John Turturro

Name: John Turturro
Date of Birth: February 28, 1957
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography: One of the top character actors of his era, John Turturro is a fixture of the contemporary American independent filmmaking landscape. Born February 28, 1957, in Brooklyn, NY, Turturro became fascinat...( read more

)ed by movies during childhood, and after graduating from college he won a scholarship to study at the prestigious Yale School of Drama. He first gained notice in regional theater and off-Broadway, earning an Obie Award for his starring role in {+Danny and the Deep Blue Sea}. He made his film debut in Martin Scorsese's 1980 masterpiece Raging Bull but did not reappear onscreen prior to 1984's The Exterminator 2. That same year, he debuted on Broadway in {+Death of a Salesman}. Small roles in diverse fare including Susan Seidelman's 1985 comedy Desperately Seeking Susan, Scorsese's 1986 drama The Color of Money, and Woody Allen's masterful Hannah and Her Sisters kept Turturro busy throughout much of the decade, but his breakthrough performance did not arrive until Spike Lee cast him as a bigoted pizzeria worker in 1989's Do the Right Thing. A scene-stealing turn in the Coen brothers' 1990 gangland drama Miller's Crossing followed, and in 1991 the Coens cast him as the titular Barton Fink, a performance which garnered Best Actor honors at the {~Cannes Film Festival}. Subsequent lead roles were infrequent, although in 1992 he wrote, directed, and starred in Mac, a little-seen indie feature that won him a Golden Camera award for Best First Feature at the {~1992 Cannes Festival}. Supporting turns in acclaimed offerings including Quiz Show, Clockers, and Grace of My Heart (in which he expertly portrayed a Phil Spector-like music producer) followed before Turturro's next starring role, in Tom DiCillo's whimsical 1996 comedy Box of Moonlight. In 1998, the actor again collaborated with both Lee and the Coen brothers, working with the former on He Got Game and the latter on The Big Lebowski. Also in 1998, Turturro wrote, directed, produced, and starred in Illuminata, a comedy set against the backdrop of a struggling, turn-of-the-century New York theater company. The following year, he again took on the New York theater, appearing in Tim Robbins' Cradle Will Rock, an exploration of the relationship between art and politics set in 1930s New York.

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41 Trailer Videos for John Turturro

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Margot at the Wedding (2007)
The Luzhin Defence (2000)
Mac (1992)
Slipstream (2007)
The Man Who Cried (2000)
Backtrack (1991)
Transformers (2007)
All Revved Up (1998)
Barton Fink (1991)
The Good Shepherd (2006)
Illuminata (1998)
Jungle Fever (1991)
2B Perfectly Honest (2004)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Men of Respect (1991)
Secret Window (2004)
Box of Moonlight (1996)
Miller's Crossing (1990)
She Hate Me (2004)
Girl 6 (1996)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Anger Management (2003)
Grace of My Heart (1996)
Five Corners (1987)
Fear X (2003)
Sugartime (1996)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Mr. Deeds (2002)
Clockers (1995)
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
13 Conversations About One Thing (2001)
Search and Destroy (1995)
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Collateral Damage (2001)
Being Human (1993)
The Flamingo Kid (1984)
Monkeybone (2001)
Fearless (1993)
Raging Bull (1980)
Company Man (2000)
Brain Donors (1992)

posted 41 days ago
liltxgal98

hey nobody f*%$s with the Jesus

posted 288 days ago
cjgmborsut

I agree with kel216 - John Turturro is so talented.

posted 411 days ago
sherman40336

Ambrose Monk, Adrian's brother.

posted 413 days ago
kel216

I love John's acting. He is so versatile. I have seen him in many films and he is always so believable in anything he does. A true chameleon of an actor he reminds me of Robert Deniro in that he becomes the character he is portraying.

posted 422 days ago