John Lurie
Biography
John Lurie is an American actor, musician, painter, director, and producer. Born in Minneapolis and raised in New Orleans and Worcester, Massachusetts, he relocated to New York City in 1974 and co-founded the Lounge Lizards in 1978. The jazz ensemble made music for 20 years. He acted in Jim Jarmusch films including Permanent Vacation (1980), Stranger Than Paradise (1984), and Down by Law (1986), and appeared in Paris, Texas (1984) and The Last Temptation of Christ (1988). He wrote scores for more than 20 movies, among them Get Shorty, which earned a Grammy nomination in 1996, and wrote, directed, and starred in Fishing with John in 1991. His album The Legendary Marvin Pontiac: Greatest Hits came out in 1999. He has painted since the 1970s, and his series Painting with John aired on HBO for three seasons beginning in 2021.
73years old
Turns 74 on December 14in 60 days
- Born Minneapolis
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 41 years1980 to 2021
Genres
- Drama67%, 6 films
- Comedy44%, 4 films
- Documentary22%, 2 films
- Crime11%, 1 film
- Mystery11%, 1 film
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Behind the camera
In 1991, John Lurie created the TV series Fishing with John, taking on writing, directing and acting duties himself. Tom Waits, Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon, Jim Jarmusch and Dennis Hopper all appeared as guests.
First role
Lurie moved to New York City in 1974, then made a short trip to London. There, at the Acme Gallery, he played his first saxophone solo.
Beyond film
In 1993, John Lurie and Howard Shore wrote the theme for Late Night with Conan O'Brien. That same theme was also heard when O'Brien hosted The Tonight Show.
Behind the camera
In 1998 Lurie started his own label, Strange & Beautiful Music. Through it he put out the Lounge Lizards album Queen of All Ears and a soundtrack for Fishing with John.
A first
Lurie's watercolor painting Bear Surprise became an Internet meme known as Preved, and it was enormously popular on numerous Russian websites.
John Lurie movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Jim Jarmusch directed three of these films. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together3 more actors
- Peggy GormleyBlue in the Face (1995) and The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
- Eric MitchellBlank City (2010) and Permanent Vacation (1980)
- Sara DriverStranger Than Paradise (1984) and Permanent Vacation (1980)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What John Lurie's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$45.0 million
8 of the 9 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 9 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$34M75.0% of the total
- 2$3.7M8.2% of the total
- 3$2.4M5.4% of the total
- 4$2.2M4.8% of the total
- 5$1.5M3.4% of the total
- 6$1.3M2.9% of the total
- 7$99K0.2% of the total
- 8$22K0.0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.