John Turturro

John Michael Turturro ( ; 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). Provided by Wikipedia