John Turturro to screening films for children between the ages of 3 and 18. In January 2011, Turturro received his Italian passport, and holds dual Italian and U.S. citizenship. 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
John Turturro and won an Obie Award. Turturro had a notable supporting role in William Friedkin's action film "To Live and Die in L.A." (1985), as the henchman of the villainous counterfeiter played by Willem Dafoe. Spike Lee liked Turturro's performance in "Five Corners" (1987) so much that he cast him in "Do the Right Thing" (1989). This movie was the first of a long-standing collaboration between the 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),