John Turturro
Highest Rated: 97% Quiz Show (1994)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Feb 28, 1957
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Actor John Turturro rose to prominence as a favorite of filmmakers Spike Lee and the Coen Brothers with early roles in "Do the Right Thing" (1989) and "Miller's Crossing" (1990), making him a go-to guy for volatile, complex characters. Because of his distinct, but indistinguishable appearance, the Yale Drama School grad was able to play a wide array of ethnic characters, giving him the opportunity to add more depth to cinema's historically two-dimensional Italians, Jews and Latinos. While Turturro made his home in independent film, he experienced commercial success with a starring role in "Quiz Show" (1994) and supporting role in "The Good Shepherd" (2006). Meanwhile, as a writer and director, he helmed three original films, including his ode to 1950s working-class Queens, "Mac" (1992), and an homage to turn of the century Italian theater, "Illuminata" (1999). Despite avoiding television throughout his career, Turturro emerged in 2004 with an Emmy for a guest stint on "Monk" (USA, 2002-09), and in 2007 earned kudos from fans and critics for his portrayal of combative Yankees manager Billy Martin in the ESPN mini-series "The Bronx is Burning."
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97% | 90% | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Forty Winks | Milo (Character) | - | 2022 |
| 85% | 87% | The Batman | Carmine Falcone (Character) | $369.3M | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | When the Music Changes | Executive Producer | - | 2021 |
| 78% | 61% | The True Adventures of Wolfboy | Mr. Silk (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 20% | No Score Yet | The Jesus Rolls |
Jesus Quintana (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
- | 2019 |
| 91% | 47% | Gloria Bell | Arnold (Character) | $5.6M | 2018 |
| 75% | 43% | Frank Serpico | Self | $7.5K | 2017 |
| 74% | 64% | Landline | Alan (Character) | $940.7K | 2017 |
| 16% | 43% | Transformers: The Last Knight | Agent Simmons (Character) | $130.1M | 2017 |
| 44% | 52% | Hands of Stone | Frankie Carbo (Character) | $4.7M | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Partly Cloudy With Sunny Spells | Ingegner Lombelli (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 84% | 60% | My Mother | Barry Huggins (Character) | $301.7K | 2015 |
| 8% | 14% | Rio, I Love You |
Homem (Character), Director, Writer |
- | 2014 |
| 30% | 35% | Exodus: Gods and Kings | Seti (Character) | $65.0M | 2014 |
| 36% | 33% | God's Pocket | Unknown (Character) | $104.4K | 2014 |
| 54% | 41% | Fading Gigolo |
Fioravante (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
$3.8M | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 45% | Somewhere Tonight | Wooly (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 35% | 55% | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Simmons (Character) | $352.4M | 2011 |
| 40% | 49% | Cars 2 | Francesco Bernoulli (Voice) | - | 2011 |
| 89% | 63% | Passion |
Self, Director |
$258.2K | 2010 |
| 0% | 27% | The Nutcracker | Rat King (Character) | $190.6K | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy |
Writer, Executive Producer |
- | 2009 |
| 20% | 57% | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen |
Simmons/ |
$402.1M | 2009 |
| 51% | 52% | The Taking of Pelham 123 | Camonetti (Character) | $65.5M | 2009 |
| 50% | 22% | What Just Happened? | Dick Bell (Character) | $1.1M | 2008 |
| 33% | 51% | Miracle at St. Anna | Det. Tony Ricci (Character) | $7.9M | 2008 |
| 37% | 45% | You Don't Mess With the Zohan | Phantom (Character) | $100.0M | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Christmas Story | Iisakki (Voice) | - | 2007 |
| 52% | 40% | Margot at the Wedding | Jim (Character) | $2.0M | 2007 |
| 58% | 85% | Transformers | Agent Simmons (Character) | $319.0M | 2007 |
| 44% | 39% | A Few Days in September | William Pound (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 86% | 76% | Sacco and Vanzetti | Vanzetti (Voice) | $31.9K | 2006 |
| 56% | 51% | The Good Shepherd | Ray Brocco (Character) | $59.9M | 2006 |
| 52% | 56% | Romance & Cigarettes |
Director, Writer |
$540.1K | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | 2B Perfectly Honest |
Sal/ |
- | 2004 |
| 19% | 60% | She Hate Me | Don Angelo (Character) | $365.1K | 2004 |
| 46% | 65% | Secret Window | John Shooter (Character) | $47.8M | 2004 |
| 58% | 38% | Fear X | Harry (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 42% | 59% | Anger Management | Chuck (Character) | $133.8M | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Opopomoz | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2003 |
| 67% | 73% | Monday Night Mayhem | Howard Cosell (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 22% | 59% | Mr. Deeds | Emilio (Character) | $126.2M | 2002 |
| 19% | 27% | Collateral Damage | Armstrong (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 83% | 71% | Thirteen Conversations About One Thing | Walker (Character) | $3.3M | 2001 |
| 20% | 27% | Monkeybone | Monkeybone (Voice) | $5.4M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | Two Thousand and None | Benjamin (Character) | $327 | 2000 |
| 57% | 69% | The Luzhin Defence | Alexander Luzhin (Character) | $1.1M | 2000 |
| 14% | 44% | Company Man | CIA Agent Johnson (Character) | $146.0K | 2000 |
| 35% | 59% | The Man Who Cried | Dante (Character) | $739.6K | 2000 |
| 79% | 89% | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Pete Hogwallop (Character) | $45.5M | 2000 |
| 65% | 71% | Cradle Will Rock | Aldo Silvano (Character) | $2.9M | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | O.K. Garage | Johnny Candellano (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 44% | 67% | Illuminata |
Tuccio (Character), Director, Producer |
$836.6K | 1998 |
| 64% | 87% | Rounders | Joey Knish (Character) | $22.9M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 24% | Lesser Prophets | Leon (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Animals and the Tollkeeper | Tuxedo Man (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 53% | 54% | The Truce | Primo Levi (Character) | $149.9K | 1997 |
| 39% | 36% | Girl 6 | Murray (Character) | $4.6M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 68% | The Search for One-Eye Jimmy | Disco Bean (Character) | $19.4K | 1996 |
| 61% | 81% | Box of Moonlight | Al Fountain (Character) | $795.1K | 1996 |
| 79% | 79% | Grace of My Heart | Joel Millner (Character) | $646.9K | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 41% | Sugartime | Sam Giancana (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 33% | 41% | Search and Destroy | Ron (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 75% | 61% | Unstrung Heroes | Sid Lidz (Character) | $7.9M | 1995 |
| 73% | 74% | Clockers | Det. Larry Mazilli (Character) | $13.0M | 1995 |
| 97% | 87% | Quiz Show | Herbie Stempel (Character) | $24.8M | 1994 |
| 54% | 42% | Being Human | Lucinnius (Character) | $1.3M | 1994 |
| 85% | 80% | Fearless | Dr. Bill Perlman (Character) | $6.5M | 1993 |
| 45% | 85% | Brain Donors | Roland T. Flakfizer (Character) | $504.1K | 1992 |
| 67% | 62% | Mac |
Niccolo Vitelli (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
$466.8K | 1992 |
| 80% | 67% | Jungle Fever | Paulie Carbone (Character) | $31.7M | 1991 |
| 89% | 89% | Barton Fink | Barton Fink (Character) | $5.7M | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 41% | Men of Respect | Mike Battaglia (Character) | $119.8K | 1990 |
| 93% | 90% | Miller's Crossing | Bernie Bernbaum (Character) | $4.7M | 1990 |
| 71% | 75% | Mo' Better Blues | Moe Flatbush (Character) | $15.9M | 1990 |
| 85% | 83% | State of Grace | Nick (Character) | $1.9M | 1990 |
| 91% | 89% | Do the Right Thing | Pino (Character) | $26.0M | 1989 |
| 50% | 26% | Backtrack | Pinella (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Making 'Do the Right Thing' | Self | - | 1989 |
| 10% | 42% | The Sicilian | Pisciotta (Character) | $4.4M | 1987 |
| 78% | 54% | Five Corners | Heinz (Character) | $305.4K | 1987 |
| 88% | 73% | The Color of Money | Julian (Character) | $52.3M | 1986 |
| 91% | 90% | Hannah and Her Sisters | Writer (Character) | $37.3M | 1986 |
| 33% | 46% | Gung Ho | Willie (Character) | $36.4M | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 24% | Off Beat | Neil Pepper (Character) | $4.1M | 1986 |
| 84% | 62% | Desperately Seeking Susan | Ray (Character) | $24.4M | 1985 |
| 86% | 79% | To Live and Die in L.A. | Carl Cody (Character) | $16.6M | 1985 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 90% | Green Eggs and Ham | Goat (Voice) | 2019 2022 |
| 97% | 84% | Severance | Irving (Character) | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2016 2019-2020 2022 |
| No Score Yet | 66% | Desus & Mero | Guest | 2021 |
| 87% | 73% | The Plot Against America | Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf (Character) | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | Finding Your Roots | Guest | 2017 2020 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vice Guide to Film | Unknown (Character) | 2016 |
| 94% | 93% | The Night Of | John Stone (Character) | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 41% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Call With Carson Daly | Guest | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 66% | Real Time With Bill Maher | Guest | 2011 |
| 91% | 90% | Monk | Ambrose Monk (Guest Star) | 2004-2005 2008 |
| 94% | 98% | Flight of the Conchords | Credits Cop (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| 95% | 93% | Frasier | Grant (Guest Voice) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 48% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1994 |
| 71% | 80% | Miami Vice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |