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John Turturro
Known for acting
Born February 28, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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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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Movies and TV shows
MonkTV · 2002
FrasierTV · 1993
Miami ViceTV · 1984
The BatmanMovie · 2022
SeveranceTV · 2022
Cars 2Movie · 2011
Finding Your RootsTV · 2012
The OscarsTV · 1953
The Night OfTV · 2016
The Name of the RoseTV · 2019
The Big LebowskiMovie · 1998
Green Eggs and HamTV · 2019
The Good ShepherdMovie · 2006
The Only Living Pickpocket in New YorkMovie · 2026
Difficult PeopleTV · 2015
Transformers: The Last KnightMovie · 2017
Miller's CrossingMovie · 1990
Mr. & Mrs. SmithTV · 2024
Exodus: Gods and KingsMovie · 2014
Guillermo del Toro's PinocchioMovie · 2022
Raging BullMovie · 1980
O Brother, Where Art Thou?Movie · 2000
Flight of the ConchordsTV · 2007
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3Movie · 2009
Anger ManagementMovie · 2003
BaseballTV · 1994
You Don't Mess with the ZohanMovie · 2008
Do the Right ThingMovie · 1989
Secret WindowMovie · 2004
Collateral DamageMovie · 2002
Transformers: Revenge of the FallenMovie · 2009
RoundersMovie · 1998
Mr. DeedsMovie · 2002
The Plot Against AmericaTV · 2020
The Color of MoneyMovie · 1986
Hannah and Her SistersMovie · 1986
The Room Next DoorMovie · 2024
MonkeyboneMovie · 2001
What Just HappenedMovie · 2008
TransformersMovie · 2007
The Bronx Is BurningTV · 2007
ClockersMovie · 1995
Transformers: Dark of the MoonMovie · 2011
Quiz ShowMovie · 1994
The Emmy AwardsTV · 1949
To Live and Die in L.A.Movie · 1985
State of GraceMovie · 1990
Fading GigoloMovie · 2013
The Ridiculous 6Movie · 2015
Romance & CigarettesMovie · 2006
Gloria BellMovie · 2019
Barton FinkMovie · 1991
The True Adventures of WolfboyMovie · 2019
He Got GameMovie · 1998
Hands of StoneMovie · 2016
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All TimeTV · 2020
The NutcrackerMovie · 2010
Gung HoMovie · 1986
Mo' Better BluesMovie · 1990
Summer of SamMovie · 1999
Desperately Seeking SusanMovie · 1985
CatchfireMovie · 1990
Margot at the WeddingMovie · 2007
Jungle FeverMovie · 1991
Girl 6Movie · 1996
All Revved UpMovie · 1998
A StatementMovie · 2026
She Hate MeMovie · 2004
The Fortunate PilgrimTV · 1988
FearlessMovie · 1993
Cradle Will RockMovie · 1999
The Man Who CriedMovie · 2000
Rio, I Love YouMovie · 2014
Brando: The DocumentaryTV · 2007
Exterminator 2Movie · 1984
SlipstreamMovie · 2007
God's PocketMovie · 2014
The SicilianMovie · 1987
Being HumanMovie · 1994
Off BeatMovie · 1986
The Jesus RollsMovie · 2019
LandlineMovie · 2017
Miracle at St. AnnaMovie · 2008
Thirteen Conversations About One ThingMovie · 2001
The Flamingo KidMovie · 1984
Men Of RespectMovie · 1990
The SourceMovie · 1999
The CutMovie · 2025
Brain DonorsMovie · 1992
Can't Go HomeTV · 2023
Grace of My HeartMovie · 1996
The Luzhin DefenceMovie · 2000
Fear XMovie · 2003
The TruceMovie · 1997
Mia MadreMovie · 2015
Elaine Stritch: Shoot MeMovie · 2013
Somewhere TonightMovie · 2011
Company ManMovie · 2000
Frank SerpicoMovie · 2017
The Oedipus ProjectMovie · 2020
A Few Days in SeptemberMovie · 2006
Box of MoonlightMovie · 1996
OpopomozMovie · 2003
The Coen BrothersMovie · 2000
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'Movie · 2015
Partly Cloudy with Sunny SpellsMovie · 2015
Five CornersMovie · 1987
Two Thousand and NoneMovie · 2000
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight MadnessMovie · 2020
BrandoMovie · 2007
2BPerfectlyHonestMovie · 2004
The Italian AmericansTV · 2015
Monday Night MayhemMovie · 2002
IlluminataMovie · 1998
Animals with the TollkeeperMovie · 1998
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn'tMovie · 2008
The Search for One-eye JimmyMovie · 1994
When the Music ChangesMovie
The Evolution of an American FilmmakerMovie · 2003
Heart of the FestivalMovie · 2002