John Lurie
- Birthday
- Dec 14, 1952
Bio: Actor/composer John Lurie began his career studying the alto saxophone, then moved to New York with his brother, pianist Evan Lurie; they formed the Lounge Lizards, a freeform jazz combo that went on to gain some distinction. Beginning in 1977 he directed and appeared in his own Super-8 films, and also acted in many New York-made Super-8 films by other filmmakers.… More Bio: Actor/composer John Lurie began his career studying the alto saxophone, then moved to New York with his brother, pianist Evan Lurie; they formed the Lounge Lizards, a freeform jazz combo that went on to gain some distinction. Beginning in 1977 he directed and appeared in his own Super-8 films, and also acted in many New York-made Super-8 films by other filmmakers. In 1980 he began scoring numerous films, most importantly Jim Jarmusch's first feature-length film, Permanent Vacation (1982), in which he also appeared. This began a significant association with Jarmusch; Lurie co-starred in Jarmusch's breakthrough film Stranger Than Paradise (1984), provided the music, and has acted in and/or scored other of Jarmusch's films as well. His work with Jarmusch brought him to the attention of other directors, and he has appeared in a handful of movies while maintaining his work as a screen composer. ~ Rovi
Most Popular
Filmography
-
Face Addict (2005)
- Actor
- 36%
-
5 Sides of a Coin (2003)
- Actor
-
New York Beat Movie (Downtown 81) (2000)
- Actor
- 71%
-
Sleepwalk (2000)
- Frank
-
New Rose Hotel (1998)
- Actor
- 19%
- See all 17 films
John Lurie Videos
Wild At Heart
2 minutes 58 seconds
Batman
2 minutes 47 seconds
Down By Law
2 minute
Desperately Seeking Susan
2 minutes 1 seconds
Downtown 81
3 minutes 7 seconds
Born Today
- Vanessa Martinez (34 years old)
- Hugh Dancy (38 years old)
- Robin Tunney (41 years old)
- Daria Nicolodi (63 years old)
- Paula Abdul (51 years old)
- Poppy Montgomery (41 years old)
- Paul Dano (29 years old)
- Blake Woodruff (18 years old)
- Mia Maestro (35 years old)
- Virginia Hey (61 years old)
- Sean Marshall (48 years old)
- Zoe Saldana (35 years old)
- Phylicia Rashad (65 years old)
- Ryan Hurst (37 years old)
- Louis Jourdan (94 years old)
- Jean Dujardin (41 years old)
- Lauren Lee Smith (33 years old)
- Aidan Turner (30 years old)
- Reza Kianian (62 years old)
- Gena Rowlands (83 years old)
- Sadie Frost (48 years old)
- Samuel West (47 years old)
- Mia Sara (46 years old)
- Eric Schweig (46 years old)
- See more (24)
