John Turturro
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Born | John Michael Turturro February 28, 1957 New York City, U.S. |
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Years active | 1980–present |
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Katherine Borowitz (m. 1985) |
Children | 2 |
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John Michael Turturro (/tərˈtʊəroʊ/[1] Italian pronunciation: [turˈturro]; born February 28, 1957) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his varied complex roles in independent films. He has appeared in over sixty feature films and has worked frequently with the Coen brothers, Adam Sandler, and Spike Lee. He has received a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for four Screen Actors Guild Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.
He received his career breakthrough with
For playing the role of Ambrose Monk, Adrian Monk's brother, in the USA Network series Monk Turturro received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. He starred in the HBO miniseries The Night Of (2016) earning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie nomination. He had a recurring role in the Showtime series The Plot Against America (2020), and he currently stars in the Apple TV+ series Severance (2022–present), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Television Series.
He has directed five films,
Early life
John Turturro was born on February 28, 1957, in the
Turturro was raised a
Career
Turturro's first film appearance was a non-speaking
Turturro has appeared in both comedy and drama films, and engaged in an extended collaboration with the
Turturro hosted Saturday Night Live in 1994, where he spoofed his then-recently made film,
Turturro produced and directed, as well as acted in, the film
Turturro's fifth directorial film
In 2022, he appeared in Matt Reeves' film The Batman based on the DC Comics character of the same name as Carmine Falcone.[12] In 2023 he starred as Mickey Sabbath in the off-Broadway adaptation of Philip Roth's novel Sabbath's Theater by The New Group at the Pershing Square Signature Center.[13][14]
Personal life
Turturro's brother is actor Nicholas Turturro. Composer and film director Richard Termini and actress Aida Turturro are his cousins.[15] He has one son and one daughter with his wife, actress Katherine Borowitz, who moved on to a social work career in 2016.[6]
John Turturro participates as a member of the Jury for the New York International Children's Film Festival (NYICFF), which is dedicated to screening films for children between the ages of 3 and 18.[16] Turturro holds dual Italian and American citizenship as of January 2011.[17]
He has lived in Park Slope in Brooklyn, New York since 1988.[18]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1980 | Raging Bull | Man at table | Uncredited |
1984 | Exterminator 2 | Guy #1 | |
1984 | The Flamingo Kid | Ted From Pinky's | |
1985 | Desperately Seeking Susan | Ray | |
To Live and Die in L.A. | Carl Cody | ||
1986 | Hannah and Her Sisters | Writer | |
The Color of Money | Julian | ||
Gung Ho | Willie | ||
Off Beat | Neil Pepper | ||
1987 | Five Corners | Heinz Zabantino | |
The Sicilian | Pisciotta | ||
1989 | Do the Right Thing | Pino | |
1990 | Catchfire | Pinella | |
State of Grace | Detective Nick Richardson | ||
Mo' Better Blues | 'Moe' Flatbush | ||
Miller's Crossing | Bernie 'The Shamata Kid' Bernbaum | ||
1991 | Men of Respect | Mike Battaglia | |
Jungle Fever | Paulie Carbone | ||
Barton Fink | Barton Fink | ||
1992 | Mac | Niccolò Vitelli | Also director and writer |
Brain Donors | Roland T. Flakfizer | ||
1993 | Being Human | Lucinnius | |
Fearless | Bill Pearlman | ||
1994 | Quiz Show | Herb Stempel | |
The Search for One-eye Jimmy | Disco Bean | ||
1995 | Search and Destroy | Ron | |
Unstrung Heroes | Sidney Lidz | ||
Clockers | Detective Larry Mazilli | ||
1996 | Girl 6 | Murray | |
Box of Moonlight | Al Fountain | ||
Grace of My Heart | Joel Milner | ||
1997 | Lesser Prophets | Leon | |
The Truce | Primo Levi | ||
1998 | Illuminata | Tuccio | Also director, writer and producer |
Rounders | Joey Knish | ||
He Got Game | Billy Sunday | ||
OK Garage | Jonny | ||
The Big Lebowski | Jesus Quintana | ||
Animals | Tuxedo Man | ||
1999 | Summer of Sam | Harvey The Dog | Voice |
Cradle Will Rock | Aldo Silvana | ||
2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Pete | |
The Man Who Cried | Dante Dominio | ||
Company Man
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Crocker Johnson | ||
Two Thousand and None | Benjamin Kasparian | ||
The Luzhin Defence | Alexander Luzhin | ||
2001 | Monkeybone | Monkeybone | Voice |
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing | Walker | ||
2002 | Collateral Damage | Sean Armstrong | |
Mr. Deeds | Emilio Lopez | ||
2003 | Fear X | Harry | |
Anger Management | Chuck | ||
Opopomoz | John | Voice | |
2004 | Secret Passage | Paolo Zane | |
Secret Window | John Shooter | ||
She Hate Me | Don Angelo Bonasera | ||
2BPerfectlyHonest[19] | Sal / Roberto | ||
2005 | Romance and Cigarettes
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Male Dancer & Singer | Also director, writer and producer |
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation | Son | Voice; Short film | |
2006 | The Good Shepherd | Ray Brocco | |
A Few Days in September | William Pound | ||
2007 | Transformers | Agent Seymour Simmons | |
Margot at the Wedding | Jim | ||
Slipstream | Harvey Brickman | ||
Joulutarina
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Iisakki | Voice; English dub | |
2008 | What Just Happened | Dick Bell | |
You Don't Mess With The Zohan
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Fatoush 'The Phantom' Hakbarah | ||
Miracle at St. Anna | Detective Antonio 'Tony' Ricci | ||
2009 | The Taking of Pelham 123 | Lieutenant Vincent Camonetti | |
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Seymour Simmons | ||
Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy | Himself | Documentary; also writer and executive producer | |
2010 | Passione | Himself / narrator | Documentary; also director and co-writer |
The Nutcracker in 3D | The Rat King | ||
2011 | Cars 2 | Francesco Bernoulli | Voice |
Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Seymour Simmons | ||
Somewhere Tonight | Leroy | ||
2013 | Fading Gigolo | Fioravante | Also director and writer |
Gods Behaving Badly | Hades | ||
2014 | God's Pocket | Arthur 'Bird' Capezio | |
Exodus: Gods and Kings | Seti I | ||
Rio, I Love You | Homem | Segment "Quando não há Mais Amor"; also director and writer | |
2015 | Mia Madre | Barry Huggins | |
Partly Cloudy with Sunny Spells | Lombelli | ||
The Ridiculous 6 | Abner Doubleday | ||
2016 | Hands of Stone | Frankie Carbo | |
2017 | Landline | Alan Jacobs | |
Hair | John Turturro | Short film; also director and writer | |
Transformers: The Last Knight | Seymour Simmons | ||
2018 | Gloria Bell | Arnold | |
2019 | The True Adventures of Wolfboy | Mr. Silk | |
The Jesus Rolls | Jesus Quintana | Also director and writer[20] | |
2022 | The Batman | Carmine Falcone | |
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Dottore | Voice | |
Forty Winks | Milo | ||
TBA | The Room Next Door | Filming |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985 | Miami Vice | David Traynor | Episode: "Rites of Passage" |
1988 | The Fortunate Pilgrim | Larry | 4 episodes |
1994 | Saturday Night Live | Himself / host | Episode: "John Turturro/ Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers "
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1995 | Sugartime | Sam Giancana | Television film |
2001 | Biography
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Narrator | 2 episodes |
2002 | Monday Night Mayhem | Howard Cosell | Television film |
Frasier | Grant (voice) | Episode: "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" | |
2004–08 | Monk | Ambrose Monk
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3 episodes |
2007 | The Bronx Is Burning | Billy Martin | 8 episodes |
Flight of the Conchords | Credits Cop | Episode: "The Actor" | |
2016 | The New Yorker Presents
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Patient | Episode: "#1.8" |
The Night Of | John Stone | 8 episodes | |
2017 | Difficult People | Dusty | Episode: "Bernie and Blythe" |
2019 | The Name of the Rose | William of Baskerville | 8 episodes; also writer and executive producer |
Green Eggs and Ham | Goat (voice) | 6 episodes | |
2020 | The Plot Against America | Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf | 6 episodes |
2022–present | Severance | Irving Bailiff | Main role[21] |
2024 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Eric Shane | Episode: "Second Date"[22] |
Video games
Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
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2011 | Cars 2
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Francesco Bernoulli |
Audiobooks
Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
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2007 | World War Z | Serosha Garcia Alvarez |
Theatre
Year | Title | Role | Venue | Ref. |
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1983 | Danny and the Deep Blue Sea | Danny | Circle in the Square Theatre, Off-Broadway | [23] |
1998 | Waiting for Godot | Estragon | Classic Stage Company, Off-Broadway | |
2003 | Life x 3 | Henry | Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway | |
2007 | A Spanish Play | Director | Classic Stage Company, Off-Broadway | |
2011 | The Cherry Orchard | Yermolai Alekaseyevich Lopakhin | Classic Stage Company, Off-Broadway | |
2011–12 | Relatively Speaking | Director | Brooks Atkinson Theatre , Broadway
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2013 | The Master Builder | Halvard Solness | Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn | |
2015 | Zorba! | Zorba | New York City Center, Concert Staging | |
2023 | Sabbath's Theatre |
Mickey Sabbath | Signature Theatre Company, Off-Broadway | [24] |
Awards and nominations
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References
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- ^ Stated on Finding Your Roots, October 31, 2017
- OCLC 1330888409.
- ^ a b Pfefferman, Naomi (April 19, 1998). "Far Beyond Tears". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ a b Shoard, Catherine (September 12, 2013). "John Turturro on nuns, Woody Allen and middle-aged sex". The Guardian. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
- ^ a b Akers, W.M. (September 19, 2011). "The Long and the Short of It". The New York Observer -Fall Arts Preview.
- ^ IMDb
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
- ^ Morgenstern, Hans. "John Turturro Receives Career Tribute Award at Miami International Film Festival". Miami New Times. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
- ^ Scarnato, Ryden (March 28, 2020). "The Batman: John Turturro Opens Up About His Role As Carmine Falcone". Heroic Hollywood. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
- ^ Sabbath's Theater
- ^ Alexis Soloski, "'Sabbath’s Theater' Review: John Turturro Embodies a Life and a Libido", The New York Times, November 3, 2023.
- Bergen Museum of Art and Science. 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
- ^ "NYICFF Jury". Gkids.com. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "John Turturro and His New Italian Passport". YouTube. January 27, 2011. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
- ^ Hettich, Colter (April 25, 2017). "John Turturro talks about Brooklyn's past and future while riding the B train". AM NY. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
- ^ Scheib, Ronnie (May 25, 2004). "Review: '2B Perfectly Honest'". Variety. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- ^ "'Big Lebowski' Spinoff 'Going Places' Already Shooting, with John Turturro Directing and Starring as The Jesus". indiewire.com. August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- ^ ‘Severance’: John Turturro To Star In Apple Drama Series
- Variety. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ "John Turturro". abouttheartists.com. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ "Sabbath's Theater".
- ^ "John Turturro". Playbill. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ "John Turturro - Emmy Awards, Nominations, and Wins". Emmy Awards. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ Tinoco, Armando (August 12, 2022). "Saturn Awards Nominations: 'The Batman', 'Nightmare Alley', 'Spider-Man', 'Better Call Saul' Top List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- ^ "Winners & Nominees 2023". www.goldenglobes.com. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
External links
- John Turturro at IMDb
- John Turturro at the Internet Broadway Database
- John Turturro at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- John Turturro at AllMovie