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 (playwright) John Byrne (playwright) John Patrick Byrne (born 6 January 1940) is a Scottish playwright and artist. Perhaps best known for writing "The Slab Boys Trilogy" of plays about working-class life in Scotland, he has been described as Paisley's first postmodernist. John Byrne was born into a family of Irish Catholic descent in Paisley, Renfrewshire, where he grew up in the Ferguslie Park housing scheme and was educated at the town's St Mirin's Academy before attending Glasgow School of Art (1958–63). After the death of Byrne's mother, who was prone to psychotic episodes, he was informed by a cousin that he