Biography
Nicholas Turturro is an American actor. He is known for playing Detective James Martinez on the television series NYPD Blue from 1993 to 2000, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. He is the younger brother of actor John Turturro and the cousin of actress Aida Turturro.
Turturro began his career in the late 1980s with appearances in films directed by Spike Lee, including Do the Right Thing (1989) and Malcolm X (1992). His other film roles include Brucie in The Longest Yard (2005) and Renaldo Pinera in I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007). He later portrayed Sergeant Anthony Renzulli on the series Blue Bloods from 2010 to 2016.
