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John Turturro

Highest Rated: 97% Quiz Show (1994)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Nutcracker (2010)

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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Highest rated movies

97% 87% Quiz Show
Watchlist 96% 90% Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Watchlist
93% 90% Miller's Crossing
Watchlist
92% 89% Do the Right Thing
Watchlist 91% 90% Hannah and Her Sisters Watchlist
90% 89% Barton Fink
Watchlist 90% 47% Gloria Bell Watchlist
89% 63% Passion
Watchlist 88% The Room Next Door Watchlist 88% 79% To Live and Die in L.A. Watchlist
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John Turturro

John Turturro John Turturro QUIZ SHOW, John Turturro, Robert Redford (Dir.), Ralph Fiennes, Rob Morrow, 1994 THE BIG LEBOWSKI, John Turturro, 1998 BARTON FINK, John Turturro, 1991. TM & copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved QUIZ SHOW, from left: John Turturro, Ralph Fiennes, 1994, © Buena Vista QUIZ SHOW, from left: John Turturro, Ralph Fiennes, 1994, © Buena Vista GIRL 6, John Turturro, 1996. ©20th Century-Fox Film Corporation, TM & Copyright O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?, Tim Blake Nelson, John Turturro, 2000, (c) Buena Vista O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, George Clooney, 2000, (c) Buena Vista View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
88% No Score Yet The Room Next Door Damian Cunningham (Character) - 2024
77% No Score Yet The Cut Unknown (Character) - 2024
96% 90% Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Unknown (Voice) - 2022
No Score Yet 99% 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% 65% The True Adventures of Wolfboy Mr. Silk (Character) - 2019
20% 25% The Jesus Rolls Jesus Quintana (Character),
Director,
Screenwriter 		- 2019
90% 47% Gloria Bell Arnold (Character) $5.6M 2018
75% 44% 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% 16% Rio, I Love You Homem (Character),
Director,
Writer 		- 2014
30% 35% Exodus: Gods and Kings Seti (Character) $65.0M 2014
36% 34% God's Pocket Unknown (Character) $104.4K 2014
54% 41% Fading Gigolo Fioravante (Character),
Director,
Screenwriter 		$3.8M 2013
No Score Yet 50% Somewhere Tonight Wooly (Character) - 2011
35% 55% Transformers: Dark of the Moon Simmons (Character) $352.4M 2011
39% 49% Cars 2 Francesco Bernoulli (Voice) - 2011
89% 63% Passion Self,
Director 		$258.2K 2010
0% 28% The Nutcracker Rat King (Character) $190.6K 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy Writer,
Executive Producer 		- 2009
19% 57% Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Simmons/Voice of Jetfire (Character) $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
38% 45% You Don't Mess With the Zohan Phantom (Character) $100.0M 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Christmas Story Iisakki (Voice) - 2007
51% 40% Margot at the Wedding Jim (Character) $2.0M 2007
57% 85% Transformers Agent Simmons (Character) $319.0M 2007
47% 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
53% 56% Romance & Cigarettes Director,
Writer 		$540.1K 2005
No Score Yet 17% 2B Perfectly Honest Sal/Roberto (Character) - 2004
20% 59% She Hate Me Don Angelo (Character) $365.1K 2004
46% 65% Secret Window John Shooter (Character) $47.8M 2004
57% 39% Fear X Harry (Character) - 2003
42% 59% Anger Management Chuck (Character) $133.8M 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Secret Passage Paolo Zane (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Opopomoz Unknown (Voice) - 2003
67% 74% 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
58% 69% The Luzhin Defence Alexander Luzhin (Character) $1.1M 2000
14% 43% Company Man CIA Agent Johnson (Character) $146.0K 2000
35% 59% The Man Who Cried Dante (Character) $739.6K 2000
78% 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
46% 66% Illuminata Tuccio (Character),
Director,
Producer 		$836.6K 1998
64% 87% Rounders Joey Knish (Character) $22.9M 1998
No Score Yet 25% Lesser Prophets Leon (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 67% Animals and the Tollkeeper Tuxedo Man (Character) - 1998
53% 53% The Truce Primo Levi (Character) $149.9K 1997
39% 36% Girl 6 Murray (Character) $4.6M 1996
No Score Yet 70% 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 44% Sugartime Sam Giancana (Character) - 1995
33% 41% Search and Destroy Ron (Character) - 1995
75% 61% Unstrung Heroes Sid Lidz (Character) $7.9M 1995
75% 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
84% 80% Fearless Dr. Bill Perlman (Character) $6.5M 1993
50% 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
90% 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
92% 89% Do the Right Thing Pino (Character) $26.0M 1989
40% 25% 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% 53% Five Corners Heinz (Character) $305.4K 1987
87% 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 27% Off Beat Neil Pepper (Character) $4.1M 1986
86% 62% Desperately Seeking Susan Ray (Character) $24.4M 1985
88% 79% To Live and Die in L.A. Carl Cody (Character) $16.6M 1985

TV

Credit
97% 88% Severance Irving (Character) 2022 2025
No Score Yet No Score Yet Poetry in America Guest 2024
91% 67% Mr. & Mrs. Smith Eric Shane (Guest Star) 2024
No Score Yet 90% Green Eggs and Ham Goat (Voice) 2019 2022
No Score Yet 50% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2016 2019-2020 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Desus & Mero Guest 2021
87% 72% The Plot Against America Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf (Character) 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet 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 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Last Call With Carson Daly Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Real Time With Bill Maher Guest 2011
89% 88% Monk Ambrose Monk (Guest Star) 2004-2005 2008
94% 98% Flight of the Conchords Credits Cop (Guest Star) 2007
95% 95% Frasier Grant (Guest Voice) 2002
No Score Yet 57% Saturday Night Live Host 1994
71% 89% Miami Vice Unknown (Guest Star) 1985