(Actor, Director, Writer, Producer) In a career spanning more than 35 years, John Turturro has worked with a number of acclaimed filmmakers, appearing in Spike Lee's 'Do the Right Thing' and 'Jungle Fever,' Martin Scorsese’s 'The Color of Money,' Robert Redford’s 'Quiz Show,' Francesco Rosi’s 'La Tregua,' Robert De Niro’s 'The Good Shepherd,' Tom DiCillo’s 'Box of Moonlight' and Nanni Moretti’s 'Mia Madre.' He also starred in the Adam Sandler comedies 'Mr. Deeds,' 'Anger Management' and 'You Don’t Mess with the Zohan,' and appeared in three of Michael Bay’s blockbuster 'Transformer' films, as the eccentric Agent Simmons.
Turturro has been a frequent collaborator with Joel and Ethan Coen, starring in several of their films. For his lead role in the Coen brothers’ 'Barton Fink,' Turturro won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the David Donatello Award. He also appeared in their films 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?,' 'Miller’s Crossing' and 'The Big Lebowski,' where he played the iconic character Jesus Quintana. In 2020, Turturro reprised Quintana in 'The Jesus Rolls,' a film he wrote, directed and starred in. In 2022 Turturro appeared in Matt Reeves’ film ‘The Batman’ as Carmine Falcone. He recently starred in Pedro Almodóvar’s 'The Room Next Door,' and is starring in Sean Ellis’ 'The Cut.' He will be seen in the upcoming film 'The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,' a crime thriller directed by Noah Segan.
On television, Turturro won an Emmy Award for his guest appearance on 'Monk,' and was nominated for an Emmy Award, Golden Globe and SAG Award for his role as criminal attorney John Stone in HBO’s 'The Night Of.' He was also nominated for a SAG Award for his portrayal of Howard Cosell in 'Monday Night Mayhem,' and nominated again for 'The Bronx Is Burning,' in which he played notorious Yankees skipper Billy Martin. He starred as Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf in the six-part HBO series 'The Plot Against America,' based on the acclaimed novel by Philip Roth. Recently, he starred in the Amazon Prime Video series 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith,' as Eric Shane, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. Turturro recently starred as Irving Bailiff in the second season of the Apple TV+ series 'Severance,' for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in both the first and second seasons.
In 2023 he starred as Mickey Sabbath in his and Ariel Levy’s stage adaptation of Philip Roth's novel 'Sabbath's Theater.'
Turturro received the Camera D’Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival for Mac, his directorial debut. His other films as writer and director include 'Illuminata,' 'Romance & Cigarettes,' 'Passione,' and 'Fading Gigolo.'
Turturro studied at SUNY New Paltz and the Yale School of Drama. For his stage debut he played the title role in John Patrick Shanley’s 'Danny and the Deep Blue Sea,' for which he won an OBIE Award and a Theater World Award.
