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John Turturro: Biography

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  • Birth Place: Brooklyn, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 02/28/1957, Pisces
  • Profession: Actor; director; screenwriter; producer
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John Turturro Fast Facts:
  • Tended bar and spent a year teaching history at a Harlem high school.
  • Made his feature-film debut in Martin Scorsese's 1980 boxing drama Raging Bull and worked with the director again six years later on The Color of Money.
  • Won both a Theatre World Award for Best Debut Performance and an Obie for his role in the 1984 off-Broadway production Danny in the Deep Blue Sea.
  • Has appeared in numerous films by Spike Lee and the Coen Brothers.
  • Won the Cannes Film Festival's Camera d'Or for the dark 1992 drama Mac, which he wrote, directed and starred in.
  • John Turturro Relationships:
  • Aida Turturro - Cousin
  • Amedeo Turturro - Son
  • Diego Turturro - Son
  • Katherine Borowitz - Wife
  • Katherine Turturro - Mother
  • Nicholas Turturro - Brother
  • Nicholas Turturro - Father
  • Ralph Turturro - Brother
  • John Turturro Awards:
  • 2004 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series - Winner
  • 1995 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
  • College:
  • State University of New York, New Paltz, NY (BS, 1978); Yale University, School of Drama, New Haven, CT (MFA in Drama, 1983)

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