John Turturro
Actor, Writer, Director, Producer
February 28, 1957 (69 years)
John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an American-Italian actor, writer and filmmaker, known for his association with the independent film movement. He has appeared in over sixty feature films and has worked frequently with the Coen brothers, Adam Sandler and Spike Lee.
He began his acting career on-screen in the early 1980s, and received early critical recognition with the independent film Five Corners (1987). Turturro's mainstream breakthrough came with Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989) and the Coens' Miller's Crossing (1990) and Barton Fink (1991), for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival. His subsequent roles included Herb Stempel in Quiz Show (1994), Jesus Quintana in The Big Lebowski (1998) and The Jesus Rolls (2020), Pete Hogwallop in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Seymour Simmons in the Transformers film series and is set to play Carmine Falcone in The Batman. In 2016, in a lead role, he portrayed a lawyer in the HBO miniseries The Night Of and had a recurring role in the miniseries The Plot Against America in 2020.
An Emmy Award winner, Turturro has also been nominated for four Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Independent Spirit Awards. He directed Mac (1992), which won the Golden Camera Award at the Cannes Film Festival, Illuminata (1998), and Romance and Cigarettes (2005).
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He began his acting career on-screen in the early 1980s, and received early critical recognition with the independent film Five Corners (1987). Turturro's mainstream breakthrough came with Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989) and the Coens' Miller's Crossing (1990) and Barton Fink (1991), for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival. His subsequent roles included Herb Stempel in Quiz Show (1994), Jesus Quintana in The Big Lebowski (1998) and The Jesus Rolls (2020), Pete Hogwallop in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Seymour Simmons in the Transformers film series and is set to play Carmine Falcone in The Batman. In 2016, in a lead role, he portrayed a lawyer in the HBO miniseries The Night Of and had a recurring role in the miniseries The Plot Against America in 2020.
An Emmy Award winner, Turturro has also been nominated for four Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Independent Spirit Awards. He directed Mac (1992), which won the Golden Camera Award at the Cannes Film Festival, Illuminata (1998), and Romance and Cigarettes (2005).
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| 2027 | Can't Go Home · as Paulo Santana |
| 2026 | The Only Living Pickpocket in New York · as Harry |
| 2024 | The Cut · as Boz |
| 2024 | The Room Next Door · as Damian |
| 2024 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024) · as Eric Shane |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio · as Dottore (voice) |
| 2022 | High Noon on the Waterfront · as Elia Kazan (voice) |
| 2022 | Forty Winks · as MiloOn Plex |
| 2022 | The Batman · as Carmine Falcone |
| 2022 | Severance · as Irving Bailiff |
| 2020 | The Plot Against America · as Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf |
| 2019 | The True Adventures of Wolfboy · as Mr. SilkOn Plex |
| 2019 | Green Eggs and Ham · as Goat (voice) |
| 2019 | The Jesus Rolls · as Jesus QuintanaOn Plex |
| 2019 | The Name of the Rose · as William Of Baskerville |
| 2018 | Gloria Bell · as Arnold |
| 2017 | Landline · as Alan JacobsOn Plex |
| 2017 | Transformers: The Last Knight · as Agent Simmons |
| 2016 | Hands of Stone · as Frankie Carbo |
| 2016 | The Night Of · as John Stone |
| 2015 | The Ridiculous 6 · as Abner Doubleday |
| 2015 | Difficult People · as Dusty |
| 2015 | My Mother · as Barry HugginsOn Plex |
| 2015 | Partly Cloudy with Sunny Spells · as Ingegnere LombelliOn Plex |
| 2015 | The New Yorker Presents · as Patient |
| 2014 | Exodus: Gods and Kings · as Sethos I |
| 2014 | Rio, I Love You · as Homem (segment "quando Não Há Mais Amor")On Plex |
| 2014 | God's Pocket · as Arthur 'bird' CapezioOn Plex |
| 2013 | Gods Behaving Badly · as Hades |
| 2013 | Fading Gigolo · as Fioravante |
| 2011 | In the Shadow of No Towers · as Narrator |
| 2011 | Somewhere Tonight · as Leroy |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon · as Simmons |
| 2011 | Cars 2 · as Francesco Bernoulli (voice) |
| 2010 | The Nutcracker: The Untold Story · as The Rat King |
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| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen · as Simmons |
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| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 123 · as Lt. Camonetti |
| 2008 | What Just Happened · as Dick Bell |
| 2008 | Miracle at St. Anna · as Detective Antonio Ri |
| 2008 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan · as Fatoush 'the Phantom' Hakbarah |
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| 2007 | Margot at the Wedding · as Jim |
| 2007 | Christmas Story · as IisakkiOn Plex |
| 2007 | The Bronx is Burning · as Billy Martin |
| 2007 | Transformers · as Agent Simmons |
| 2007 | Flight of the Conchords · as Credits Cop |
| 2007 | Slipstream · as Harvey Brickman |
| 2006 | The Good Shepherd · as Raymond Brocco |
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| 2006 | A Few Days in September · as William Pound |
| 2006 | Sacco and Vanzetti · as Vanzetti (voice) |
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| 2005 | Romance & Cigarettes · as Male Dancer & Singer |
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| 2004 | She Hate Me · as Don Angelo Bonasera |
| 2004 | 2BPerfectlyHonest · as Sal / Roberto |
| 2004 | Secret Window · as John Shooter |
| 2004 | Secret Passage · as Paolo Zane |
| 2003 | Opopomoz · as John (voice) |
| 2003 | Anger Management · as Chuck |
| 2003 | Fear X · as HarryOn Plex |
| 2002 | Monk · as Ambrose Monk |
| 2002 | Mr. Deeds · as Emilio Lopez |
| 2002 | Collateral Damage · as Sean Amstrong |
| 2002 | Monday Night Mayhem · as Howard Cosell |
| 2001 | 13 Conversations About One Thing · as Walker |
| 2001 | Monkeybone · as Monkeybone (voice) |
| 2000 | The Man Who Cried · as Dante Dominio |
| 2000 | The Luzhin Defence · as Aleksandr Ivanovich 'sascha' Luzhin |
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? · as Pete Hogwallop |
| 2000 | Two Thousand and None · as Benjamin Kasparian |
| 2000 | Company Man · as Crocker Johnson |
| 1999 | Cradle Will Rock · as Aldo Silvano |
| 1999 | Summer of Sam · as Harvey The Black Dog (voice) |
| 1999 | The Source · as Allen Ginsberg |
| 1998 | Animals with the Tollkeeper · as Tuxedo Man |
| 1998 | Rounders · as Joey Knish |
| 1998 | Illuminata · as Tuccio |
| 1998 | He Got Game · as Billy Sunday |
| 1998 | O.K. Garage · as Johnny Candellano |
| 1998 | The Big Lebowski · as Jesus Quintana |
| 1997 | Lesser Prophets · as Leon |
| 1997 | The Truce · as Primo LeviOn Plex |
| 1996 | Grace of My Heart · as Joel Millner |
| 1996 | Box of Moonlight · as Al Fountain |
| 1996 | Girl 6 · as Murray - The Agent |
| 1995 | Sugartime · as Sam Giancana |
| 1995 | Unstrung Heroes · as Sid Lidz |
| 1995 | Clockers · as Det. Larry Mazilli |
| 1995 | Search and Destroy · as RonOn Plex |
| 1994 | The Search for One-eye Jimmy · as Disco Bean |
| 1994 | Quiz Show · as Herb Stempel |
| 1994 | Baseball · as (voice) |
| 1994 | Being Human · as Lucinnius |
| 1993 | Fearless · as Dr. Bill Perlman |
| 1993 | Frasier · as Grant (voice) |
| 1992 | Mac · as Niccolo "mac" Vitelli |
| 1992 | Brain Donors · as Roland T. Flakfizer |
| 1991 | Barton Fink · as Barton Fink |
| 1991 | Jungle Fever · as Pauline Carbone |
| 1990 | Miller's Crossing · as Bernie Bernbaum |
| 1990 | Men of Respect · as Mike Battaglia |
| 1990 | State of Grace · as Nick |
| 1990 | Mo' Better Blues · as Moe Flatbush |
| 1990 | Backtrack · as PinellaOn Plex |
| 1989 | Do the Right Thing · as Pino |
| 1988 | The Fortunate Pilgrim · as Larry |
| 1987 | The Sicilian · as Pisciotta |
| 1987 | Five Corners · as Heinz SabatinoOn Plex |
| 1987 | Biography · as Narrator |
| 1986 | The Color of Money · as Julian |
| 1986 | Off Beat · as Neil Pepper |
| 1986 | Gung Ho · as Willie |
| 1986 | Hannah and Her Sisters · as Tv Writer |
| 1985 | To Live and Die in L.A. · as Carl Cody |
| 1985 | Desperately Seeking Susan · as Ray |
| 1984 | The Flamingo Kid · as Ted From Pinky's |
| 1984 | Miami Vice · as David Traynor |
| 1984 | Exterminator 2 · as Guy #1 |
| 1980 | Raging Bull · as Man At Webster Hall Table (uncredited)On Plex |
| 2019 | The Jesus Rolls · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
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| 2014 | Rio, I Love YouOn Plex |
| 2013 | Fading Gigolo · as Screenplay |
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| 1998 | Illuminata · as Screenplay |
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| 2019 | The Jesus RollsOn Plex |
| 2014 | Rio, I Love YouOn Plex |
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| 2021 | When the Music Changes · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | The Name of the Rose · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | Prove per una tragedia siciliana · as Executive Producer |
| 2008 | Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies · as Executive Producer |
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| 2010 | Passione · as Idea |