John Turturro

John Turturro
Turturro at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	John Michael Turturro (1957-02-28) February 28, 1957 (age 67) New York City, U.S.
Citizenship	United States Italy
Education	State University of New York, New Paltz (BA) Yale University (MFA)
Occupations	Actor director producer screenwriter
Years active	1980–present
Spouse	Katherine Borowitz ​ (m. 1985)​
Children	2
Relatives	Nicholas Turturro (brother) Aida Turturro (cousin) Richard Termini (cousin)

John Michael Turturro (/tərˈtʊəroʊ/ ^ⓘ[1] Italian pronunciation: [turˈturro]; born February 28, 1957) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his varied roles in independent films, and has worked frequently with the Coen brothers, Adam Sandler, and Spike Lee. He has received a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for three Golden Globe Awards.

He achieved his career breakthrough with Five Corners (1987). He acted in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), and Clockers (1995). He also starred in Coens' Miller's Crossing (1990), Barton Fink (1991), for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, The Big Lebowski (1998), and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). He also starred in Fearless (1993), Quiz Show (1994), and Gloria Bell (2018); and portrayed Seymour Simmons in the Transformers film series (2007–2017) and Carmine Falcone in The Batman (2022).

For his guest role in the USA Network comedy series Monk, Turturro received a Primetime Emmy Award. He has also starred in the HBO thriller miniseries The Night Of (2016), the Showtime miniseries The Plot Against America (2020), and the Apple TV+ thriller series Severance (2022–present).

He has directed five films, Mac (1992), Illuminata (1998), Romance and Cigarettes (2005), Fading Gigolo (2013), and The Jesus Rolls (2020).