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John David Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an American actor. He made his first TV appearance in the show Miami Vice as David Traynor, who ran a high-priced call girl service with his partner Lile (played by David Thornton), taking on Diane Gordon (played by Tery Ferman), and killed by Diane's sister Valerie (played by Pam Grier) in the episode "Rites of Passage".

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  • John David Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an American actor. He made his first TV appearance in the show Miami Vice as David Traynor, who ran a high-priced call girl service with his partner Lile (played by David Thornton), taking on Diane Gordon (played by Tery Ferman), and killed by Diane's sister Valerie (played by Pam Grier) in the episode "Rites of Passage".
  • John Turturro performed the voice of Francesco Bernoulli in Cars 2 and Cars 2: The Video Game.
  • __NOEDITSECTION__ Image:Information-silk.png|Character Template rect 0 0 20 20 Staff Template desc none John Turturro Real Name Unknown Job Titles Voice Actor Gender First publication Unknown
  • John Turturro plays Ambrose Monk on Monk.
  • John Turturro (February 28, 1957- ) is an American actor. He is best known for his recurring appearances in films directed by Spike Lee and the Coen Brothers. He is also known for being urinated lubricated upon by giant robots and being Adrian Monk's brother, Ambrose.
  • John Turturro is an American actor, writer and director. He began his career on stage before he was spotted by Spike Lee and began a long-running collaboration with the director. He also has had a long-time collaboration with The Coen Brothers. He portrayed Gaspare Pisciotta in The Sicilian.
  • John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an American Actor, Writer and Director known for his Roles in the Films Do the Right Thing (1989), Miller's Crossing (1990), Barton Fink (1991), Brain Donors (1992)
  • John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an Italian-American actor, writer, and director who voiced Francesco Bernoulli in the 2011 Disney/Pixar film, Cars 2. He also played Julian in The Color of Money, Aldo Silvano in Cradle Will Rock, Sid Lidz in Unstrung Heroes, Detective Antonio 'Tony' Ricci in Miracle at St. Anna, and Joey Knish in Rounders. He is also Nicholas Turturro's older brother.
  • Turturro was raised into a Roman Catholic family in Queens, New York. He decided to pursue theatre arts at the State University of New York. He later received his MFA from Yale School of Drama in film art. Aside from his extensive acting career, Turturro chose to start his own production company called Humperdinck Productions. He currently serves as a judge at the New York City Film Festival.
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  • John David Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an American actor. He made his first TV appearance in the show Miami Vice as David Traynor, who ran a high-priced call girl service with his partner Lile (played by David Thornton), taking on Diane Gordon (played by Tery Ferman), and killed by Diane's sister Valerie (played by Pam Grier) in the episode "Rites of Passage".
  • John Turturro performed the voice of Francesco Bernoulli in Cars 2 and Cars 2: The Video Game.
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  • John Turturro plays Ambrose Monk on Monk.
  • John Turturro (February 28, 1957- ) is an American actor. He is best known for his recurring appearances in films directed by Spike Lee and the Coen Brothers. He is also known for being urinated lubricated upon by giant robots and being Adrian Monk's brother, Ambrose.
  • Turturro was raised into a Roman Catholic family in Queens, New York. He decided to pursue theatre arts at the State University of New York. He later received his MFA from Yale School of Drama in film art. Aside from his extensive acting career, Turturro chose to start his own production company called Humperdinck Productions. He currently serves as a judge at the New York City Film Festival. He performed in various Spike Lee films that sparked interest within Hollywood directors. One of the many being the Coen Brothers that decided to cast him for Bernie Bernbaum in Miller's Crossing (1990). It wasn't until his extraordinary performance in Miller's Crossing (1990) that Turturro gained a title role in Coen Brothers' Barton Fink (1991). This prompted a close relationship with Ethan and Joel Coen that helped further his career by starring as a key character in many of their films.
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