While working as a doorman at a New York City hotel, Nick took a job as an extra in Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing." Convinced of Nick's talent, Lee wrote a part for him in his next film, "Mo' Better Blues," and, in a case of art imitating life, Nick's real-life brother, John Turturro ("Quiz Show"), played his brother in that film. The pair again appeared together in Lee's "Jungle Fever."

Turturro had a featured role in "Malcolm X" and also appeared in "Metropolitan," "Love Anyone," "Federal Hill" and "Mac," the latter written and directed by brother John as a tribute to their late father. Nick's most recent films include "The Search for One-Eye Jimmy," which he also co-produced, and the upcoming "Excess Baggage," starring Alicia Silverstone and Christopher Walken.

Among his television credits are guest-starring roles in "Law and Order"; "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles," in which he played a young Al Capone; and the telefilm, "Dead and Alive." Nick also had a leading role in the Witt/Thomas pilot, "Better Days."

On stage, he has appeared in "Wild Goose," "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui," "Lusting After Popino's Wife" and "Siddown: Conversations With the Mob."

VITAL STATISTICS
BIRTHPLACE: Queens, NY
BIRTHDATE: Jan. 29
HEIGHT: 5'8"
HAIR: Brown
EYES: Brown