Nicholas Turturro
Turturro in 2007, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Nicholas Turturro, Jr.
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 29, 1962
Ethnicity: Italian
Nicholas Turturro is an American actor. He is known for his roles on the shows Blue Bloods and NYPD Blue, and in the films Do the Right Thing and BlacKkKlansman, as well as numerous Adam Sandler productions.
His father, Nicola/Nicholas Turturro, was from Giovinazzo, Apulia, Italy, and arrived in the U.S. in the early 1930s. His mother, Katherine/Catherine Florence “Kate” (Incerella), was born in the U.S., to Italian parents, from Campania and Sicily, respectively. His father was with the D-Day fleet supporting the landing operations of Allied troops in Normandy in 1944.
His brother is actor John Turturro and his cousin is actress Aida Turturro. Nicholas has two children with his wife Lissa Espinosa, and a daughter with his former wife Jami Biunno.
Nicholas’s maternal grandfather, an Italian immigrant, re-married to a black woman, Nicholas’s step-grandmother Deborah M. L. Elder, in 1937.
Nicholas’s paternal grandfather was Raffaele/Raffaelle/Ralph Turturro (the son of Nicola Turturro and Teresa Rutigliano). Raffaele was born in Giovinazzo. Nicola was the son of Michele Turturro and Anna Stufano. Teresa was the daughter of Raffaele Rutigliano and Maria Trapani.
Nicholas’s paternal grandmother was Angela/Angelina Michela Cortese (the daughter of Antonio Cortese and Vincenza Decicco). Angela was born in Giovinazzo. Antonio was the son of Giuseppe Cortese and Serafina Piscitelli. Vincenza was the daughter of Domenico Decicco and Angela D’Agostino.
Nicholas’s maternal grandfather was Giovanni/John Incerello/Incerella/Inzerillo/Inzirillo/Inserillo (the son of Antonio Incerella and Margareta Lafala). Giovanni was born in Naples, Campania, Italy.
Nicholas’s maternal grandmother was named Rosa/Rosina/Rose Terrasi/Terraso. Rosa was from Aragona, Province of Agrigento, Sicily. John is an honorary citizen of Aragona.
Sources: Genealogy of Nicholas Turturro (focusing on his father’s side) – http://geneasud.20minutes-blogs.fr
Marriage record of Nicholas’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni/John Incerello/Incerella/Inzerillo/Inzirillo/Inserillo, to Deborah M. L. Elder – https://www.familysearch.org
He kinda looks Black.
Well, he plays a KKK member in BlacKkKlansman (along with Topher Grace and Ryan Eggold).
north african ancestry
@follers
do you know who is the Turturro’s maternal grandfather?
No.
I do now.
@follers
The correct spelling is Giovanni Inzerillo. He was from Palermo, Sicily. Rosa Terrasi was from Aragona, Province of Agrigento, Sicily. They made John Turturro an honorary citizen of Aragona.
Giovinazzo-> Province of Bari, Apulia
He looks very Sicilian. The moors were all over that Island.
his appearance has nothing to do with moors.. you can find europeans with his apperance in just about any eastern/southern euro country lol
that is completely untrue, no 100% European looks like this
@Lioro the Europeans looking like him are part African. He was tested , he does have African dna. I saw an article about him. His hair is densely thick and very curly and watch the movie Do the Right Thing they talk about African admixture, etc.
He looks 100% Sicilian. Get over it people…
LOL. Not even 1% of Sicilians (from Sicily) look like that, he is just atypical.
He looks about 20-35% West African black. There is proven West African dna in Siciliy . Also the Greek island of Cypres.
@ midori
Both islands don’t have any substantial SSA admixture, expecially Sicily. Cyprus is not a “Greek island” but a sovereign state. You are really owned by Afrocentrism.
@Andrew you are very incorrect. There is nothing like personal knowledge. I actually know two Sicilian white men personally who told me out of their own mouths that Siciliy has West African dna. People try to hide it.Its very obvious if you look at some of the people by plain site. Black people can tell who is mixed with African. Black people can see their own genes at work. I know Sicilian people and an ex coworker of mine actually lived in Sicily. Andrew you are ruled by white supremacy and you are racist against black people obviously. Your point is incorrect. Sicily has some West African dna.
white supremacy? I am not racist at all. You’re a joke. Sicily is not Madeira or Canary Islands. No slave trade. No SSA.
I sho nuff wishes da Sicilians would be considered blankly. Dat would sho nuff makes me feel mo betta bout whatses I sees in da mirror
My firstliest wish would be to be Eye-tayan. But ifin I cents be Eye-Tayan, we nextliest bestest thing to my self esteem would be fo Eye-tailyans to be considered blackly. Dat would sho nuff improves my self esteem!
he actually does look Moroccan/North African!