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