Glynn Turman

Emmy Award winner for the HBO series, In Treatment, Glynn Turman first appeared on stage at the age of 12 in Lorraine Hansberry's landmark original Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun, with legendary actors Sidney Poitier and Lloyd Richards. A critics' favorite, Turman has been honored with the NAACP's Lifetime Achievement Award for theater, three NAACP Image Awards, a Dramalogue Award and a Los Angeles Critics Award nomination. Turman starred on stage in Slow Dance on the Killing Ground, Sons of Lincoln, The Wine Sellers and Eyes of the American. Among his successful roles on television, he is perhaps best remembered as the staunch Colonel Taylor on the hit series A Different World. Other films include the cult classic Cooley High, Men of Honor and How Stella Got Her Gove Back.

Turman studied acting at the famed High School of Performing Arts in New York. Upon graduation, he appeared in productions at the Actor's Studio, The Tyrone Guthrie Repertory Theater and Lincoln Center. Los Angeles theater audiences were introduced to Turman when Vinnette Carroll cast him in Slow Dance on the Killing Ground, the beginning of a long love affair with the critics. His performance in The Wine Sellers earned him a Los Angeles Critics Award nomination and a Dramalogue Award. For Eyes of the American he received his first NAACP Image Award.

Turman has directed numerous television productions, including The Parenthood, A Different World, Hanging with Mr. Cooper. He also played leading roles in Centennial, Attica, Buffalo Soldiers and The Minstrel Man, for which he received his third NAACP Image Award. Other films include The River Niger, Five on the Black Hand Side, Gremlins, J.D.'s Revenge, The Serpent Egg, The Inkwell and The Visit. WINNER: MERIT AWARD; BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (San Diego Black Film Festival 2008).

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