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Filmography

Kings of the Evening - ( Clarence Brown / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Sahara - ( Dr. Hopper / 2005 / Released / )
Men of Honor - ( Chief Floyd / 2000 / Released / )
The Visit - ( Al Rheingold / 2000 / Released / )
Light It Up - ( Principal Armstrong / 1999 / Released / )
How Stella Got Her Groove Back - ( Doctor Shakespeare / 1998 / Released / )
Buffalo Soldiers - ( Director / 1995 / Released / )
Buffalo Soldiers - ( / 1995 / Released / )
The Inkwell - ( Spencer Phillips / 1994 / Released / )
Deep Cover - ( Russell Stevens Sr / 1992 / Released / Alliance Releasing )
Stickin' Together - ( Music / 1992 / Released / )
Out of Bounds - ( Lieutenant Delgado / 1986 / Released / )
Gremlins - ( Roy Hanson / 1984 / Released / Columbia-EMI-Warner )
Penitentiary II - ( Charles / 1981 / Released / MGM Distribution Company )
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich - ( Nigeria / 1978 / Released / )
The Serpent's Egg - ( Monroe / 1977 / Released / Fox Stockholm )
J.D.'s Revenge - ( Ike / 1976 / Released / AIP )
Cooley High - ( Robert "Preach" Morris / 1975 / Released / )
The River Niger - ( Jeff Williams / 1975 / Released / )
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat - ( / 1974 / Released / AIP )
Thomasine & Bushrod - ( Jomo / 1974 / Released / )
Together Brothers - ( Dr Johnson / 1974 / Released / )
Five on the Black Hand Side - ( Gideon / 1973 / Released / )
A.W.O.L. - ( Clarence / 1972 / Released / PG Linden )
The Seat Filler - ( Derrick's Dad / / Released / )
TV Credits
All of Us ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
My Two Dads ( 2006 )
TV Episode Cast

Like Father, Like Son... Like Hell! ( 2006 )
TV Episode Cast

The Courtship of Robert's Father ( 2006 )
TV Episode Cast

The Wire ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
React Quotes ( 2008 )
TV Episode Mayor Clarence Royce

Final Grades ( 2006 )
TV Episode Mayor Clarence Royce

That's Got This Own ( 2006 )
TV Episode Mayor Clarence Royce

A New Day ( 2006 )
TV Episode Mayor Clarence Royce

Misgivings ( 2006 )
TV Episode Mayor Clarence Royce

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Big Apple ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Fire & Ice ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Law & Order: Criminal Intent ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
The Bernie Mac Show ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Who Gives This Bride ( 2005 )
TV Episode Carl

Family Reunion ( 2004 )
TV Episode Carl

Freedom Song ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
Resurrection Blvd. ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
Resurección ( 2002 )
TV Episode Bobby Davis

Verguenza ( 2002 )
TV Episode Bobby Davis

Tristeza ( 2002 )
TV Episode Bobby Davis

Esperando Lagrimas ( 2002 )
TV Episode Bobby Davis

En un Momento ( 2002 )
TV Episode Bobby Davis

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Buffalo Soldiers (TNT) ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
Homeboys in Outer Space ( 1996 / Released ): Director
Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault ( 1996 / Released ): Actor
JAG ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
Someone Else's Child ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
Storytime ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
The 7th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
J.J. Starbuck ( 1987 / Released ): Actor
NBC Presents the AFI Comedy Special ( 1987 / Released ): Actor
The Doctors Wilde ( 1987 / Released ): Actor
Ask Max ( 1986 / Released ): Actor
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom ( 1985 / Released ): Actor
Hail to the Chief ( 1985 / Released ): Actor
Poor Richard ( 1984 / Released ): Actor
Secrets of a Married Man ( 1984 / Released ): Actor
Manimal ( 1983 / Released ): Actor
Cass Malloy ( 1982 / Released ): Actor
Thornwell ( 1981 / Released ): Actor
Attica ( 1980 / Released ): Actor
Centennial ( 1978 / Released ): Actor
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold ( 1978 / Released ): Actor
The Rag Tag Champs ( 1978 / Released ): Actor
Minstrel Man ( 1977 / Released ): Actor
The Richard Pryor Special? ( 1977 / Released ): Actor
The Blue Knight ( 1975 / Released ): Actor
In Search of America ( 1971 / Released ): Actor
Carter's Army ( 1970 / Released ): Actor
Peyton Place ( 1964 / Released ): Actor
A Different World ( Released ): Director / Actor
Murder, She Wrote ( Released ): Actor
The Magnificent Seven ( Released ): Actor
The Wayans Bros ( Released ): Director
Touched By an Angel ( Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)


Profession(s):
Actor
Sometimes Credited As:
Glynn Russell Turman
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Family
wife:Aretha Franklin (Married from 1978-1984)
wife:Jo-An Turman (Married in the late 1980's)
Milestones (Back to top)
2008 Earned an Emmy nomination for his guest-starring role as Blair Underwood's father on HBO's "In Treatment"
2005 Cast opposite Matthew McConaughey and Penélope Cruz in "Sahara"
2004 - 2008 Portrayed Mayor Clarence V. Royce on the HBO series "The Wire"
2001 Had regular role on the CBS police drama "Big Apple"
2000 - 2002 Cast as Bobby Davis in the Showtime drama "Resurrection Blvd"
1998 Portrayed Taye Diggs' father in "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"
1988 - 1993 Played Colonel 'Dr. War' Taylor in the popular Cosby Show spin-off, "A Different World" (NBC)
1987 Cast as Secretary of State LaRue Hawkes in the comedy "Hail to the Chief" (ABC)
1981 Played the title role in the TV-movie "Thornwell"
1975 Starred as a Chicago high school Preacher in the the sleeper "Cooley High"
1968 Cast as the teen-aged son of Dr. Harry Miles (Percy Rodriguez) and his wife Alma (Ruby Dee) on "Peyton Place" (ABC)
1959 Broadway debut as 12-year-old son of Sidney Poitier in "Raisin in the Sun"

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