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 . One of modern American cinema's gems of acting, Turturro remains in strong demand for his high calibre thespian talents.
Older brother of Nicholas Turturro and Ralph Turturro.
Cousin of Aida Turturro.
Graduated from the State University of New York at New Paltz.
The Turturro family originates from Giovinazzo, (Bari) Italy.
Son, Amedeo Turturro , was born in 1990.
Son, Diego Z. Turturro , was born in 2000.
Has appeared in more films directed by Spike Lee than any other actor. They first worked together in Do the Right Thing and as of Miracle at St. Anna has appeared in nine of Lees films.
Graduated from Yale Drama School.
A native of Brooklyn.
Is a big fan of Big Trouble in Little China .
Has his own production company called Humperdink Productions.
Is the second of three brothers.
Sicilian mother was a professional singer.
Based his character Bernie Bernbaum in Millers Crossing on the real- life personae of Director Barry Sonnenfeld ( Get Shorty , Men in Black ), the films cinematographer.
Has starred in six movies with his former acting professor from SUNY New Paltz, Joe Paparone. In the film Mac , he plays his deceased father.
Does an accurate impression of Burt Lancaster.
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..
(March 2003) Now appearing in Yasmina Reza s play, Life (x) 3 at the Circle in the Square theatre.
As of 2014, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Raging Bull , Hannah and Her Sisters and Quiz Show .
John Turturro speaks fluent Italian, as amply demonstrated by his role in Mia madre .
Discovered on the show "Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr." that his maternal grandfather, Giovanni Incerella, an Italian emigrant from Naples, re-married to a black woman, Johns step-grandmother Deborah M. L. Eld, in the U.S., in 1937.
I turned down a million bad guy things.
I think if the movie would have done well, I would have gotten a lot,more.
Those are the things that I always wanted to do and to be involved in.
To work on an adaptation of a great writer with a great director was a,really special experience for me.
