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John Turturro (Brooklyn, New York, 28 febbraio 1957) è un attore statunitense. Negli oltre 60 film in cui ha recitato, Turturro ha mostrato tutto il suo istrionismo e la sua versatilità lavorando con registi come Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Joel Coen, Woody Allen e Michael Cimino, e interpretando personaggi diversissimi tra di loro, alcuni dei quali memorabili.

Turturro è nato e cresciuto in una famiglia cattolica italoamericana; suo padre era pugliese (di Giovinazzo, in provincia di Bari) e sua madre aveva origini siciliane. Dopo aver completato il Master of Fine Arts alla Yale School of Drama partecipò come comparsa in Toro scatenato (1980).

Nel 1986 tornò a lavorare per Scorsese, questa volta nelle vesti di attore vero e proprio ne Il colore di soldi

Spike Lee apprezzò moltissimo la performance di Turturro in Dentro la grande mela (1987) e lo scelse per Do the Right Thing, in which he played the explosive racist Pino. This movie initiated a long-standing collaboration between the famous 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 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, as Simmons
Quelques jours en septembre, 2006, as William Pound
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, 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, 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, 2004-2005, as Ambrose Monk

External link

John Turturro Shrine

Alcuni anni fa Arquette ha reso pubblico il suo desiderio di transizionare e la sua intenzione di arrivare alla riconversione chirurgica di sesso. Arquette ha pubblicamente dichiarato che la sua identità di genere è femminile e che non vuole essere considerata né un uomo né una donna, ma una transgender. she does not want people to call her either a man or a woman, but a transgendered individual—in her words, a "tranny."

Lesser known than Patricia, David, and Rosanna, the majority of her film work has been limited to low-budget or independent films. These have included her critically acclaimed debut performance as male-to-female transsexual Georgette in Last Exit to Brooklyn. She also appeared in I Think I Do, Children of the Corn V, and Killer Drag Queens on Dope, among 40 other independent pictures.

Arquette has appeared in supporting roles in mainstream films, including Pulp Fiction, Threesome, Bride of Chucky and a memorable appearance as a Boy George fanatic in The Wedding Singer, singing "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" over and over. Arquette has also performed in low-budget pornographic films as her "Destruction" persona.

In September 2005, VH1 announced her casting in an upcoming season of the reality show The Surreal Life. She mentioned on the show, unscripted, that she does not want people to call her either a man or a woman, but a transgendered individual—in her words, a "tranny."