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John Turturro

John Turturro

Actor · Born 1957-02-28 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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Biography

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, an…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Transformers (2007) — Agent Simmons
  2. The Big Lebowski (1998) — Jesus Quintana
  3. The Batman (2022) — Carmine Falcone
  4. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) — Simmons
  5. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) — Simmons
  6. Cars 2 (2011) — Francesco Bernoulli (voice)
  7. Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) — Agent Simmons
  8. Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) — Sethos I
  9. Raging Bull (1980) — Man at Webster Hall Table (uncredited)
  10. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) — Pete Hogwallop
  11. You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) — Fatoush 'The Phantom' Hakbarah
  12. Secret Window (2004) — John Shooter
  13. Anger Management (2003) — Chuck
  14. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) — Lt. Camonetti
  15. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) — Dottore (voice)
  16. Severance (2022) — Irving Bailiff
  17. Mr. Deeds (2002) — Emilio Lopez
  18. Do the Right Thing (1989) — Pino
  19. Rounders (1998) — Joey Knish
  20. Barton Fink (1991) — Barton Fink
  21. Miller's Crossing (1990) — Bernie Bernbaum
  22. The Ridiculous 6 (2015) — Abner Doubleday
  23. The Color of Money (1986) — Julian
  24. Collateral Damage (2002) — Sean Amstrong
  25. The Night Of (2016) — John Stone
  26. The Good Shepherd (2006) — Raymond Brocco
  27. Monk (2002) — Ambrose Monk
  28. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) — TV Writer
  29. Quiz Show (1994) — Herb Stempel
  30. Frasier (1993) — Grant (voice)
  31. He Got Game (1998) — Billy Sunday
  32. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) — Carl Cody
  33. The Room Next Door (2024) — Damian
  34. Fading Gigolo (2013) — Fioravante
  35. Summer of Sam (1999) — Harvey the Black Dog (voice)
  36. Miami Vice (1984) — David Traynor
  37. Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) — Ray
  38. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Host
  39. What Just Happened (2008) — Dick Bell
  40. Hands of Stone (2016) — Frankie Carbo

Directed

  1. Fading Gigolo (2013) — Director
  2. The Jesus Rolls (2019) — Director
  3. Romance & Cigarettes (2005) — Director
  4. Rio, I Love You (2014) — Director
  5. Mac (1992) — Director
  6. Illuminata (1998) — Director
  7. Passione (2010) — Director
  8. Hair (2017) — Director
  9. Rigoletto (Teatro Massimo di Palermo) (2018) — Director
  10. Joe Torre — Director