John Turturro
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John Turturro is an American actor born in 1957 who has built a career performing in film and television. He is known for his versatility in various roles across different genres and productions.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1957
- Works
- 3
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- Fading gigolo
- O brother, where art thou ?
- Romance & Cigarettes
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John Michael Turturro (/tərˈtʊəroʊ/ tər-TOOR-oh, Italian: [turˈturro]; born February 28, 1957) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his varied roles in independent films, as well as his frequent collaborations with the Coen brothers and Spike Lee. He has received a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for three Golden Globe Awards.
He achieved his career breakthrough with Five Corners (1987). He acted in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), and Clockers (1995). He also starred in the Coens' Miller's Crossing (1990), Barton Fink (1991), for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, The Big Lebowski (1998), and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). He also starred in Fearless (1993), Quiz Show (1994), and Gloria Bell (2018); and portrayed Seymour Simmons in the Transformers film series (2007–2011, 2017) and Carmine Falcone in The Batman (2022).
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1957 births20th-century American male actors21st-century American male actorsAmerican male film actorsAmerican male screenwritersAmerican male stage actorsAmerican male television actorsAmerican male voice actorsAmerican people of Italian descentAmerican writers of Italian descentCannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor winnersDavid di Donatello winners