John Turturro
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 Turturro at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival |
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| Born | John Michael Turturro February 28, 1957 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, writer, director |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Spouse | Katherine Borowitz (1985-present) |
| Children | Amedeo, Diego |
John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an American actor, writer, and director best known for his performances in Barton Fink (1991), Quiz Show (1994), The Big Lebowski (1998), and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). He has appeared in over sixty movies, and has worked frequently with the Coen brothers and Spike Lee. He is well known for his ability to change both his demeanor and physique.
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Early life
Turturro was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Katherine, an amateur jazz singer who worked in a Navy yard during World War II, and Nicholas Turturro, a carpenter and construction worker who fought as a Navy serviceman in D-Day.[1][2] Turturro's mother was Sicilian and his father emigrated from Giovinazzo, Bari, Italy at the age of six.[3] Turturro was raised a Catholic[4] and moved to the Rosedale section of Queens, New York with his family when he was six. He majored in drama at the State University of New York at New Paltz, and completed his MFA at the Yale School of Drama. He first appeared on film working as an extra in Martin Scorsese's critically acclaimed Raging Bull (1980).
Career
Turturro created the title role of John Patrick Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea at the Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center in 1983. He repeated it the following year off-Broadway and won an Obie Award. Spike Lee liked Turturro's performance in Five Corners so much that he chose to cast him in Do the Right Thing. This movie was the first of a long-standing collaboration between the famous director and John Turturro, which also includes Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Clockers (1995), Girl 6 (1996), He Got Game (1998), Summer of Sam (1999), She Hate Me (2004) and Miracle at St. Anna (2008).
A versatile actor comfortable with both comedy and drama, Turturro also had an extended collaboration with the Coen Brothers, appearing in their films Miller's Crossing (1990), Barton Fink (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998), and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). He has also appeared in several of Adam Sandler's movies, such as Mr. Deeds (2002) and You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008). He played a severely disturbed patient of Jack Nicholson's in the comedy Anger Management and played Johnny Depp's antagonist in Secret Window. Before becoming a household name, Turturro made a cameo in the Woody Allen film Hannah and Her Sisters.
He won an Emmy award for his portrayal of Adrian Monk's brother Ambrose Monk in the USA Network series Monk, and has reprised the role on numerous occasions. He has also been nominated and won many awards from film organizations such as Screen Actors Guild, Cannes Film Festival, Golden Globes, and others.
Turturro produced and directed, as well as acted in, the film Illuminata (1999), which also starred his wife Katherine Borowitz. He also wrote and directed the film Romance and Cigarettes (2005). In 2006 he appeared in Robert De Niro's The Good Shepherd, and as the oddball Sector 7 agent Simmons in three films of the Transformers live-action series.
Personal life
Turturro's brothers are actor Nicholas Turturro and artist Ralph Turturro.[5] A second Ralph Turturro, a middle school art teacher [6] and actress Aida Turturro are his cousins. He has two children, Amedeo (born 1990) and Diego (born 2000). Turturro is Roman Catholic and his wife, actress Katherine Borowitz, is Jewish.[2]
Turturro participates as a member of the Jury for the NYICFF, a local New York City Film Festival dedicated to screening films for children between the ages of 3 and 18.[7] He and his brother Nicholas are avid New York Yankees fans.[8]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1980 | Raging Bull | Man at table | (uncredited) |
| 1984 | Exterminator 2 | Guy #1 | |
| The Flamingo Kid | Ted from Pinky's | ||
| 1985 | Desperately Seeking Susan | Ray | |
| To Live and Die in L.A. | Carl Cody | ||
| 1986 | Hannah and Her Sisters | Writer | |
| The Color of Money | Julian | ||
| Gung Ho | Willie | ||
| Off Beat | Neil Pepper | ||
| 1987 | Five Corners | Heinz Sabantino | Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male |
| The Sicilian | Pisciotta | ||
| 1989 | Do the Right Thing | Pino | |
| 1990 | Catchfire | Pinella | |
| State of Grace | Nick | ||
| Mo' Better Blues | Moe Flatbush | ||
| Miller's Crossing | Bernie Bernbaum | ||
| 1991 | Men of Respect | Mike Battaglia | |
| Jungle Fever | Paulie Carbone | ||
| Barton Fink | Barton Fink | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor (Prix d'interprétation masculine) David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor |
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| 1992 | Mac | Niccolò Vitelli | Director and screenwriter Caméra d'Or Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Director Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature |
| Brain Donors | Roland T. Flakfizer | ||
| 1993 | Being Human | Lucinnius | |
| Fearless | Bill Pearlman | ||
| 1994 | Quiz Show | Herb Stempel | Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role |
| The Search for One-eye Jimmy | Disco Bean | ||
| 1995 | Search and Destroy | Ron | |
| Unstrung Heroes | Sidney Lidz | ||
| Clockers | Det. Larry Mazilla | ||
| Sugartime | Sam Giancana | TV film | |
| 1996 | Girl 6 | Murray | |
| Box of Moon Light | Al Fountain | Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male | |
| Grace of My Heart | Joel Millner | Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
| 1997 | La Tregua | Primo Levi | |
| The Last Bet | Leon | ||
| 1998 | Illuminata | Tuccio | Director Nominated — Palme d'Or |
| Rounders | Joey Knish | ||
| He Got Game | Billy Sunday | ||
| O.K. Garage | Jonny | ||
| The Big Lebowski | Jesus Quintana | ||
| 1999 | Summer of Sam | Demon | (voice role) |
| Cradle Will Rock | Aldo Silvano | ||
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Pete | Nominated — MTV Movie Award for On-Screen Team with George Clooney and Tim Blake Nelson |
| The Man Who Cried | Dante Dominio | ||
| Company Man | Crocker Johnson | ||
| 2001 | The Luzhin Defence | Alexander Luzhin | |
| Monkeybone | Monkeybone | (voice) | |
| Thirteen Conversations About One Thing | Walker | Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast | |
| 2002 | Collateral Damage | Armstrong | |
| Monday Night Mayhem | Howard Cosell | Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | |
| Mr. Deeds | Emilio Lopez | ||
| 2003 | Fear X | Harry | Nominated — Bodil Award for Best Actor (Bedste mandlige hovedrolle) |
| Anger Management | Chuck | ||
| Opopomoz | (voice) | ||
| 2004 | She Hate Me | Don Angelo Bonasera | |
| Secret Window | John Shooter | Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
| 2006 | The Good Shepherd | Ray Brocco | |
| Quelques jours en septembre | William Pound | ||
| Romance and Cigarettes | Male Dancer and singer | Director, screenwriter Nominated — Golden Lion |
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| 2007 | The Bronx is Burning | Billy Martin | Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
| Transformers | Agent Seymour Simmons | First time in role | |
| Margot at the Wedding | Jim | Nominated — Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast | |
| Slipstream | Harvey Brickman | ||
| 2008 | What Just Happened | Dick Bell | |
| You Don't Mess With The Zohan | Fatoush 'The Phantom' Hakbarah | ||
| Miracle at St. Anna | Detective Antonio 'Tony' Ricci | Nominated — Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble | |
| 2009 | Nutcracker: The Untold Story | The Rat King | |
| The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | Camonetti | ||
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Seymour Simmons | Second time in role | |
| Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy | Himself | Producer, screenwriter | |
| 2011 | Transformers 3 | Seymour Simmons | Third time in role |
Audiobook
- World War Z, 2007, as Serosha Garcia Alvarez
Television
- Miami Vice, episode 1x16, 1985
- Monk, as Ambrose Monk
- Mr. Monk and the Three Pies (2004)
- Mr. Monk Goes Home Again (2005)
- Mr. Monk's 100th Case (2008)
- The Bronx is Burning, 2007, as Billy Martin
- Flight of the Conchords, 2007, as himself.
References
- ↑ "John Turturro Biography - Yahoo! Movies". Movies.yahoo.com. 1957-02-28. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800021684/bio. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pfefferman, Naomi (1998-04-19). "JewishJournal.com". JewishJournal.com. http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/searchview.php?id=6205. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ↑ "TURTURRO BURNS THROUGH THREE VERSIONS OF REALITY IN 'LIFE (X) 3'". Saint Paul Pioneer Press. 2003-06-01. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PD&s_site=twincities&p_multi=SP&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FB7676928B7B8A8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
- ↑ "Actor and director John Turturro's Dirty Dozen — 12 movie favorites that have a special place in his heart. - Review - movie review | Film Comment | Find Articles at BNET.com". Findarticles.com. 2009-06-02. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1069/is_3_37/ai_75373523. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ↑ "ACTOR'S BROTHER MAKING A SCENE". http://www.nypost.com/p/news/regional/item_E1JWhOalevCyAE65OaBwaI;jsessionid=515505239108C49C881892430FB65E2B.
- ↑ Ralph Turturro (1957-08-13). "> Ralph Turturro > Artist Profile Page". myartspace. http://www.myartspace.com/ralphturturro/. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ↑ "NYICFF Jury". Gkids.com. http://gkids.com/?section=jury. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ↑ MLB.com (10/07/2009). "I Breathe Baseball featuring Nick Turturro on MLB Network Sunday, September, 27th and Sunday, October 4th". Press release. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20091007&content_id=7380216&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
External links
- John Turturro at the Internet Movie Database
- John Turturro at TV.com
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