John Turturro

John Turturro

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).

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John Turturro Movies

Discover the best John Turturro movies. Explore the complete filmography, including top-rated classics, newest releases, and highest-grossing films starring John Turturro ranked by year and score.

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The Room Next Door

The Room Next Door (2024)

Comedy Drama
Two former colleagues reconnect after decades apart, their lives having diverged into unexpected trajectories. Ingrid carved a literary career from personal confession while Martha documented the world's crises from war...
Score 6.7
2
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)

Adventure Animation Drama
Set against the darkening shadow of Mussolini's Italy, del Toro's stop-motion reimagining of the classic fable finds Geppetto grieving, desperate, and carving a son from pine and heartbreak. The wooden...
Score 8.0
3
The Batman

The Batman (2022)

Crime Mystery Thriller
Still raw in his vigilante career, Bruce Wayne prowls a rain-soaked Gotham that feels genuinely rotten to its foundation. When a methodical killer begins targeting the city's elite and leaving...
Score 7.7
4
Exodus: Gods and Kings

Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

Action Adventure Drama
Raised as brothers in the Egyptian court, Moses and Ramses eventually find themselves on opposite sides of history. When Moses learns of his Hebrew origins and witnesses the brutality visited...
Score 5.9
5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

Action Adventure Science Fiction
Sam Witwicky thought the robot war was over. He was wrong. When the Autobots uncover evidence of a hidden spacecraft near Chernobyl, Optimus Prime realizes the US government has been...
Score 6.2
6
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Action Adventure Science Fiction
Sam Witwicky thought he'd left the robot war behind, but the Decepticons have other plans. Haunted by fragmented visions he can't explain, Sam becomes the unwitting key to an ancient...
Score 6.2
7
The Taking of Pelham 123

The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)

Action Crime Thriller
When a group of armed men seize a Manhattan subway car and demand ten million dollars in one hour, the city's pressure falls on Walter Garber, a transit dispatcher who...
Score 6.4
8
Transformers

Transformers (2007)

Action Adventure Science Fiction
When a seemingly ordinary high school student stumbles upon a map hidden in his family's old car, he inadvertently becomes the most valuable asset in an intergalactic conflict. Massive alien...
Score 6.8
9
The Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd (2006)

Drama History Thriller
Edward Wilson carries silence like a weapon. A Yale man shaped by Skull and Bones, haunted by a father's violent death, he finds his instinct for secrecy perfectly suited to...
Score 6.4
10
Secret Window

Secret Window (2004)

Mystery Thriller
A reclusive author nursing his divorce finds himself cornered by an obsessed stranger who accuses him of literary theft. As the mysterious antagonist tightens his grip on Rainey's isolated lake...
Score 6.6
11
Anger Management

Anger Management (2003)

Comedy
Dave Buznik is the kind of guy who apologizes for being bumped into. So when a minor incident on a flight somehow lands him in court-ordered therapy, it feels like...
Score 6.2
12
Rounders

Rounders (1998)

Crime Drama
Mike McDermott reads poker tables the way other people read faces, but one brutal loss to a cold Russian mobster named Teddy KGB wipes him out and pushes him toward...
Score 7.0
13
He Got Game

He Got Game (1998)

Drama
Jake Shuttlesworth is doing hard time for a crime that tore his family apart, but the state sees an opportunity. His son Jesus is the most recruited high school basketball...
Score 6.8
14
The Big Lebowski

The Big Lebowski (1998)

Comedy Crime
Jeff Lebowski wants nothing more from life than a good bowling lane and a cold White Russian. When a pair of thugs mistake him for a wheelchair-bound millionaire who shares...
Score 7.8
15
Barton Fink

Barton Fink (1991)

Comedy Drama Thriller
Celebrated Manhattan playwright Barton Fink arrives in Los Angeles expecting artistic freedom and finds a sweating, peeling hotel room instead. Hired to write a wrestling picture he has no interest...
Score 7.5
16
Miller’s Crossing

Miller’s Crossing (1990)

Crime Drama Thriller
Prohibition-era politics makes for ugly business in an unnamed American city where crime boss Leo O'Bannon rules through patronage and carefully maintained alliances. When his sharp, quietly dangerous advisor Tom...
Score 7.5
17
State of Grace

State of Grace (1990)

Crime Drama Thriller
Ten years away from Hell's Kitchen is long enough to almost forget where you came from, but Terry Noonan finds out fast that the old neighborhood has a long memory....
Score 6.9
18
Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing (1989)

Drama
On the hottest day of a Brooklyn summer, small grievances calcify into something much larger. When a Black resident challenges the Italian owner of a neighborhood pizzeria over whose faces...
Score 7.8
19
To Live and Die in L.A.

To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

Action Crime Thriller
Secret Service agent Richard Chance has never been much for playing by the rules, but when a partner is gunned down, restraint disappears entirely. His target is Eric Masters, a...
Score 7.1
20
Raging Bull

Raging Bull (1980)

Drama History
Jake LaMotta could take a punch better than almost anyone who ever stepped into a boxing ring. Outside of it, he was his own worst opponent. Martin Scorsese's brutal, black-and-white...
Score 7.9

John Turturro TV Shows

Browse the ultimate list of John Turturro TV shows. Find top-rated television series, critically acclaimed dramas, and hit shows starring John Turturro.

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Severance

Severance (2022)

Drama Mystery Sci-Fi & Fantasy
At Lumon Industries, a radical procedure has split the minds of its employees in two: the version that clocks in each morning knows nothing of the outside world, and the...
Score 8.4
2
The Night Of

The Night Of (2016)

Crime Drama Mystery
Naz Khan, a quiet college student in New York City, borrows his father's cab one night and ends up entangled with a woman he barely knows. By morning, she is...
Score 8.0

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According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles starring John Turturro are The Room Next Door, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, and The Batman.
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Our database currently features a comprehensive filmography of 22 titles starring John Turturro, ranging from their earliest roles to the newest releases.
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Yes! The overall filmography starring John Turturro maintains a strong average user rating of 7.1 out of 10 across all tracked titles.