Acting
John Turturro
Born Feb 28, 1957 · 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.
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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Wilder & Me
Adventure · Drama
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
2026
Crime · Drama · Thriller
A Statement
2026
Comedy · Drama
The Cut
2025
Drama
The Room Next Door
2024
Drama
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2024
Action & Adventure · Comedy · Drama
Can't Go Home
2023
Crime · Action & Adventure
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022
Animation · Fantasy · Adventure
High Noon on the Waterfront
2022
Documentary · History
Forty Winks
2022
Drama · Comedy · Thriller
The Batman
2022
Crime · Mystery · Thriller
Severance
2022
Drama · Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Oedipus Project
2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
Documentary · Horror
The Plot Against America
2020
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama
The True Adventures of Wolfboy
2019
Drama
Green Eggs and Ham
2019
Kids · Family · Animation
The Jesus Rolls
2019
Comedy · Crime · Drama
Pulling the Evidence That Remains
2019
Documentary
Gloria Bell
2019
Drama · Romance
The Name of the Rose
2019
Drama · Mystery · War & Politics
Frank Serpico
2017
Documentary
Landline
2017
Comedy · Drama
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Hair
2017
Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'
2016
Documentary
Hands of Stone
2016
Drama
The Night Of
2016
Crime · Drama · Mystery
The Ridiculous 6
2015
Western · Comedy · Adventure
Difficult People
2015
Comedy
Mia Madre
2015
Drama
Partly Cloudy with Sunny Spells
2015
Comedy
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
2015
Documentary
Senza Lucio
2015
Documentary
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014
Adventure · Drama · Action
Rio, I Love You
2014
Romance · Drama
God's Pocket
2014
Drama
Fading Gigolo
2014
Comedy
Gods Behaving Badly
2013
Comedy · Fantasy
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
2013
Documentary
In the Shadow of No Towers
2011
Animation · Documentary
Somewhere Tonight
2011
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
Action · Science Fiction · Adventure
Cars 2
2011
Animation · Family · Adventure
The Nutcracker
2010
Adventure · Fantasy · Family
Passione
2010
History · Music · Documentary
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen
2009
Documentary
Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy
2009
Drama
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Talk · Comedy
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
2009
Documentary
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009
Science Fiction · Action · Adventure
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009
Crime · Thriller · Action
What Just Happened
2008
Comedy · Drama
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
Drama · War
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008
Comedy · Action
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
2008
Documentary
Dreaming Slipstream Dream
2008
Margot at the Wedding
2007
Comedy · Drama
The Bronx Is Burning
2007
Drama
Transformers
2007
Adventure · Science Fiction · Action
Flight of the Conchords
2007
Comedy
Brando
2007
Documentary
Slipstream
2007
Fantasy · Drama
The Good Shepherd
2006
Drama · Thriller · History
John Torturro and the Soul of Naples
2006
Documentary
Rachael Ray
2006
Talk
A Few Days in September
2006
Drama · Thriller
Sacco and Vanzetti
2006
Documentary · History
Romance & Cigarettes
2006
Comedy · Music · Romance
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
2005
Animation
She Hate Me
2004
Comedy · Drama
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
2004
Documentary
2BPerfectlyHonest
2004
Comedy · Drama
Secret Window
2004
Mystery · Thriller
Secret Passage
2004
Drama
Opopomoz
2003
Animation · Family
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003
Documentary
Anger Management
2003
Comedy
Fear X
2003
Drama · Thriller · Mystery
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
2002
Documentary
Monk
2002
Drama · Comedy · Crime
Mr. Deeds
2002
Comedy · Romance
Heart of the Festival
2002
Documentary
Collateral Damage
2002
Action · Thriller · Drama
Monday Night Mayhem
2002
Drama · TV Movie
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
2001
Drama
Monkeybone
2001
Adventure · Fantasy · Animation
The Coen Brothers
2000
Documentary · TV Movie
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
Adventure · Comedy · Crime
The Man Who Cried
2000
Romance · Drama · Music
The Luzhin Defence
2000
Romance · Drama
Two Thousand and None
2000
Drama · Comedy
Company Man
2000
Comedy
Cradle Will Rock
1999
Drama
Summer of Sam
1999
Crime · Drama · Thriller
The Source
1999
Documentary · History
Rounders
1998
Drama · Crime
Illuminata
1998
Drama · Comedy
He Got Game
1998
Drama
All Revved Up
1998
Action · Comedy · Crime
The Big Lebowski
1998
Comedy · Crime
Animals with the Tollkeeper
1998
Fantasy · Romance
Lesser Prophets
1997
Drama · Crime
The Truce
1997
Drama · History · War
Grace of My Heart
1996
Comedy · Drama · Music
Box of Moonlight
1996
Comedy · Drama
Girl 6
1996
Comedy · Drama
Sugartime
1995
Crime · Drama · Romance
Clockers
1995
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Unstrung Heroes
1995
Comedy · Drama · Family
Search and Destroy
1995
Action · Comedy · Drama
At Sundance
1995
Documentary
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
1994
Comedy
Baseball
1994
Documentary
Quiz Show
1994
History · Drama
Being Human
1994
Drama · Comedy · Fantasy
Fearless
1993
Drama
Frasier
1993
Comedy · Family
Mac
1992
Drama
Brain Donors
1992
Comedy
Barton Fink
1991
Comedy · Drama · Thriller
Jungle Fever
1991
Drama · Romance
Men Of Respect
1990
Drama · Action · Crime
Miller's Crossing
1990
Drama · Thriller · Crime
State of Grace
1990
Drama · Crime · Thriller
Mo' Better Blues
1990
Drama · Music
Catchfire
1990
Drama · Action · Thriller
Do the Right Thing
1989
Drama
The Fortunate Pilgrim
1988
Drama
The Sicilian
1987
Drama · Crime · Thriller
Five Corners
1987
Drama · Crime · Thriller
The Color of Money
1986
Drama
Off Beat
1986
Comedy
Gung Ho
1986
Comedy · Drama
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
Comedy · Drama
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
Crime · Thriller · Action
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
Comedy · Crime
The Flamingo Kid
1984
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Miami Vice
1984
Crime · Drama
Exterminator 2
1984
Action · Crime · Drama
Raging Bull
1980
Drama · History
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Written
The Name of the Rose
2019
Drama · Mystery · War & Politics
Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy
2009
Drama