John Turturro

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

151

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-02-28 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

John Turturro

Biography

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Turturro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Monk

    Monk

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Severance

    Severance

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • Cars 2

    Cars 2

  • The Batman

    The Batman

  • The Big Lebowski

    The Big Lebowski

  • Exodus: Gods and Kings

    Exodus: Gods and Kings

  • Finding Your Roots

    Finding Your Roots

  • Transformers: The Last Knight

    Transformers: The Last Knight

  • The Night Of

    The Night Of

  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith

    Mr. & Mrs. Smith

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • You Don't Mess with the Zohan

    You Don't Mess with the Zohan

  • Green Eggs and Ham

    Green Eggs and Ham

  • Mr. Deeds

    Mr. Deeds

  • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

    Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

  • Rounders

    Rounders

  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?

    O Brother, Where Art Thou?

  • Flight of the Conchords

    Flight of the Conchords

  • Quiz Show

    Quiz Show

  • The Cut

    The Cut

  • Difficult People

    Difficult People

  • The Sicilian

    The Sicilian

  • The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

    The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

  • Secret Window

    Secret Window

  • Gloria Bell

    Gloria Bell

  • Fearless

    Fearless

  • Catchfire

    Catchfire

  • At Sundance

    At Sundance

  • Passione

    Passione

  • The Truce

    The Truce

  • Fading Gigolo

    Fading Gigolo

  • Opopomoz

    Opopomoz

  • Slipstream

    Slipstream

  • Monkeybone

    Monkeybone

  • Raging Bull

    Raging Bull

  • Five Corners

    Five Corners

  • Landline

    Landline

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • 2BPerfectlyHonest

    2BPerfectlyHonest

  • Anger Management

    Anger Management

  • Unstrung Heroes

    Unstrung Heroes

  • Brain Donors

    Brain Donors

  • Transformers

    Transformers

  • Lesser Prophets

    Lesser Prophets

  • The Good Shepherd

    The Good Shepherd

  • Miller's Crossing

    Miller's Crossing

  • Rachael Ray

    Rachael Ray

  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

    Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

  • Mac

    Mac

  • Girl 6

    Girl 6

  • The Room Next Door

    The Room Next Door

  • All Revved Up

    All Revved Up

  • Being Human

    Being Human

  • Clockers

    Clockers

  • Illuminata

    Illuminata

  • The Ridiculous 6

    The Ridiculous 6

  • The Name of the Rose

    The Name of the Rose

  • Hands of Stone

    Hands of Stone

  • Fear X

    Fear X

  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon

    Transformers: Dark of the Moon

  • Wilder & Me

    Wilder & Me

  • The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

    The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

  • Sugartime

    Sugartime

  • The Plot Against America

    The Plot Against America

  • God's Pocket

    God's Pocket

  • State of Grace

    State of Grace

  • Hannah and Her Sisters

    Hannah and Her Sisters

  • To Live and Die in L.A.

    To Live and Die in L.A.

  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

  • Gung Ho

    Gung Ho

  • Company Man

    Company Man

  • The Color of Money

    The Color of Money

  • He Got Game

    He Got Game

  • Do the Right Thing

    Do the Right Thing

  • Miracle at St. Anna

    Miracle at St. Anna

  • The Source

    The Source

  • Rio, I Love You

    Rio, I Love You

  • Desperately Seeking Susan

    Desperately Seeking Susan

  • Barton Fink

    Barton Fink

  • Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'

    Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'

  • Collateral Damage

    Collateral Damage

  • Exterminator 2

    Exterminator 2

  • Mo' Better Blues

    Mo' Better Blues

  • Romance & Cigarettes

    Romance & Cigarettes

  • Partly Cloudy with Sunny Spells

    Partly Cloudy with Sunny Spells

  • The Nutcracker

    The Nutcracker

  • The Jesus Rolls

    The Jesus Rolls

  • Summer of Sam

    Summer of Sam

  • The Man Who Cried

    The Man Who Cried

  • Off Beat

    Off Beat

  • She Hate Me

    She Hate Me

  • The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't

    The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't

  • Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'

    Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'

  • Grace of My Heart

    Grace of My Heart

  • The Bronx Is Burning

    The Bronx Is Burning

  • The Emmy Awards

    The Emmy Awards

  • The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen

    The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen

  • The Luzhin Defence

    The Luzhin Defence

  • What Just Happened

    What Just Happened

  • Margot at the Wedding

    Margot at the Wedding

  • Animals with the Tollkeeper

    Animals with the Tollkeeper

  • Cradle Will Rock

    Cradle Will Rock

  • Box of Moonlight

    Box of Moonlight

  • Gods Behaving Badly

    Gods Behaving Badly

  • Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

    Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

  • Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

    Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

  • Forty Winks

    Forty Winks

  • The Fortunate Pilgrim

    The Fortunate Pilgrim

  • Somewhere Tonight

    Somewhere Tonight

  • The Flamingo Kid

    The Flamingo Kid

  • Jungle Fever

    Jungle Fever

  • The Thing That Hurts

    The Thing That Hurts

  • The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth

    The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth

  • Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies

    Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies

  • The True Adventures of Wolfboy

    The True Adventures of Wolfboy

  • Men Of Respect

    Men Of Respect

  • Can't Go Home

    Can't Go Home

  • Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

    Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

  • Two Thousand and None

    Two Thousand and None

  • New York at the Movies

    New York at the Movies

  • A Few Days in September

    A Few Days in September

  • Monday Night Mayhem

    Monday Night Mayhem

  • Hair

    Hair

  • In the Shadow of No Towers

    In the Shadow of No Towers

  • Making 'Do the Right Thing'

    Making 'Do the Right Thing'

  • Frank Serpico

    Frank Serpico

  • Senza Lucio

    Senza Lucio

  • Brando: The Documentary

    Brando: The Documentary

  • The Oedipus Project

    The Oedipus Project

  • Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy

    Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy

  • Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me

    Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me

  • Secret Passage

    Secret Passage

  • My Mother

    My Mother

  • High Noon on the Waterfront

    High Noon on the Waterfront

  • The Search for One-eye Jimmy

    The Search for One-eye Jimmy

  • Search and Destroy

    Search and Destroy

  • Brando

    Brando

  • Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

    Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

  • John Torturro and the Soul of Naples

    John Torturro and the Soul of Naples

  • Sacco and Vanzetti

    Sacco and Vanzetti

  • The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

    The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

  • The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

    The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

  • Heaven Touches Brooklyn in July

    Heaven Touches Brooklyn in July