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Acting

John Turturro

Born
Feb 28, 1957 · Age 69
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Movie credits
130
TV credits
33
Directing credits
10
Also known as (6)
  • John Michael Turturro
  • 约翰·特托罗
  • Джон Туртурро
  • 존 터투로
  • 約翰·特托羅
  • جان تورتورو

Biography

John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an American-Italian actor, writer and filmmaker, known for his association with the independent film movement. He has appeared in over sixty feature films and has worked frequently with the Coen brothers, Adam Sandler and Spike Lee. He began his acting career on-screen in the early 1980s, and received early critical recognition with the independent film Five Corners (1987). Turturro's mainstream breakthrough came with Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989) and the Coens' Miller's Crossing (1990) and Barton Fink (1991), for which he won the Best…