Glynn Turman

Q: Has Glynn Turman won any awards?

Glynn Turman has received recognition for his work, including an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor for his role in 'A Different World.'

Q: What was Glynn Turman's first film?

Glynn Turman's first film was 'Cooley High,' released in 1975, where he played the character Preach, which helped launch his career.

Q: What is Glynn Turman's estimated net worth?

Glynn Turman's estimated net worth is around $1 million, reflecting his extensive career in acting and directing.

Q: How many children does Glynn Turman have?

Glynn Turman has three children, one of whom is Glynn Turman Jr., who has pursued a career in music and acting.

Q: What notable television series did Glynn Turman star in?

Glynn Turman starred in the popular television series 'A Different World' as Colonel Bradford Taylor, showcasing his talent in a comedic role.

Q: What is Glynn Turman's latest project?

Glynn Turman's latest project is 'A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians,' where he contributes to the storytelling of this anticipated series.

Q: What is Glynn Turman's acting style?

Glynn Turman is known for his emotional depth and authenticity in performances, often bringing a strong presence and voice to his roles.

Known for

Bumblebee (2018)

IMDb 6.7 / 10

2018 / Action, Adventure / 114 min

On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee the Autobot finds refuge in a junkyard in a small California beach town. When 17-year-old Charlie...

Super 8 (2011)

IMDb 7.0 / 10

2011 / Mystery, Sci-Fi / 112 min

In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying...

Gremlins (1984)

IMDb 7.3 / 10

1984 / Comedy, Fantasy / 106 min

When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for...

Name

Glynn Turman

Height

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Born

1 January 1947, New York City, New York, USA

Spouses

Joan Washington (1992–present)

Children

3 children, including actor and musician, Glynn Turman Jr.

Parents

Glynn Turman Sr. and his mother, whose name is not publicly known

Estimated Net Worth

$1 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie When They're Gone After an abrupt encounter at a graveyard, two elderly men form an unexpected bond over the grief and love of...	Calvin “Cece” Carr	Not rated
2025	Movie STRAW What will be her last straw? A devastatingly bad day pushes a hardworking single mother to the breaking point —...	Richard	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2025	TV Paradise The tranquility in a serene, wealthy community inhabited by some of the world's most prominent individuals explodes when a shocking...	Fred Collins	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2024	Movie Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 Explore the lure of the Old West and how it was won—and lost—through the blood, sweat and tears of many....	Unknown character	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2024	TV The Big Cigar Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton enlists an unlikely ally—Hollywood producer Bert Schneider—to elude an FBI manhunt and escape...	Walter	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2024	Movie A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians Alongside a passionate cast and crew, follow Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri as they step into worlds...	Self - Chiron	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2023	TV Percy Jackson and the Olympians Percy Jackson is on a dangerous quest. Outrunning monsters and outwitting gods, he must journey across America to return Zeus's...	Chiron	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2023	TV Percy Jackson and the Olympians Percy Jackson is on a dangerous quest. Outrunning monsters and outwitting gods, he must journey across America to return Zeus's...	Mr. Brunner / Chiron	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2023	Movie Rustin Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the...	A. Philip Randolph	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2023	Movie Outlaw Johnny Black Hell bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and becomes a...	Bullseye Black	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2023	Movie 80 for Brady Four lifelong friends set out on an unforgettable journey to see their hero Tom Brady play in Super Bowl LI...	Mickey	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2022	TV Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities Bizarre nightmares unfold in eight tales of terror in this visually stunning, spine-tingling horror collection curated by Guillermo del Toro.	Sheriff Nate Craven	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2022	Movie Is That Black Enough for You?!? A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2022	Movie The Legend of Glynn Turman Actor Glynn Turman makes his Broadway debut at 12 years old in the original production of “A Raisin in the...	G.T.	Not rated
2022	Movie The Devil You Know Once-incarcerated Marcus Cowans is trying to turn over a new leaf with the support of his loving family. Upon discovering...	Lloyd Cowans	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2022	TV The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder Follow the adventures and misadventures of newly 14-year-old Penny Proud and her family as they navigate modern life with hilarity...	Pa (voice)	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2022	TV Women of the Movement A limited series focusing on Mamie Till Mobley, who devoted her life to seeking justice for her son Emmett Till...	Mose Wright	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2021	Movie Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist An intimate look at the Oscar-nominated actor’s incomparable artistry, and the acting process which informed his transformative performances. Viola Davis,...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2020	Movie Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, George C. Wolfe and more share the heart, soul and history that brought August Wilson's timeless...	Self - Presenter	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2020	Movie Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927....	Toledo	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2020	TV Power Book II: Ghost Picking up just days after the “Power” finale, this sequel series follows Tariq navigating his new life, in which his...	Gabriel	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2020	Movie The Way Back A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain...	Doc	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2020	TV FBI: Most Wanted The Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau's Most Wanted list. Seasoned agents oversee...	Terry Daniels	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2019	Movie Sextuplets Father-to-be Alan is shocked to learn that he was born a sextuplet. With his newfound brother Russell riding shotgun, the...	Leland	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2019	Movie Justine A woman dealing with the loss of her husband, the struggle of parenthood and finding work in a new state,...	Papa Don	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2019	TV The Red Line A heart-in-your-throat drama, Red Line begins with the mistaken shooting of a black doctor at the hands of a white...	Nathan Gordon	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2019	Movie Windows on the World After watching the news on 9/11 with his family, Fernando travels from Mexico to New York City to find his...	Lou	TMDB 3.3 / 10
2018	Movie Bumblebee On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie,...	General Whalen	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2018	TV The Neighborhood The nicest guy in the Midwest moves his family into a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles where not everyone appreciates...	Otis	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2018	Movie Solace Following the death of her father, a 17-year-old girl is sent to live with her estranged family and finds comfort...	Clay (Pastor Davis)	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2017	Movie The Killing Floor A documentary on making the movie JD'S REVENGE.	Self	Not rated
2017	Movie Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2017	Movie August 28: A Day in the Life of a People Documentary film on events that happened on August 28th in African-American history, shown at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum.	Unknown character	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2017	TV Mr. Mercedes A demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop...	Judge Bernard Raines	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2017	TV American Gods An ex-con becomes the traveling partner of a conman who turns out to be one of the older gods trying...	Reverend Hutchins	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2016	TV Graves Former two-term President Richard Graves embarks on a Don Quixote-like quest to right the wrongs of his administration and reclaim...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2016	Movie Race Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in...	Harry E. Davis	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2014	TV How to Get Away with Murder A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They...	Nathaniel Lahey	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2014	TV black-ish A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class...	Billy Blade	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2014	Movie Dakota's Summer Cowgirls 'n Angels Dakota's Summer tells the story of Dakota Rose, a cowgirl and competitive trick rider who finds out...	Isaac Benson	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2014	TV Fargo A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.	Doctor Senator	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2014	TV Late Night with Seth Meyers Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as...	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2013	Movie Act Like You Love Me Kelly Lofton is a young, successful dentist who has all the material things a woman could ask for. However, Kelly...	David Lofton	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2013	Movie John Dies at the End A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is...	Detective Lawrence 'Morgan Freeman' Appleton	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2012	TV Revolution One day, electricity just stopped working and the world was suddenly thrust back into the dark ages. Now, 15 years...	David Kipling	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2012	Movie The Obama Effect A serious health scare ignites John Thomas, an insurance salesman in his 50s, to take a closer look at his...	Slim Sugar	TMDB 2.5 / 10
2012	TV Alcatraz A unique team, consisting of a federal agent, a police officer and a conspiracy theory novelist, investigate the shocking reappearance...	Emmitt Little	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2012	Movie City Teacher A Jewish parole officer, Jeff Solomon White, struggles in his new role as a reading teacher for illiterate teens at...	Kevin Sawyer	Not rated
2012	TV House of Lies Charming, fast talking Marty Kaan and his crack team of management consultants know how to play the corporate game better...	Jeremiah Kaan	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2012	Movie The Pastor's Secret After paying his debt to society, a convicted man is redeemed, called by God to become the pastor of a...	Unknown character	Not rated
2011	TV Suits While running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with...	Vic	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2011	Movie Super 8 In late 1970s Ohio, a group of friends filming a homemade zombie movie witness a devastating train derailment. Soon after,...	Dr. Woodward	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2010	Movie Burlesque Ali leaves behind a troubled life and follows her dreams to Los Angeles, where she lands a job as a...	Harold Saint	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2010	TV The Defenders The Defenders is a drama about two colorful Las Vegas defense attorneys who go all-in when it comes to representing...	Judge Bob Owens	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2010	Movie Takers A seasoned team of bank robbers, including Gordon Jennings, John Rahway, A.J., and brothers Jake and Jesse Attica successfully complete...	Chief Detective Duncan	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2009	TV FlashForward When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of their own future...	Senator Noland	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2009	TV NCIS: Los Angeles The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service...	James Pierce	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2009	Movie Preaching To The Pastor Preaching To The Pastor is a musical comedy about the controversy going on at High And Mighty Missionary Baptist Church....	Bishop Hightower	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2008	TV In Treatment The intimate confines of psychotherapy sessions are seen from the perspective of a therapist and individual patients.	Alex Prince, Sr.	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2008	Movie Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery Criminology professor Jonathan Maxwell investigates a murder at a new age retreat where the leader is killed in a locked...	Sheriff Bob Monroe	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2008	Movie Kings of the Evening Homer Hobbs, home after two years in jail, discovers that life on the outside can be crueler than the back-breaking...	Clarence Brown	Not rated
2007	Movie Uncle P Rapper/multi-millionaire P. Miller becomes the guardian of his sister's three children - all of whom need a father figure in...	Dr. Niles	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2005	TV Criminal Minds An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike...	Charles Johnson	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2005	Movie Sahara Seasoned adventurer and treasure hunter Dirk Pitt, a former Navy SEAL, sets out for the African desert with his wisecracking...	Dr. Frank Hopper	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2004	Movie The Seat Filler Derrick is a struggling law student who takes a job as an awards show seat filler to make ends meet....	Derrick's Dad	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2002	TV The Wire Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures...	Clarence Royce	TMDB 8.6 / 10
2001	TV The Bernie Mac Show The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14, 2001 to...	Carl	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2001	TV Scrubs In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.	George	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2001	TV Law & Order: Criminal Intent The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following...	Roy Hines	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2001	Movie Air Rage A Marine Colonel and his men are sent abroad on hostage rescue mission. When they arrive, they find the hostages...	Ted Bigelow	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2001	Movie The Visit A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life...	Parole Board Member Reingold	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2001	TV Big Apple Big Apple is an American television drama series that was originally broadcast in the United States on CBS in 2001....	Ted Olsen	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2001	Movie Fire & Ice While many celebrities believe their fame gives them good luck with the opposite gender, one man with a successful television...	Robert Aimes Sr.	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2000	Movie Men of Honor Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl...	Chief Floyd	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2000	Movie Freedom Song Freedom Song is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s....	T-Bone Lanier	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1999	Movie Light It Up On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed...	Principal Allan Armstrong	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1999	TV Law & Order: Special Victims Unit In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...	Dr. Young	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1998	Movie How Stella Got Her Groove Back Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life...	Dr. Shakespeare	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1998	TV The Magnificent Seven The Magnificent Seven is an American western television series based on the 1960 movie, which is a remake of the...	Achilles Thompson/Hector Thompson	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1997	Movie Buffalo Soldiers They've ridden dusty miles without end and fought fierce battles. Yet when these brave African-American cavalrymen enter a scraggly frontier...	Sgt. Joshua 'Joyu' Judges Ruth	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1996	Movie Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A...	Coach Powell	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1996	TV Millennium A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against...	James Glen	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1996	Movie Subterfuge Scuba-diver turned beach-bum Jonathan Slade is forced back into his previous milieu - the world of international espionage - in...	Stallworth Hubbs	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1994	Movie Someone Else's Child Ten years after the birth of her son, Corey Maddox discovers an awful truth: Her son was switched at birth.	Judge Roullard	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1994	TV Touched by an Angel Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads...	Sheriff Ernie Guthrie	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1994	TV ER ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and...	Mr. Holmes	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1994	Movie The Inkwell The Inkwell is about a 16-year-old boy coming of age on Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 1976.	Spencer Phillips	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1992	Movie Deep Cover Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to...	Russell Stevens Sr.	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1988	TV Freddy's Nightmares The evil, sinister killer of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" movies, Freddy Krueger, hosts this show, where each week, he...	Dr. Redman	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1987	TV A Different World A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life...	Colonel Brad Taylor	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1986	Movie Ask Max A 12-year-old genius, poor Max is a washout socially. To impress his girlfriend, he sells the design of his latest...	Lloyd Lyman	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1986	Movie Out of Bounds Farm boy Daryl Cage's parents ship him off to the big city to live with his brother, hoping he will...	Lieutenant Delgado	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1986	TV Matlock Thrifty, folksy and cantankerous, Matlock charges a premium for his services but is worth every penny: This renowned attorney, always...	Dennis Orlando	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1985	TV The Twilight Zone This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells...	(segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour")	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1985	TV Hail to the Chief Hail to the Chief is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from April 9, 1985 until May 21, 1985....	Secretary of State LaRue Hawkins	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1985	Movie Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom At the beginning of the Civil War, Union gunboats sailed into Port Royal Sound, on the Sea Islands off the...	Joshua	Not rated
1984	TV Murder, She Wrote An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.	Ben Coleman	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1984	TV Murder, She Wrote An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.	Earl Browder	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1984	TV Murder, She Wrote An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.	Stan Lassiter	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1984	Movie Secrets of a Married Man A man going through a mid-life crisis, starts patronizing prostitutes. Eventually, he meets a very expensive one and he thinks...	Jesse	TMDB 3.3 / 10
1984	TV Hot Pursuit Hot Pursuit is a short-lived American television series starring Kerrie Keane and Eric Pierpoint, which aired from September 22 to...	Mitch Simpson	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1984	Movie Gremlins After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his...	Roy Hanson	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1983	Movie The Grand Baby A teen from the city learns to fend for himself living with his grandmother in the rural South.	Unknown character	Not rated
1982	Movie Penitentiary II An ex-con, on parole and trying to straighten his life out, decides to resume his boxing career when one of...	Charles Johnson	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1982	TV T. J. Hooker Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold...	Norman Powell	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1981	Movie Thornwell The story of James Thornwell, whose accusation that the U.S. Army used mind control drugs on him to force him...	James Thornwell	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1980	Movie Attica Acclaimed dramatization recreating the incidents surrounding the 1971 revolt in New York's Attica State Prison that lasted for 23 days...	Raymond Franklin	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1978	Movie Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold A naive Texas beauty queen, seeking Hollywood stardom, quickly learns the realities of the business after attending an unethical modeling...	Preston de Cordiva	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1978	TV Centennial The economic and cultural growth of town of Centennial, Colorado, through the intertwining lives of the brave men and women...	Nate Person	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1978	TV The Paper Chase Critically lauded drama about the life and pressures of a group of students at a prestigious Eastern law school, with...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1977	Movie A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich A troubled boy becomes addicted to heroin, and his mother and foster father help him fight it.	Nigeria	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1977	Movie The Serpent's Egg In 1923 Berlin, following the suicide of his brother, an American acrobat struggles to survive while facing unemployment, depression, alcoholism,...	Monroe	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1977	Movie The Richard Pryor Special? Richard Pryor wanders around the NBC Studio, encountering various eccentrics. Meanwhile, the Reverend James L. White, the Ugandan dictator Idi...	Booster Johnson	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1977	Movie Minstrel Man Two black brothers in a traveling minstrel show in the early part of the twentieth century have two different goals....	Harry Brown Jr.	Not rated
1976	Movie The Tapestry A television drama directed by Maya Angelou. In 1975, the accomplished writer became the first African American woman to join...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1976	TV The Tony Randall Show Walter Franklin is a somewhat less-than-magisterial Philadelphia judge put upon by an assortment of family and courtroom recidivists.	Unknown character	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1976	Movie J.D.'s Revenge After notorious New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker is murdered in the 1940s, his spirit remains restless for three decades, until...	Isaac / 'Ike'	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1976	Movie The River Niger An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling...	Jeff Williams	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1975	Movie Cooley High In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life...	Leroy "Preach" Jackson	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1975	Movie Carter's Army A racist officer is put in charge of an all-black squad of troops charged with the mission of blowing up...	Pvt. George Brightman	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1975	Movie The Blue Knight In this pilot film that preceded the short-lived series, a street cop in his last week on the force before...	Edwin Beall	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1975	Movie Ceremonies in Dark Old Men Russell B. Parker, a former vaudeville hoofer, is a man of big dreams but small ambitions. He hardly works at...	Theo	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1974	Movie The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat Fritz, now married and a father, is desperate to escape the domestic hell he now finds himself in. Lighting up...	(voice)	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1974	Movie Together Brothers A group of ghetto kids try to find out who killed a popular police officer.	Dr. Johnson	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1974	Movie Thomasine & Bushrod A pair of thieves operate in the American South between 1911 and 1915, stealing from rich, white capitalists, and giving...	Jomo J. Anderson	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1973	Movie Five on the Black Hand Side Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced...	Gideon	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1972	Movie AWOL In Sweden, young US soldier, Willy, goes a.w.o.l and teams up with other deserters in Stockholm. There, he meets leftist...	Mohammed G.	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1971	Movie Honky Sheila, an affluent black teenager, begins dating working class white teen Wayne, and asks him for help to sell a...	Sailor at Bus Station	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1971	Movie In Search of America Michael (Jeff Bridges) drops out of college with the intention of finding himself. When his parents (Carl Betz and Vera...	Bodhi	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1969	TV Room 222	Unknown character	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1966	TV CBS Playhouse CBS Playhouse is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1967 to 1970. Airing twelve plays over...	Jackson	TMDB 7.0 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2026	Movie When They're Gone After an abrupt encounter at a graveyard, two elderly men form an unexpected bond over the grief and love of...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2022	Movie Women of Theatre, New York A documentary film about the life, times and experiences of eight theatre artists and a theatre critic in the theatre...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2022	Movie The Legend of Glynn Turman Actor Glynn Turman makes his Broadway debut at 12 years old in the original production of “A Raisin in the...	Writer Writing	Not rated
2019	Movie Justine A woman dealing with the loss of her husband, the struggle of parenthood and finding work in a new state,...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2012	TV House of Lies: Fridays at Galweather follows Clyde and Doug as they spend their only day off in the office.	Director Directing	Not rated
1996	TV Homeboys in Outer Space Homeboys in Outer Space is an American science fiction/fantasy sitcom that aired on UPN from 1996 to 1997. The series...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1995	TV The Parent 'Hood The Parent 'Hood is an American sitcom that aired on The WB airing from January 18, 1995 to July 25,...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1995	TV The Wayans Bros. Brothers Shawn and Marlon are on the lookout for money and success, though the two are complete opposites. Shawn is...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1992	TV Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Former NBA player Mark Cooper becomes a dedicated teacher and basketball coach in Oakland after his playing career ends. When...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1987	TV A Different World A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1981	TV Dynasty The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
TBA	Movie You Look Familiar: Vernée Watson A look at the life and career of Vernee Watson, who paved the way for Black actresses for four decades.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 10.0 / 10

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A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians

2024 / TMDB 6.3

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2023 / TMDB 6.5

Outlaw Johnny Black

2023 / TMDB 5.4

80 for Brady

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Bumblebee (2018)

Super 8 (2011)

Gremlins (1984)

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