The character of Jesus Quintana was inspired, in part, by a performance the Coens had seen John Turturro give in 1988 at the Public Theater in a play called Mi Puta Vida in which he played a pederast-type character, " so we thought, let's make Turturro a pederast.

In 2004, Secret Window was released in theaters, starring Johnny Depp and John Turturro.

Martin was played by John Turturro in the 2007 ESPN mini-series The Bronx is Burning which follows the tumultuous summer of 1977 in New York City.

Turturro was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Katherine, an amateur jazz singer who worked in a Navy yard during World War II, and Nicholas Turturro, a carpenter and construction worker who fought as a Navy sailor in D-Day.

Turturro was raised a Roman Catholic and moved to the Rosedale section of Queens, New York with his family when he was six.

This movie was the first of a long-standing collaboration between the famous director and Turturro, which includes work together on a total of nine films — more than any other actor in the Lee oeuvre -- including Mo ' Better Blues ( 1990 ), Jungle Fever ( 1991 ), Clockers ( 1995 ), Girl 6 ( 1996 ), He Got Game ( 1998 ), Summer of Sam ( 1999 ), She Hate Me ( 2004 ), and Miracle at St. Anna ( 2008 ).

Turturro hosted Saturday Night Live in 1994, where he spoofed his recent film Quiz Show, being told he was ineligible to host unless he answered questions in a booth and if he failed, the honor of hosting would go to Joey Buttafuoco, who was actually backstage to witness Turturro's test.

In 2008 there was a brief revival staged at the Brooklyn Academy of Music that starred John Turturro as Hamm, Max Casella as Clov, Alvin Epstein as Nagg and Elaine Stritch as Nell.

Julian Krainin, who co-produced the film, also co-produced the 1994 feature film Quiz Show, in which Stempel was portrayed by John Turturro.

Aida Turturro was born in Brooklyn, New York, daughter of a Sicilian mother Dorothy, a homemaker, and an Italian-American father Domenick Turturro, an artist.

Most recently, she wrote the one-act play, George is Dead, which starred Marlo Thomas, and was performed on Broadway from 2011-12 as part of the anthology play, Relatively Speaking, directed by John Turturro.

Platt signed onto the project after John Turturro was confirmed as Billy Martin, because, " This thing lives or dies by that portrayal ...

The Giglio was the subject of a documentary, Heaven Touches Brooklyn in July, narrated by actors John Turturro and Michael Badalucco.

Leading man Howard Da Silva was replaced by the fictional " Aldo Silvano " ( John Turturro ).

The Man Who Cried ( starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett and John Turturro ), premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2000 and was followed by Yes ( 2004 ), with Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian and Sam Neill.

Daniel Stern, Richard Jenkins, Fred Melamed, Lewis Black, Joanna Gleason, John Turturro, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus all have minor roles, as do Tony Roberts and Sam Waterston, who have uncredited cameo appearances.

Although criticized at the time for the lack of accomplished celebrities in its cast, many of the actors have gone on to become established stars, most notably Willem Dafoe ( Platoon, The Last Temptation of Christ, Mississippi Burning, Spider-Man, The English Patient, Wild at Heart ), William L. Peterson ( CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ), John Pankow ( Mad About You ), Jane Leeves ( Throb, Frasier ) and John Turturro ( Quiz Show, Transformers, O Brother, Where Art Thou ?, The Big Lebowski ).

Robert De Niro, Henry Winkler, Kelly Clarkson, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Ernest Borgnine, John Turturro, Kevin James and Vince Vaughn have all visited the New Haven location.

Turturro created the title role of John Patrick Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea at the Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O ' Neill Theatre Center in 1983.

Steve Buscemi, Philip Seymour Hoffman, David Huddleston, Julianne Moore, Tara Reid, and John Turturro star in the film, which is narrated by a cowboy known only as " The Stranger ," played by Sam Elliott.

The Luzhin Defence is a 2000 film directed by Marleen Gorris, starring John Turturro and Emily Watson.

Miller's Crossing is a 1990 American gangster film by the Coen brothers and starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden, Jon Polito and John Turturro.

Turturro produced and directed, as well as acted in, the film Illuminata ( 1999 ), which also starred his wife Katherine Borowitz.

In 2001 the Taraf appeared in Sally Potter's film The Man Who Cried alongside friend and fan Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, and John Turturro.

Secret Window is a 2004 psychological horror film starring Johnny Depp and John Turturro.

The movie, which is loosely a remake of the 1936 film Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, also stars Peter Gallagher, John Turturro, Allen Covert and Steve Buscemi.

Fitzgerald appeared in a steady stream of independent feature films through the 1990s and 2000s, among them the all-star cast in A Man of No Importance ( 1994 ), the early Ewan McGregor film Brassed Off ( 1996 ), the Czech World War II fighter pilot drama Dark Blue World ( 2001 ), and a 2004 drama set in the Spanish Inquisition, Secret Passage ( UK title The Lion ’ s Mouth ) with John Turturro.

State of Grace is a 1990 neo-noir crime film starring Sean Penn, Ed Harris and Gary Oldman, and featuring Robin Wright, John Turturro and John C. Reilly.

Over the last few years, the Museum has held a day-long symposium on Darfur with policy makers and leaders on human rights, presented performers such as Idan Raichel and David Strathairn, and film screenings with actors and directors such as Kirk Douglas, John Turturro, Quentin Tarantino, Claude Lanzmann, and Ed Zwick, and explored Justice after the Holocaust with experts like Alan Dershowitz.

The film stars Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp, Harry Dean Stanton, and John Turturro.

Five Corners is a 1987 American film starring Tim Robbins, Jodie Foster, John Turturro, and Rodney Harvey.

On the flight, he meets Dr. Bill Perlman ( John Turturro ), an airline-contracted psychiatrist who offers to counsel Max for post-traumatic stress disorder.

* John Turturro as Dr. Bill Perlman

* John Turturro as Jesus Quintana, an opponent of The Dude's team in the bowling league semifinals.

John Turturro has suggested a number of times that he would be interested in doing a spin-off movie using his character Jesus Quintana.

It's the early 1920s and Aleksandr Ivanovich ' Sascha ' Luzhin ( Turturro ), a gifted but tormented chess player, arrives in a Northern Italian city to compete in an international chess competition.

When Leo's Italian up-and-coming rival Johnny Caspar ( Polito ) announces his intentions to kill bookie Bernie Bernbaum ( Turturro ), Leo goes against Tom's advice and extends his protection to Bernie.

Other members of the cast include Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, and John Turturro.

His older son, Giuseppe, better known as Pino ( Turturro ), " detests the place like a sickness ", holds racial contempt for the neighborhood Blacks and attempts to make Mookie's life miserable.

* John Turturro as Pino, another one of Sal's sons.

Other guests included Paul Reubens, best known for his Pee-wee Herman character, and John Turturro.

: Many Italian Americans actors became well known in movies and TV, such as: Don Ameche, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anne Bancroft ( Anna Italiano ), Ernest Borgnine ( Ermes Borgnino ), Robert Alda, Alan Alda, Lou Costello, Frank Langella, Frankie Avalon ( Avallone ), Annette Funicello, James Darren ( Ercolani ), Jimmy Durante, Anthony Franciosa, Sal Mineo, Ben Gazzara, Harry Guardino, Aldo Ray ( DaRe ), Richard Conte, Bernadette Peters ( Lazzara ), Connie Stevens ( Concetta Ingoglia ), Richard Crenna, Dom DeLuise, Armand Assante, Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito, Joe Mantegna, John Travolta, Tony Danza, Alyssa Milano, Paul Sorvino, Mira Sorvino, Al Pacino, Liza Minnelli, Rene Russo, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Nicolas Cage ( Coppola ), Stanley Tucci, Marissa Tomei, John Turturro and Sylvester Stallone.

It stars John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield, David Paymer, Hank Azaria, and Christopher McDonald.

The evening's main attraction is Queens resident Herbert Stempel ( John Turturro ), the reigning champion, who answers question after question.

" Web critic James Berardinelli praised the " superb performances by Fiennes ," and said " John Turturro is exceptional as the uncharismatic Herbie Stempel.

Her boyfriend Paulie Carbone ( John Turturro ) arrives and takes her out on a date.