John Turturro - Famous Film Director

John Turturro Net Worth

$14,000,000

John Turturro, famous American actor, writer and director, has a net worth of $14 million. Known for his contributions to independent films, Turturro worked with renowned directors like Spike Lee and the Coen brothers and acted in movies like ‘The Big Lebowski’, ‘Barton Fink’ and TV series ‘The Night Of’.

Key facts:

  • John Turturro is an American actor, writer, and director.
  • Turturro played a pivotal role in the independent film movement and has worked with various filmmakers, including Spike Lee and the Coen brothers.
  • He won the Best Actor award at Cannes for his titular role in the Coen brothers' 'Barton Fink.'
  • In addition to films, he has worked on TV series like 'The Night Of' and 'Monk.'
  • Turturro made his first on-screen appearance as an extra in Martin Scorsese's 198 classic 'Raging Bull.'

Basic Information About John Turturro

CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Actors
ProfessionsActor, Film director, Screenwriter, Voice Actor, Film Producer, Writer
Net worth$14,000,000
Date of birth1957-02-28 (67 years old)
Place of birthBrooklyn
NationalityUnited States of America
Curiosities and TrademarksFrequently works with Spike Lee, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.
Dramatic acting style
Raspy voice and heavy New York accent
Curly black hair
SpouseKatherine Borowitz - (1985 - present)Β (2 children)
GenderMale
Height6 ft (1.842 m)
Social Mediaβ†—οΈŽ Wikipedia β†—οΈŽ IMDb

What Movie Awards did John Turturro win?


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John Turturro awards

Award Name State Movie / Series Name Year
Best Actor - WinnerBarton Fink1991
David - Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero)WinnerBarton Fink1992
NSFC Award - Best Supporting ActorNomineeMiller's Crossing1991
NYFCC Award - Best Supporting ActorNomineeMiller's Crossing1990
Saturn Award - Best Supporting ActorNomineeSecret Window2005
Silver Berlin Bear - Outstanding Artistic ContributionWinnerThe Good Shepherd2007
Actor - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting RoleNomineeQuiz Show1995
CFCA Award - Best Supporting ActorNomineeQuiz Show1995
Chlotrudis Award - Best Supporting ActorNomineeQuiz Show1995
Golden Lion - Best FilmNomineeRomance & Cigarettes2005

John Turturro roles

Movie / Series Role
O Brother, Where Art Thou?Pete Hogwallop
The Big LebowskiJesus Quintana
Transformers: Revenge of the FallenSimmons
Transformers: Dark of the MoonSimmons
Raging BullMan at Webster Hall Table (uncredited)
Transformers: The Last KnightAgent Simmons
TransformersAgent Simmons
Do the Right ThingPino
Exodus: Gods and KingsSeti
Barton FinkBarton Fink
Cars 2Francesco Bernoulli (voice)
The Color of MoneyJulian
You Don't Mess with the ZohanPhantom
Summer of SamHarvey the Black Dog (voice)
To Live and Die in L.A.Carl Cody
The Taking of Pelham 123Camonetti
Miller's CrossingBernie Bernbaum
The Ridiculous 6Abner Doubleday
Hannah and Her SistersWriter
Secret WindowJohn Shooter
He Got GameCoach Billy Sunday
The Jesus RollsDirector
The Jesus RollsWriter
The Jesus RollsJesus
Mr. DeedsEmilio Lopez
The Good ShepherdRay Brocco
RoundersJoey Knish
Anger ManagementChuck
Desperately Seeking SusanRay
Quiz ShowHerbie Stempel
Romance & CigarettesDirector
Romance & CigarettesWriter
Romance & CigarettesMale Dancer & Singer
Hands of StoneFrankie Carbo
Gloria BellArnold
State of GraceNick
Collateral DamageSean Armstrong
She Hate MeDon Angelo Bonasera
Mo' Better BluesMoe Flatbush
Jungle FeverPaulie Carbone
FearlessDr. Bill Perlman
MonkeyboneVoice of Monkeybone (voice)
The Man Who CriedDante Dominio
What Just HappenedDick Bell
Gung HoWillie
CatchfirePinella
ClockersLarry Mazilli
The Flamingo KidTed from Pinky's
Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host / ... 1 episode, 1994
FrasierGrant 1 episode, 2002

John Turturro's Quotes

  • I mean usually with movies, if you're dark, you're a bad guy. That's it. I turned down a million bad guy things.
  • 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.
  • [2011, on The Nutcracker in 3D (2010) ] That was a whole huge makeup job. That was an interesting experience. I'm kind of disappointed that the movie got chopped up a little bit, here and there. They didn't know what to do with it. I think when they originally tested it, boys liked it better than girls. It was a little too dark. But it was a really fun role, and I loved working with Elle Fanning and Andrey Konchalovskiy. He was a taskmaster, and we butted heads many days, but I still think he's a very talented guy. I was happy with what I did in the movie, but I think, originally, it was better. And we didn't shoot it in 3-D. That was something definitely disappointing for me because I felt like I was in the realm of doing something interesting.
  • (2011, on his hair) Well, they said in Newsweek years ago that "John Turturro is to hair what Meryl Streep is to accents", or something like that. That was for Barton Fink (1991). It's funny, because my hair is really not that malleable, but I have done lots of crazy haircuts and had my hair straightened and this and that. I've also worn some wigs, and [Grace of My Heart (1996)] was actually a wig that I'd had made for another movie, Search and Destroy (1995). We remodeled it and, because it was long, we turned it up. That was a great job by the wig makers, the stylists. We used it long, short. So yes, hair is very important. Look at Donald Trump. Where would he be without his hair? Don King and Donald Trump are the prime examples. They've got the crowns.
  • [2011, on Grace of My Heart (1996)] I loved, loved doing that movie. I would put that part as one of the more successful parts I've ever played in a movie. I loved playing that role. I loved what the movie was about. I really liked working with Illeana Douglas, and I loved working with Allison Anders. I really regret that I haven't gotten to work with her again. I had a blast doing that movie. I met a guy who I based my speech pattern on - a guy who was in the music business, but he wasn't a music manager. I interviewed all these guys, and I found this one guy through a friend of mine, and he was just the key to the whole thing. Because it was well-written, but I was just trying to do something a little bit different, you know? And I basically did him in the movie. I really loved doing that movie. It's all about a lot of the music from when I was a little kid.

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Interesting Facts about John Turturro

  1. A native of Brooklyn and a big fan of Big Trouble in Little China (1986), John Turturro Is the second of three brothers. Older brother of Nicholas Turturro and Ralph Turturro. Cousin of Aida Turturro. Father of Amedeo Turturro and Diego Z. Turturro. The Turturro family originated in Giovinazzo, Bari, Italy.
  2. Graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY)-New Paltz and Yale Drama School.
  3. 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.
  4. Has his own production company called Humperdink Productions.
  5. His Brooklyn, New York-born mother, Katherine Florence Incerella (born March 24, 1921 - died October 12, 2005), was a professional singer.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Does an accurate impression of Burt Lancaster.
  9. Appears in The Communards video clip "I never can say goodbye".
  10. 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.'.
  11. Appeared in Yasmina Reza's play, Life (x) 3 at the Circle in the Square Theatre (NYC). [March 2003]
  12. As of 2014, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Raging Bull (1980), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Quiz Show (1994).
  13. John Turturro speaks fluent Italian, as amply demonstrated by his role in Mia madre (2015).
  14. Discovered on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012) that his maternal grandfather, Giovanni Incerella, an Italian emigrant from Naples, re-married to a black woman, John's step-grandmother Deborah M. L. Eld, in the U.S., in 1937.
  15. He has dual U.S. and Italian citizenship.
  16. Italian-American. His mother was born to Italian immigrants and his father immigrated from Italy at the age of six.
  17. Although he isn't from Jewish descent, Turturro has played several Jewish characters in his career such as in Miller's Crossing (1990), Barton Fink (1991), Quiz Show (1994), La tregua (1997) and The Plot Against America (2020).

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