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John Turturro is an American actor. Born: 28 February 1957. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: United States and Italy.
Actor · 1957–
John Turturro
John Turturro is an American actor. Born on 28 February 1957, this profile follows John Turturro through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), The Big Lebowski (1998), Transformers (2007) and Do the Right Thing. The location trail reaches Union Station, Sixth Street Viaduct — original bridge site and Vincent Thomas Bridge. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
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To Live and Die in L.A. · Union Station
John Turturro is credited as cast member on To Live and Die in L.A.. The work’s existing location story leads to Union Station. Union Station is documented as a location associated with To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
To Live and Die in L.A. — credits ↗︎Union Station (Los Angeles) ↗︎
The Big Lebowski · Palace Theatre
John Turturro is credited as cast member on The Big Lebowski. The work’s existing location story leads to Palace Theatre. The Palace Theatre hosts the landlord’s dance performance in the film. Its ornate auditorium gives this small theatrical interlude a wonderfully oversized setting.
The Big Lebowski — credits ↗︎Palace Theater (Los Angeles) ↗︎Palace Theatre — filming ↗︎The Big Lebowski · Johnie’s Coffee Shop ↗︎
Transformers · Second Street Tunnel
John Turturro is credited as cast member on Transformers. The work’s existing location story leads to Second Street Tunnel. Second Street Tunnel is documented as a location associated with Transformers (2007). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
Do the Right Thing · Do the Right Thing Way
John Turturro is credited as cast member on Do the Right Thing. The work’s existing location story leads to Do the Right Thing Way. Yale's production notes describe six weeks of preparation and eight weeks of filming on one Stuyvesant Avenue block. The crew built Sal's Famous Pizzeria and the Korean grocery across from one another, repainted façades in heat-saturated oranges and reds, and transformed a real residential street into the film's compressed social universe. The map therefore marks the block rather than pretending one surviving doorway can represent the temporary sets.
Do the Right Thing — credits ↗︎Yale Film Archive — Do the Right Thing notes ↗︎
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 14 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
Palace Theatre ↗︎
Filming location · Marty’s performance
The Palace Theatre hosts the landlord’s dance performance in the film. Its ornate auditorium gives this small theatrical interlude a wonderfully oversized setting.
Palace Theater (Los Angeles) ↗︎Palace Theatre — filming ↗︎The Big Lebowski · Johnie’s Coffee Shop ↗︎
630 S Broadway
Open street map ↗︎Union Station ↗︎
A screen location
Union Station is documented as a location associated with To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
800 N Alameda Street
Open street map ↗︎Johnie’s Coffee Shop ↗︎
Filming location · diner conversation
Johnie’s is the coffee shop where the Dude and Walter debate the severed toe. Its sweeping roof is part of the city’s roadside design history.
Johnie's Coffee Shop ↗︎The Big Lebowski · Johnie’s Coffee Shop ↗︎
6101 Wilshire Boulevard
Open street map ↗︎Point Dume ↗︎
A screen location
Point Dume is documented as a location associated with The Big Lebowski (1998). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
Point Dume State Beach and Preserve
Open street map ↗︎Greystone Mansion ↗︎
Filming location · the other Lebowski
Greystone supplied interiors for the wealthy Lebowski’s home. The screen mansion combines different real places, so the grounds alone will not reproduce the complete scene.
905 Loma Vista Drive
Open street map ↗︎Second Street Tunnel ↗︎
A screen location
Second Street Tunnel is documented as a location associated with Transformers (2007). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
2nd Street between Hill and Figueroa streets
Open street map ↗︎Sixth Street Viaduct — original bridge site ↗︎
The former location
The original Sixth Street Viaduct is listed among the locations for To Live and Die in L.A. That bridge was demolished in 2016; today’s bridge is a replacement at the same crossing.
The former location
The original Sixth Street Viaduct is listed among the locations for Transformers. That bridge was demolished in 2016; today’s bridge is a replacement at the same crossing.
6th Street over the Los Angeles River
Open street map ↗︎Sunken City ↗︎
A screen location
Sunken City is documented as a location associated with The Big Lebowski (1998). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
Paseo Del Mar near Point Fermin
Open street map ↗︎Vincent Thomas Bridge ↗︎
A screen location
Vincent Thomas Bridge is documented as a location associated with To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.
State Route 47 over Los Angeles Harbor
Open street map ↗︎Do the Right Thing Way ↗︎
Spike Lee turns one Bedford-Stuyvesant block into a whole city
Yale's production notes describe six weeks of preparation and eight weeks of filming on one Stuyvesant Avenue block. The crew built Sal's Famous Pizzeria and the Korean grocery across from one another, repainted façades in heat-saturated oranges and reds, and transformed a real residential street into the film's compressed social universe. The map therefore marks the block rather than pretending one surviving doorway can represent the temporary sets.
Stuyvesant Avenue between Quincy Street and Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216
Open street map ↗︎Mookie's Stuyvesant Avenue home exterior ↗︎
Mookie's day begins at 173 Stuyvesant Avenue
NYC in Film identifies the Stuyvesant Avenue exterior used for Mookie's home. It is one of the film's most important thresholds: the route from the residential stoop to Sal's delivery run compresses the film's whole neighborhood into a few blocks. The record names the documented exterior without implying access to the private residence.
NYC in Film — Do the Right Thing locations ↗︎Yale Film Archive — Do the Right Thing notes ↗︎
173 Stuyvesant Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216
Open street map ↗︎Radio Raheem's Stuyvesant Avenue encounter ↗︎
Radio Raheem's confrontation occupies the same block
The Radio Raheem and Sal's confrontation is associated with 180 Stuyvesant Avenue in NYC in Film's location account. The sequence's force comes from the way Spike Lee keeps the characters inside one shared residential geography; the site is mapped as an area-level production stop rather than a claimed frame-by-frame camera coordinate.
NYC in Film — Do the Right Thing locations ↗︎Atlas Obscura — Do the Right Thing Way ↗︎
180 Stuyvesant Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216
Open street map ↗︎Sal's Pizzeria set corner ↗︎
Sal's Famous Pizzeria was built for the corner
The production did not use a surviving pizzeria at this address: Yale's notes describe a temporary Sal's façade built on the southwest corner of Stuyvesant and Lexington, with the Korean grocery constructed opposite. Atlas Obscura records the same corner as the later Do the Right Thing Way landmark, so the map distinguishes the vanished set from the living street.
Yale Film Archive — Do the Right Thing notes ↗︎Atlas Obscura — Do the Right Thing Way ↗︎
Southwest corner of Stuyvesant Avenue and Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216
Open street map ↗︎Korean grocery set across Sal's block ↗︎
The Korean grocery completes the street's visual argument
Yale's production account describes the Korean grocery façade constructed across from Sal's. Its presence is essential to the film's compressed social world, while the set itself disappeared after filming; this entry records a researched historical production site, not a present-day shopfront.
Yale Film Archive — Do the Right Thing notes ↗︎Atlas Obscura — Do the Right Thing Way ↗︎
Stuyvesant Avenue between Lexington Avenue and Quincy Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1957-02-28
Born 28 February 1957
Explore a shared connection.
WORKS
Culture, connected.
Follow the work through its real places.
To Live and Die in L.A.
William Friedkin
The Big Lebowski ↗︎
Joel and Ethan Coen
Transformers
Michael Bay
Do the Right Thing ↗︎
Do the Right Thing
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
Los Angeles ↗︎
Follow a scene into the hills. A song onto the Strip. A story all the way to the ocean.
New York ↗︎
Street corners, fire escapes and subway rhythms. A city to read at walking pace.
The Big Lebowski ↗︎
Lanes: bowl the Dude’s week as ten frames, each a real place scored by whether you can still visit it.
Do the Right Thing ↗︎
Hydrant: open the block’s only fire hydrant a quarter-turn at a time and aim the spray along Stuyvesant Avenue, cooling each front to open its place; send Mookie’s pizza boxes off the block, then turn Radio Raheem’s boombox round to read Lee’s inscription.
PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.
Josh Duhamel ↗︎
Josh Duhamel is an American actor and former model. Born on 14 November 1972, this profile follows Josh Duhamel through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Transformers (2007). The location trail reaches Second Street Tunnel and Sixth Street Viaduct — original bridge site. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Julianne Moore ↗︎
Julianne Moore is a British-American actress and author. Born on 3 December 1960, this profile follows Julianne Moore through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Fugitive (1993), Boogie Nights (1997), The Big Lebowski (1998) and Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011). The location trail reaches Mr. Beef, Chicago City Hall and Vittum Theater, with existing stories in Chicago. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Jon Voight ↗︎
Jon Voight is an American actor. Born on 29 December 1938, this profile follows Jon Voight through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Heat (1995), Enemy of the State (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001) and Transformers (2007). The location trail reaches Bob’s Big Boy · Burbank, Canter’s Deli and Union Station. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
John Goodman ↗︎
John Goodman is an American actor. Born on 20 June 1952, this profile follows John Goodman through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Big Lebowski (1998), The Artist (2011) and Atomic Blonde (2017). The location trail reaches Palace Theatre, Johnie’s Coffee Shop and Point Dume, with existing stories in Berlin. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Philip Seymour Hoffman ↗︎
Philip Seymour Hoffman was an American actor. Born on 23 July 1967, this profile follows Philip Seymour Hoffman through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Boogie Nights (1997), The Big Lebowski (1998), The Talented Mr. Ripley — Rome (1999) and Almost Famous (2000). The location trail reaches Reseda Theatre, Former Reseda Country Club and Palace Theatre, with existing stories in Rome. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Willem Dafoe ↗︎
Willem Dafoe is an American actor. Born on 22 July 1955, this profile follows Willem Dafoe through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Spider-Man (2002) and The Aviator (2004). The location trail reaches Union Station, Sixth Street Viaduct — original bridge site and Vincent Thomas Bridge. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.