About
John Turturro
Overview
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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Known for
Acting |
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| 2024 | The Room Next Door | Actor | Damian Cunningham | 59 Average |
| 2024 | The Cut | Actor | Boz | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2023 | Can't Go Home | Actor | Paulo Santana | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Actor | Dottore (voice) | 77 Good |
| 2022 | High Noon on the Waterfront | Actor | Elia Kazan (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Vengeance in the Making | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2022 | Vengeance in the Making | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2022 | Forty Winks | Actor | Milo | 59 Average |
| 2022 | The Batman Fan First Premiere TV Spot | Exclusively In Imax At AMC | Actor | Carmine Falcone | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | The Batman | Actor | Carmine Falcone | 75 Good |
| 2022 | Severance | Actor | Irving Bailiff | 83 Very good |
| 2020 | The Oedipus Project | Actor | Creon | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2020 | The Plot Against America | Actor | Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf | 66 Fair |
| 2019 | The True Adventures of Wolfboy | Actor | Mr. Silk | 59 Average |
| 2019 | The Jesus Rolls | Actor | Jesus Quintana | 56 Average |
| 2019 | Gloria Bell | Actor | Arnold | 59 Average |
| 2019 | The Name of the Rose | Actor | William of Baskerville | 69 Fair |
| 2017 | Frank Serpico | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Landline | Actor | Alan Jacobs | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Transformers: The Last Knight | Actor | Agent Simmons | 60 Fair |
| 2017 | Hair | Actor | Himself | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre' | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2016 | Hands of Stone | Actor | Frankie Carbo | 62 Fair |
| 2016 | The Night Of | Actor | John Stone | 78 Good |
| 2015 | The Ridiculous 6 | Actor | Abner Doubleday | 53 Average |
| 2015 | Mia madre | Actor | Barry Huggins | 61 Fair |
| 2015 | Partly Cloudy with Sunny Spells | Actor | Ingegnere Lombelli | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Senza Lucio | Actor | Sé stesso | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Exodus: Gods and Kings | Actor | Sethos I | 58 Average |
| 2014 | Rio, I Love You | Actor | Homem (segment "Quando não há Mais Amor") | 58 Average |
| 2014 | God's Pocket | Actor | Arthur 'Bird' Capezio | 58 Average |
| 2013 | Gods Behaving Badly | Actor | Hades | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Fading Gigolo | Actor | Fioravante | 58 Average |
| 2013 | Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 2011 | In the Shadow of No Towers | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | 1-900-TONIGHT (Somewhere Tonight) | Actor | Leroy | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Actor | Simmons | 61 Fair |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | Actor | Francesco Bernoulli (voice) | 60 Fair |
| 2010 | The Nutcracker: The Untold Story | Actor | The Rat King | 56 Average |
| 2010 | Passione | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2009 | The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2009 | Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Actor | Simmons | 61 Fair |
| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | Actor | Lt. Camonetti | 62 Fair |
| 2008 | What Just Happened | Actor | Dick Bell | 56 Average |
| 2008 | Miracle at St. Anna | Actor | Detective Antonio Ri | 59 Average |
| 2008 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | Actor | Fatoush 'The Phantom' Hakbarah | 57 Average |
| 2008 | The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2007 | Margot at the Wedding | Actor | Jim | 58 Average |
| 2007 | The Bronx Is Burning | Actor | Billy Martin | 69 Fair |
| 2007 | Transformers | Actor | Agent Simmons | 67 Fair |
| 2007 | Brando | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Brando: The Documentary | Actor | Self | 68 Fair |
| 2007 | Slipstream | Actor | Harvey Brickman | 57 Average |
| 2006 | The Good Shepherd | Actor | Raymond Brocco | 61 Fair |
| 2006 | John Torturro and the Soul of Naples | Actor | himself | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | A Few Days in September | Actor | William Pound | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Sacco and Vanzetti | Actor | Vanzetti (Voice) | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Romance & Cigarettes | Actor | Male Dancer & Singer | 59 Average |
| 2005 | The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation | Actor | Son | 59 Average |
| 2004 | She Hate Me | Actor | Don Angelo Bonasera | 57 Average |
| 2004 | The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | 2BPerfectlyHonest | Actor | Sal / Roberto | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Secret Window | Actor | John Shooter | 65 Fair |
| 2004 | Secret Passage | Actor | Paolo Zane | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Opopomoz | Actor | John (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2003 | The Evolution of an American Filmmaker | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Anger Management | Actor | Chuck | 61 Fair |
| 2003 | Fear X | Actor | Harry | 58 Average |
| 2002 | Heaven Touches Brooklyn in July | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2002 | New York at the Movies | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | Mr. Deeds | Actor | Emilio Lopez | 58 Average |
| 2002 | Collateral Damage | Actor | Sean Amstrong | 57 Average |
| 2002 | Monday Night Mayhem | Actor | Howard Cosell | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Thirteen Conversations About One Thing | Actor | Walker | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Monkeybone | Actor | Monkeybone (voice) | 55 Average |
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Actor | Pete Hogwallop | 71 Good |
| 2000 | The Man Who Cried | Actor | Dante Dominio | 59 Average |
| 2000 | The Luzhin Defence | Actor | Aleksandr Ivanovich 'Sascha' Luzhin | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Two Thousand and None | Actor | Benjamin Kasparian | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Company Man | Actor | Crocker Johnson | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Cradle Will Rock | Actor | Aldo Silvano | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Summer of Sam | Actor | Harvey the Black Dog (voice) | 61 Fair |
| 1999 | The Source | Actor | Allen Ginsberg | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Rounders | Actor | Joey Knish | 67 Fair |
| 1998 | Illuminata | Actor | Tuccio | 58 Average |
| 1998 | He Got Game | Actor | Billy Sunday | 63 Fair |
| 1998 | All Revved Up | Actor | Johnny Candellano | 59 Average |
| 1998 | The Big Lebowski | Actor | Jesus Quintana | 77 Good |
| 1998 | Animals with the Tollkeeper | Actor | Tuxedo Man | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Lesser Prophets | Actor | Leon | 59 Average |
| 1997 | The Truce | Actor | Primo Levi | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Grace of My Heart | Actor | Joel Millner | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Box of Moonlight | Actor | Al Fountain | 60 Fair |
| 1996 | Girl 6 | Actor | Murray - the Agent | 57 Average |
| 1995 | Sugartime | Actor | Sam Giancana | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Clockers | Actor | Det. Larry Mazilli | 62 Fair |
| 1995 | Unstrung Heroes | Actor | Sid Lidz | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Search and Destroy | Actor | Ron | 58 Average |
| 1995 | At Sundance | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1994 | The Search for One-eye Jimmy | Actor | Disco Bean | 58 Average |
| 1994 | Baseball | Actor | Various (voice) | 70 Good |
| 1994 | Quiz Show | Actor | Herbert 'Herb' Stempel | 67 Fair |
| 1994 | Being Human | Actor | Lucinnius | 57 Average |
| 1993 | Fearless | Actor | Dr. Bill Perlman | 62 Fair |
| 1992 | Mac | Actor | Niccolo "Mac" Vitelli | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Brain Donors | Actor | Roland T. Flakfizer | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Barton Fink | Actor | Barton Fink | 71 Good |
| 1991 | Jungle Fever | Actor | Pauline Carbone | 60 Fair |
| 1990 | Men Of Respect | Actor | Mike Battaglia | 58 Average |
| 1990 | Miller's Crossing | Actor | Bernie Bernbaum | 71 Good |
| 1990 | State of Grace | Actor | Nick | 62 Fair |
| 1990 | Mo' Better Blues | Actor | Moe Flatbush | 60 Fair |
| 1990 | Catchfire | Actor | Pinella | 58 Average |
| 1989 | Making 'Do the Right Thing' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Do the Right Thing | Actor | Pino Fragione | 72 Good |
| 1988 | The Fortunate Pilgrim | Actor | Larry | 69 Fair |
| 1987 | The Sicilian | Actor | Pisciotta | 57 Average |
| 1987 | Five Corners | Actor | Heinz Sabatino | 58 Average |
| 1986 | The Color of Money | Actor | Julian | 66 Fair |
| 1986 | Off Beat | Actor | Neil Pepper | 58 Average |
| 1986 | Gung Ho | Actor | Willie | 59 Average |
| 1986 | Hannah and Her Sisters | Actor | TV Writer | 69 Fair |
| 1985 | To Live and Die in L.A. | Actor | Carl Cody | 65 Fair |
| 1985 | Desperately Seeking Susan | Actor | Ray | 59 Average |
| 1984 | The Flamingo Kid | Actor | Ted from Pinky's | 59 Average |
| 1984 | Exterminator 2 | Actor | Guy #1 | 57 Average |
| 1980 | Raging Bull | Actor | Man at Webster Hall Table (uncredited) | 77 Good |
| Wilder & Me | Actor | I.A.L. Diamond | N/A N/A |
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| The Thing That Hurts | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Directing |
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| 2019 | The Jesus Rolls | Directing | Director | 56 Average |
| 2017 | Hair | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
| 2014 | Rio, I Love You | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
| 2013 | Fading Gigolo | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
| 2010 | Passione | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Romance & Cigarettes | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Illuminata | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Mac | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
Writing |
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| 2019 | The Jesus Rolls | Writing | Screenplay | 56 Average |
| 2017 | Hair | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
| 2014 | Rio, I Love You | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
| 2013 | Fading Gigolo | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
| 2009 | Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | Romance & Cigarettes | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Illuminata | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Mac | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
Production |
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| 2022 | Potentially Dangerous | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
| 2019 | The Name of the Rose | Production | Executive Producer | 69 Fair |
| 2005 | Romance & Cigarettes | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Illuminata | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
| When the Music Changes | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
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