Highest rated as cast or director
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 Independent Spirit Awards. He directed Mac (1992), which won the Golden Camera Award at the Cannes Film Festival, Illuminata (1998), and Romance and Cigarettes (2005). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Turturro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted in 119
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
Can't Go Home
Paulo Santana · 1 episode
- 2022
High Noon on the Waterfront
Elia Kazan (voice)
Forty Winks
Milo
- 2020
The Oedipus Project
Creon
2010s
- 2019
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
Partly Cloudy with Sunny Spells
Ingegnere Lombelli
- 2014
- 2013
Gods Behaving Badly
Hades
- 2011
Somewhere Tonight
Leroy
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy
Movie
- 2008
- 2007
The Bronx Is Burning
Billy Martin · 8 episodes
Slipstream
Harvey Brickman
- 2006
A Few Days in September
William Pound
Sacco and Vanzetti
Vanzetti (Voice)
- 2005
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
Son
- 2004
2BPerfectlyHonest
Sal / Roberto
Secret Passage
Paolo Zane
- 2003
Opopomoz
John (voice)
- 2002
Monday Night Mayhem
Howard Cosell
- 2001
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Walker
- 2000
The Luzhin Defence
Aleksandr Ivanovich 'Sascha' Luzhin
Company Man
Crocker Johnson
1990s
- 1999
The Source
Allen Ginsberg
- 1998
Illuminata
Tuccio
Animals with the Tollkeeper
Tuxedo Man
- 1997
Lesser Prophets
Leon
- 1996
Grace of My Heart
Joel Millner
Box of Moonlight
Al Fountain
- 1995
Sugartime
Sam Giancana
Unstrung Heroes
Sid Lidz
Search and Destroy
Ron
- 1994
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
Disco Bean
- 1993
- 1992
Mac
Niccolo "Mac" Vitelli
Brain Donors
Roland T. Flakfizer
- 1991
- 1990
Men Of Respect
Mike Battaglia
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
The Fortunate Pilgrim
Larry · 2 episodes
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
The Flamingo Kid
Ted from Pinky's
- 1980
No release date
Wilder & Me
I.A.L. Diamond
Wrote 10
2010s
- 2019
- 2017
Hair
Writer
- 2014
- 2013
- 2010
Passione
Idea, Writer, Story, Screenplay
2000s
- 2009
Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy
Writer
- 2006
1990s
- 1998
Illuminata
Screenplay
- 1992
Mac
Writer
Directed 9
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Verdi: Rigoletto - Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Director
- 2017
Hair
Director
- 2014
- 2013
- 2010
Passione
Director
2000s
- 2006
1990s
- 1998
Illuminata
Director
- 1992
Mac
Director
Produced 5
2020s
- 2022
Potentially Dangerous
Executive Producer
2010s
- 2019
2000s
- 2006
1990s
- 1998
Illuminata
Producer
No release date
When the Music Changes
Executive Producer
Other crew 1
2010s
- 2010
Passione
Choreographer
Appearances37
2020s
- 2020
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
Self · 1 episode
2010s
- 2019
Pulling the Evidence That Remains
Self
- 2017
Hair
Himself
- 2016
Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'
Self
- 2015
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Self
Senza Lucio
Self
- 2014
- 2013
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Self
- 2012
- 2011
In the Shadow of No Towers
Narrator
- 2010
Passione
Self
2000s
- 2009
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen
Self
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
Self
- 2008
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Self
Dreaming Slipstream Dream
Self
- 2007
Brando
Self
Brando: The Documentary
Self · 2 episodes
- 2006
- 2004
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
Self
- 2003
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
Self
- 2002
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
- 2000
The Coen Brothers
Self
1990s
- 1996
- 1995
At Sundance
Self
- 1993
1970s
- 1975
1950s
- 1953
1940s
- 1949
The Emmy Awards
Self · 1 episode