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'''John Turturro''' ([[New York]], [[28 febbraio]] [[1957]]) è un [[attore]] [[Stati Uniti|statunitense]]. Negli oltre 60 film in cui ha recitato, Turturro ha mostrato tutto il suo istrionismo e la sua versatilità interpretando personaggi diversissimi tra di loro, alcuni dei quali memorabili.
Turturro è nato a [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]], [[New York]] da una famiglia [[Chiesa_cattolica|cattolica]] [[Italo-americano|italoamericana]]; suo padre era [[Puglia|pugliese]] (di [[Giovinazzo]], in [[provincia di Bari]]) e sua madre aveva origini [[Sicilia|siciliane]]. He completed his [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] at the [[Yale School of Drama]]. He worked as an [[extra (actor)|extra]] in ''[[Raging Bull]]'' (1980).
John Turturro created the title role of [[John Patrick Shanley]]'s ''[[Danny and the Deep Blue Sea]]'' at the [[Playwright]]s Conference at the [[Eugene O'Neill]] Theatre Center in 1983. He repeated it the following year [[off-Broadway]] and won an [[Obie Award]].
[[Spike Lee]] liked Turturro's performance in ''[[Five Corners]]'' so much that he chose to cast him in ''[[Do the Right Thing]]'', in which he played the explosive racist Pino. This movie initiated a long-standing collaboration between the famous [[film director|director]] and John Turturro.
A versatile actor comfortable with both comedy and drama, Turturro also had an extended collaboration with the [[Coen Brothers]], appearing in their films , ''[[Miller's Crossing]]'', ''[[Barton Fink]]'', ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'' and most recently, ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]''. He also appeared as a severely disturbed psychiatric patient of [[Jack Nicholson]]'s in ''[[Anger Management]]''. He also played Johnny Depp's antagonist in ''[[Secret Window]]''. Turturro is also an occasional guest star on ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'' as Adrian's eccentric brother, Ambrose Monk.
Turturro was the producer, director and actor of the film ''[[Illuminata]]'' (1999), which also starred his wife [[Katherine Borowitz]].
John's Brother is actor [[Nicholas Turturro]], actress [[Aida Turturro]] is John Turturro's cousin.
He has two children, [[Amedeo Turturro]] and [[Diego Turturro]] born in July 1990 and December 2000, respectively. Turturro is Catholic and his wife is [[Jewish]].
==Trivia==
*Despite his many acclaimed performances, Turturro has never been nominated for an [[Academy Award]].
*Turturro's last name is from the Italian ''tortora'' meaning "turtle-dove" (a name used in Italy in the past), a fact slyly alluded to in the ''Monk'' episode "Mr. Monk Goes Home Again" when Ambrose Monk (Turturro) tells Adrian's assistant Natalie (Traylor Howard) that their father named him Ambrose after his beloved pet turtle.
*Won an Emmy award for his portrayal of Adrian Monk's brother Ambrose Monk in the USA Network series ''Monk.''
==Selected filmography==
*''[[Transformers (2007 film)|Transformers]]'', 2007, as Simmons
*''[[Quelques jours en septembre]]'', 2006, as William Pound
*''[[The Good Shepherd (film)|The Good Shepherd]]'', 2006
*''[[Secret Window]]'', 2004, as John Shooter
*''[[She Hate Me]]'', 2004, as Don Angelo Bonasera
*''[[Anger Management]]'', 2003, as Chuck
*''[[Fear X]]'', 2003, as Harry
*''[[Mr. Deeds]]'', 2002, as Emilio
*''[[Collateral Damage]]'', 2002, as Armstrong
*''[[Thirteen Conversations About One Thing]]'', 2001, as Walker
*''[[The Luzhin Defence]]'', 2001, as Alexander Luzhin
*''[[The Man Who Cried]]'', 2000, as Dante Dominio
*''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'', 2000, as Pete
*''[[Cradle Will Rock]]'', 1999, as Aldo Silvano
*''[[Summer of Sam]]'', 1999, as the voice of Harvey
*''[[Monday Night Mayhem]]'', 1999, as [[Howard Cosell]]
*''[[The Big Lebowski]]'', 1998, as Jesus Quintana
*''[[He Got Game]]'', 1998, as Billy Sunday
*''[[Rounders (film)|Rounders]]'', 1998, as Joey Knish
*''[[Box of Moon Light]]'', 1996, as Al Fountain
*''[[Girl 6]]'', 1996, as Murray
*''[[Clockers]]'', 1995, as Det. Larry Mazilla
*''[[Quiz Show]]'', 1994, as Herb Stempel
*''[[Fearless (film)|Fearless]]'', 1993, as Bill Pearlman
*''[[Brain Donors]]'', 1992, as Roland T. Flakfizer
*''[[Mac]]'', 1992, as Niccolo Vitelli; also directed and co-written by Turturro
*''[[Barton Fink]]'', 1991 as Barton Fink
*''[[Jungle Fever]]'', 1991, as Paulie Carbone
*''[[Men of Respect]]'', 1991, as Mike Battaglia
*''[[Miller's Crossing]]'', 1990, as Bernie Bernbaum
*''[[Mo' Better Blues]]'', 1990, as Moe Flatbush
*''[[State Of Grace]]'', 1990, as Nick
*''[[Do the Right Thing]]'', 1989, as Pino
*''[[The Sicilian]]'', 1987, as Pisciotta
*''[[Five Corners]]'', 1987, as Heinz Sabantino
*''[[The Color of Money]]'', 1986, as Julian
*''[[To Live and Die in L.A.]]'', 1985, as Carl Cody
*''[[Desperately Seeking Susan]]'', 1985, as Ray
*''[[Raging Bull]]'', 1980, uncredited extra
==Television appearances==
*''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'', 2004-2005, as Ambrose Monk
==External link==
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*[http://www.miserablelie.com/turturro/ John Turturro Shrine]
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