John Turturro

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.

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

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."

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• February 28, 1957: Born

• 1985: To Live and Die in L. A.

• 1986: The Color of Money - IMDb Listing

• 1987: Five Corners

• 1989: Do the Right Thing

• 1991: Men of Respect

• 1991: Barton Fink

• 1994: Quiz Show

• 1995: Clockers

• 1998: He Got Game

• 1999: Cradle Will Rock

• 2000: O Brother, Where Art Thou?

• 2002: Monday Night Mayhem

• 2004: Secret Window

• 2005: Romance & Cigarettes

• 2006: The Good Shepherd

• 2007: Transformers

• 2007: The Bronx Is Burning