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08/25/2019 – Turman – 2019 Television Academy’s Performers Peer Group Celebration – Arrivals – Saban Media Center, 5210 Lankershim Boulevard – North Hollywood, CA, USA – Photo Credit: / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Glynn Russell Turman
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 31, 1947
Ethnicity: African-American
Glynn Turman is an American actor, writer, director, and producer. His roles include the films Thomasine & Bushrod , Cooley High , The River Niger , J. D.’s Revenge , The Serpent’s Egg , Penitentiary II , Gremlins , Deep Cover , The Inkwell , How Stella Got Her Groove Back , Light It Up , Men of Honor , Sahara (2005), Takers , Burlesque , Super 8 , John Dies at the End , Race (2016), Bumblebee , Windows on the World , The Way Back , Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom , 80 for Brady , Rustin (2023), Outlaw Johnny Black , and Straw (2025); as well as the series Fargo .
Glynn is married to Jo-Ann Allen. He has three children with his former wife Ula M. Walker.
According to a DNA test, he has ancestry from the Edo people of Nigeria.