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Glynn Turman is a Actor American born on 31 january 1947 at New York City (USA)

Glynn Turman

Glynn Turman
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Birth name Glynn Russell Turman
Nationality USA
Birth 31 january 1947 (77 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Primetime Emmy Award

Glynn Russell Turman (born January 31, 1947) is an American stage, television, and film actor as well as a writer, director, and producer. He is known for his roles as 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, and fictional Baltimore mayor Clarence Royce on the HBO drama series The Wire. Glynn is recently playing Jeremiah Kaan on the Showtime series House of Lies.

Biography

Turman was born in New York, New York, in 1947. According to a DNA analysis, he shares maternal ancestry with the Edo people of Nigeria.

Turman was married to Ula M. Walker, from 1965 to 1971. From 1978 to 1984, Turman was married to Aretha Franklin. Since 1992, he has been married to Jo-An Allen Turman.

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Filmography of Glynn Turman (37 films)

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Actor

Bumblebee
Bumblebee (2018)
, 1h54
Directed by Travis Knight
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Jeu, Films about toys, Robot films
Actors Hailee Steinfeld, Dylan O'Brien, John Cena, Angela Bassett, Justin Theroux, Rachel Crow
Roles General Whalen
Rating67% 3.350363.350363.350363.350363.35036
En 1987, dans une ville balnéaire californienne. Alors que la guerre a pris une tournure critique sur la planète Cybertron, l'Autobot B-127 est envoyé sur Terre par son chef Optimus Prime afin de préparer un refuge et de protéger les humains d'une éventuelle attaque de leurs ennemis, les Decepticons. Fortement endommagé et son synthétiseur vocal détruit au cours d'un combat contre Blitzwing, B-127 échappe à une troupe militaire et échoue sur une plage, où il se transforme en Volkswagen Coccinelle jaune, avant de se désactiver.
Race
Race (2016)
, 2h14
Directed by Stephen Hopkins
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Historical
Themes Sports films, Athletics films, Films about the Olympic Games, Political films
Actors Jason Sudeikis, Stephan James, Jeremy Irons, William Hurt, Carice van Houten, Amanda Crew
Rating71% 3.55253.55253.55253.55253.5525
Track and field star Jesse Owens overcomes adversity to win four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.
Dakota's Summer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Haley Ramm, Keith Carradine, Emily Bett Rickards, Jade Pettyjohn, Marin Hinkle, Julie Ann Emery
Roles Issac
Rating56% 2.82172.82172.82172.82172.8217
Dakota est une jeune adolescente de 18 ans qui pratique le rodéo dans une troupe de spectacles "Les SweetHearts". Après avoir appris qu'elle est une enfant adoptée, elle change de vie pour partir dans le ranch de son grand-père. A la recherche de ses parents et au contact d'enfants "difficiles", elle se découvre une nouvelle vie.
John Dies at the End, 1h39
Directed by Don Coscarelli
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Comedy horror films, Alternate history films
Actors Paul Giamatti, Clancy Brown, Chase Williamson, Glynn Turman, Rob Mayes, Daniel Roebuck
Roles Detective Lawrence 'Morgan Freeman' Appleton
Rating62% 3.149953.149953.149953.149953.14995
Slacker David Wong beheads a zombie skinhead with an axe and asks whether an axe that had its handle and head replaced over time is still the same axe. David next appears in a restaurant and recounts his story to reporter Arnie Blondestone. When David claims to have psychic powers, Arnie reacts skeptically but listens to a story about how David and his friend John try to help a woman harassed by her dead boyfriend. When they realize that they're perceiving her differently, she explodes into snakes and reforms into a monster made of frozen meat. The monster demands a showdown with its nemesis, TV infomercial psychic Albert Marconi, who destroys it over the telephone.
Super 8
Super 8 (2011)
, 1h52
Directed by J. J. Abrams
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Films about films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Riley Griffiths, Ryan Lee, Ron Eldard
Roles Dr. Woodward
Rating69% 3.497963.497963.497963.497963.49796
In 1979, Deputy Sheriff Jack Lamb (Kyle Chandler) of Lillian, Ohio, and his 14-year-old son Joe (Joel Courtney), mourn the death of his mother Elizabeth (Caitriona Balfe) in a steel mill accident. Jack blames her co-worker, Louis Dainard (Ron Eldard), as she was covering his shift while he recovered from a hangover.
Burlesque
Burlesque (2010)
, 1h59
Directed by Steve Antin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Cher, Christina Aguilera, Eric Dane, Cam Gigandet, Kristen Bell, Julianne Hough
Roles Harold Saint
Rating64% 3.2089553.2089553.2089553.2089553.208955
Ali Rose (Aguilera) moves to Los Angeles after she quits her bar job when her boss refuses to pay her. Once in L.A., she tries and fails at every audition she does until one night, she finds herself unknowingly in a burlesque club when she hears the music on the street. She finds Tess (Cher) and the dancers performing “Welcome to Burlesque” and decides to pursue a career on stage once she meets Jack (Gigandet). Jack refers her to Tess for an audition, but is rejected instantly and ushered out by Sean (Tucci). Instead of leaving, Ali begins serving customers at the club as a waitress, while Tess and Sean observe with Jack asking Tess to give Ali a chance.
Takers
Takers (2010)
, 1h47
Directed by John Luessenhop
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Matt Dillon, Paul Walker, Idris Elba, Jay Hernández, Michael Ealy, T.I.
Roles Chief Detective Duncan
Rating62% 3.1000553.1000553.1000553.1000553.100055
Two detectives, Jack Welles (Matt Dillon) and Eddie Hatcher (Jay Hernandez), investigate a daring heist by a group of well-organized bank robbers. The crew, led by Gordon Cozier (Idris Elba), consists of John (Paul Walker), A.J. (Hayden Christensen), and brothers Jake (Michael Ealy) and Jesse (Chris Brown) Attica. The crew is without a former member, Ghost (T.I.), who was caught during a previous robbery 5 years ago. In his absence, Jake has begun a relationship with his former girlfriend Lilly (Zoe Saldana), who has accepted his proposal.
Sahara
Sahara (2005)
, 2h4
Directed by Breck Eisner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Buddy films
Actors Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penélope Cruz, William H. Macy, Lambert Wilson, Rainn Wilson
Roles Dr. Frank Hopper
Rating59% 2.9993652.9993652.9993652.9993652.999365
The film begins with a prologue set in Richmond, Virginia in 1865, showing the ironclad CSS Texas, carrying the last of the Confederacy's treasury, as Captain Mason Tombs tries to run a Union blockade.
The Seat Filler, 1h30
Directed by Nick Castle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Duane Martin, Kelly Rowland, DeRay Davis, Curtis Armstrong, Kyla Pratt, Mel B
Roles Derrick's Dad
Rating54% 2.7006152.7006152.7006152.7006152.700615
Derrick, an aspiring lawyer who is studying for the bar exam, struggles to keep his head above water financially. His best friend and roommate E.J. suggests Derrick join him at his job as a seat filler at awards shows. When seat filling at the Video Beat awards gala, Derrick meets popular R&B singer Jhnelle, who mistakes him for a regular guest. Believing that he is Alonzo Grant, entertainment lawyer to the stars, Jhnelle asks Derrick out on a date.
The Visit
The Visit (2001)
, 1h47
Genres Drama
Actors Hill Harper, Billy Dee Williams, Obba Babatundé, Rae Dawn Chong, Marla Gibbs, Phylicia Rashād
Roles Parole Board Member Reingold
Rating62% 3.149873.149873.149873.149873.14987
Envoyé en prison pour un viol qu'il n'a peut-être pas commis, Alex revient sur sa vie et doit faire face à ses démons. A-t-il toujours bien agi avec ses proches ? Lors des fréquentes visites de sa famille, déchirée entre la défiance et l'amour qu'elle lui porte, il cherche sa rédemption...
Men of Honor, 2h8
Directed by George Tillman Jr., George Tillman, Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about disabilities, Children's films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding Jr., Charlize Theron, Chris Warren Jr., Glynn Turman, Aunjanue Ellis
Roles Chief Floyd
Rating72% 3.602243.602243.602243.602243.60224
Carl Brashear (Gooding, Jr.) leaves his native Kentucky and the life of a sharecropper in 1948 by joining the United States Navy. As a crew member of the salvage ship USS Hoist, where he is assigned to the galley, he is inspired by the bravery of one of the divers, Master Chief Petty Officer Leslie William "Billy" Sunday (De Niro). He is determined to overcome racism and become the first black American Navy diver, even proclaiming that he will become a master diver. He eventually is selected to attend Diving and Salvage School in Bayonne, New Jersey, where he arrives as a boatswain's mate second class. He finds that Master Chief Sunday is the leading chief petty officer and head instructor, who is under orders from the school's eccentric, bigoted commanding officer to ensure that Brashear fails.
Freedom Song, 1h52
Directed by Phil Alden Robinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Vicellous Reon Shannon, Danny Glover, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Loretta Devine, Glynn Turman, Stan Shaw
Roles T-Bone Lanier
Rating72% 3.639523.639523.639523.639523.63952
Freedom Song is told in flashbacks from the perspective of Owen Walker, a high school student in the fictional town of Quinlan, Mississippi in the mid-1960s. Growing up in an insulated black community, Owen is oblivious to the white supremacy that still reigned in his town until he has a run-in with racists at a local bus station. While waiting for the bus, five-year-old Owen wanders unknowingly into the "Whites Only" diner. His father, Will, soon follows quickly behind and is forced by white diner attendants to spank his son in public. Will later tells his son, "someday you'll be eating at this counter". But this scene of public humiliation leaves a lasting scar on their relationship.
Light It Up
Directed by Craig Bolotin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about education, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Gangster films, Films about school violence
Actors Usher, Forest Whitaker, Judd Nelson, Rosario Dawson, Robert Ri'chard, Sara Gilbert
Roles Principal Allan Armstrong
Rating60% 3.002033.002033.002033.002033.00203
The film starts off in an urban neighborhood in Queens, the events are narrated by Julius Zacharias 'Ziggy' Malone (Robert Ri'chard), who introduces his former classmates/friends at Lincoln High School: Lester DeWitt (Usher Raymond), who lost his father, hard-working student Stephanie Williams (Rosario Dawson), who is aiming high and yearns to leave Lincoln as soon as possible, gangster/thug Rodney J. Templeton (Fredro Starr) who gets into fights with other students; rebellious classmate Lynn Sabatini (Sara Gilbert) who is already a couple of months pregnant; and Robert Tremont a.k.a. "Rivers" (Clifton Collins, Jr.), a close friend of both Lester and Ziggy.
How Stella Got Her Groove Back, 2h4
Directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs, Whoopi Goldberg, Regina King, Suzzanne Douglas, Michael J. Pagan
Roles Dr. Shakespeare
Rating57% 2.8516152.8516152.8516152.8516152.851615
Stella Payne is a very successful 40-year-old stockbroker raising her son, Quincy, and living in Marin County, California, who is persuaded by her New York friend Delilah Abraham to take a well-deserved, first-class vacation to Montego Bay, Jamaica. As she soaks in the beauty of the island, she encounters a handsome young islander, Winston Shakespeare, who is twenty years younger. His pursuit of her turns into a blossoming romance that forces Stella to take personal inventory of her life and try to find a balance between her desire for love and companionship, and the responsibilities of mother and corporate executive.
Buffalo Soldiers
Directed by Charles Haid
Genres Drama, Historical, Western
Actors Danny Glover, Mykelti Williamson, Glynn Turman, Carl Lumbly, Lamont Bentley, Tom Bower
Roles Sgt. Joshua 'Joyu' Judges Ruth
Rating61% 3.094673.094673.094673.094673.09467
L'histoire de la traque d'un guerrier Apache nommé Vittorio, qui abattait sans scrupule les colons du Nouveau-Mexique.