FrameThrower · Actors · Nicholas Turturro
Nicholas Turturro
2 films · 169 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2000–2017
Born 29 January 1962 · New York City, New York, USA
Nicholas Turturro, Jr. 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 (1992-1993), his role as Brucie in The Longest Yard (2005), as well as his role as Sgt. Anthony Renzulli in the series Blue Bloods (2010-2016).
How their films are shot
Measured across 169 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Nicholas takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 84% of their frames are night, 69% low key — the look of the work Nicholas takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 169 frames from Nicholas Turturro's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.