John Turturro
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I didn`t want to be an actor who played Italian thugs. I`m not even interested in those guys really, unless it`s a great part. And I knew that movies were predicated on how you look. But a few people gave me the opportunities to do other things, and I just took it and ran with it.
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Birthdate :February 28, 1957
Country :United States
Sign : Pisces
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Job :others
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John Turturro Timeline
1985
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.'.1986
Is a big fan of Big Trouble in Little China (1986).1989
Has appeared in more films directed by Spike Lee than any other actor. They first worked together in Do the Right Thing (1989) and as of Miracle at St. Anna (2008) has appeared in nine of Lee's films.1990
Son, Amedeo Turturro, was born in 1990.1990
Based his character Bernie Bernbaum in Miller's Crossing (1990) on the real- life personae of Director Barry Sonnenfeld (Get Shorty (1995), Men in Black (1997)), the film's cinematographer.1992
Has starred in six movies with his former acting professor from SUNY New Paltz, Joe Paparone. In the film Mac (1992), he plays his deceased father.2000
Son, Diego Turturro, was born in 2000.
