Biography
Nicholas Turturro, Jr. (born January 29, 1962) is an American actor, best known for his role as James Martinez, on NYPD Blue from 1993 to 2000. Nicholas is the younger brother of actor, John Turturro and the cousin of actress, Aida Turturro. He received an Emmy Award nomination for playing James Martinez on the television series NYPD Blue and was on the series for its first seven seasons. His other notable roles include his role as Al Capone in the series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (199...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Bouncer
2024
as Doctor Esposito
An expat on the run in Romania works as a bouncer at an upscale nightclub frequented by a notorious mob boss and his girlfriend. When he saves the wo...

Leo
2023
as Anthony's Dad (voice)
Jaded 74-year-old lizard Leo has been stuck in the same Florida classroom for decades with his terrarium-mate turtle. When he learns he only has one y...

Murder Motel
2023
as Crystal Bobby
Tonya, an African American trans woman has journeyed cross-country from her small Mississippi hometown to California in pursuit of her dream to be an ...

The Crusades
2023
as Coach Krieger
On the edge of revolutionary change at their all boys private high school, three friends set out to have one last great weekend while dodging authorit...

Call Her King
2023
After the courthouse is hijacked by Black Caesar, brother of Sean Samuels, who has just been sentenced, Judge Jaeda King must rely on her strength and...

Prince of Detroit
2023
as Jeremy Murdoch
When his parents are betrayed and conspired against, they’re left with nothing. A young Tony must do away with his entitlement, then use both his pare...

Four Cousins and a Christmas
2021
as Tommy
Four cousins are excited to celebrate Christmas with each other until their estranged grandfather summons them home for their beloved grandmother’s me...

Pups Alone
2021
as Benny
After receiving an exciting new job opportunity at a cutting edge Pet Invention company, Robert, his teenage daughter Jenna and their trusty and speci...

Escape from Death Block 13
2021
as Renda
After the death of his brother, Mick travels to America to seek Justice. Wrongly convicted of extortion and attempted murder, Mick is sent to Pleasant...

The Penthouse
2021
as Detective Martinez
Peter and Amanda spy on a bickering couple from their penthouse, but when the man finds out, he vows to make the nosy couples life a living hell.

Escape: Puzzle of Fear
2020
as Keith
Hot-shot Hollywood agent Matthew Blake has a dark past. He thinks that he is on his way to a double date with his oldest friend to a new Escape Room i...

Shooting Heroin
2020
as Reverend John
A small town community comes together to eradicate the heroin epidemic from its midst by whatever means necessary.

Angels Fallen
2020
as Newton
After the tragic loss of his wife battling the forces of darkness, Gabriel is persuaded to rejoin his former team of demon hunters traveling from rela...

Dear Frank
2019
as Father Quinn
After a man's wife is mysteriously poisoned, he discovers a diary indicating all of her previous lovers who also are potential murder suspects.

Las Vegas Vietnam: The Movie
2019
as The Governor
4 Gangs Rule Las Vegas: Black, White, Asian, Mexican, only one will win - or will they in this Comedy, Drama, Ghost story.

BlacKkKlansman
2018
as Walker
Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operatio...

Honor Up
2018
as Detective Kane
The film -- executive produced by rapper Kanye West -- follows character OG, played by Damon Dash, in a saga that flips between his dedication to his ...

The Eyes
2017
as Charlie
6 strangers are kidnapped and through governmental technology have proof they have all killed before and are told 5 will die this night, one may walk,...

Justice League Dark
2017
as Boston Brand / Deadman (voice)
When innocent civilians begin committing unthinkable crimes across Metropolis, Gotham City and beyond, Batman must call upon mystical counterparts to ...

A Chance in the World
2017
as Mike Silvia
A Chance in the World is the unbelievable real life story of Steve, a wounded and broken boy destined to become a man of resilience and vision. From t...

Subterranea
2015
as Remy
Having spent his entire life in a dark cell, never seeing the light of day or another human being, the "Captive" is released into society and must lea...

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
2015
as Nick Manero
Security guard Paul Blart is headed to Las Vegas to attend a Security Guard Expo with his teenage daughter Maya before she departs for college. While ...

Here Comes the Boom
2012
as Referee
A high school biology teacher moonlights as a mixed-martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to save the school's music program.

Super Cyclone
2012
as Travis Verdon
When a super cyclone threatens the entire American eastern seaboard, a lone meteorologist and a petroleum engineer must battle the elements to stop th...

TalhotBlond
2012
as Moretti
Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and se...

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
2011
as Antonio
A kid from the Midwest moves out to Hollywood in order to follow in his parents footsteps -- and become a porn star.

Zookeeper
2011
as Manny
Kindhearted Griffin Keyes is one of the best-loved caretakers at the Franklin Park Zoo, but he's more comfortable with the animals than with females o...

Takers
2010
as Franco Dalia
A seasoned team of bank robbers, including Gordon Jennings, John Rahway, A.J., and brothers Jake and Jesse Attica successfully complete their latest h...

The Deported
2010
as Gianni DiCarlo
An Italian-American actor is deported to Mexico by some crooked INS Agents, and a pack of orphans helps him find his way back to America

The Deported
2010
Writer
An Italian-American actor is deported to Mexico by some crooked INS Agents, and a pack of orphans helps him find his way back to America

Shoot the Hero
2010
as Grant
A 30-something couple unintentionally become involved in a botched jewel heist while shopping for wedding rings.

Street Boss
2009
as Jimmy Calone
Based on the true story of how the FBI brought down one of Detroit's most notorious mobsters.

Phantom Punch
2008
as Ceasar Novak
From his discovery by a priest while serving time at the Missouri State Penitentiary to the infamous 'Phantom Punch' by Cassius Clay which effectively...
Remembering Phil
2008
as Phil Winters
Comedy - When TV writer-producer PHIL WINTERS (Turturro) returns from vacation, it seems as if no one is aware that he's ever existed. - Nicholas Tur...

First Sunday
2008
as Officer D'Agostino
Durell and LeeJohn are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When told they have one week to pay a $17,000 debt or Durell will lose his son, they...

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007
as Renaldo Pinera
Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his lover so that ...

McBride: Semper Fi
2007
as Officer Colin Pierce
Mike McBride is a curmudgeon with a heart of gold. He takes cases based on their merit rather than on their monetary value, which often leads to terse...

Dangerous Isolation
2006
as Travis Erickson
A top software engineer and her daughter are kidnapped. The kidnappers want her to decrypt sensitive government information, and they are threatening ...

World Trade Center
2006
as Officer Colovito
Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Three Wise Guys
2005
as Vincent
On Christmas Eve, three hired killers give chase after unwittingly aiding the pregnant girlfriend of one of their targets.

The Longest Yard
2005
as Brucie
Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe lands in a Texas federal penitentiary, where manipulative Warden Hazen recruits him to advise the instit...

The Hillside Strangler
2004
as Angelo Buono
Kenneth Bianchi is a security guard whose attempts to become a police officer are repeatedly thwarted. He moves to California to live with his cousin ...

The Hollow
2004
as Sheriff Duncan
The presence of Ichabod Crane's descendant in Sleepy Hollow conjures the Headless Horseman to return and resume his spooky slaughtering.

Purgatory Flats
2003
as Johnny Ramos
Sunny would do anything to get out of Purgatory Flats. Anything to be free of her abusive husband and his lecherous family. Anything it seems, even mu...

Fear X
2003
as Harry
When his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident, Harry, prompted by mysterious visions, journeys to discover the true circumstances surrounding...

The Biz
2002
as Anthony
Have you ever wondered what the day-to-day trials and tribulations of a working actress are in America's dream factory, Hollywood? What does it take t...

Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie
2002
as Joe Jr.
Mother's good boy Benny Silman from Brooklyn becomes an economics student at Arizona State University for the sun and sexy girls- and the proximity of...

Monday Night Mayhem
2002
as Chet Forte
The early years of a television sports powerhouse are chronicled as ABC becomes a player in the NFL coverage by putting their full resources into a ma...

The Shipment
2001
as Eddie Colucci
A mob enforcer is hired to recover a shipment of Viagra gone awry.

Recess: School's Out
2001
as Cop #1 (voice)
The school year is finally ending, and T.J. Detweiler is looking forward to summer. But boredom quickly sets in when his friends leave for camp — unti...

Hellraiser: Inferno
2000
as Det. Tony Nenonen
A detective solves the puzzle box that releases the diabolical demon, Pinhead. As those around him begin to meet tragic fates, he sets out to conquer ...

Mercenary II: Thick & Thin
1999
as Major Ray Domino
Mercenary Captain "Hawk" is in Acion again to save a hostage. But he and his team are betrayed. Nothing is as it seems...

Witness to the Mob
1998
as Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano
Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano was mafiosi. He started out as a soldier, but his talent for murder, including the slayings of his best friends, his wife's b...

Excess Baggage
1997
as Stick
A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.

Shadow Conspiracy
1997
as Grasso
Bobby Bishop is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenk...

Freefall: Flight 174
1995
as Al Williams
True story of a brand-new Canadian airliner running out of fuel in-flight and forced to glide to the nearest airfield.

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
1995
as Mike
When a state trooper is gunned down on a New Jersey highway, his friend and colleague sets out to track down the killers. Realizing the murder is conn...

WWE WrestleMania XI
1995
as Ring Announcer / Interviewer
WWF’s biggest night looms even larger with NFL Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor battles Bam Bam Bigelow in the main event. WWF Champion Diesel faces Shaw...

Federal Hill
1995
as Ralph
In Providence's Italian neighborhood, Federal Hill, five young are immersed in drugs, crime and violence. Everything changes when one of the guys in t...

The Search for One-eye Jimmy
1994
as Junior
While working on a documentary on his old neighborhood, a young film school graduate shifts the focus of his production onto the disappearance of a lo...

Cosmic Slop
1994
as Father Carlos (segment 'The First Commandment')
In the tradition of The Twilight Zone, this bizarre, thought-provoking trilogy addresses the destiny of the world's minorities: Part I: A conservative...

Men Lie
1994
Swearing fidelity to his fiancée, two-faced Scott attempts to bed every woman who crosses his path.

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
1993
as Big Al Brown
Going to college and working in a seedy speakeasy bring Indy into contact with jazz great Sidney Bechet, who teaches him how to play the blues. Unfort...

Malcolm X
1992
as Boston Cop
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he b...

Mac
1992
as Tony Gloves
Niccolo "Mac" Vitelli is the eldest of three brothers in 1950s Queens. Mac is a construction builder, a trade he learned from his late father, and hel...

Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
1991
as Danny D'Arcangelo
Both sides of the law hunt Costabile 'Gus' Farace for slaying a federal drug agent in 1989 New York.

Jungle Fever
1991
as Vinny
A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference wo...

Men Of Respect
1990
as Bingo
In this modern day version of Shakespeare's Macbeth, a hitman heeds a spiritualist's prophesies that he will rise to the head of his family. He starts...

Mo' Better Blues
1990
as Josh Flatbush
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he ...

Do the Right Thing
1989
as Policeman (uncredited)
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzer...