Glynn Turman

American actor

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Born 1947 · age 79United States

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    Born 1947
  • Known for
    Bumblebee
    2018
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Updated 2026-08-24

Glynn Turman is an American actor. First coming to attention as a child actor in the original 1959 Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun, Turman is known for his roles as Lew Miles on the prime-time soap opera Peyton Place (1968–1969), 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 (1988–1993), and Baltimore mayor Clarence Royce on the HBO drama series The Wire. He received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role on the HBO drama series In Treatment.

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  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
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Historical20.7
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Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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