John Turturro

John Turturro

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
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
    Birthday
    28 February 1957
The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski
7.838
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
7.319
Barton Fink
Barton Fink
7.456
Miller's Crossing
Miller's Crossing
7.459
Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing
7.757
The Good Shepherd
The Good Shepherd
6.4
Secret Window
Secret Window
6.565
State of Grace
State of Grace
6.958
Rounders
Rounders
7
Jungle Fever
Jungle Fever
6.385
Transformers
Transformers
6.8
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
5.723
Mr. Deeds
Mr. Deeds
5.9
Fearless
Fearless
6.9
Clockers
Clockers
6.7
Hannah and Her Sisters
Hannah and Her Sisters
7.506
The Truce
The Truce
6.2
Box of Moonlight
Box of Moonlight
6.8
Quiz Show
Quiz Show
7.254
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
6.5
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
6.2
Monkeybone
Monkeybone
5.13
The Sicilian
The Sicilian
5.201
The Color of Money
The Color of Money
6.858
What Just Happened
What Just Happened
5.4
Cradle Will Rock
Cradle Will Rock
6.5
Brain Donors
Brain Donors
6.167
Miracle at St. Anna
Miracle at St. Anna
6.136
Anger Management
Anger Management
6.154
Catchfire
Catchfire
5.3
To Live and Die in L.A.
To Live and Die in L.A.
7.114
Collateral Damage
Collateral Damage
5.762
Gung Ho
Gung Ho
6.044
Senza Lucio
Senza Lucio
7.5
Margot at the Wedding
Margot at the Wedding
5.8
Mo' Better Blues
Mo' Better Blues
6.475
The Man Who Cried
The Man Who Cried
6.1
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
6.313
Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'
Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'
0
Fear X
Fear X
5.786
Company Man
Company Man
4.986
Lesser Prophets
Lesser Prophets
5.3
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
6.216
A Few Days in September
A Few Days in September
4.8
Sacco and Vanzetti
Sacco and Vanzetti
7
Cars 2
Cars 2
6.2
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
6.351
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
6.3
Slipstream
Slipstream
4.948
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
5.556
The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker
5.018
The Luzhin Defence
The Luzhin Defence
6.2
Unstrung Heroes
Unstrung Heroes
5.9
Five Corners
Five Corners
5.8
Illuminata
Illuminata
5.5
Sugartime
Sugartime
5.9
Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy
Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy
0
Men Of Respect
Men Of Respect
4.8
Grace of My Heart
Grace of My Heart
6.11
Romance & Cigarettes
Romance & Cigarettes
6
Two Thousand and None
Two Thousand and None
4.2
Somewhere Tonight
Somewhere Tonight
6.9
Mac
Mac
5.667
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Exodus: Gods and Kings
5.878
Forty Winks
Forty Winks
5.7
Monday Night Mayhem
Monday Night Mayhem
5.3
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
7.3
Animals with the Tollkeeper
Animals with the Tollkeeper
7.3
New York at the Movies
10
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
7.5
Fading Gigolo
Fading Gigolo
5.836
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
6.7
Gods Behaving Badly
Gods Behaving Badly
2.5
God's Pocket
God's Pocket
5.8
2BPerfectlyHonest
2BPerfectlyHonest
5.6
The Flamingo Kid
The Flamingo Kid
6
The Cut
The Cut
0
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
0
Off Beat
Off Beat
4.7
High Noon on the Waterfront
High Noon on the Waterfront
6.7
Mia madre
Mia madre
6.652
The Room Next Door
The Room Next Door
6.795
Partly Cloudy with Sunny Spells
Partly Cloudy with Sunny Spells
4.3
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
6
Hands of Stone
Hands of Stone
6.627
He Got Game
He Got Game
6.744
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen
6.8
All Revved Up
All Revved Up
5.8
The Ridiculous 6
The Ridiculous 6
5.197
Secret Passage
Secret Passage
2.5
Being Human
Being Human
5.1
Raging Bull
Raging Bull
7.925
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
7
Landline
Landline
6.2
Transformers: The Last Knight
Transformers: The Last Knight
6.057
The Source
The Source
5.192
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
6.714
The Jesus Rolls
The Jesus Rolls
4.5
Rio, I Love You
Rio, I Love You
4.9
Brando
Brando
6.8
Desperately Seeking Susan
Desperately Seeking Susan
6.064
Exterminator 2
Exterminator 2
4
Search and Destroy
Search and Destroy
4.8
She Hate Me
She Hate Me
5.2
Frank Serpico
Frank Serpico
6.2
At Sundance
At Sundance
5.5
Gloria Bell
Gloria Bell
6
The True Adventures of Wolfboy
The True Adventures of Wolfboy
5.955
Summer of Sam
Summer of Sam
6.479
Girl 6
Girl 6
4.947
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
7
The Batman
The Batman
7.659
In the Shadow of No Towers
In the Shadow of No Towers
0
Opopomoz
Opopomoz
7.1
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
6.8
Hair
Hair
7
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
8.053
The Oedipus Project
The Oedipus Project
10
Passione
Passione
6.5
Heaven Touches Brooklyn in July
0
John Torturro and the Soul of Naples
John Torturro and the Soul of Naples
0
VENGEANCE IN THE MAKING
VENGEANCE IN THE MAKING
8.5