Glynn Russell Turman is an American stage, television, and film actor as well as a writer, director, and producer. Turman is known for his roles as Lew Miles on the prime-time soap opera Peyton Place (1968–69), 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 (1988–93), and fictional Baltimore mayor Clarence Royce on the HBO drama series The Wire. He recently portrayed Jeremiah Kaan on the Showtime series House of Lies.
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Glynn Turman
Active - 1970 - Present |
Birth - Jan 31, 1947 |
Genres - Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Action-Adventure, Biography
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Subgenres - Biographical Film, Blaxploitation Film, Romantic Comedy, Sport Film, LGBT-Related Film
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Biographical Film, Blaxploitation Film, Romantic Comedy, Sport Film, LGBT-Related Film, Comedy Drama, Comedy Horror, Coming-Of-Age Fiction, Monster Film, Musical, Teen Film, Western Film, African- Biographical Dramas, Basketball, Black Comedy Film, Boxing Film, Buddy Film, Christmas Film, Epic Film, Female Buddy Film, Heist Film, Historical Film, Neo-Noir, Prison Film, Satire, Supernatural Horror Film, Techno-Thriller, Teen Drama, Traditionally Animated Film, Treasure Hunt Film