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 K. Byrne of Boston, Massachusetts by Cathy and Jeffrey Byrne. Cathy Byrne is a circuit judge of the Massachusetts District Courts and Jeffrey Byrne is a family physician. Byrne attended Concord Academy and graduated from Oberlin College in 2003. At Oberlin College, he founded The Grape, which remains the college’s alternative student newspaper. He was also editor of the Oberlin Review, where he wrote an exposé about steroid abuse on the football team. During college, Byrne worked as a stringer for The Boston Globe Northwest, a discontinued suburban section of the newspaper, and for McClatchy Newspapers as an intern in Washington, DC.