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John Turturro

John Turturro's biography

John Turturro is 65 years old actor born at Brooklyn. He was born on Thursday 28th of February 1957. According to year of birth 1957 he belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 28th of February means he is Pisces. Pisces is a Watery Sign. They are very intuitive people. They are empathic, emotional and highly spiritual in nature.

He is native english speaker. He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be actor. You can know him also as film director, writer, screenwriter, character actor, stage actor, television actor, film actor, director, film producer, voice actor. He is recently known as theatrical director.

John Turturro's family

John Turturro's spouse

She is known as actor. His spouse was born on Monday 5th of July 1954 in Chicago.

John Turturro's ex spouse

He has 2 sons.

John Turturro's son: Arianna Turturro

John Turturro's son's name is Arianna Turturro. He is known as actor. His son was born on Wednesday 25th of July 1990 in Los Angeles.

John Turturro's son: Diego Z. Turturro

John Turturro's son's name is Diego Z. Turturro. He is known as actor. His son was born on Monday 4th of December 2000 in New York City.

John Turturro's schools

We found 3 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: Yale School of Drama, State University of New York at New Paltz, State University of New York.

Detailed informations about his schools

  • Graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY)-New Paltz and Yale Drama School.

John Turturro's career

His main focus is to be actor. He is famous thanks to The Big Lebowski. You could see him also in Barton Fink, Monk, Mac and many more.

Awards and competitions

John Turturro's Awards

  • He received award for Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for work Barton Fink in 1991
  • He received award for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for work Monk in 2004
  • He received award for Caméra d'Or for work Mac in 1992

What John Turturro has done for a first time

  • 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.

John Turturro's 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.
  • (2011, on his heritage) My background is southern Italian, but there's probably some French and Spanish in there. There could be some northern African, Greek, Turkish, you know. Everybody's in there.
  • [In a 1991 interview] My original goal was to just make a living. I've been fortunate. Now I'm trying to build on what I've done and try not to repeat myself.
  • I don't need to get the girl. I have the girl - I'm happily married.
  • Let's face it. The watercooler conversation is about what's on television.
  • See also Other Works |  Publicity Listings |  Official Sites

John Turturro's body shape

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