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John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an American movie and television, voice actor, writer and director known for his roles in the movies; Do the Right Thing (1989), Miller's Crossing (1990), Barton Fink (1991), Quiz Show (1994), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) and the Transformers movie series. He has appeared in over sixty films, and has worked mostly with the Coen brothers, Adam Sandler and Spike Lee. Turturro also starred in Disney/Pixar Cars 2. He played Carmine Falcone in the 2022 movie The Batman.

Turturro was born in Brooklyn, New York on February 28, 1957. Turturro is currently married to Katherine Borowitz since 1985, they have two children.

Filmography[change | change source]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Raging Bull	Man at table	Uncredited
1984	Exterminator 2	Guy #1
1984	The Flamingo Kid	Ted from Pinky's
1985	Desperately Seeking Susan	Ray
1985	To Live and Die in L.A.	Carl Cody
1986	Hannah and Her Sisters	Writer
1986	The Color of Money	Julian
1986	Gung Ho	Willie
1986	Off Beat	Neil Pepper
1987	Five Corners	Heinz Zabantino	Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
1987	The Sicilian	Pisciotta
1989	Do the Right Thing	Pino
1990	Catchfire	Pinella
1990	State of Grace	Nick
1990	Mo' Better Blues	Moe Flatbush
1990	Miller's Crossing	Bernie Bernbaum	Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor (3rd place) Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor (3rd place)
1991	Men of Respect	Mike Battaglia
1991	Jungle Fever	Paulie Carbone
1991	Barton Fink	Barton Fink	Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
1992	Mac	Niccolò Vitelli	Also director and writer Caméra d'Or Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Director Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature
1992	Brain Donors	Roland T. Flakfizer
1993	Being Human	Lucinnius
1993	Fearless	Bill Pearlman
1994	Quiz Show	Herb Stempel	Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
1994	The Search for One-eye Jimmy	Disco Bean
1995	Search and Destroy	Ron
1995	Unstrung Heroes	Sidney Lidz
1995	Clockers	Det. Larry Mazilla
1996	Girl 6	Murray
1996	Box of Moonlight	Al Fountain	Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male
1996	Grace of My Heart	Joel Milner
1997	Lesser Prophets (aka The Last Bet)	Leon
1997	The Truce	Primo Levi
1998	Illuminata	Tuccio	Also director, writer and producer Nominated—Palme d'Or
1998	Rounders	Joey Knish
1998	He Got Game	Billy Sunday
1998	O.K. Garage	Jonny
1998	The Big Lebowski	Jesus Quintana
1998	Animals with the Tollkeeper	Tuxedo Man
1999	Summer of Sam	Harvey the Dog	Voice
1999	Cradle Will Rock	Aldo Silvana
2000	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Pete	Nominated—MTV Movie Award for On-Screen Team (with George Clooney and Tim Blake Nelson)
2000	The Man Who Cried	Dante Dominio
2000	Company Man	Crocker Johnson
2000	Two Thousand and None	Benjamin Kasparian
2000	The Luzhin Defence	Alexander Luzhin
2001	Monkeybone	Monkeybone	Voice
2001	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Walker	Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast
2002	Collateral Damage	Armstrong
2002	Mr. Deeds	Emilio Lopez
2003	Fear X	Harry	Nominated—Bodil Award for Best Actor Nominated—Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actor
2003	Anger Management	Chuck
2003	Opopomoz	John	Voice
2004	Secret Passage	Paolo Zane
2004	Secret Window	John Shooter	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
2004	She Hate Me	Don Angelo Bonasera
2004	2BPerfectlyHonest	Sal / Roberto
2005	Romance and Cigarettes	Male dancer and singer	Also director, writer and producer Nominated—Golden Lion
2005	The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation	Son	Voice Short film
2006	The Good Shepherd	Ray Brocco
2006	A Few Days in September	William Pound
2007	Transformers	Agent Seymour Simmons
2007	Margot at the Wedding	Jim	Nominated—Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast
2007	Slipstream	Harvey Brickman
2007	Joulutarina	Iisakki	English dub
2008	What Just Happened	Dick Bell
2008	You Don't Mess With The Zohan	Fatoush 'The Phantom' Hakbarah
2008	Miracle at St. Anna	Detective Antonio 'Tony' Ricci	Nominated—Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble
2009	The Taking of Pelham 123	Camonetti
2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Seymour Simmons
2009	Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy	Himself	Documentary Also writer and executive producer
2010	Passione	Himself/Narrator	Documentary Also director and co-write
2010	The Nutcracker in 3D	The Rat King
2011	Cars 2	Francesco Bernoulli	Voice
2011	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Seymour Simmons
2011	Somewhere Tonight	Leroy
2013	Fading Gigolo	Fioravante	Also director and writer
2013	Gods Behaving Badly	Hades
2014	God's Pocket	Arthur 'Bird' Capezio
2014	Exodus: Gods and Kings	Seti I
2014	Rio, I Love You	Homem	Segment "Quando não há Mais Amor" Also director and writer
2015	Mia madre	Barry Huggins
2015	Partly Cloudy with Sunny Spells	Lombelli
2015	The Ridiculous 6	Abner Doubleday
2016	Hands of Stone	Frankie Carbo
2016	The Night Of	John Stone
2017	Landline	Alan Jacobs
2017	Hair	John Turturro	Short film; also director and writer
2017	Transformers: The Last Knight	Seymour Simmons
2018	Gloria Bell	Arnold
2019	The True Adventures of Wolfboy	Mr. Silk
2019	The Jesus Rolls	Jesus Quintana	Also director and writer

Other websites[change | change source]

John Turturro on IMDb
John Turturro at AllMovie

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