John Turturro
Born February 28, 1957 (Age: 69)
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Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
The Cut
2025
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as Boz
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Age: 68
The Room Next Door
2024
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as Damian
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Age: 67
The Batman
2022
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as Carmine Falcone
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Age: 65
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
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as Agent Simmons
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Age: 60
Hands of Stone
2016
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as Frankie Carbo
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Age: 59
Mia madre
2015
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as Barry Huggins
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Age: 58
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014
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as Sethos I
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Age: 57
Rio, I Love You
2014
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as Homem (segment "Quando não há Mais Amor")
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Age: 57
God's Pocket
2014
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as Arthur 'Bird' Capezio
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Age: 57
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
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as Simmons
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Age: 54
Cars 2
2011
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as Francesco Bernoulli (voice)
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Age: 54
The Nutcracker
2010
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as The Rat King
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Age: 53
Passione
2010
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as Self
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Age: 53
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009
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as Simmons
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Age: 52
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009
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as Lt. Camonetti
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Age: 52
What Just Happened
2008
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as Dick Bell
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Age: 51
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
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as Detective Antonio Ri
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Age: 51
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008
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as Fatoush 'The Phantom' Hakbarah
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Age: 51
Margot at the Wedding
2007
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as Jim
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Age: 50
Transformers
2007
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as Agent Simmons
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Age: 50
Slipstream
2007
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as Harvey Brickman
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Age: 49
The Good Shepherd
2006
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as Raymond Brocco
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Age: 49
Sacco and Vanzetti
2006
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as Vanzetti (Voice)
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Age: 49
Romance & Cigarettes
2005
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as Male Dancer & Singer
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Age: 48
She Hate Me
2004
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as Don Angelo Bonasera
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Age: 47
Secret Window
2004
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as John Shooter
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Age: 47
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003
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as Self
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Age: 46
Anger Management
2003
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as Chuck
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Age: 46
No Image
New York at the Movies
2002
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as Self
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Age: 45
Mr. Deeds
2002
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as Emilio Lopez
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Age: 45
Collateral Damage
2002
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as Sean Amstrong
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Age: 44
Monkeybone
2001
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as Monkeybone (voice)
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Age: 43
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
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as Pete Hogwallop
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Age: 43
The Man Who Cried
2000
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as Dante Dominio
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Age: 43
The Luzhin Defence
2000
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as Aleksandr Ivanovich 'Sascha' Luzhin
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Age: 43
Company Man
2000
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as Crocker Johnson
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Age: 43
Cradle Will Rock
1999
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as Aldo Silvano
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Age: 42
Summer of Sam
1999
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as Harvey the Black Dog (voice)
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Age: 42
The Source
1999
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as Allen Ginsberg
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Age: 41
Rounders
1998
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as Joey Knish
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Age: 41
Illuminata
1998
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as Tuccio
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Age: 41
He Got Game
1998
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as Billy Sunday
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Age: 41
The Big Lebowski
1998
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as Jesus Quintana
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Age: 41
Grace of My Heart
1996
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as Joel Millner
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Age: 39
Girl 6
1996
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as Murray - the Agent
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Age: 39
Clockers
1995
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as Det. Larry Mazilli
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Age: 38
Search and Destroy
1995
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as Ron
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Age: 38
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
1994
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as Disco Bean
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Age: 37
Quiz Show
1994
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as Herb Stempel
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Age: 37
Being Human
1994
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as Lucinnius
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Age: 37
Fearless
1993
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as Dr. Bill Perlman
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Age: 36
Brain Donors
1992
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as Roland T. Flakfizer
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Age: 35
Barton Fink
1991
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as Barton Fink
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Age: 34
Jungle Fever
1991
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as Pauline Carbone
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Age: 34
Men Of Respect
1990
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as Mike Battaglia
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Age: 33
Miller's Crossing
1990
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as Bernie Bernbaum
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Age: 33
State of Grace
1990
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as Nick
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Age: 33
Mo' Better Blues
1990
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as Moe Flatbush
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Age: 33
Catchfire
1990
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as Pinella
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Age: 33
Do the Right Thing
1989
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as Pino
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Age: 32
The Sicilian
1987
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as Pisciotta
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Age: 30
Five Corners
1987
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as Heinz Sabatino
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Age: 30
The Color of Money
1986
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as Julian
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Age: 29
Off Beat
1986
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as Neil Pepper
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Age: 29
Gung Ho
1986
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as Willie
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Age: 29
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
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as TV Writer
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Age: 28
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
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as Carl Cody
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Age: 28
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
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as Ray
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Age: 28