Glynn Turman Net Worth

What Is Glynn Turman's Net Worth?

Glynn Turman is an American actor, writer, director, and producer who has a net worth of $1.5 million. Glynn Turman began his professional acting career at 13, appearing opposite Sidney Poitier in "A Raisin in the Sun" on Broadway. He later appeared in a 1974 Broadway production of "What the Wine-Sellers Buy." Turman is known for roles such as Lew Miles on "Peyton Place" (1968–1969), Colonel Bradford Taylor on "A Different World" (1988–1993), Bobby Davis on "Resurrection Blvd." (2000–2002), Mayor Clarence V. Royce on "The Wire" (2004–2008), Jeremiah Kaan on "House of Lies" (2012–2016), and Nate Lahey Sr. on "How to Get Away with Murder" (2018–2019). He has more than 170 acting credits to his name, including the films "Cooley High" (1975), "Gremlins" (1984), "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" (1998), "Men of Honor" (2000), "Burlesque" (2010), "Super 8" (2011), "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" (2020), "80 for Brady" (2022), and "Rustin" (2023) and the television series "Big Apple" (2001), "All of Us" (2006), "In Treatment" (2008–2009), "The Defenders" (2010–2011), "Queen Sugar" (2016–2022), "The Red Line" (2019), "Claws" (2019), "Mr. Mercedes" (2019), "Fargo" (2020), and "Black Cake" (2023).

Glynn has also directed episodes of "Dynasty" (1983), "A Different World" (1991–1993), "The Parent 'Hood" (1995–1996), and "The Wayans Bros." (1996–1997), and "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper" (1997) as well as the "House of Lies: Fridays at Galweather" webisodes (2012). He has executive produced documentaries such as "The Robeson Effect" (2019), "King Arthur and the Count" (2020), and "A Lady Doctor" (2020), and he co-wrote the 2022 documentary "The Legend of Glynn Turman" with Juney Smith.

Early Life

Glynn Turman was born Glynn Russell Turman on January 31, 1947, in New York City. A DNA analysis has shown that he shares maternal ancestry with Nigeria's Edo people (also known as the Benin people). Glynn graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts in 1965.

Career

Turman made his Broadway debut in "A Raisin in the Sun" when he was just 12 years old, and after high school, he was an apprentice for repertory and regional theatre companies around the U.S. His performance in a 1974 Los Angeles production of "The Wine Sellers" earned him a Dramalogue Award and a Los Angeles Critics Award nomination. Later that year, Glynn starred in the Broadway production, which was titled "What the Wine-Sellers Buy." He first appeared on TV in a 1961 episode of "The Play of the Week," and from 1968 to 1969, he played Lew Miles on the ABC primetime soap opera "Peyton Place." Turman's first feature film was 1971's "Honky," and he followed it with "A.W.O.L." (1972), "Five on the Black Hand Side" (1973), "Thomasine & Bushrod" (1974), "Together Brothers" (1974), "Cooley High" (1975), "The River Niger" (1976), "J. D.'s Revenge" (1976), "The Serpent's Egg" (1977), and "A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich" (1978). He guest-starred on shows such as "Room 222" (1970–1971), "The Mod Squad" (1972), "The Doris Day Show" (1972), "Hawaii Five-O" (1973), "The Tony Randall Show" (1977), and "The Paper Chase" (1978), and he appeared in the 1978 miniseries "Centennial," which earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best TV-Series – Drama.

In the '80s, Glynn appeared in the films "Penitentiary II" (1982), "Gremlins" (1984), and "Out of Bounds" (1986), played the title role in the 1981 TV movie "Thornwell," and guest-starred on "The Greatest American Hero" (1981), "Fame" (1982), "The Love Boat" (1984), "Fantasy Island" (1984), "The Twilight Zone" (1985), "Murder, She Wrote" (1985; 1986; 1989), "The Redd Foxx Show" (1986), and "Matlock" (1987). From 1988 to 1989, he played Colonel Bradford Taylor on the NBC sitcom "A Different World," which was a spin-off of "The Cosby Show." In the '90s, Turman appeared in the films "Deep Cover" (1992), "The Inkwell" (1994), "Subterfuge" (1996), and "Light It Up" (1999) and the TV movies "Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad" (1994) and "Buffalo Soldiers" (1997), and he co-starred with Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs, Regina King, and Whoopi Goldberg in 1998's "How Stella Got Her Groove Back." From 2000 to 2002, he had a recurring role on the Showtime drama "Resurrection Blvd.," and in 2001, he played Ted Olsen on the CBS crime drama "Big Apple." Glynn co-starred with Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr. in 2000's "Men of Honor," then he appeared in the films "The Seat Filler" (2004), "Sahara" (2005), "City Teacher" (2007), "Kings of the Evening" (2007), and "Preaching to the Pastor" (2009).

From 2004 to 2008, Turman played Mayor Clarence V. Royce on the critically-acclaimed HBO series "The Wire," then he had recurring roles as Earl James on The CW sitcom "All of Us" (2006) and Alex Prince, Sr. on the HBO drama "In Treatment" (2008–2009). He appeared in films such as "Burlesque" (2010), "Super 8" (2011), "John Dies at the End" (2012), "The Obama Effect" (2012), "Race" (2016), "Bumblebee" (2018), "Windows on the World" (2019), "The Way Back" (2020), "The Devil You Know" (2022), "80 for Brady" (2023), "Rustin" (2023), and "Outlaw Johnny Black" (2023), and he co-starred with Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman in the 2020 Netflix drama "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," which earned five Academy Award nominations. Glynn had recurring roles as Judge Bob Owens on the CBS series "The Defenders" (2010–2011), Ernest Bordelon on the Oprah Winfrey Network's "Queen Sugar" (2016–2022), Nate Lahey Sr. on ABC's "How to Get Away with Murder" (2018–2019), Nathan Gordon on the CBS limited series "The Red Line" (2019), Calvin Sims on TNT's "Claws" (2019), Judge Bernard Raines on Audience's "Mr. Mercedes" (2019), Doctor Senator on FX's "Fargo" (2020), Charles Mitch on Hulu's "Black Cake" (2023), and Chiron on Disney+'s "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" (2023–2024). He played Jeremiah Kaan on Showtime's "House of Lies" from 2012 to 2016 and Mose Wright on the 2022 ABC miniseries "Women of the Movement."

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Personal Life

Glynn married Ula May Walker in 1965, and they welcomed three children before divorcing in 1971. Turman was married to music superstar Aretha Franklin from April 1978 to February 1984, and he co-wrote the 1978 song "I'm Your Speed" with her. Glynn married Jo-Ann Allen on February 14, 1992, and they have one child together. The couple co-founded Camp Gid D Up to "teach horse skills and values to urban kids in southern California," and Turman has served as the co-grand marshal at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo for nearly four decades.

Awards and Nominations

Turman has received two Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, winning for "In Treatment" in 2008; his other nomination was for "How to Get Away with Murder" (2019). He has earned six NAACP Image Award nominations, taking home the prize for Outstanding Guest Performance for "Queen Sugar" in 2023. His other nominations were for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for "The Wire" (2007), Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for "House of Lies" (2015), Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" (2021) and "Rustin" (2024), and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special for "Women of the Movement" (2023). In 2008, Glynn won a Festival Prize for Best Supporting Actor for "Kings of the Evening" at the San Diego Black Film Festival. In 2021, he received a Critics Choice Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie Made for Television for "Fargo" and an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Male for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." Turman has earned three Black Reel Awards for Television nominations, winning for Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie/Limited Series for "Women of the Movement" (2022) and Outstanding Guest Performance in a Drama Series for "Paradise" (2025). He received a Legacy Award at the AAFCA TV Honors in 2024 and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2025.

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