John Turturro
Acting
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Acting Credits
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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
Filmography
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
2026
as Harry
A Statement
2026
The Cut
2025
as Boz
The Room Next Door
2024
as Damian
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2024
as Eric Shane
Can't Go Home
2023
as Paulo Santana
Forty Winks
2022
as Milo
High Noon on the Waterfront
2022
as Elia Kazan (voice)
The Batman
2022
as Carmine Falcone
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022
as Dottore (voice)
Severance
2022
as Irving Bailiff
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
as Self
The Oedipus Project
2020
as Creon
The Plot Against America
2020
as Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
as Self
The Jesus Rolls
2019
as Jesus Quintana
Gloria Bell
2019
as Arnold
The True Adventures of Wolfboy
2019
as Mr. Silk
Pulling the Evidence That Remains
2019
as Self
Green Eggs and Ham
2019
as Goat (voice)
The Name of the Rose
2019
as William of Baskerville
Landline
2017
as Alan Jacobs
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
as Agent Simmons
Frank Serpico
2017
as Self
Hair
2017
as Himself
Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'
2016
as Self
Hands of Stone
2016
as Frankie Carbo
The Night Of
2016
as John Stone
Senza Lucio
2015
as Self
Mia Madre
2015
as Barry Huggins
Partly Cloudy with Sunny Spells
2015
as Ingegnere Lombelli
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
2015
as Self
The Ridiculous 6
2015
as Abner Doubleday
Difficult People
2015
as Dusty
The Italian Americans
2015
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014
as Sethos I
God's Pocket
2014
as Arthur 'Bird' Capezio
Rio, I Love You
2014
as Homem
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
2013
as Himself
Fading Gigolo
2013
as Fioravante
Gods Behaving Badly
2013
as Hades
Finding Your Roots
2012
as Self
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
as Simmons
Cars 2
2011
as Francesco Bernoulli (voice)
Somewhere Tonight
2011
as Leroy
In the Shadow of No Towers
2011
as Narrator
The Nutcracker
2010
as The Rat King
Passione
2010
as Self
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009
as Simmons
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009
as Lt. Camonetti
Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy
2009
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen
2009
as Self
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
2009
as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008
as Fatoush 'The Phantom' Hakbarah
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
2008
as Self
What Just Happened
2008
as Dick Bell
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
as Detective Antonio Ri
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
2008
Dreaming Slipstream Dream
2008
as Self
The Godfather vs. The Godfather Part II
2008
as Himself
Transformers
2007
as Agent Simmons
Margot at the Wedding
2007
as Jim
Slipstream
2007
as Harvey Brickman
Brando
2007
as Self
Flight of the Conchords
2007
as Credits Cop
The Bronx Is Burning
2007
as Billy Martin
Brando: The Documentary
2007
as Self
The Good Shepherd
2006
as Raymond Brocco
A Few Days in September
2006
as William Pound
Sacco and Vanzetti
2006
as Vanzetti (Voice)
Romance & Cigarettes
2006
as Male Dancer & Singer
John Torturro and the Soul of Naples
2006
as himself
Rachael Ray
2006
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
2005
as Son
Secret Window
2004
as John Shooter
2BPerfectlyHonest
2004
as Sal / Roberto
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
2004
as Self
Secret Passage
2004
as Paolo Zane
She Hate Me
2004
as Don Angelo Bonasera
Anger Management
2003
as Chuck
Fear X
2003
as Harry
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003
as Self
Opopomoz
2003
as John (voice)
Mr. Deeds
2002
as Emilio Lopez
Collateral Damage
2002
as Sean Amstrong
Monday Night Mayhem
2002
as Howard Cosell
New York at the Movies
2002
as Self
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
2002
as Self
Heaven Touches Brooklyn in July
2002
as Narrator
Monk
2002
as Ambrose Monk
Monkeybone
2001
as Monkeybone (voice)
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
2001
as Walker
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
as Pete Hogwallop
The Man Who Cried
2000
as Dante Dominio
Company Man
2000
as Crocker Johnson
The Luzhin Defence
2000
as Aleksandr Ivanovich 'Sascha' Luzhin
Two Thousand and None
2000
as Benjamin Kasparian
The Coen Brothers
2000
as Self
Cradle Will Rock
1999
as Aldo Silvano
The Source
1999
as Allen Ginsberg
Summer of Sam
1999
as Harvey the Black Dog (voice)
The Big Lebowski
1998
as Jesus Quintana
Rounders
1998
as Joey Knish
Illuminata
1998
as Tuccio
Animals with the Tollkeeper
1998
as Tuxedo Man
He Got Game
1998
as Billy Sunday
All Revved Up
1998
as Johnny Candellano
The Truce
1997
as Primo Levi
Lesser Prophets
1997
as Leon
Box of Moonlight
1996
as Al Fountain
Grace of My Heart
1996
as Joel Millner
Girl 6
1996
as Murray - the Agent
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
Clockers
1995
as Det. Larry Mazilli
Unstrung Heroes
1995
as Sid Lidz
Sugartime
1995
as Sam Giancana
Search and Destroy
1995
as Ron
At Sundance
1995
as Self
Quiz Show
1994
as Herb Stempel
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
1994
as Disco Bean
Being Human
1994
as Lucinnius
Baseball
1994
as Various (voice)
Baseball
1994
as (voice)
Fearless
1993
as Dr. Bill Perlman
Frasier
1993
as Grant (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
Brain Donors
1992
as Roland T. Flakfizer
Mac
1992
as Niccolo "Mac" Vitelli
Barton Fink
1991
as Barton Fink
Jungle Fever
1991
as Pauline Carbone
Miller's Crossing
1990
as Bernie Bernbaum
State of Grace
1990
as Nick
Catchfire
1990
as Pinella
Mo' Better Blues
1990
as Moe Flatbush
Men Of Respect
1990
as Mike Battaglia
Do the Right Thing
1989
as Pino
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989
as Self
The Fortunate Pilgrim
1988
as Larry
The Sicilian
1987
as Pisciotta
Five Corners
1987
as Heinz Sabatino
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
as TV Writer
The Color of Money
1986
as Julian
Gung Ho
1986
as Willie
Off Beat
1986
as Neil Pepper
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
as Carl Cody
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
as Ray
The Flamingo Kid
1984
as Ted from Pinky's
Exterminator 2
1984
as Guy #1
Miami Vice
1984
as David Traynor
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
Raging Bull
1980
as Man at Webster Hall Table (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self