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John Turturro
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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.
Notable films
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The Big Lebowski
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The Batman
As Carmine Falcone
To Live and Die in L.A.
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Cars 2
As Francesco Bernoulli (voice)
The Night Of
As John Stone
Exodus: Gods and Kings
As Sethos I
Anger Management
As Chuck
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
The Epic Journey: An Odyssey Narrative Chain
Homer's Odyssey is the foundational blueprint for the homebound journey, tracking a weary warrior's attempt to return to his family. This six-film narrative cha...
6 films
Neon Fog and the Long Way Home
From Thief's rain-slicked streets to Drive's neon avenues, a journey through neo-noir night drives where every turn tests the driver's moral compass.
8 films
The Perfect Needledrop: Ten Moments That Own the Screen
From sudden silences to euphoric choruses, these are the film moments where a song doesn't just score the scene, it becomes the scene.
10 films
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022 · Dottore (voice)
The Batman
2022 · Carmine Falcone
The Name of the Rose
2019 · William of Baskerville
The Night Of
2016 · John Stone
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014 · Sethos I
God's Pocket
2014 · Arthur 'Bird' Capezio
Cars 2
2011 · Francesco Bernoulli (voice)
Transformers
2007 · Agent Simmons
Brando: The Documentary
2007 · Self
The Good Shepherd
2006 · Raymond Brocco
Secret Window
2004 · John Shooter
Anger Management
2003 · Chuck
Mr. Deeds
2002 · Emilio Lopez
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000 · Pete Hogwallop
Cradle Will Rock
1999 · Aldo Silvano
Rounders
1998 · Joey Knish
All Revved Up
1998 · Johnny Candellano
The Big Lebowski
1998 · Jesus Quintana
Box of Moonlight
1996 · Al Fountain
Quiz Show
1994 · Herb Stempel
Barton Fink
1991 · Barton Fink
Miller's Crossing
1990 · Bernie Bernbaum
Mo' Better Blues
1990 · Moe Flatbush
Do the Right Thing
1989 · Pino
Five Corners
1987 · Heinz Sabatino
The Color of Money
1986 · Julian
Off Beat
1986 · Neil Pepper
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986 · TV Writer
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985 · Carl Cody