John Turturro recent and upcoming movie credits: Gods Behaving Badly (TBA), Going Places (TBA), The True Adventures of Wolfboy (TBA), The Batman (2021), The Jesus Rolls (2020), Gloria Bell (2019). John Michael Turturro (/ t ər ˈ t ʊər oʊ /; born February 28, 1957) is an American actor, writer, producer and director, known for his association with the independent film movement. He has appeared in over sixty feature films and has worked frequently with the Coen brothers, Adam Sandler and Spike Lee.He began his acting career on-screen in the early 1980s, and received early critical. What I found was a whole lot of fun. Just like in the original, this reboot stresses Mac’s brain power but by adding Jack along as his friend and protector, it also added snark. Plus, it created one of the best bromances currently on TV. I love the banter between Mac and Jack but I equally love their heartfelt moments.

In the movie, which opens Friday, Turturro plays a character loosely based on his father. He has two brothers, and they work on construction, building houses. It is the 1950s. Their father hammered it into them that if the job is worth doing, it's worth doing right. Not everybody agrees with that--certainly not the slipshod contractor they're working for. But the Turturro character doesn't know any other way to work, and by the end of the film he is able to stand in front of an ordinary house on an ordinary suburban street, and tell his son, 'I built that; that's my house.'

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The son in the movie represents John Turturro. The scene hit me with unexpected emotional force. My own father was an electrician for the University of Illinois, and one day he took me over to Memorial Stadium and showed me the electrical conduits, and told me, 'I put those in.' Turturro's film connects with the way a lot of people feel about the dues their parents paid. 'Mac' has been taking shape for more than 10 years, Turturro told me during a recent visit to Chicago. First it was a play, then a screenplay, and only after his success as an actor in several recent movies was he able to put together the financing to make it.

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Turtorro has been appearing in movies since 1985, when William Friedkin gave him his first screen job in 'To Live and Die in L.A.' He also had important roles in 'Five Corners' (1988), as the neighborhood psycho who threatens Jodie Foster; 'Miller's Crossing' (1990), as the leader of a local mob; and 'Men of Respect' (1991), a New York gangster picture which was actually an update of Shakespeare, with Turtutto as MacBeth. But his currently high profile came from three movies. He had the title role in Coen brother's 'Barton Fink' (1991), as a greenhorn Hollywood screenwriter. And Spike Lee has used him twice, memorably' in 'Do the Right Thing' (1989) he was son of the sons of Sal, the pizzeria owner. And in 'Jungle Fever' (1991), he's the local sandwich shop owner. Turturro does not fit the traditional profile of a movie star. He's kind of gawky and introspective. He's effective playing rather simple characters, but then he'll turn around and play somebody smart or very complex, and you realize appearances can be deceiving. As a first-time director, with 'Mac,' he shows that he has a natural feeling for film. The movie's story line isn't obvious ('This film isn't based on other films,' he says), and many of the situations might be mundane in other hands, but Turturro knows how to handle actors and the camera. He doesn't force the story into an artificial plot, or try to prove anything other than that everyday life, honestly lived, can have a certain nobility.