John Turturro

ActorProducerWriterDirectorCrew Feb 28 (age 69) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 1975–2026 (51 year career)

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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 (1…

Known For

Film

The Big Lebowski

Jesus Quintana

Film

The Batman

Carmine Falcone

Film

Raging Bull

Man at Webster Hall Table (uncredited)

Film

Severance

Irving Bailiff

Film

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Dottore (voice)

Film

Transformers

Agent Simmons

Film

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Pete Hogwallop

Film

Do the Right Thing

Pino

Filmography

Acting (157)

Movies (127)

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

2026

as Harry

The Cut

as Boz

The Room Next Door

as Damian

The Batman

as Carmine Falcone

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

2022

as Dottore (voice)

8.0

High Noon on the Waterfront

2022

as Elia Kazan (voice)

Forty Winks

as Milo

The Oedipus Project

as Creon

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

as Self

The Jesus Rolls

as Jesus Quintana

Gloria Bell

as Arnold

The True Adventures of Wolfboy

2019

as Mr. Silk

5.9

Pulling the Evidence That Remains

2019

Transformers: The Last Knight

as Agent Simmons

Landline

as Alan Jacobs

Frank Serpico

as Self

Hair

as Himself

Hands of Stone

as Frankie Carbo

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

2016

as Self

The Ridiculous 6

2015

as Abner Doubleday

5.2

Partly Cloudy with Sunny Spells

2015

as Ingegnere Lombelli

Senza Lucio

as Self

Mia madre

as Barry Huggins

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

2015

as Self

5.8

Exodus: Gods and Kings

2014

as Sethos I

5.9

God's Pocket

2014

as Arthur 'Bird' Capezio

5.8

Rio, I Love You

2014

as Homem (segment "Quando não há Mais Amor")

Gods Behaving Badly

as Hades

Fading Gigolo

as Fioravante

Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me

2013

as Himself

7.5

Cars 2

2011

as Francesco Bernoulli (voice)

6.2

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

as Simmons

Somewhere Tonight

as Leroy

In the Shadow of No Towers

2011

as Narrator

The Nutcracker

as The Rat King

Passione

as Self

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

2009

as Lt. Camonetti

6.4

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

2009

as Simmons

6.2

The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen

2009

as Self

6.8

Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

2009

as Self

7.0

Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy

2009

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

2008

as Fatoush 'The Phantom' Hakbarah

5.7

Miracle at St. Anna

2008

as Detective Antonio Ri

6.1

What Just Happened

2008

as Dick Bell

5.4

The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't

2008

as Self

6.5

Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies

Transformers

as Agent Simmons

Slipstream

as Harvey Brickman

Margot at the Wedding

as Jim

Brando

as Self

The Good Shepherd

as Raymond Brocco

Sacco and Vanzetti

as Vanzetti (Voice)

A Few Days in September

2006

as William Pound

4.8

John Torturro and the Soul of Naples

2006

as himself

The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

2005

as Son

6.3

Romance & Cigarettes

2005

as Male Dancer & Singer

Secret Window

as John Shooter

2BPerfectlyHonest

as Sal / Roberto

She Hate Me

as Don Angelo Bonasera

5.1

Secret Passage

2004

as Paolo Zane

2.5

The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth

2004

as Self

Anger Management

as Chuck

Opopomoz

as John (voice)

Fear X

as Harry

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

2003

as Self

7.3

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

as Self

Mr. Deeds

as Emilio Lopez

Collateral Damage

as Sean Amstrong

Monday Night Mayhem

as Howard Cosell

Heaven Touches Brooklyn in July

2002

as Narrator

New York at the Movies

2002

as Self

10.0

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

2001

as Walker

6.2

Monkeybone

2001

as Monkeybone (voice)

5.2

Two Thousand and None

2000

as Benjamin Kasparian

4.7

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

as Pete Hogwallop

The Man Who Cried

as Dante Dominio

The Luzhin Defence

as Aleksandr Ivanovich 'Sascha' Luzhin

The Coen Brothers

as Self

Company Man

as Crocker Johnson

Summer of Sam

as Harvey the Black Dog (voice)

The Source

as Allen Ginsberg

Cradle Will Rock

as Aldo Silvano

The Big Lebowski

as Jesus Quintana

Rounders

as Joey Knish

He Got Game

as Billy Sunday

All Revved Up

as Johnny Candellano

Illuminata

as Tuccio

Animals with the Tollkeeper

as Tuxedo Man

Lesser Prophets

as Leon

The Truce

as Primo Levi

Girl 6

as Murray - the Agent

Grace of My Heart

as Joel Millner

Box of Moonlight

as Al Fountain

Clockers

as Det. Larry Mazilli

Unstrung Heroes

as Sid Lidz

Sugartime

as Sam Giancana

At Sundance

as Self

Search and Destroy

as Ron

Quiz Show

as Herb Stempel

Being Human

as Lucinnius

The Search for One-eye Jimmy

as Disco Bean

Fearless

as Dr. Bill Perlman

Mac

as Niccolo "Mac" Vitelli

5.5

Brain Donors

1992

as Roland T. Flakfizer

Barton Fink

as Barton Fink

Jungle Fever

as Pauline Carbone

Miller's Crossing

as Bernie Bernbaum

State of Grace

as Nick

Catchfire

as Pinella

Mo' Better Blues

as Moe Flatbush

Men Of Respect

as Mike Battaglia

Do the Right Thing

as Pino

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

as Self

Five Corners

as Heinz Sabatino

The Sicilian

as Pisciotta

Off Beat

as Neil Pepper

Gung Ho

as Willie

The Color of Money

as Julian

Hannah and Her Sisters

1986

as TV Writer

7.5

To Live and Die in L.A.

1985

as Carl Cody

7.1

Desperately Seeking Susan

as Ray

The Flamingo Kid

as Ted from Pinky's

Exterminator 2

as Guy #1

Raging Bull

as Man at Webster Hall Table (uncredited)

7.9

The Thing That Hurts

Wilder & Me

as I.A.L. Diamond

The Statement

Television (30)

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

2024

as Eric Shane

6.5

Can't Go Home

2023

as Paulo Santana

Severance

2022

as Irving Bailiff

8.4

The Plot Against America

2020

as Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf

Green Eggs and Ham

as Goat (voice)

The Name of the Rose

as William of Baskerville

7.0

The Night Of

2016

as John Stone

8.0

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Difficult People

as Dusty

The Italian Americans

2015

as Self

8.5

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.9

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest

Finding Your Roots

as Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

5.1

Flight of the Conchords

as Credits Cop

The Bronx Is Burning

as Billy Martin

Brando: The Documentary

as Self

Rachael Ray

Monk

as Ambrose Monk

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self - Guest

Baseball

as (voice)

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

as Self - Guest

6.4

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Frasier

as Grant (voice)

The Fortunate Pilgrim

as Larry

Miami Vice

as David Traynor

Late Night with David Letterman

as Self - Guest

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

The Oscars

as Self

The Emmy Awards

as Self

Crew (29)

Movies (27)

Potentially Dangerous

2022

Executive Producer

The Jesus Rolls

Director

The Jesus Rolls

Screenplay

Rigoletto (Teatro Massimo di Palermo)

2018

Director

Hair

Director

Hair

Writer

Rio, I Love You

Director

Rio, I Love You

Writer

Fading Gigolo

Director

Fading Gigolo

Screenplay

Passione

Choreographer

Passione

Director

Passione

Idea

Passione

Screenplay

Passione

Story

Passione

Writer

Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy

2009

Writer

Romance & Cigarettes

Director

Romance & Cigarettes

Producer

Romance & Cigarettes

Writer

Illuminata

Director

Illuminata

Producer

Illuminata

Screenplay

Mac

Director

Mac

Writer

When the Music Changes

Executive Producer

Joe Torre

Director

Television (2)

The Name of the Rose

Executive Producer

The Name of the Rose

Writer