Actor
79 years old
Glynn Turman
New York City, New York, USA
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."... Read full bio →
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18 roles
80 for Brady
2023
The Way Back
2020
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020
Bumblebee
2018
Race
2016
Dakota's Summer
2014
John Dies at the End
2012
House of Lies
2012
Super 8
2011
Takers
2010
Burlesque
2010
Sahara
2005
Men of Honor
2000
Light It Up
1999
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
Deep Cover
1992
A Different World
1987
Out of Bounds
1985
Gremlins
1984
Penitentiary II
1982
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold
1978
The Serpent's Egg
1977
The River Niger
1976
J.D.'s Revenge
1976
Cooley High
1975
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
1974
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