John Michael Turturro born February 28 1957 is an AmericanItalian 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 onscreen in the early 1980s and received early critical recognition with the independent film Five Corners 1987 Turturros mainstream breakthrough came with Lees Do the Right Thing 1989 and the Coens Millers 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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