John Turturro
Acting
Born: Feb 28, 1957
From: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Simmons | 2009 | 6.209 |
| You Don't Mess with the Zohan | Fatoush 'The Phantom' Hakbarah | 2008 | 5.715 |
| The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't | Self | 2008 | 7.2 |
| What Just Happened | Dick Bell | 2008 | 5.448 |
| Miracle at St. Anna | Detective Antonio Ri | 2008 | 6.1 |
| Transformers | Agent Simmons | 2007 | 6.822 |
| The Good Shepherd | Raymond Brocco | 2006 | 6.352 |
| Secret Window | John Shooter | 2004 | 6.565 |
| Anger Management | Chuck | 2003 | 6.2 |
| Mr. Deeds | Emilio Lopez | 2002 | 5.918 |
| Monkeybone | Monkeybone (voice) | 2001 | 5.197 |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Pete Hogwallop | 2000 | 7.328 |
| Cradle Will Rock | Aldo Silvano | 1999 | 6.484 |
| The Big Lebowski | Jesus Quintana | 1998 | 7.84 |
| Rounders | Joey Knish | 1998 | 7.0 |
| The Truce | Primo Levi | 1997 | 6.136 |
| Box of Moonlight | Al Fountain | 1996 | 6.812 |
| Clockers | Det. Larry Mazilli | 1995 | 6.709 |
| Quiz Show | Herb Stempel | 1994 | 7.255 |
| Fearless | Dr. Bill Perlman | 1993 | 6.908 |
| Brain Donors | Roland T. Flakfizer | 1992 | 6.139 |
| Barton Fink | Barton Fink | 1991 | 7.465 |
| Jungle Fever | Pauline Carbone | 1991 | 6.407 |
| Miller's Crossing | Bernie Bernbaum | 1990 | 7.451 |
| State of Grace | Nick | 1990 | 6.947 |
| Catchfire | Pinella | 1990 | 5.31 |
| Do the Right Thing | Pino | 1989 | 7.766 |
| The Sicilian | Pisciotta | 1987 | 5.19 |
| Hannah and Her Sisters | TV Writer | 1986 | 7.471 |
| The Color of Money | Julian | 1986 | 6.852 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1957 |
| From | Brooklyn, New York … |