Glynn Turman

Glynn Turman

Glynn Russell Turman is an American stage, television, and film actor as well as a writer, director, and producer. Turman had his first prominent acting role at the age of 12 as Travis Younger in the original Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun. In 2004, he joined the hit HBO series The Wire portraying the recurring role of Mayor Clarence Royce, becoming a full-time regular in 2006. In 2008, he won a Primetime Emmy award for his guest appearance on the HBO series In Treatment.

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Summary Glynn TurmanGlynn Russell Turman is an American stage, television, and film actor as well as a writer, director, and producer. Turman had his first prominent acting role at the age of 12 as Travis Younger in the original Broadway production of Lorraine Hansberry’s classic A Raisin in the Sun. He also directed several episodes of The Parent ‘Hood, Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, and The Wayans Bros, among others. In 2004, he joined the hit HBO series The Wire portraying the recurring role of Mayor Clarence Royce, becoming a full-time regular in 2006. In 2008, he won a Primetime Emmy award for his guest appearance on the HBO series In Treatment.

He is currently performing and producing a show, Movin’ Man, about his life and plans a book as well. He was almost cast for the role of Han Solo in Han Solo Star Wars, but the role was given to Han Solo Solo in a live-action version of the Star Wars movie Star Wars: The Last Jedi. He has also appeared in the ABC series Detroit 1-8-7-7 and the NBC series House of Lies, as a patient in the episode “My Last Words”. Turman has appeared in several films, including Penitentiary II, Gremlins, Deep Cover, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Sahara, Kings of the Evening, and Super 8.