15 Facts About Glynn Turman

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Glynn Russell Turman was born on January 31,1947 and is an American actor, director, writer, and producer.

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Glynn Turman received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role on the HBO drama series In Treatment.

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Glynn Turman portrayed Jeremiah Kaan on the Showtime series House of Lies, Doctor Senator in the fourth season of the FX black comedy crime drama series Fargo, and starred in the 2020 Netflix film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

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Glynn Turman studied at High School of Performing Arts located in the Manhattan section of New York City, graduating in 1965.

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Glynn 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 play, A Raisin in the Sun, opposite Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Ivan Dixon, Louis Gossett Jr.

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Glynn Turman made his Los Angeles stage debut in William Hanley's Slow Dance on the Killing Ground.

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Glynn Turman won his first NAACP Image Award for his work in the play Eyes of the American.

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Glynn Turman appeared in TV movies Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad in 1994, Buffalo Soldiers, and Freedom Song.

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Since The Wire, Glynn Turman guest-starred as a patient in the Scrubs episode "My Last Words".

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Glynn Turman has performed and produced a one-man show, Movin' Man, about his life.

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Glynn Turman auditioned for the role of Han Solo in Star Wars.

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Glynn Turman's character is the imprisoned father of Nate Lahey, a former police officer, detective and lover to series star Annalise Keating.

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In 2018, Glynn Turman appeared on the legal drama Suits as Vic.

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Glynn Turman recently appeared in the ABC limited series Women of the Movement in 2021, playing Mose Wright, Emmett Till's great-uncle.

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Glynn Turman has been married three times and has four children.