
John Turturro
John Turturro, an American-Italian actor, writer, and filmmaker, emerged in the early 1980s, earning critical acclaim for his roles in independent films like Five Corners. His career took off with Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing and the Coen brothers' Miller's Crossing and Barton Fink, the latter earning him a Cannes Best Actor Award. Turturro's diverse portfolio includes Quiz Show, The Big Lebowski, and O Brother, Where Art Thou?, alongside TV work in The Night Of and The Plot Against America. A Cannes Golden Camera winner for directing Mac, Turturro has been nominated for multiple Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globe, and Independent Spirit Awards, cementing his status as a versatile and respected figure in contemporary cinema.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.








Filmography
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Only Living Pickpocket in New York | Harry | Film |
| 2025 | The Cut | Boz | Film |
| 2024 | The Room Next Door | Damian | Film |
| 2022 | Forty Winks | Milo | Film |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Dottore (voice) | Film |
| 2022 | Severance | Irving Bailiff | TV |
| 2022 | The Batman | Carmine Falcone | Film |
| 2020 | Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness | Self | Film |
| 2020 | The Plot Against America | Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf | TV |
| 2019 | The Name of the Rose | William of Baskerville | TV |
| 2019 | Gloria Bell | Arnold | Film |
| 2017 | Landline | Alan Jacobs | Film |
| 2017 | Transformers: The Last Knight | Agent Simmons | Film |
| 2016 | Hands of Stone | Frankie Carbo | Film |
| 2016 | The Night Of | John Stone | TV |
| 2014 | Rio, I Love You | Homem (segment "Quando não há Mais Amor") | Film |
| 2014 | Exodus: Gods and Kings | Sethos I | Film |
| 2013 | Fading Gigolo | Fioravante | Film |
| 2013 | Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me | Himself | Film |
| 2011 | Somewhere Tonight | Leroy | Film |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | Francesco Bernoulli (voice) | Film |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Simmons | Film |
| 2010 | The Nutcracker | The Rat King | Film |
| 2009 | Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy | Film | |
| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | Lt. Camonetti | Film |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Simmons | Film |
| 2008 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | Fatoush 'The Phantom' Hakbarah | Film |
| 2008 | Miracle at St. Anna | Detective Antonio Ri | Film |
| 2008 | What Just Happened | Dick Bell | Film |
| 2008 | The Godfather vs. The Godfather Part II | Himself | Film |
| 2008 | Dreaming Slipstream Dream | Self | Film |
| 2007 | The Bronx Is Burning | Billy Martin | TV |
| 2007 | Slipstream | Harvey Brickman | Film |
| 2007 | Brando | Self | Film |
| 2007 | Margot at the Wedding | Jim | Film |
| 2007 | Transformers | Agent Simmons | Film |
| 2006 | Sacco and Vanzetti | Vanzetti (Voice) | Film |
| 2006 | A Few Days in September | William Pound | Film |
| 2006 | The Good Shepherd | Raymond Brocco | Film |
| 2005 | The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation | Son | Film |
| 2004 | Secret Passage | Paolo Zane | Film |
| 2004 | She Hate Me | Don Angelo Bonasera | Film |
| 2004 | Two Times | Danilo "Danny B" Brullo | TV |
| 2004 | Secret Window | John Shooter | Film |
| 2003 | Opopomoz | John (voice) | Film |
| 2003 | Fear X | Harry | Film |
| 2003 | Anger Management | Chuck | Film |
| 2002 | Mr. Deeds | Emilio Lopez | Film |
| 2002 | Monday Night Mayhem | Howard Cosell | Film |
| 2002 | Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick | Self | Film |
| 2002 | Collateral Damage | Sean Amstrong | Film |
| 2001 | Thirteen Conversations About One Thing | Walker | Film |
| 2001 | Monkeybone | Monkeybone (voice) | Film |
| 2000 | Company Man | Crocker Johnson | Film |
| 2000 | The Luzhin Defence | Aleksandr Ivanovich 'Sascha' Luzhin | Film |
| 2000 | Two Thousand and None | Benjamin Kasparian | Film |
| 2000 | The Coen Brothers | Self | Film |
| 2000 | The Man Who Cried | Dante Dominio | Film |
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Pete Hogwallop | Film |
| 1999 | Cradle Will Rock | Aldo Silvano | Film |
| 1999 | The Source | Allen Ginsberg | Film |
| 1998 | He Got Game | Billy Sunday | Film |
| 1998 | Animals with the Tollkeeper | Tuxedo Man | Film |
| 1998 | Illuminata | Tuccio | Film |
| 1998 | The Big Lebowski | Jesus Quintana | Film |
| 1997 | Lesser Prophets | Leon | Film |
| 1997 | The Truce | Primo Levi | Film |
| 1996 | Grace of My Heart | Joel Millner | Film |
| 1996 | Girl 6 | Murray - the Agent | Film |
| 1996 | Box of Moonlight | Al Fountain | Film |
| 1995 | Sugartime | Sam Giancana | Film |
| 1995 | Search and Destroy | Ron | Film |
| 1995 | At Sundance | Self | Film |
| 1995 | Unstrung Heroes | Sid Lidz | Film |
| 1995 | Clockers | Det. Larry Mazilli | Film |
| 1994 | Being Human | Lucinnius | Film |
| 1994 | Quiz Show | Herb Stempel | Film |
| 1994 | The Search for One-eye Jimmy | Disco Bean | Film |
| 1993 | Fearless | Dr. Bill Perlman | Film |
| 1992 | Brain Donors | Roland T. Flakfizer | Film |
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