Glynn Turman: movies and TV shows
Glynn Turman has 144 credits in the archive: 84 films and 60 TV series, from 1966 to 2026. Highest rated: The Wire (8.6/10).
Career timeline
1966 – 2026 · busiest year: 2022 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | When They're Gone | Calvin “Cece” Carr | Film | — | 79 |
| 2026 | When They're Gone | Film | — | 79 | |
| 2025 | Paradise | Fred Collins | TV | 7.5 | 78 |
| 2025 | STRAW | Richard | Film | 7.7 | 78 |
| 2024 | The Big Cigar | Walter | TV | 5.3 | 77 |
| 2024 | Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 | Film | 7.0 | 77 | |
| 2024 | A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Self - Chiron | Film | 6.5 | 77 |
| 2023 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Mr. Brunner / Chiron | TV | 7.3 | 76 |
| 2023 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Chiron | TV | 7.3 | 76 |
| 2023 | 80 for Brady | Mickey | Film | 6.2 | 76 |
| 2023 | Outlaw Johnny Black | Bullseye Black | Film | 5.4 | 76 |
| 2023 | Rustin | A. Philip Randolph | Film | 6.5 | 76 |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities | Sheriff Nate Craven | TV | 7.5 | 75 |
| 2022 | The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder | Pa (voice) | TV | 5.3 | 75 |
| 2022 | Women of the Movement | Mose Wright | TV | 6.5 | 75 |
| 2022 | Is That Black Enough for You?!? | Self | Film | 6.2 | 75 |
| 2022 | The Devil You Know | Lloyd Cowans | Film | 6.7 | 75 |
| 2022 | Women of Theatre, New York | Film | — | 75 | |
| 2022 | The Legend of Glynn Turman | G.T. | Film | — | 75 |
| 2022 | The Legend of Glynn Turman | Film | — | 75 | |
| 2021 | Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist | Self | Film | 8.0 | 74 |
| 2020 | FBI: Most Wanted | Terry Daniels | TV | 7.6 | 73 |
| 2020 | Power Book II: Ghost | Gabriel | TV | 8.2 | 73 |
| 2020 | The Way Back | Doc | Film | 6.6 | 73 |
| 2020 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Toledo | Film | 6.6 | 73 |
| 2020 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen | Self - Presenter | Film | 6.2 | 73 |
| 2019 | Sextuplets | Leland | Film | 6.2 | 72 |
| 2019 | The Red Line | Nathan Gordon | TV | 7.1 | 72 |
| 2019 | Windows on the World | Lou | Film | 3.3 | 72 |
| 2019 | Justine | Papa Don | Film | 6.4 | 72 |
| 2019 | Justine | Film | 6.4 | 72 | |
| 2018 | The Neighborhood | Otis | TV | 7.6 | 71 |
| 2018 | Bumblebee | General Whalen | Film | 6.7 | 71 |
| 2018 | Solace | Clay (Pastor Davis) | Film | 4.7 | 71 |
| 2017 | American Gods | Reverend Hutchins | TV | 7.1 | 70 |
| 2017 | Mr. Mercedes | Judge Bernard Raines | TV | 7.2 | 70 |
| 2017 | August 28: A Day in the Life of a People | Film | 1.0 | 70 | |
| 2017 | Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart | Self | Film | 6.2 | 70 |
| 2017 | The Killing Floor | Self | Film | — | 70 |
| 2016 | Graves | TV | 5.0 | 69 | |
| 2016 | Race | Harry E. Davis | Film | 7.3 | 69 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV | 5.1 | 67 |
| 2014 | Fargo | Doctor Senator | TV | 8.3 | 67 |
| 2014 | How to Get Away with Murder | Nathaniel Lahey | TV | 7.8 | 67 |
| 2014 | black-ish | Billy Blade | TV | 7.1 | 67 |
| 2014 | Dakota's Summer | Isaac Benson | Film | 6.4 | 67 |
| 2013 | John Dies at the End | Detective Lawrence 'Morgan Freeman' Appleton | Film | 6.3 | 66 |
| 2013 | Act Like You Love Me | David Lofton | Film | 5.4 | 66 |
| 2012 | Revolution | David Kipling | TV | 6.4 | 65 |
| 2012 | House of Lies | Jeremiah Kaan | TV | 6.6 | 65 |
| 2012 | Alcatraz | Emmitt Little | TV | 6.3 | 65 |
| 2012 | City Teacher | Kevin Sawyer | Film | — | 65 |
| 2012 | The Obama Effect | Slim Sugar | Film | 2.5 | 65 |
| 2012 | House of Lies: Fridays at Galweather | TV | — | 65 | |
| 2012 | The Pastor's Secret | Film | — | 65 | |
| 2011 | Suits | Vic | TV | 8.2 | 64 |
| 2011 | Super 8 | Dr. Woodward | Film | 6.8 | 64 |
| 2010 | The Defenders | Judge Bob Owens | TV | 7.2 | 63 |
| 2010 | Takers | Chief Detective Duncan | Film | 6.3 | 63 |
| 2010 | Burlesque | Harold Saint | Film | 7.2 | 63 |
| 2009 | NCIS: Los Angeles | James Pierce | TV | 7.5 | 62 |
| 2009 | FlashForward | Senator Noland | TV | 7.0 | 62 |
| 2009 | Preaching To The Pastor | Bishop Hightower | Film | 1.0 | 62 |
| 2008 | In Treatment | Alex Prince, Sr. | TV | 7.6 | 61 |
| 2008 | Kings of the Evening | Clarence Brown | Film | — | 61 |
| 2008 | Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery | Sheriff Bob Monroe | Film | 6.7 | 61 |
| 2007 | Uncle P | Dr. Niles | Film | 5.4 | 60 |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | Charles Johnson | TV | 8.3 | 58 |
| 2005 | Sahara | Dr. Frank Hopper | Film | 5.9 | 58 |
| 2004 | The Seat Filler | Derrick's Dad | Film | 4.6 | 57 |
| 2002 | The Wire | Clarence Royce | TV | 8.6 | 55 |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Roy Hines | TV | 7.6 | 54 |
| 2001 | Scrubs | George | TV | 8.1 | 54 |
| 2001 | The Bernie Mac Show | Carl | TV | 6.6 | 54 |
| 2001 | Big Apple | Ted Olsen | TV | 8.0 | 54 |
| 2001 | Air Rage | Ted Bigelow | Film | 5.5 | 54 |
| 2001 | The Visit | Parole Board Member Reingold | Film | 7.9 | 54 |
| 2001 | Fire & Ice | Robert Aimes Sr. | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 2000 | Men of Honor | Chief Floyd | Film | 7.5 | 53 |
| 2000 | Freedom Song | T-Bone Lanier | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Young | TV | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1999 | Light It Up | Principal Allan Armstrong | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1998 | The Magnificent Seven | Achilles Thompson/Hector Thompson | TV | 6.6 | 51 |
| 1998 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Dr. Shakespeare | Film | 5.8 | 51 |
| 1997 | Buffalo Soldiers | Sgt. Joshua 'Joyu' Judges Ruth | Film | 5.6 | 50 |
| 1996 | Millennium | James Glen | TV | 7.7 | 49 |
| 1996 | Subterfuge | Stallworth Hubbs | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1996 | Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault | Coach Powell | Film | 7.1 | 49 |
| 1996 | Homeboys in Outer Space | TV | 7.3 | 49 | |
| 1995 | The Wayans Bros. | TV | 7.2 | 48 | |
| 1995 | The Parent 'Hood | TV | 7.3 | 48 | |
| 1994 | ER | Mr. Holmes | TV | 7.8 | 47 |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Sheriff Ernie Guthrie | TV | 7.2 | 47 |
| 1994 | Someone Else's Child | Judge Roullard | Film | 4.0 | 47 |
| 1994 | The Inkwell | Spencer Phillips | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1992 | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | TV | 6.7 | 45 | |
| 1992 | Deep Cover | Russell Stevens Sr. | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1988 | Freddy's Nightmares | Dr. Redman | TV | 7.2 | 41 |
| 1987 | A Different World | Colonel Brad Taylor | TV | 7.1 | 40 |
| 1987 | A Different World | TV | 7.1 | 40 | |
| 1986 | Matlock | Dennis Orlando | TV | 7.1 | 39 |
| 1986 | Out of Bounds | Lieutenant Delgado | Film | 5.4 | 39 |
| 1986 | Ask Max | Lloyd Lyman | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour") | TV | 7.7 | 38 |
| 1985 | Hail to the Chief | Secretary of State LaRue Hawkins | TV | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1985 | Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom | Joshua | Film | — | 38 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Stan Lassiter | TV | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Earl Browder | TV | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Ben Coleman | TV | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1984 | Gremlins | Roy Hanson | Film | 7.1 | 37 |
| 1984 | Hot Pursuit | Mitch Simpson | TV | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1984 | Secrets of a Married Man | Jesse | Film | 3.0 | 37 |
| 1983 | The Grand Baby | Film | 5.5 | 36 | |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Joshua | TV | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Norman Powell | TV | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1982 | Penitentiary II | Charles Johnson | Film | 4.4 | 35 |
| 1981 | Dynasty | TV | 6.5 | 34 | |
| 1981 | Thornwell | James Thornwell | Film | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1980 | Attica | Raymond Franklin | Film | 5.7 | 33 |
| 1978 | Centennial | Nate Person | TV | 7.7 | 31 |
| 1978 | The Paper Chase | TV | 7.6 | 31 | |
| 1978 | Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold | Preston de Cordiva | Film | 4.6 | 31 |
| 1977 | The Serpent's Egg | Monroe | Film | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1977 | A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich | Nigeria | Film | 5.9 | 30 |
| 1977 | The Richard Pryor Special? | Booster Johnson | Film | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1977 | Minstrel Man | Harry Brown Jr. | Film | — | 30 |
| 1976 | The Tony Randall Show | TV | 6.4 | 29 | |
| 1976 | The River Niger | Jeff Williams | Film | 7.4 | 29 |
| 1976 | J.D.'s Revenge | Isaac / 'Ike' | Film | 5.9 | 29 |
| 1976 | The Tapestry | Film | 6.0 | 29 | |
| 1975 | The Blue Knight | Edwin Beall | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1975 | Cooley High | Leroy "Preach" Jackson | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1975 | Carter's Army | Pvt. George Brightman | Film | 4.4 | 28 |
| 1975 | Ceremonies in Dark Old Men | Theo | Film | 10.0 | 28 |
| 1974 | Thomasine & Bushrod | Jomo J. Anderson | Film | 6.3 | 27 |
| 1974 | Together Brothers | Dr. Johnson | Film | 4.8 | 27 |
| 1974 | The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat | (voice) | Film | 5.1 | 27 |
| 1973 | Five on the Black Hand Side | Gideon | Film | 7.2 | 26 |
| 1972 | AWOL | Mohammed G. | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1971 | Honky | Sailor at Bus Station | Film | 5.0 | 24 |
| 1971 | In Search of America | Bodhi | Film | 5.3 | 24 |
| 1969 | Room 222 | TV | 6.1 | 22 | |
| 1966 | CBS Playhouse | Jackson | TV | 7.0 | 19 |
| You Look Familiar: Vernée Watson | Film | 10.0 | — |