Glynn Turman

What strikes me about Glynn Turman is the sheer length and range of his run. He started as a kid in the original 1959 Broadway staging of A Raisin in the Sun, then became the face of a generation with Cooley High in 1975, and was still pulling down a Primetime Emmy for guest acting in 2008. That's a career that quietly bridges Broadway, the New Wave of Black cinema, and modern prestige TV. I find character actors like him more interesting than headliners, honestly. He never seemed to chase the spotlight, just kept showing up and disappearing into roles that made the leads look better.

Name (English)

Glynn Turman

Name (Japanese)

グリン・ターマン

Reading

ぐりん・たーまん

Born

January 31, 1947 (age 79)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Boar

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

actor / stage actor / television actor / film actor

High school

Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School

Awards & achievements

• 2008 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
• Ovation Awards

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynn%20Turman
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1532531

Tags

• New York
• actor
• stage actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.