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John Michael Turturro was born on 28 February 1957, in Brooklyn, New York City USA, of Italian descent. John is a director, actor, and writer, best known for appearing in films such as “The Big Lebowski”, “Miller’s Crossing” and “Quiz Show”. He was also part of the first three films of the “Transformers” franchise. All of his efforts have helped put his net worth to where it is today.

How rich is John Turturro? As of mid-2016, sources estimate a net worth that is at $24 million, mostly earned through a successful career in acting. He’s made appearances in over 60 films and has collaborated with big names in the industry. He’s also won several awards, and all of these have ensured the position of his wealth.

Turturro attended State University of New York at New Paltz where he studied Theatre Arts. After graduating, he would complete an MFA at the Yale School of Drama. His first appearance would be as part of the critically acclaimed Martin Scorsese film “Raging Bull” in which he was an extra. He also made numerous appearances on stage, winning an Oble award for his performance in “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea”.

After a good performance in “Five Corners”, John was noticed by Spike Lee, who cast him for “Do the Right Thing”. Since then, the two have worked together on numerous films including “Jungle Fever”, “He Got Game”, and later “Miracle at St. Anna”. Turturro has also worked in a variety of genres, often transitioning from comedy to drama and vice versa. He has also appeared in several Coen Brothers films including “The Big Lebowski”, “Miller’s Crossing”, and “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” Turturro also makes regular appearances in Adam Sandler movies, as seen in “Mr. Deeds” and “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan”. Other notable roles he’s been a part of include “Secret Window” which starred Johnny Depp, and also in the series “Monk”, which won him an Emmy Award. All have contributed to John’s net worth.

Aside from acting, John has produced and directed films, including “Illuminata” and “Romance and Cigarettes”. After doing a few more projects, he would appear in “The Good Shepherd” which starred Robert De Niro, and would then become a recurring character in the “Transformers” film series. Eventually, John would try his hand at directing stage productions, making his debut in 2011’s “Relatively Speaking”. He then worked on “Fading Gigolo” which was premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

John has won numerous awards for his work. These include awards from the Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globes, and Cannes Film Festival; in 2014, he received a Career Achievement award from the Miami International Film Festival. He works as part of the NYICFF which is a New York City Film Festival branch dedicated to screening films for children.

For his personal life, John has been married to actress Katherine Borowitz since 1985, and they have two sons. John’s brother is actor Nicholas Turturro, and several of his cousins are also involved in the industry, including actress Aida Turturro and director Richard Termini. He also holds both Italian and US citizenships.

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John Michael Turturro Trademarks

1. Frequently works with Spike Lee, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.

John Michael Turturro Quotes

• Let’s face it. The watercooler conversation is about what’s on television.
• At the end of the day, your job is to keep people awake. That’s your job. And then tell a story – if people like it, that’s what they remember. I’ve made movies that people love that never won anything, and they discovered later on, and that’s a joy. That’s what I always aspire towards. I always wanted to make a living doing interesting things.
• [2015 interview] Earlier on in my life, I worked with William Friedkin and Michael Cimino – that was a different world. Cocaine-driven, brutal, actors being handled different ways. It wasn’t very gentle, and I didn’t really like that. But I learned a lot; I leaned to speak up for myself.
• I don’t need to get the girl. I have the girl – I’m happily married.
• Barton Fink is a guy who lives in his head; he’s not a physical guy, so that’s a very different kind of thing for me. I see him as a guy full of himself at the beginning and, by the end, he’s heading toward something more real. He’ll be capable of more direct communication with someone. It’s simplicity as an end result, rather than as a starting point. That’s when you start to know something, versus pontificating about it.
• [In a 1991 interview] My original goal was to just make a living. I’ve been fortunate. Now I’m trying to build on what I’ve done and try not to repeat myself.
• [2011, on being directed by Dennis Hopper in Catchfire (1990)] Hopper, you’d ask him a question, and he would rebel against himself, like, “Do whatever you wanna do! Whatever, man! Fuck ’em! Fuck ’em!” I was like, “But you’re the director!” He’d be arguing with himself so you could have freedom. He liked to say “fuck” a lot. That was one of his directions: “fuck”. But he’d say it in all different ways, like, “You fucking do this, and then you fuck it, man! And just fuck it! Fuck it, man! Just fucking fuck it!” I remember Joe Pesci turned to me and said, “Man, that’s directing”. But I got along with him really well. Every time I’d come up with an idea, it’d be, “Just fucking do it!” And I’d say, “Yeah, but I gotta check with you right? You’re the director”. And he’d just go, “Fuck ’em!” It was pretty crazy.
• (2011, on his heritage) My background is southern Italian, but there’s probably some French and Spanish in there. There could be some northern African, Greek, Turkish, you know. Everybody’s in there.
• [2011, on The Truce (1997) (aka The Truce)] That was a great experience working with Francesco Rosi, who’s been a dear friend of mine for a long time. I spent years working on that, just reading all the material over and over and over again. It was like studying someone, like if you went to college and you were studying a certain kind of literature, even though I was doing a lot of other things at the same time. It was one of the great experiences of my life, working with Rosi, because he’s made films and worked with Gian Maria Volontè, who I think was one of the great actors. Those are the things that I always wanted to do and to be involved in. To work on an adaptation of a great writer with a great director was a really special experience for me.
• [2011, on making Monkeybone (2001)] All I can say is that it was very hard to get my voice that high. It was hard. It was definitely hard. But I think he’s a very talented guy, Henry Selick. I couldn’t figure out why he wanted me, but he was very patient with me.
• [2011, on working with Robert Redford on Quiz Show (1994)] Excellent. Excellent. Very good with physical behavior. We got along because I was cast way before anybody, and we worked really well together. He’s a funny man. He’s eccentric in his own way. Nobody knows that. But I do. He’s got his own kind of off-humor. I really like him a lot. That’s another person I wish I could work with again.
• [2011, on being directed by Robert De Niro in The Good Shepherd (2006)] He likes to do it a lot of times. A lot of times. He’s good with physical stuff, too. But he likes to do a lot of takes. A lot of ’em. Sometimes, I would say, “Listen, that’s it, I did it. I did it. Let’s move on”. But his thing is just that maybe if you do it more, you realize that you could do less. But we’ve known each other for a long time, and we have a nice relationship. I can fool around with him. A lot of people don’t. But I do.
• [2011, on working with Adam Sandler] Anger Management (2003) I kind of did – not as a favor, but he wanted me because I think it made Jack Nicholson feel good that I was in the movie. I wasn’t crazy about that role, but I had fun doing it. Then [You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (2008)] Zohan was something Adam was talking to me about for years. I actually think the first hour of “Zohan”, there’s a lot of really funny things in the first hour. I don’t think the second hour is good. But the first hour, I think Adam is really, really good in it. I actually think he can be really good. I saw him do that Judd Apatow film [Funny People (2009)], and maybe it’s a little close to home or whatever, but I thought he was excellent. So I like Adam, but I have to balance these things, you know what I mean? Years ago, I did a movie called Brain Donors (1992), which was like a remake of A Night at the Opera (1935). The Zucker Brothers did it, I got cast in it, and then Paramount changed hands three times. Dennis Dugan directed it, who’s the same guy who does a lot of [Sandler’s] movies. If that movie would have just been released normally, I probably would have had to make a bunch of those sequels, because I signed up for that. That’s one of the funniest parts I’ve had in movies, by the way. It was a farce, but there’s a lot of really fun and clever things in that. But it depends what hits, or how it’s released, or whatever. But Adam, I’ve known him since I did Saturday Night Live (1975). I think of all the things I did with him, I had the most fun doing Mr. Deeds (2002). I felt like that was the most complete thing I’ve done for him, as of yet. So I don’t know. But now I’m feeling like I want to try to do some things that I want to do, even though the marketplace is crazy. So I’m trying to figure that out.
• [2011, on Five Corners (1987)] Well, that’s a great part. John Patrick Shanley wrote it. The movie’s maybe a little uneven here or there, but there’s a lot of good things in the movie, and it’s a great part. The movie didn’t get a lot of attention, but yeah, thank goodness enough people saw me in the movie, and it was a great role. It’s still one of the better roles I’ve had. Absolutely. It’s a really good part. It’s hard to find. I wish I would have gotten to do more with John, because he could write for me really well, and he really fought for me to get that. That movie really helped me with filmmakers. I think if the movie would have done well, I would have gotten a lot more.
• [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.
• (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 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.
• 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.
• 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.

John Michael Turturro Important Facts

• John Turturro speaks fluent Italian, as amply demonstrated by his role in Mia madre (2015).
• 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).
• Now appearing in Yasmina Reza’s play, Life (x) 3 at the Circle in the Square theatre. [March 2003]
• 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.’.
• Appears in The Communards video clip “I never can say goodbye”.
• Does an accurate impression of Burt Lancaster.
• 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.
• 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.
• Sicilian mother was a professional singer.
• Is the second of three brothers.
• Has his own production company called Humperdink Productions.
• Is a big fan of Big Trouble in Little China (1986).
• A native of Brooklyn.
• Graduated from Yale Drama School.
• 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.
• Son, Diego Z. Turturro, was born in 2000.
• Son, Amedeo Turturro, was born in 1990.
• The Turturro family originates from Sicily, Italy.
• Graduated from the State University of New York at New Paltz.
• Cousin of Aida Turturro.
• Older brother of Nicholas Turturro and Ralph Turturro.

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