John Turturro John Turturro John Michael Turturro (; born February 28, 1957) is an Italian-American character actor, writer and filmmaker known for his roles in the films "Do the Right Thing" (1989), "Miller's Crossing" (1990), "Barton Fink" (1991), "Quiz Show" (1994), "The Big Lebowski" (1998), "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (2000) and four entries in the "Transformers" film series, most recently (2017). He has appeared in over sixty films and has worked frequently with the Coen brothers, Adam Sandler and Spike Lee. An Emmy Award winner, Turturro has also been nominated for four Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.
John Byrne (comics) Dallas Fantasy Fair, Byrne made disparaging comments about longtime comics writer and one-time Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Roy Thomas that were published in "The Comics Journal" #75 (Sept. 1982), Thomas threatened a libel suit if Byrne did not apologize. In a letter printed in "The Comics Journal" #82 (July 1983), Byrne retracted his statements, claiming he was only repeating information from others, writing, "I acted only in the office of a parrot." Gail Simone, who worked with Byrne on "The All New Atom" in 2006, described Byrne as "very opinionated; a lot of artists are opinionated, and I'm okay with that.