: Amsterdam (Jan 15, 2012)
- Episode 1x01: Gods of Dangerous Financial Instruments (Jan 8, 2012)
NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
Guest starring as James Pierce
- Episode 4x05: Out of the Past (Oct 30, 2012)
The Wire (2002)
Starring as Mayor Clarence V. Royce
(7 episodes)
- Episode 4x07: Unto Others (Oct 29, 2006)
- Episode 4x06: Margin of Error (Oct 15, 2006)
- Episode 4x05: Alliances (Oct 8, 2006)
- Episode 4x04: Refugees (Oct 1, 2006)
- Episode 4x03: Home Room (Sep 24, 2006)
- Episode 4x02: Soft Eyes (Sep 17, 2006)
- Episode 4x01: Boys of Summer (Sep 10, 2006)
Guest starring as Mayor Clarence V. Royce
(9 episodes)
- Episode 5x05: React Quotes (Feb 3, 2008)
- Episode 3x12: Mission Accomplished (Dec 19, 2004)
- Episode 3x11: Middle Ground (Dec 12, 2004) [Co-Star]
- Episode 3x10: Reformation (Nov 28, 2004) [Co-Star]
- Episode 3x07: Back Burners (Nov 7, 2004)
- Episode 3x06: Homecoming (Oct 31, 2004)
- Episode 3x05: Straight and True (Oct 17, 2004)
- Episode 3x03: Dead Soldiers (Oct 3, 2004)
- Episode 3x01: Time After Time (Sep 19, 2004)
The Bernie Mac Show (2001)
Guest starring as Carl
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x06: Who Gives This Bride (Jan 14, 2005)
- Episode 3x08: Family Reunion (Feb 8, 2004)
Big Apple (2001)
Starring as Ted Olsen
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Episode 8 (Apr 19, 2001)
- Episode 1x07: Episode 7 (Apr 12, 2001)
- Episode 1x06: Follow the Blender (Apr 5, 2001)
- Episode 1x05: A Ministering Angel (Mar 29, 2001)
- Episode 1x04: A Passport to the Universe (Mar 21, 2001)
- Episode 1x03: No Good Deed (Mar 14, 2001)
- Episode 1x02: Best Laid Plans (Mar 8, 2001)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Mar 1, 2001)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Guest starring as Dr. Young
- Episode 7x12: Infected (Jan 3, 2006) [Special Guest Star]
The Magnificent Seven (1998)
Guest starring as Achilles Thompson
- Episode 2x09: Achilles (Jul 16, 1999)
Guest starring as Hector Thompson
- Episode 2x09: Achilles (Jul 16, 1999)
A Different World (1987)
Starring as Col. Bradford Taylor
(53 episodes)
- Episode 6x19: Lean on Me (May 27, 1993)
- Episode 6x18: When One Door Closes...: Part 2 (May 8, 1993)
- Episode 6x15: Happy Birthday to Moi (Jan 14, 1993)
- Episode 6x11: Original Teacher (Nov 19, 1992)
- Episode 6x07: The Little Mister (Oct 29, 1992)
- Episode 6x05: Really Gross Anatomy (Oct 22, 1992)
- Episode 6x02: Honeymoon in L.A.: Part 2 (Oct 1, 1992)
- Episode 6x01: Honeymoon in L.A.: Part 1 (Sep 24, 1992)
- Episode 5x25: Save the Best for Last: Part 2 (May 14, 1992)
- Episode 5x24: Save the Best for Last: Part 1 (May 14, 1992)
- Episode 5x23: Special Delivery (May 7, 1992)
- Episode 5x16: Bedroom at the Top (Jan 30, 1992)
- Episode 5x12: Twelve Steps of Christmas (Dec 19, 1991)
- Episode 5x10: Do You Take This Woman? (Nov 21, 1991)
- Episode 5x07: Baby, I'm a Star (Oct 31, 1991)
- Episode 5x05: In the Eye of the Storm (Oct 17, 1991)
- Episode 5x04: Almost Working Girl (Oct 10, 1991)
- Episode 5x03: Home is Where the Fire Is (Oct 3, 1991)
- Episode 5x02: The Dwayne Mutiny (Sep 26, 1991)
- Episode 5x01: We've Only Just Begun (Sep 19, 1991)
- Episode 4x24: Never Can Say Goodbye (Apr 25, 1991)
- Episode 4x22: Monet is the Root of All Evil (Apr 4, 1991)
- Episode 4x18: The Cash Isn't Always Greener (Mar 7, 1991)
- Episode 4x16: A Word in Edgewise (Feb 21, 1991)
- Episode 4x15: Love, Hillman-Style (Feb 14, 1991)
- Episode 4x14: Risk Around the Dollar (Feb 7, 1991)
- Episode 4x12: War and Peace (Jan 10, 1991)
- Episode 4x10: The Apple Doesn't Fall (Dec 6, 1990)
- Episode 4x06: Tales from the Exam Zone (Oct 25, 1990)
- Episode 4x03: Blues for Nobody's Child (Oct 4, 1990)
- Episode 4x01: Everything Must Change (Sep 20, 1990)
- Episode 3x25: Perhaps Love (May 5, 1990)
- Episode 3x22: Soldier Boy (Apr 5, 1990)
- Episode 3x18: A Camp Fire Story (Mar 1, 1990)
- Episode 3x14: Pride and Prejudice (Jan 25, 1990)
- Episode 3x12: Here's to Old Friends (Jan 11, 1990)
- Episode 3x10: For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls (Dec 21, 1989)
- Episode 3x08: Great Expectations (Nov 30, 1989)
- Episode 3x07: Wedding Bells from Hell (Nov 16, 1989)
- Episode 3x06: Delusions of Daddyhood (Nov 9, 1989)
- Episode 3x04: To Have and Have Not (Oct 26, 1989)
- Episode 3x03: The Hat Makes the Man (Oct 19, 1989)
- Episode 3x02: The Heat is On (Oct 12, 1989)
- Episode 2x22: There's No Place Like Home (May 4, 1989)
- Episode 2x21: Citizen Wayne (Apr 27, 1989)
- Episode 2x19: Take This Job and Love It (Mar 23, 1989)
- Episode 2x17: The Thing About Women (Mar 9, 1989)
- Episode 2x15: For She's Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage (Feb 23, 1989)
- Episode 2x14: Breaking Up is Hard to Do (Feb 9, 1989)
- Episode 2x10: Radio Free Hillman (Jan 5, 1989)
- Episode 2x08: Life with Father (Dec 8, 1988)
- Episode 2x06: If You Like Pilgrim Coladas (Nov 17, 1988)
- Episode 2x01: Dr. War Is Hell (Oct 6, 1988)
Matlock (1986)
Guest starring as Maj. Dennis Orlando
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x18: The Court-Martial (Feb 24, 1987) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x17: The Court-Martial (Feb 17, 1987) [Special Guest Star]
The Twilight Zone (1985)
Guest starring as Billy Kinetta
- Episode 1x17: Paladin of the Lost Hour (Nov 8, 1985)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Guest starring as Ben Coleman
- Episode 1x13: Murder To A Jazz Beat (Feb 3, 1985)
Guest starring as Stan Lassiter
- Episode 3x07: Deadline For Murder (Nov 16, 1986)
Guest starring as Earl Browder
- Episode 6x05: Jack And Bill (Oct 29, 1989)
Riptide (1984)
Guest starring as Tyrone Diamond
- Episode 2x12: Prisoner of War (Jan 15, 1985) [Special Guest Star]
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
Guest starring as Captain Le Clerc
- Episode 2x15: The Devil in the Deep Blue Sea (Feb 24, 1982)
The Love Boat (1977)
Guest starring as Tyrone
- Episode 7x21: Ace's Valet / Mother Comes First / Hit or Miss America (Feb 25, 1984)
Fantasy Island (1977)
Guest starring as Joe Wilson
- Episode 7x21: Bojangles and the Dancer / Deuces Are Wild (May 12, 1984)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Guest starring as Harley Dartson
- Episode 6x07: Tricks Are Not Treats (Oct 23, 1973)