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John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an Italian-American businessman, entrepreneur, actor, writer and filmmaker, 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 recognition with the independent film Five Corners (1987). Turturro's mainstream breakthrough came with Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989) and the Coens' Miller's Crossing (1990) and Barton Fink (1991), for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival. His subsequent roles included Herb Stempel in Quiz Show (1994), Jesus Quintana in The Big Lebowski (1998) and The Jesus Rolls (2020), Pete Hogwallop in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Seymour Simmons in the Transformers film series and is set to play Carmine Falcone in The Batman. In 2016, in a lead role, he portrayed a lawyer in the HBO miniseries The Night Of and had a recurring role in the miniseries The Plot Against America in 2020. An Emmy Award winner, Turturro has also been nominated for four Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Independent Spirit Awards. He directed Mac (1992), which won the Golden Camera Award at the Cannes Film Festival, Illuminata (1998), and Romance and Cigarettes (2005). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Turturro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
John Turturro
Ibrahim Al-Mahdi
for Ibrahim Al-Mahdi in Once Upon A Time In Israel
Suggested by jakubduda
In the midst of a devastating war in Gaza, a desperate man embarks on a perilous journey to rescue his kidnapped love from the clutches of terrorist groups. In a war-torn landscape he is always close to dead but also revenge, love and hope. Gripping action-drama explores the complexities of war, love, and sacrifice. The story revolves around Mark, an ordinary American who travels to Gaza to reunite with his beloved, Sarah, who had been kidnapped by terrorists of Hamas, Hezbollah, and their supporters of Yemen, Iran, and Iraq. Film begins with Mark witnessing a horrifying news report on TV about a massive attack in Gaza. The attack claims thousands of innocent lives and kidnaps 200 people, including Sarah, he always loved her but never told her and now she could be dead. He arrives to Gaza, risks his life for her and discovers that the local authorities are overwhelmed, no choice and has to take matters into own hands. Forms alliance with enigmatic Chinese journalist, Bao Lee, who seeks the truth amidst the chaos. He witnesses the harsh realities of life in Gaza and the toll the war has taken on its people and what an awful things the terrorists are doing to the civils. The movie reaches its climax as Mark and his newfound allies stage a daring rescue mission against all odds.The operation pits them against well-armed terrorists. In a heart-pounding showdown, Mark faces the leader of the terrorist group, a formidable and ruthless figure, in a final confrontation to save Sarah.
