John Turturro
Biography
John Turturro is an American actor and filmmaker born in Brooklyn and raised in Queens, New York. He earned a degree in theater studies and later a master's degree at the Yale School of Drama. His breakthrough came with Five Corners (1987), and he went on to a collaboration with Spike Lee, appearing in Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Clockers (1995), He Got Game (1998), and Miracle at St. Anna (2008). He also appeared in Coen brothers films, including Miller's Crossing (1990), Barton Fink (1991), which won him the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, The Big Lebowski (1998), plus O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Monk and played Seymour Simmons in the Transformers series and Carmine Falcone in The Batman (2022). He has directed five films, including Mac, Illuminata, Romance and Cigarettes, and Fading Gigolo (2013).
69years old
Turns 70 on February 28in 147 days
- Born Brooklyn
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as John Michael Turturro
Movie Career
- Films
- 70
- Career span
- 41 years1984 to 2025
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First role
Turturro originated the title part in John Patrick Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea in 1983 at the Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center. He played it again Off-Broadway the next year and earned an Obie Award.
Big break
Spike Lee was impressed enough by Turturro's work in Five Corners that he gave him a part in Do the Right Thing. That film began a long partnership between the director and Turturro, spanning nine movies, the most for any actor in the Lee oeuvre.
First role
John Turturro made his first appearance in a film as an extra in Raging Bull, a role in which he did not speak. The movie came out in 1980.
Early training
Turturro earned a Bachelor of Arts in theater studies from the State University of New York at New Paltz in 1979. In 1983, he finished a Master of Fine Arts degree at the Yale School of Drama.
Behind the camera
John Turturro first directed for the stage in October 2011, helming the Broadway production Relatively Speaking, which consisted of three one-act comedies by Elaine May, Woody Allen, and Ethan Coen.
John Turturro movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?2000 Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Musicas Pete Hogwallop
IMDb rating 7.7356K votes
Most often with
Spike Lee directed seven of these films, Ethan Coen four and Joel Coen four. Two actors appear in six 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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All films by Spike Lee
Ethan CoenDirector, 4 films, 1990 to 2000
All films by Ethan Coen
All films by Joel Coen
Also four films together2 more actors
- Giancarlo EspositoMonkeybone (2001), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Do the Right Thing (1989) and Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
- Barbara SukowaGloria Bell (2018), Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001), Cradle Will Rock (1999) and The Sicilian (1987)
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 Turturro's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$5.8 billion
57 of the 70 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 70 films: 57 worldwide figure; 6 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 4 figure not found.
- 57Worldwide figure
- 6US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 4Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 80% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.1B19.2% of the total
- 2$836M14.3% of the total
- 3$773M13.2% of the total
- 4$710M12.1% of the total
- 5$560M9.6% of the total
- 6$268M4.6% of the total
- 7$204M3.5% of the total
- 8$196M3.4% of the total
$1.2 billionfrom the other 49 films with a worldwide figure, 20% of the total
Awards
Four awards and honors from 1985 to 2004, two of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2004 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Monk | Won |
| Cannes Film Festival | |||
| 1991 | Best Actor | Barton Fink | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 1992 | Caméra d'Or | Mac | Won |
| 1985 | Theatre World Award | Won | |
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Official profiles and reference pages.