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• John Turturro is an Emmy Award winning Italian American actor. He studied and received an MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

  He often plays off-beat characters and frequently appears in the films of Spike Lee and Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: February 28, 1957
  2. Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
  3. Height: 6'1"
  4. Spouse: Katherine Borowitz

• Notable Films

  1. 1985: To Live and Die in L.A.
  2. 1989: Do the Right Thing
  3. 1990: Miller's Crossing
  4. 1991: Barton Fink
  5. 1994: Quiz Show
  6. 1998: The Big Lebowski
  7. 2000: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  8. 2006: The Good Shepard
  9. 2007: Margot at the Wedding
  10. 2007: Transformers

• Quotes

  1. "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."
  2. "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."

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