Glynn E. Turman

Highest Rated:
85% Deep Cover (1992)
Lowest Rated:
23% The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Birthday:
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Birthplace:
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Bio:
African American character actor Glynn R. Turman was first introduced to the general public as Lew Miles, teen-aged son of Dr. Harry Miles (Percy Rodrigues) and his wife, Alma (Ruby Dee), during the 1968-1969 season of the prime-time TV soap opera Peyton Place. Turman went on to star as Chicago high…

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 23% - 85%
Number of Movies: 36
Box Office Since 2001: $300.0M
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2013 60% John Dies at the End
  • Detective
$0.1M
2012 The Obama Effect
  • Slim
$0.1M
2011 82% Super 8
  • Dr. Woodward
$127.0M
2010 For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
  • Actor
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2010 28% Takers
  • Chief Detective Duncan
$57.7M
2007 80% Kings of the Evening
  • Clarence
$98.7k
2006 City Teacher
  • Actor
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2005 39% Sahara
  • Dr. Frank Hopper
$68.6M
2001 Fire and Ice
  • Actor
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2000 Freedom Song
  • T-Bone Lanier
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2000 72% The Visit
  • Al Rheingold
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2000 41% Men of Honor
  • Chief Floyd
$46.2M
1999 38% Light It Up
  • Principal Armstrong
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1998 48% How Stella Got Her Groove Back
  • Dr. Shakespeare
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1997 Buffalo Soldiers
  • Actor
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1994 25% The Inkwell
  • Spencer Phillips
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1994 Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
  • Actor
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1992 85% Deep Cover
  • Russell Stevens Sr.
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1986 Out of Bounds
  • Lt. Delgado
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1984 83% Gremlins
  • Hanson
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1984 Secrets of a Married Man
  • Actor
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1982 Penitentiary 2
  • Charles
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1980 Attica
  • Raymond Franklin
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1978 Centennial
  • Nate Person
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1977 A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
  • Nigeria
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1977 23% The Serpent's Egg
  • Monroe
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1976 The River Niger
  • Jeff Williams
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1976 J.D.'s Revenge
  • Ike
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1975 80% Cooley High
  • Preach
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1975 Blue Knight
  • Actor
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1974 Thomasine and Bushrod
  • Jomo
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1974 Together Brothers
  • Dr. Johnson
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1974 43% The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
  • Actor
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1973 Five on the Black Hand Side
  • Gideon
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1971 In Search of America
  • Actor
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1969 Black Brigade
  • George Brightman
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Quotes from Glynn E. Turman's Characters

    1. Preach: We were friends, a long time ago. Laughin, rappin, chasin girls, obeying no laws, except the law of caring. Basketball days and high nights, no tomorrows, unable to remember yesterday. We live for today...
    From Cooley High. Submitted by Bobby S (13 months ago)
    1. Mr. Mason: Don't you ever want anything in this life, Preach?
    2. Preach: Yeah... I wanna live forever.
    From Cooley High. Submitted by Santiago S (14 months ago)
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