Glynn Turman

Glynn Russell Turman (born January 31, 1946) is an American stage, television, and film actor as well as a writer, director, and producer. He is perhaps best 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Carter's Army (1970)

A racist officer is put in charge of an all-black squad of troops charged with the mission of blowing up an important hydro-dam in Nazi Germany. Their failure would delay the Allies' advance into Germany, thus prolonging the war. These African-Americans have little ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George McCowan
CAST:  Stephen Boyd  •  Robert Hooks  •  Billy Dee Williams  •  Rosey Grier

A racist officer is put in charge of an all-black squad of troops charged with the mission of blowing up an important hydro-dam in Nazi Germany. Their failure would delay the Allies' advance into Germany, thus prolonging the war. These African-Americans have little ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George McCowan
CAST:  Stephen Boyd  •  Robert Hooks  •  Billy Dee Williams  •  Rosey Grier

Cooley High (1975)

In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they are falsely arrested in connection with stealing a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Schultz
CAST:  Glynn Turman  •  Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs  •  Garrett Morris  •  Cynthia Davis

In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they are falsely arrested in connection with stealing a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Schultz
CAST:  Glynn Turman  •  Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs  •  Garrett Morris  •  Cynthia Davis

Gremlins (1984)

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When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, and unleashes a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Dante
CAST:  Zach Galligan  •  Phoebe Cates  •  Hoyt Axton  •  Polly Holliday

When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, and unleashes a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Dante
CAST:  Zach Galligan  •  Phoebe Cates  •  Hoyt Axton  •  Polly Holliday

How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)

Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really live. But Delilah is about to change all that. What starts as a quick trip to Jamaica, end as an exhilarating voyage ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Rodney Sullivan
CAST:  Angela Bassett  •  Taye Diggs  •  Whoopi Goldberg  •  Regina King

Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really live. But Delilah is about to change all that. What starts as a quick trip to Jamaica, end as an exhilarating voyage ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Rodney Sullivan
CAST:  Angela Bassett  •  Taye Diggs  •  Whoopi Goldberg  •  Regina King

Out of Bounds (1986)

Farm boy Daryl Cage's parents ship him off to the big city to live with his brother, hoping he will have a better life there. After a baggage mixup at the airport, Daryl finds himself in possession of a drug cache, which a ruthless drug dealer wants back. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Tuggle
CAST:  Anthony Michael Hall  •  Glynn Turman  •  Jenny Wright  •  Jeff Kober

Farm boy Daryl Cage's parents ship him off to the big city to live with his brother, hoping he will have a better life there. After a baggage mixup at the airport, Daryl finds himself in possession of a drug cache, which a ruthless drug dealer wants back. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Tuggle
CAST:  Anthony Michael Hall  •  Glynn Turman  •  Jenny Wright  •  Jeff Kober

Sahara (2005)

Scouring the ocean depths for treasure-laden shipwrecks is business as usual for a thrill-seeking underwater adventurer and his wisecracking buddy. But when these two cross paths with a beautiful doctor, they find themselves on the ultimate treasure hunt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Breck Eisner
CAST:  Matthew McConaughey  •  Penélope Cruz  •  Steve Zahn  •  William H. Macy

Scouring the ocean depths for treasure-laden shipwrecks is business as usual for a thrill-seeking underwater adventurer and his wisecracking buddy. But when these two cross paths with a beautiful doctor, they find themselves on the ultimate treasure hunt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Breck Eisner
CAST:  Matthew McConaughey  •  Penélope Cruz  •  Steve Zahn  •  William H. Macy

The Inkwell (1994)

The Inkwell is about a 16-year-old boy coming of age on Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 1976.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matty Rich
CAST:  Larenz Tate  •  Joe Morton  •  Suzzanne Douglas  •  Glynn Turman

The Inkwell is about a 16-year-old boy coming of age on Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 1976.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matty Rich
CAST:  Larenz Tate  •  Joe Morton  •  Suzzanne Douglas  •  Glynn Turman

The Serpent's Egg (1977)

Berlin, 1923. Following the suicide of his brother, American circus acrobat Abel Rosenberg attempts to survive while facing unemployment, depression, alcoholism and the social decay of Germany during the Weimar Republic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ingmar Bergman
CAST:  David Carradine  •  Liv Ullmann  •  Heinz Bennent  •  Gert Fröbe

Berlin, 1923. Following the suicide of his brother, American circus acrobat Abel Rosenberg attempts to survive while facing unemployment, depression, alcoholism and the social decay of Germany during the Weimar Republic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ingmar Bergman
CAST:  David Carradine  •  Liv Ullmann  •  Heinz Bennent  •  Gert Fröbe

The Visit (2001)

A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jordan Walker-Pearlman
CAST:  Obba Babatundé  •  Charmin Lee White  •  Terrell Mitchell  •  Enoh Essien

A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jordan Walker-Pearlman
CAST:  Obba Babatundé  •  Charmin Lee White  •  Terrell Mitchell  •  Enoh Essien

Deep Cover (1992)

Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Duke
CAST:  Laurence Fishburne  •  Jeff Goldblum  •  Charles Martin Smith  •  Lira Angel

Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Duke
CAST:  Laurence Fishburne  •  Jeff Goldblum  •  Charles Martin Smith  •  Lira Angel

Men of Honor (2000)

Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming the Navy's first African-American master diver in this uplifting true story. Their relationship ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Tillman, Jr.
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  Cuba Gooding Jr.  •  Charlize Theron  •  Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming the Navy's first African-American master diver in this uplifting true story. Their relationship ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Tillman, Jr.
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  Cuba Gooding Jr.  •  Charlize Theron  •  Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

J.D.'s Revenge (1976)

Although notorious New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker is shot and killed in the 1940s, his spirit remains restless for three decades, until a hypnotist's supernatural nightclub act allows him to take over the body of a mild-mannered law student and seek revenge on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Marks
CAST:  Glynn Turman  •  Louis Gossett Jr.  •  Joan Pringle  •  Carl W. Crudup

Although notorious New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker is shot and killed in the 1940s, his spirit remains restless for three decades, until a hypnotist's supernatural nightclub act allows him to take over the body of a mild-mannered law student and seek revenge on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Marks
CAST:  Glynn Turman  •  Louis Gossett Jr.  •  Joan Pringle  •  Carl W. Crudup

Kings of the Evening (2008)

Homer Hobbs, home after two years in jail, discovers that life on the outside can be crueler than the back-breaking injustice of the chain gang...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew P. Jones
CAST:  Tyson Beckford  •  Lynn Whitfield  •  Glynn Turman  •  Linara Washington

Homer Hobbs, home after two years in jail, discovers that life on the outside can be crueler than the back-breaking injustice of the chain gang...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew P. Jones
CAST:  Tyson Beckford  •  Lynn Whitfield  •  Glynn Turman  •  Linara Washington

Air Rage (2001)

When a Marine Colonel orders his men to massacre a village they were sent to rescue some hostages but when they found them dead they decide to get some payback. Upon returning to the States the Colonel would be court-martialed and made a plea agreement wherein all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Olen Ray
CAST:  Ice-T  •  Cyril O'Reilly  •  Kimberly Oja  •  Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

When a Marine Colonel orders his men to massacre a village they were sent to rescue some hostages but when they found them dead they decide to get some payback. Upon returning to the States the Colonel would be court-martialed and made a plea agreement wherein all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Olen Ray
CAST:  Ice-T  •  Cyril O'Reilly  •  Kimberly Oja  •  Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

Freedom Song (2000)

Freedom Song (2000) is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of the Freedom ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Alden Robinson
CAST:  Danny Glover  •  Vondie Curtis-Hall  •  Loretta Devine  •  Vicellous Reon Shannon

Freedom Song (2000) is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of the Freedom ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Alden Robinson
CAST:  Danny Glover  •  Vondie Curtis-Hall  •  Loretta Devine  •  Vicellous Reon Shannon

Attica (1980)

Acclaimed dramatization recreating the incidents surrounding the 1971 revolt in New York's Attica State Prison that lasted for 23 days and resulted in the greatest casualty toll between Americans since the Civil War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marvin J. Chomsky
CAST:  Henry Darrow  •  Charles Durning  •  Morgan Freeman  •  David Harris

Acclaimed dramatization recreating the incidents surrounding the 1971 revolt in New York's Attica State Prison that lasted for 23 days and resulted in the greatest casualty toll between Americans since the Civil War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marvin J. Chomsky
CAST:  Henry Darrow  •  Charles Durning  •  Morgan Freeman  •  David Harris

Katie: Portrait of A Centerfold (1978)

A naive Texas beauty queen, seeking Hollywood stardom, quickly learns the realities of the business after attending an unethical modeling school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Greenwald
CAST:  Kim Basinger  •  Vivian Blaine  •  Fabian  •  Tab Hunter

A naive Texas beauty queen, seeking Hollywood stardom, quickly learns the realities of the business after attending an unethical modeling school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Greenwald
CAST:  Kim Basinger  •  Vivian Blaine  •  Fabian  •  Tab Hunter

John Dies at the End (2013)

A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is underway.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Coscarelli
CAST:  Chase Williamson  •  Rob Mayes  •  Paul Giamatti  •  Clancy Brown

A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is underway.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Coscarelli
CAST:  Chase Williamson  •  Rob Mayes  •  Paul Giamatti  •  Clancy Brown

Subterfuge (1996)

Scuba-diver turned beach-bum Jonathan Slade is forced back into his previous milieu - the world of international espionage - in order to retrieve Black Boxes from an American jetliner that crashed under mysterious circumstances into the Black Sea. With his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herb Freed
CAST:  Matt McColm  •  Amanda Pays  •  Jason Gould  •  Richard Brake

Scuba-diver turned beach-bum Jonathan Slade is forced back into his previous milieu - the world of international espionage - in order to retrieve Black Boxes from an American jetliner that crashed under mysterious circumstances into the Black Sea. With his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herb Freed
CAST:  Matt McColm  •  Amanda Pays  •  Jason Gould  •  Richard Brake

Murder 101: New Age (2008)

Criminology professor Jonathan Maxwell investigates a murder at a new age retreat where the leader is killed in a locked room surrounded by people in a deep trance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David S. Cass Sr.
CAST:  Dick Van Dyke  •  Barry Van Dyke  •  Shane van Dyke  •  Mia Cottet

Criminology professor Jonathan Maxwell investigates a murder at a new age retreat where the leader is killed in a locked room surrounded by people in a deep trance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David S. Cass Sr.
CAST:  Dick Van Dyke  •  Barry Van Dyke  •  Shane van Dyke  •  Mia Cottet
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