Glynn Turman
Glynn Turman Turman in 2007. Born Glynn Russell Turman (1947-01-31) January 31, 1947 (age 68) New York City, New York, U.S. Occupation Actor, Director, Writer Years active 1972-present Spouse(s) Ula M. Walker (m. 1965-1971) Aretha Franklin (m. 1978-1984) Jo-Ann Allen (m.1992) Glynn Russell Turman (born January 31, 1947) is an American stage, television, and film actor as well as a writer, director, and producer. He is known for his roles as high school student Leroy "Preach" Jackson in the 1975 coming-of-age film Cooley High, math professor and retired Army colonel Bradford Taylor on the NBC sitcom A Different World, and fictional Baltimore mayor Clarence Royce on the HBO drama series The Wire. Glynn is recently playing Jeremiah Kaan on the Showtime series House of Lies.