John Turturro Biography

Birthday: 1957-02-28
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City
Height: 6' 0½" (1.84 m)
Wiki Biography: Highly talented, lightly built Italian 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. 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.
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Filmography
TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
---|---|---|---|
Gung Ho | 1986 | Comedy | |
The Bronx Is Burning | Billy Martin | 2007 | Drama |
Transformers | Agent Simmons | 2007 | Action |
Anger Management | Chuck | 2013 - 2014 | Comedy |
Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
---|---|---|---|
Desperately Seeking Susan | 1985 | 0 | |
To Live and Die in L.A. | Carl Cody | 1985 | Action, Crime, Drama |
The Color of Money | 1986 | ||
Hannah and Her Sisters | 1986 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | |
Gung Ho | 1986 | Comedy, Drama | |
Gung Ho! | 1986 | Comedy, Drama | |
Five Corners | 1987 | Drama, Romance | |
The Sicilian | 1987 | Action, Crime, Drama | |
Do the Right Thing | Pino | 1989 | Drama |
Catchfire | 1990 | 0, 0, Game Show | |
State of Grace | Nick | 1990 | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
Miller's Crossing | Bernie Bernbaum | 1990 | |
Men of Respect | 1991 | Drama, Crime, Thriller | |
Jungle Fever | 1991 | Drama, Romance | |
Barton Fink | Barton Fink | 1991 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
Brain Donors | Roland T. Flakfizer | 1992 | Comedy |
Fearless | Dr. Bill Pearlman | 1993 | |
Mac | Niccolo | 1993 | Drama |
Quiz Show | Herbie Stempel | 1994 | Drama, History |
Clockers | Det. Larry Mazilli | 1995 | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
Unstrung Heroes | Sid Lidz | 1995 | Comedy, Drama |
The Search for One-eye Jimmy | 1996 | Comedy | |
Grace of My Heart | 1996 | Comedy, Drama, Music | |
Box of Moon Light | 1997 | Comedy, Drama | |
The Big Lebowski | Jesus Quintana | 1998 | 0 |
Rounders | 1998 | 0 | |
The Truce | Primo Levi | 1998 | Drama, History |
He Got Game | 1998 | Drama, Sport | |
Animals with the Tollkeeper | Tuxedo Man | 1998 | Romance, Fantasy |
O.K. Garage | Johnny Candellano | 1999 | Comedy, Drama, Crime |
O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Pete | 2000 | 0, 0, Comedy |
Cradle Will Rock | Aldo Silvano | 2000 | Drama |
The Luzhin Defence | 2000 | Drama, Romance | |
Monkeybone | Monkeybone | 2001 | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy |
Two Thousand and None | Benjamin Kasparian | 2001 | Comedy, Drama |
Collateral Damage | Sean Armstrong | 2002 | 0, 0 |
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing | Walker | 2002 | Drama |
Mr Deeds | Emilio Lopez | 2002 | Comedy, Romance |
Anger Management | Chuck | 2003 | |
Secret Passage | Paolo Zane | 2003 | Drama |
Opopomoz | Voice | 2003 | Animation, Family |
Secret Window | John Shooter | 2004 | Game Show |
2BPerfectlyHonest | Sal / Roberto | 2004 | 0 |
She Hate Me | 2004 | Comedy, Drama | |
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation | 2005 | ||
Transformers | Agent Simmons | 2007 | 0 |
What Just Happened? | Dick Bell | 2008 | |
You Dont Mess With the Zohan | Phantom | 2008 | |
Miracle at St. Anna | Detective Antonio 'Tony' Ricci | 2008 | 0, Romance, 0 |
What Just Happened | Dick Bell | 2008 | |
You Don't Mess with the Zohan | Phantom | 2008 | 0 |
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Simmons | 2009 | Sport |
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | Camonetti | 2009 | Game Show, 0, Comedy |
Cars 2 | Francesco Bernoulli | 2011 | |
In the Shadow of No Towers | Narrator | 2011 | Animation |
The Nutcracker in 3D | The Rat King | 2011 | Action, Family, Fantasy |
Somewhere Tonight | Leroy | 2012 | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Fading Gigolo | Fioravante | 2013 | Comedy |
Gods Behaving Badly | Hades | 2013 | Comedy, Drama |
The Locals | Joey Romano | 2015 | Comedy |
The Ridiculous 6 | Abner DoubleDay | 2015 | Comedy |
Tempo instabile con probabili schiarite | Lombelli | 2015 | Comedy |