John Turturro is an American director, actor and a writer as well, who is best known for his role sin movies like: Miller's Crossing (1990), Barton Fink (1991), Do the Right Thing (1989), Where Art Thou? (2000) and many others. He started his TV career, after being a part of the theatre in his young days. He was seen in a small role in Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull (1980). With his role in Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (1983), he won the Obie Award for theatre. With his average performance in Do the Right Thing, he was casted in Spike Lee’s Five Corners. Spike and John went on to work for many years, and worked together in nine films, that ranged from comedy to actor and dramas. John also worked jointly with Adam Sandler and appeared in comedy roles in movies like Mr. Deeds (2002) and You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008). Appearing in some drama films like Secret Window and Anger Management, he then started to feature in TV shows as well. He won an Emmy for his role in the TV show Monk, and was nominated for many prestigious awards like the Golden Gloves, Screen Actors Guild and Cannes Film Festival. His first work as a director was seen in the movie Illuminati (1999), which he acted in himself. He also wrote the plot and directed Romance and Cigarettes in 2005 and a musical movie named Passione. He also started to direct plays in Broadway, and the first one was "Relatively Speaking,” which was in the October of 2011.

Born on the February of 1957, he is 58 years of age in 2015 and is the brother of Nicholas Turturro, the actor. He was born to father Nicholas Turturro, a constructor/ carpenter and mother Katherine, who was a jazz musician. Both of his parents had served in the U.S Navy during the Second World War, but were originally Italians who had immigrated into the States. Born in Brooklyn, his family settled in Queens, New York and he was raised as a Roman Catholic just like his parents, although some suggest that he is a Jewish. A student of theatre in State University of New York, he graduated from Yale School of Drama, in Film Art. Born and raised as an American, he belongs to white ethnicity.

John doesn’t have a long list of girlfriends, and hasn’t been involved in many affairs in his career. He is married man, and a father of two children. He and his current wife, Katherine Borowitz was dating from 1980 and 5 years into the romance, though about getting together for life. Katherine who is also an actress, best known to have appeared in movies like Internal Affairs (1990), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), A Serious Man (2009) etc. They got married in 1985 and 30 years down the road, have not had any signs of a divorce. They have got two kids; Amedeo and Diego, which has strengthened their relationship more. John is a tall and handsome man, doesn’t have any shirtless pictures in the media, and hasn’t revealed himself. With an athletically build body that last weighed 90 kg, he has got a height of 6 feet and an inch; 184 cm.

With rumors of his being gay spread around, the sources have denied any such thing, and you can very well guess it for yourself that a gay person wouldn’t have a wife or family. With much false news going around, you can get to know the facts and figures of his life by reading his biography, available in sites like IMDb and Wikipedia. He is also a popular figure on the social sites, and is seen at regular intervals on Instagram and Twitter. With a large fame and successful career, his net worth of $24 million US dollars speaks for itself.