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 Highly talented, lightly built American actor who always looks unsettled and jumpy has become a favourite of cult/arthouse film aficionados with his compelling performances in a broad range of cinematic vehicles.Turturro was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Italian-American parents, Katherine (Incerella), a jazz singer, and Nicholas Turturro, a construction worker and carpenter, who was born in Giovinazzo. His brother, also named Nicholas Turturro, is an actor, and actress Aida Turturro is his cousin.Turturro has become a regular in the thought provoking films of Spike Lee and the off the wall comedies of Joel Coen & Ethan Coen. His wonderful performances include as the highly agitated "Pino" in Do the Right Thing (1989), as an intellectual playwright in Barton Fink (1991), a pedophile tenpin bowler in The Big Lebowski (1998), a confused boyfriend in Jungle Fever (1991) and as the voice of Harvey the dog in Summer of Sam (1999).Turturro has continued to appeal to audiences despite his unconventional looks and the often annoying onscreen mannerisms of his characters which he used to great effect in films such as his blue collar tale of warring brothers in the construction business, Mac (1992), as the irate, dumped game show contestant, Herbie Stempel, in Robert Redford's dynamic Quiz Show (1994). One of modern American cinema's gems of acting, Turturro remains in strong demand for his high calibre thespian talents.
Bio:
Highly talented, lightly built American actor who always looks unsettled and jumpy has become a favourite of cult/arthouse film aficionados with his compelling performances in a broad range of cinematic vehicles.Turturro was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Italian-American parents, Katherine (Incerella), a jazz singer, and Nicholas Turturro, a construction worker and carpenter, who was born in Giovinazzo. His brother, also named Nicholas Turturro, is an actor, and actress Aida Turturro is his cousin.Turturro has become a regular in the thought provoking films of Spike Lee and the off the wall comedies of Joel Coen & Ethan Coen. His wonderful performances include as the highly agitated "Pino" in Do the Right Thing (1989), as an intellectual playwright in Barton Fink (1991), a pedophile tenpin bowler in The Big Lebowski (1998), a confused boyfriend in Jungle Fever (1991) and as the voice of Harvey the dog in Summer of Sam (1999).Turturro has continued to appeal to audiences despite his unconventional looks and the often annoying onscreen mannerisms of his characters which he used to great effect in films such as his blue collar tale of warring brothers in the construction business, Mac (1992), as the irate, dumped game show contestant, Herbie Stempel, in Robert Redford's dynamic Quiz Show (1994). One of modern American cinema's gems of acting, Turturro remains in strong demand for his high calibre thespian talents.
Tivia:
John Turturro speaks fluent Italian, as amply demonstrated by his role in Mia madre (2015).A native of Brooklyn and a big fan of Big Trouble in Little China (1986), John Turturro Is the second of three brothers. Older brother of Nicholas Turturro. Cousin of Aida Turturro and Ralph Turturro. Father of Arianna Turturro and Diego Z. Turturro. The Turturro family originated in Giovinazzo, Bari, Italy.Has appeared in more films directed by Spike Lee than any other actor. They first worked together in Do the Right Thing (1989) and as of Miracle at St. Anna (2008) has appeared in nine of Lee's films.His Brooklyn, New York-born mother, Katherine Florence Incerella (born March 24, 1921 - died October 12, 2005), was a professional singer.Has his own production company called Humperdink Productions.Italian-American. His mother was born to Italian immigrants and his father immigrated from Italy at the age of six.Graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY)-New Paltz and Yale Drama School.As of 2014, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Raging Bull (1980), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Quiz Show (1994).He has dual U.S. and Italian citizenship.Does an accurate impression of Burt Lancaster.Starred in six movies with his former acting professor from SUNY New Paltz, Joe Paparone. In the film Mac (1992), he plays his deceased father.Discovered on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012) that his maternal grandfather, Giovanni Incerella, an Italian emigrant from Naples, re-married to a black woman, John's step-grandmother Deborah M. L. Eld, in the U.S., in 1937.Although he isn't from Jewish descent, Turturro has played several Jewish characters in his career such as in Miller's Crossing (1990), Barton Fink (1991), Quiz Show (1994), The Truce (1997) and The Plot Against America (2020).Based his character Bernie Bernbaum in Miller's Crossing (1990) on the real- life personae of Director Barry Sonnenfeld (Get Shorty (1995), Men in Black (1997)), the film's cinematographer.Appears in The Communards video clip "I never can say goodbye".Well known to New York audiences, in 1985 he won both a Theatre World Award and an Obie for his frighteningly real performance in 'Danny and the Deep Blue Sea.'.Appeared in Yasmina Reza's play, Life (x) 3 at the Circle in the Square Theatre (NYC). (March 2003)He has appeared in three films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Raging Bull (1980), Do the Right Thing (1989) and The Big Lebowski (1998).He has worked with 10 directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: Martin Scorsese, William Friedkin, Woody Allen, Ron Howard, Michael Cimino, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Robert Redford, Barry Levinson, and Guillermo del Toro. |
| Name: |
John Turturro |
Type: |
Actor,Writer,Producer (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
Platform: |
IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Actor,Writer,Producer |
| Products for sale: |
Actor,Writer,Producer |
| Model rank: |
188 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 03:44:14 |
| Height: |
6' 0?' (1.84 m) |
| Biography: |
Highly talented, lightly built American actor who always looks unsettled and jumpy has become a favourite of cult/arthouse film aficionados with his compelling performances in a broad range of cinematic vehicles.Turturro was born in Brooklyn, New Yor |
| Trivia: |
John Turturro speaks fluent Italian, as amply demonstrated by his role in Mia madre (2015).A native of Brooklyn and a big fan of Big Trouble in Little China (1986), John Turturro Is the second of three brothers. Older brother of Nicholas Turturro. Cousin of Aida Turturro and Ralph Turturro. Father of Arianna Turturro and Diego Z. Turturro. The Turturro family originated in Giovinazzo, Bari, Italy.Has appeared in more films directed by Spike Lee than any other actor. They first worked together in Do the Right Thing (1989) and as of Miracle at St. Anna (2008) has appeared in nine of Lee's films.His Brooklyn, New York-born mother, Katherine Florence Incerella (born March 24, 1921 - died October 12, 2005), was a professional singer.Has his own production company called Humperdink Productions.Italian-American. His mother was born to Italian immigrants and his father immigrated from Italy at the age of six.Graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY)-New Paltz and Yale Drama School.As of 2014, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Raging Bull (1980), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Quiz Show (1994).He has dual U.S. and Italian citizenship.Does an accurate impression of Burt Lancaster.Starred in six movies with his former acting professor from SUNY New Paltz, Joe Paparone. In the film Mac (1992), he plays his deceased father.Discovered on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012) that his maternal grandfather, Giovanni Incerella, an Italian emigrant from Naples, re-married to a black woman, John's step-grandmother Deborah M. L. Eld, in the U.S., in 1937.Although he isn't from Jewish descent, Turturro has played several Jewish characters in his career such as in Miller's Crossing (1990), Barton Fink (1991), Quiz Show (1994), The Truce (1997) and The Plot Against America (2020).Based his character Bernie Bernbaum in Miller's Crossing (1990) on the real- life personae of Director Barry Sonnenfeld (Get Shorty (1995), Men in Black (1997)), the film's cinematographer.Appears in The Communards video clip "I never can say goodbye".Well known to New York audiences, in 1985 he won both a Theatre World Award and an Obie for his frighteningly real performance in 'Danny and the Deep Blue Sea.'.Appeared in Yasmina Reza's play, Life (x) 3 at the Circle in the Square Theatre (NYC). (March 2003)He has appeared in three films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Raging Bull (1980), Do the Right Thing (1989) and The Big Lebowski (1998).He has worked with 10 directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: Martin Scorsese, William Friedkin, Woody Allen, Ron Howard, Michael Cimino, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Robert Redford, Barry Levinson, and Guillermo del Toro. |
| Trademarks: |
Frequently works with Spike Lee, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.
Dramatic acting style
Raspy voice and heavy New York accent
Curly black hair |
| Quotes: |
I mean usually with movies, if you're dark, you're a bad guy. That's it. I turned down a million bad guy things.
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I didn't want to be an actor who played Italian thugs. I'm not even interested in those guys really, unless it's a great part. And I knew that movies were predicated on how you look. But a few people gave me the opportunities to do other things, and I just took it and ran with it.
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[2011, on The Nutcracker: The Untold Story (2010) ] That was a whole huge makeup job. That was an interesting experience. I'm kind of disappointed that the movie got chopped up a little bit, here and there. They didn't know what to do with it. I think when they originally tested it, boys liked it better than girls. It was a little too dark. But it was a really fun role, and I loved working with Elle Fanning and Andrey Konchalovskiy. He was a taskmaster, and we butted heads many days, but I still think he's a very talented guy. I was happy with what I did in the movie, but I think, originally, it was better. And we didn't shoot it in 3-D. That was something definitely disappointing for me because I felt like I was in the realm of doing something interesting.
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(2011, on his hair) Well, they said in Newsweek years ago that "John Turturro is to hair what Meryl Streep is to accents", or something like that. That was for Barton Fink (1991). It's funny, because my hair is really not that malleable, but I have done lots of crazy haircuts and had my hair straightened and this and that. I've also worn some wigs, and [Grace of My Heart (1996)] was actually a wig that I'd had made for another movie, Search and Destroy (1995). We remodeled it and, because it was long, we turned it up. That was a great job by the wig makers, the stylists. We used it long, short. So yes, hair is very important. Look at Donald Trump. Where would he be without his hair? Don King and Donald Trump are the prime examples. They've got the crowns.
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[2011, on Grace of My Heart (1996)] I loved, loved doing that movie. I would put that part as one of the more successful parts I've ever played in a movie. I loved playing that role. I loved what the movie was about. I really liked working with Illeana Douglas, and I loved working with Allison Anders. I really regret that I haven't gotten to work with her again. I had a blast doing that movie. I met a guy who I based my speech pattern on - a guy who was in the music business, but he wasn't a music manager. I interviewed all these guys, and I found this one guy through a friend of mine, and he was just the key to the whole thing. Because it was well-written, but I was just trying to do something a little bit different, you know? And I basically did him in the movie. I really loved doing that movie. It's all about a lot of the music from when I was a little kid. |
| Job title: |
Actor,Writer,Producer |
| Others works: |
4/05: Played Pasquale Lojacono in "Souls of Naples" play by Eduardo De Filippo translated by Michael Feingold (Theatre for a New Audience at the Duke, New York City).
Appeared in an episode of the interview series "HARDtalk Extra" in |
| Spouse: |
Katherine Borowitz (1985 - present) (2 children) |
| Parents: |
Nicholas Turturro
Katherine Turturro |
| Relatives: |
Nicholas Turturro (Sibling)
Sibling (Sibling)
Aida Turturro (Cousin) |
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