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

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Monk

Saturday Night Live

Late Show with David Letterman

Frasier

All Movies (128)

• The Only Living Pickpocket in New York2026 · as Harry
• The Cut2025 · as Boz
• The Room Next Door2024 · as Damian
• Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio2022 · as Dottore (voice)
• High Noon on the Waterfront2022 · as Elia Kazan (voice)
• Forty Winks2022 · as Milo
• The Batman2022 · as Carmine Falcone
• The Oedipus Project2020 · as Creon
• Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness2020 · as Self
• The True Adventures of Wolfboy2019 · as Mr. Silk
• The Jesus Rolls2019 · as Jesus Quintana
• Pulling the Evidence That Remains2019 · as Self
• Gloria Bell2019 · as Arnold
• Frank Serpico2017 · as Self
• Landline2017 · as Alan Jacobs
• Transformers: The Last Knight2017 · as Agent Simmons
• Hair2017 · as Himself
• Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'2016 · as Self
• Hands of Stone2016 · as Frankie Carbo
• The Ridiculous 62015 · as Abner Doubleday
• Mia madre2015 · as Barry Huggins
• Partly Cloudy with Sunny Spells2015 · as Ingegnere Lombelli
• Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'2015 · as Self
• Senza Lucio2015 · as Self
• Exodus: Gods and Kings2014 · as Sethos I
• Rio, I Love You2014 · as Homem (segment "Quando não há Mais Amor")
• God's Pocket2014 · as Arthur 'Bird' Capezio
• Gods Behaving Badly2013 · as Hades
• Fading Gigolo2013 · as Fioravante
• Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me2013 · as Himself
• In the Shadow of No Towers2011 · as Narrator
• Somewhere Tonight2011 · as Leroy
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon2011 · as Simmons
• Cars 22011 · as Francesco Bernoulli (voice)
• The Nutcracker2010 · as The Rat King
• Passione2010 · as Self
• The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen2009 · as Self
• Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy2009
• Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later2009 · as Self
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen2009 · as Simmons
• The Taking of Pelham 1 2 32009 · as Lt. Camonetti
• What Just Happened2008 · as Dick Bell
• The Godfather vs. The Godfather Part II2008 · as Himself
• Miracle at St. Anna2008 · as Detective Antonio Ri
• You Don't Mess with the Zohan2008 · as Fatoush 'The Phantom' Hakbarah
• The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't2008 · as Self
• Dreaming Slipstream Dream2008 · as Self
• Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies2008
• Margot at the Wedding2007 · as Jim
• Transformers2007 · as Agent Simmons
• Brando2007 · as Self
• Slipstream2007 · as Harvey Brickman
• The Good Shepherd2006 · as Raymond Brocco
• John Torturro and the Soul of Naples2006 · as himself
• A Few Days in September2006 · as William Pound
• Sacco and Vanzetti2006 · as Vanzetti (Voice)
• Romance & Cigarettes2005 · as Male Dancer & Singer
• The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation2005 · as Son
• She Hate Me2004 · as Don Angelo Bonasera
• The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth2004 · as Self
• 2BPerfectlyHonest2004 · as Sal / Roberto
• Secret Window2004 · as John Shooter
• Secret Passage2004 · as Paolo Zane
• Opopomoz2003 · as John (voice)
• The Evolution of an American Filmmaker2003 · as Self
• Anger Management2003 · as Chuck
• Fear X2003 · as Harry
• Heaven Touches Brooklyn in July2002 · as Narrator
• Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick2002 · as Self
• New York at the Movies2002 · as Self
• Mr. Deeds2002 · as Emilio Lopez
• Collateral Damage2002 · as Sean Amstrong
• Monday Night Mayhem2002 · as Howard Cosell
• Thirteen Conversations About One Thing2001 · as Walker
• Monkeybone2001 · as Monkeybone (voice)
• The Coen Brothers2000 · as Self
• O Brother, Where Art Thou?2000 · as Pete Hogwallop
• The Man Who Cried2000 · as Dante Dominio
• The Luzhin Defence2000 · as Aleksandr Ivanovich 'Sascha' Luzhin
• Two Thousand and None2000 · as Benjamin Kasparian
• Company Man2000 · as Crocker Johnson
• Cradle Will Rock1999 · as Aldo Silvano
• Summer of Sam1999 · as Harvey the Black Dog (voice)
• The Source1999 · as Allen Ginsberg
• Rounders1998 · as Joey Knish
• Illuminata1998 · as Tuccio
• He Got Game1998 · as Billy Sunday
• All Revved Up1998 · as Johnny Candellano
• The Big Lebowski1998 · as Jesus Quintana
• Animals with the Tollkeeper1998 · as Tuxedo Man
• Lesser Prophets1997 · as Leon
• The Truce1997 · as Primo Levi
• Grace of My Heart1996 · as Joel Millner
• Box of Moonlight1996 · as Al Fountain
• Girl 61996 · as Murray - the Agent
• Sugartime1995 · as Sam Giancana
• Clockers1995 · as Det. Larry Mazilli
• Unstrung Heroes1995 · as Sid Lidz
• Search and Destroy1995 · as Ron
• At Sundance1995 · as Self
• The Search for One-eye Jimmy1994 · as Disco Bean
• Quiz Show1994 · as Herb Stempel
• Being Human1994 · as Lucinnius
• Fearless1993 · as Dr. Bill Perlman
• Mac1992 · as Niccolo "Mac" Vitelli
• Brain Donors1992 · as Roland T. Flakfizer
• Barton Fink1991 · as Barton Fink
• Jungle Fever1991 · as Pauline Carbone
• Men Of Respect1990 · as Mike Battaglia
• Miller's Crossing1990 · as Bernie Bernbaum
• State of Grace1990 · as Nick
• Mo' Better Blues1990 · as Moe Flatbush
• Catchfire1990 · as Pinella
• Making 'Do the Right Thing'1989 · as Self
• Do the Right Thing1989 · as Pino
• The Sicilian1987 · as Pisciotta
• Five Corners1987 · as Heinz Sabatino
• The Color of Money1986 · as Julian
• Off Beat1986 · as Neil Pepper
• Gung Ho1986 · as Willie
• Hannah and Her Sisters1986 · as TV Writer
• To Live and Die in L.A.1985 · as Carl Cody
• Desperately Seeking Susan1985 · as Ray
• The Flamingo Kid1984 · as Ted from Pinky's
• Raging Bull1980 · as Man at Webster Hall Table (uncredited)
• Wilder & Me— · as I.A.L. Diamond
• The Thing That Hurts—
• The Statement—

All TV Shows (32)

• Mr. & Mrs. Smith2024 · as Eric Shane
• Can't Go Home2023 · as Paulo Santana
• Severance2022 · as Irving Bailiff
• Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time2020 · as Self
• The Plot Against America2020 · as Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf
• Green Eggs and Ham2019 · as Goat (voice)
• The Name of the Rose2019 · as William of Baskerville
• The Night Of2016 · as John Stone
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Difficult People2015 · as Dusty
• The Italian Americans2015 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Finding Your Roots2012 · as Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009
• The Bronx Is Burning2007 · as Billy Martin
• Flight of the Conchords2007 · as Credits Cop
• Brando: The Documentary2007 · as Self
• Rachael Ray2006
• Monk2002 · as Ambrose Monk
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• Baseball1994 · as Various (voice)
• Baseball1994 · as (voice)
• Frasier1993 · as Grant (voice)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
• The Fortunate Pilgrim1988 · as Larry
• Miami Vice1984 · as David Traynor
• Late Night with David Letterman1982 · as Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• The Emmy Awards1949 · as Self