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
The Cut
Boz
2025
The Room Next Door
Damian
2024
High Noon on the Waterfront
Elia Kazan (voice)
2022
The Batman
Carmine Falcone
2022
The True Adventures of Wolfboy
Mr. Silk
2019
The Jesus Rolls
Jesus Quintana
2019
Gloria Bell
Arnold
2019
Frank Serpico
Self
2017
Landline
Alan Jacobs
2017
Transformers: The Last Knight
Agent Simmons
2017
Hands of Stone
Frankie Carbo
2016
The Ridiculous 6
Abner Doubleday
2015
Mia madre
Barry Huggins
2015
Partly Cloudy with Sunny Spells
Ingegnere Lombelli
2015
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Self
2015
Rio, I Love You
Homem (segment "Quando não há Mais Amor")
2014
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen
Self
2009
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
Self
2009
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
2008
Brando
Self
2007
She Hate Me
Don Angelo Bonasera
2004
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
Self
2004
Secret Passage
Paolo Zane
2004
Summer of Sam
Harvey the Black Dog (voice)
1999
He Got Game
Billy Sunday
1998
Search and Destroy
Ron
1995
Off Beat
Neil Pepper
1986
Wilder & Me
I.A.L. Diamond
All Revved Up
Johnny Candellano
1998
Being Human
Lucinnius
1994
The Thing That Hurts
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Eric Shane · (1 episode)
2024
Can't Go Home
Paulo Santana · (1 episode)
2023
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Dottore (voice)
2022
VENGEANCE IN THE MAKING
Self
2022
Forty Winks
Milo
2022
Severance
Irving Bailiff · (19 episodes)
2022
The Oedipus Project
Creon
2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Self
2020
The Plot Against America
Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf · (6 episodes)
2020
Green Eggs and Ham
Goat (voice) · (6 episodes)
2019
The Name of the Rose
William of Baskerville · (8 episodes)
2019
Hair
Himself
2017
Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'
Self
2016
The Night Of
John Stone · (8 episodes)
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (2 episodes)
2015
Difficult People
Dusty · (1 episode)
2015
Senza Lucio
Self
2015
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Sethos I
2014
God's Pocket
Arthur 'Bird' Capezio
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Gods Behaving Badly
Hades
2013
Fading Gigolo
Fioravante
2013
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Himself
2013
Finding Your Roots
Self · (2 episodes)
2012
In the Shadow of No Towers
Narrator
2011
Somewhere Tonight
Leroy
2011
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Simmons
2011
Cars 2
Francesco Bernoulli (voice)
2011
The Nutcracker
The Rat King
2010
Passione
Self
2010
Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy
2009
The Bronx Is Burning
Billy Martin · (8 episodes)
2007
Flight of the Conchords
Credits Cop · (1 episode)
2007
Brando: The Documentary
Self · (2 episodes)
2007
John Torturro and the Soul of Naples
himself
2006
Rachael Ray
(1 episode)
2006
Opopomoz
John (voice)
2003
Heaven Touches Brooklyn in July
Narrator
2002
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Harry
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(1 episode)
2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Simmons
2009
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Lt. Camonetti
2009
What Just Happened
Dick Bell
2008
Miracle at St. Anna
Detective Antonio Ri
2008
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Fatoush 'The Phantom' Hakbarah
2008
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Self
2008
Margot at the Wedding
Jim
2007
Transformers
Agent Simmons
2007
Slipstream
Harvey Brickman
2007
The Good Shepherd
Raymond Brocco
2006
A Few Days in September
William Pound
2006
Sacco and Vanzetti
Vanzetti (Voice)
2006
Romance & Cigarettes
Male Dancer & Singer
2005
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
Son
2005
2BPerfectlyHonest
Sal / Roberto
2004
Secret Window
John Shooter
2004
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
Self
2003
Anger Management
Chuck
2003
Fear X
Harry
2003
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
2002
Monk
Ambrose Monk · (4 episodes)
2002
New York at the Movies
Self
2002
Mr. Deeds
Emilio Lopez
2002
Collateral Damage
Sean Amstrong
2002
Monday Night Mayhem
Howard Cosell
2002
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Walker
2001
Monkeybone
Monkeybone (voice)
2001
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Pete Hogwallop
2000
The Man Who Cried
Dante Dominio
2000
The Luzhin Defence
Aleksandr Ivanovich 'Sascha' Luzhin
2000
Two Thousand and None
Benjamin Kasparian
2000
Company Man
Crocker Johnson
2000
Cradle Will Rock
Aldo Silvano
1999
The Source
Allen Ginsberg
1999
Rounders
Joey Knish
1998
Illuminata
Tuccio
1998
The Big Lebowski
Jesus Quintana
1998
Animals with the Tollkeeper
Tuxedo Man
1998
Lesser Prophets
Leon
1997
The Truce
Primo Levi
1997
Grace of My Heart
Joel Millner
1996
Box of Moonlight
Al Fountain
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1996
Girl 6
Murray - the Agent
1996
Sugartime
Sam Giancana
1995
Clockers
Det. Larry Mazilli
1995
Unstrung Heroes
Sid Lidz
1995
At Sundance
Self
1995
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
Disco Bean
1994
Baseball
Various (voice) · (0 episode)
1994
Baseball
(voice) · (5 episodes)
1994
Quiz Show
Herbert 'Herb' Stempel
1994
Fearless
Dr. Bill Perlman
1993
Frasier
Grant (voice) · (1 episode)
1993
Mac
Niccolo "Mac" Vitelli
1992
Brain Donors
Roland T. Flakfizer
1992
Barton Fink
Barton Fink
1991
Jungle Fever
Pauline Carbone
1991
Men Of Respect
Mike Battaglia
1990
Miller's Crossing
Bernie Bernbaum
1990
State of Grace
Nick
1990
Mo' Better Blues
Moe Flatbush
1990
Catchfire
Pinella
1990
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Self
1989
Do the Right Thing
Pino
1989
The Fortunate Pilgrim
Larry · (2 episodes)
1988
The Sicilian
Pisciotta
1987
Five Corners
Heinz Sabatino
1987
The Color of Money
Julian
1986
Gung Ho
Willie
1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
TV Writer
1986
To Live and Die in L.A.
Carl Cody
1985
Desperately Seeking Susan
Ray
1985
The Flamingo Kid
Ted from Pinky's
1984
Miami Vice
David Traynor · (1 episode)
1984
Exterminator 2
Guy #1
1984
Raging Bull
Man at Webster Hall Table (uncredited)
1980
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
1953