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John Turturro

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John Turturro

Born February 28, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA101 films

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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The Big Lebowski posterFirst watchThe Big Lebowski19987.8as Jesus QuintanaJeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Batman poster7.7The Batman2022Raging Bull poster7.9Raging Bull1980Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio poster8.0Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio2022Transformers poster6.8Transformers2007O Brother, Where Art Thou? poster7.3O Brother, Where Art Thou?2000Do the Right Thing poster7.8Do the Right Thing1989Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen poster6.2Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen2009Transformers: Dark of the Moon poster6.2Transformers: Dark of the Moon2011

Filmography

101 films as actor
  1. TBAWilder & MeI.A.L. Diamond
  2. TBAThe Thing That Hurts
  3. 2026The Only Living Pickpocket in New YorkHarry
  4. 2026A Statement
  5. 2025The CutBoz
  6. 2024The Room Next DoorDamian
  7. 2022Guillermo del Toro's PinocchioDottore (voice)
  8. 2022Forty WinksMilo
  9. 2022The BatmanCarmine Falcone
  10. 2020The Oedipus ProjectCreon
  11. 2019The True Adventures of WolfboyMr. Silk
  12. 2019The Jesus RollsJesus Quintana
  13. 2019Gloria BellArnold
  14. 2017LandlineAlan Jacobs
  15. 2017Transformers: The Last KnightAgent Simmons
  16. 2016Hands of StoneFrankie Carbo
  17. 2015The Ridiculous 6Abner Doubleday
  18. 2015Mia MadreBarry Huggins
  19. 2015Partly Cloudy with Sunny SpellsIngegnere Lombelli
  20. 2014Exodus: Gods and KingsSethos I
  21. 2014Rio, I Love YouHomem
  22. 2014God's PocketArthur 'Bird' Capezio
  23. 2013Gods Behaving BadlyHades
  24. 2013Fading GigoloFioravante
  25. 2011Somewhere TonightLeroy
  26. 2011Transformers: Dark of the MoonSimmons
  27. 2011Cars 2Francesco Bernoulli (voice)
  28. 2010The NutcrackerThe Rat King
  29. 2009Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy
  30. 2009Transformers: Revenge of the FallenSimmons
  31. 2009The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3Lt. Camonetti
  32. 2008What Just HappenedDick Bell
  33. 2008Miracle at St. AnnaDetective Antonio Ri
  34. 2008You Don't Mess with the ZohanFatoush 'The Phantom' Hakbarah
  35. 2007Margot at the WeddingJim
  36. 2007TransformersAgent Simmons
  37. 2007SlipstreamHarvey Brickman
  38. 2006The Good ShepherdRaymond Brocco
  39. 2006A Few Days in SeptemberWilliam Pound
  40. 2006Romance & CigarettesMale Dancer & Singer
  41. 2005The Moon and the Son: An Imagined ConversationSon
  42. 2004She Hate MeDon Angelo Bonasera
  43. 20042BPerfectlyHonestSal / Roberto
  44. 2004Secret WindowJohn Shooter
  45. 2004Secret PassagePaolo Zane
  46. 2003OpopomozJohn (voice)
  47. 2003Anger ManagementChuck
  48. 2003Fear XHarry
  49. 2002Heaven Touches Brooklyn in JulyNarrator
  50. 2002Mr. DeedsEmilio Lopez
  51. 2002Collateral DamageSean Amstrong
  52. 2002Monday Night MayhemHoward Cosell
  53. 2001Thirteen Conversations About One ThingWalker
  54. 2001MonkeyboneMonkeybone (voice)
  55. 2000O Brother, Where Art Thou?Pete Hogwallop
  56. 2000The Man Who CriedDante Dominio
  57. 2000The Luzhin DefenceAleksandr Ivanovich 'Sascha' Luzhin
  58. 2000Two Thousand and NoneBenjamin Kasparian
  59. 2000Company ManCrocker Johnson
  60. 1999Cradle Will RockAldo Silvano
  61. 1999Summer of SamHarvey the Black Dog (voice)
  62. 1998RoundersJoey Knish
  63. 1998IlluminataTuccio
  64. 1998He Got GameBilly Sunday
  65. 1998All Revved UpJohnny Candellano
  66. 1998The Big LebowskiJesus Quintana
  67. 1998Animals with the TollkeeperTuxedo Man
  68. 1997Lesser ProphetsLeon
  69. 1997The TrucePrimo Levi
  70. 1996Grace of My HeartJoel Millner
  71. 1996Box of MoonlightAl Fountain
  72. 1996Girl 6Murray - the Agent
  73. 1995SugartimeSam Giancana
  74. 1995ClockersDet. Larry Mazilli
  75. 1995Unstrung HeroesSid Lidz
  76. 1995Search and DestroyRon
  77. 1994The Search for One-eye JimmyDisco Bean
  78. 1994Quiz ShowHerb Stempel
  79. 1994Being HumanLucinnius
  80. 1993FearlessDr. Bill Perlman
  81. 1992MacNiccolo "Mac" Vitelli
  82. 1992Brain DonorsRoland T. Flakfizer
  83. 1991Barton FinkBarton Fink
  84. 1991Jungle FeverPauline Carbone
  85. 1990Men Of RespectMike Battaglia
  86. 1990Miller's CrossingBernie Bernbaum
  87. 1990State of GraceNick
  88. 1990Mo' Better BluesMoe Flatbush
  89. 1990CatchfirePinella
  90. 1989Do the Right ThingPino
  91. 1987The SicilianPisciotta
  92. 1987Five CornersHeinz Sabatino
  93. 1986The Color of MoneyJulian
  94. 1986Off BeatNeil Pepper
  95. 1986Gung HoWillie
  96. 1986Hannah and Her SistersTV Writer
  97. 1985To Live and Die in L.A.Carl Cody
  98. 1985Desperately Seeking SusanRay
  99. 1984The Flamingo KidTed from Pinky's
  100. 1984Exterminator 2Guy #1
  101. 1980Raging BullMan at Webster Hall Table (uncredited)