John Lurie

Q: Has John Lurie received any awards?

John Lurie received the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature for 'Stranger Than Paradise.' He is recognized for his contributions to independent film.

Q: What was John Lurie's first film?

John Lurie's first film was 'The Last Temptation of Christ' in 1988, where he played the role of John the Baptist, marking his entry into acting.

Q: How did John Lurie become famous?

John Lurie became famous through his roles in independent films directed by Jim Jarmusch, particularly with 'Stranger Than Paradise' in 1984, which gained significant acclaim.

Q: What is John Lurie's net worth?

John Lurie's estimated net worth is around $5 million, reflecting his diverse career in acting, music, and art.

Q: What other projects has John Lurie worked on?

In addition to acting, John Lurie is also known for his music with The Lounge Lizards and his visual art, showcasing his multi-talented career.

Q: Is John Lurie involved in any television shows?

Yes, John Lurie starred in the HBO series 'Fishing with John,' which combined fishing and adventure with guest appearances from other celebrities.

Q: What is a defining characteristic of John Lurie's acting style?

John Lurie's acting style is characterized by a laid-back, naturalistic approach, often delivering lines with a distinct, deadpan delivery that resonates in independent cinema.

Known for

Painting With John (2021)

IMDb 7.7 / 10

2021 / Comedy, Documentary / 22mins

Part meditative tutorial, part fireside chat, each episode finds artist John Lurie ensconced at his worktable, where he hones his intricate watercolor techniques and...

Name

John Lurie

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Born

14 June 1952, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Spouses

Evelyn Lurie (1990–present)

Children

1 child, name not publicly known

Parents

Martha Lurie, Harold Lurie

Estimated Net Worth

$5 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2021	Movie Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain An intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. This unflinching look at Anthony Bourdain...	Self - Artist / Friend	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2021	TV Painting With John Part meditative tutorial, part fireside chat, each episode finds artist John Lurie ensconced at his worktable, where he hones his...	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2011	Movie Blank City In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come from comfort,...	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2009	Movie No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York the connections and energy flow between the various artists populating the 1980s sub-cultures of New York and Berlin. Features Jim...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2007	TV Mobsters Mobsters is an American documentary television series that profiles the lives of infamous individuals in history; the series puts the...	Narrator	Not rated
2005	Movie Face Addict Face Addict tells the story of a unique and unrepeatable experience, that of the artistic community in New York between...	Himself	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2005	Movie TV Party From 1978 to 1982, Glenn O'Brien hosted a New York city public access cable TV show called TV Party. Co-hosted...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2004	Movie 5 Sides of a Coin "5 Sides of a Coin" is a comprehensive overview of the worldwide cultural movement of Hip-Hop.	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2004	Movie Tortured by Joy A short film narrated by John Lurie comprised of still images La Jetee-style about the middle-aged rediscovering punk rock.	Narrator	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2001	Movie Downtown '81 The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to...	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2001	Movie Some Days in January, 1984 A short behind-the-scenes documentary shot and edited on Super 8 by filmmaker Tom Jarmusch, director Jim Jarmusch’s brother, during the...	Unknown character	Not rated
2000	Movie Sleepwalk At loose ends drifter stumbles upon a struggling painter as he searches for answers under the stars and rooftops of...	Frank	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1999	TV SpongeBob SquarePants Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob...	Fisherman	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1999	Movie New Rose Hotel A corporate raider and his henchman use a chanteuse to lure a scientific genius away from his employer and family.	Distinguished Man	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1996	Movie Just Your Luck Six million dollars suddenly goes up for grabs when an aged diner's heart fails after he discovers that he has...	Coker	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1995	Movie Blue in the Face A wacky group of locals visit the neighborhood cigar shop, looking for good times and finding plenty of hilarious fun....	Saxophone player	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1992	Movie John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards Live in Berlin 1991 John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards performing live in Berlin.	Alto & Soprano Saxophone	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1991	TV Fishing with John Musician John Lurie knows nothing about fishing, but that doesn't stop him from embarking on fishing in exotic locations with...	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1990	Movie Wild at Heart Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s...	Sparky	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1990	Movie John Lurie: A Lounge Lizard Alone "Lounge Lizard" John Lurie — actor, performer, and musician — talks about love and life and gives a gentle insight...	Self	Not rated
1988	Movie Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ Video diary shot by Martin Scorsese during the making of his 1988 film, The Last Temptation of Christ.	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1988	Movie The Little Devil Father Maurice, a priest living in a residential college for priests in Rome, is called out one day to "exorcise"...	Cusatelli	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1988	Movie The Last Temptation of Christ Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action...	James, Apostle	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1986	Movie Down by Law A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.	Jack	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1986	Movie The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July Two Moon July was a multidisciplinary event that featured experimental video, film, visual art, performance and music in a theatrical...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1985	Movie Desperately Seeking Susan A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads...	Neighbor Saxophonist	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1985	Movie The Ballad of Sexual Dependency Nan Goldin's slide show “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency” converted, mixed and screened as a film by the artist, portraying...	Unknown character	Not rated
1984	Movie Stranger Than Paradise New York layabout Willie forms an unexpected bond with his young Hungarian cousin Eva when she pays him a surprise...	Willie	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1984	Movie Paris, Texas A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull...	'Slater'	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1984	Movie Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch Documentary on American film director Jim Jarmusch made for German television. featuring interviews with cast and crew from 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯...	Interviewee	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1983	Movie Stranger Than Paradise 30-minute short subject film that would become Stranger Than Paradise. This short was released as a standalone film in 1982,...	Willie	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1981	Movie Subway Riders A psychotic saxophone player lures victims to deserted spots with his music and then guns them down.	The Saxophonist	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1981	Movie Permanent Vacation In downtown Manhattan, twentysomething Allie, whose father is not around and whose mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker...	Sax Player	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1980	Movie Underground U.S.A. The Sunset Blvd. of underground cinema, and a suitably ambivalent retrospect on the star-game casualties of New York's upper depths,...	Jack Smith	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1980	Movie The Offenders A punk savage satire about a kidnapping.	The Lizard	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1979	Movie Sleepless Nights New Cinema cofounder Becky Johnston recently described this little-seen feature as “an East Village reinvention of the Otto Preminger movie...	Unknown character	Not rated
1979	Movie Men in Orbit A “sci-fi povera” film shot on Super 8, Men in Orbit features musician Lurie and Eric Mitchell as chain-smoking astronauts...	Astronaut	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1979	Movie Red Italy Second feature film by the French-born director is a Bertolucci-style story of a bored, rich woman looking for romance and...	Unknown character	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1978	Movie Rome '78 Nares mocks up Ancient Rome by shooting in faux-classical sites including Tribeca's American Thread Building, where a decrepit penthouse loft...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.4 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2021	Movie Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain An intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. This unflinching look at Anthony Bourdain...	Additional Music Crew	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2021	TV Painting With John Part meditative tutorial, part fireside chat, each episode finds artist John Lurie ensconced at his worktable, where he hones his...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2021	TV Painting With John Part meditative tutorial, part fireside chat, each episode finds artist John Lurie ensconced at his worktable, where he hones his...	Creator Creator	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2021	TV Painting With John Part meditative tutorial, part fireside chat, each episode finds artist John Lurie ensconced at his worktable, where he hones his...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2021	TV Painting With John Part meditative tutorial, part fireside chat, each episode finds artist John Lurie ensconced at his worktable, where he hones his...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2005	Movie Face Addict Face Addict tells the story of a unique and unrepeatable experience, that of the artistic community in New York between...	Music Sound	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2000	Movie Animal Factory Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1998	Movie Clay Pigeons Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend, Earl, kill himself because of the ongoing...	Music Sound	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1998	Movie Lulu on the Bridge A famous jazz saxophonist's life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.	Music Sound	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1997	Movie Excess Baggage A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1997	Movie Wrong Guys Adapted from a novella by James Strahs (the author of “Queer and Alone”, as well as the Wooster Group’s play,...	Music Sound	Not rated
1996	Movie Manny & Lo A pregnant teen and her younger sister run away from foster homes and kidnap a woman whom they believe can...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	Movie Get Shorty Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1995	Movie Blue in the Face A wacky group of locals visit the neighborhood cigar shop, looking for good times and finding plenty of hilarious fun....	Music Sound	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1993	Movie Brace Up! The Wooster Group's production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, translated by Paul Schmidt and directed by Elizabeth LeCompte, with performances...	Music Sound	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1991	TV Fishing with John Musician John Lurie knows nothing about fishing, but that doesn't stop him from embarking on fishing in exotic locations with...	Music Sound	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1991	TV Fishing with John Musician John Lurie knows nothing about fishing, but that doesn't stop him from embarking on fishing in exotic locations with...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1991	TV Fishing with John Musician John Lurie knows nothing about fishing, but that doesn't stop him from embarking on fishing in exotic locations with...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1991	TV Fishing with John Musician John Lurie knows nothing about fishing, but that doesn't stop him from embarking on fishing in exotic locations with...	Creator Creator	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1991	Movie Figaro Story An anthology film centering around the worldwide adventures of the Nissan Figaro.	Music Sound	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1991	Movie Keep It for Yourself Sophie comes to New York from France with the intention of joining a man she met a few months before....	Music Sound	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1991	Movie Death By Unnatural Causes A visceral homage to those living and dying under the shadow of AIDS in a world run amok.	Music Sound	Not rated
1989	Movie Mystery Train In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric night clerk and...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1989	Movie Mystery Train In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric night clerk and...	Musician Sound	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1986	Movie Down by Law A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1985	Movie Variety A repressed young woman becomes obsessed with pornography and the mysterious rich patrons of the Times Square porn theater where...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1984	Movie Stranger Than Paradise New York layabout Willie forms an unexpected bond with his young Hungarian cousin Eva when she pays him a surprise...	Idea Writing	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1984	Movie Stranger Than Paradise New York layabout Willie forms an unexpected bond with his young Hungarian cousin Eva when she pays him a surprise...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1981	Movie Subway Riders A psychotic saxophone player lures victims to deserted spots with his music and then guns them down.	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1981	Movie Permanent Vacation In downtown Manhattan, twentysomething Allie, whose father is not around and whose mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker...	Music Sound	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1981	Movie Permanent Vacation In downtown Manhattan, twentysomething Allie, whose father is not around and whose mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker...	Musician Sound	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1979	Movie Sleepless Nights New Cinema cofounder Becky Johnston recently described this little-seen feature as “an East Village reinvention of the Otto Preminger movie...	Original Music Composer Sound	Not rated
1979	Movie Men in Orbit A “sci-fi povera” film shot on Super 8, Men in Orbit features musician Lurie and Eric Mitchell as chain-smoking astronauts...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1979	Movie Men in Orbit A “sci-fi povera” film shot on Super 8, Men in Orbit features musician Lurie and Eric Mitchell as chain-smoking astronauts...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

2021 / TMDB 6.9

Blank City

2011 / TMDB 7.1

No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York

2009 / TMDB 10.0

Face Addict

2005 / TMDB 8.0

TV Party

2005 / TMDB 8.0

5 Sides of a Coin

2004 / TMDB 10.0

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Got a question about John Lurie?

What are some of John Lurie's most notable films?

John Lurie's most notable films include 'Stranger Than Paradise,' 'Down by Law,' and 'The Last Temptation of Christ.' He is well-known for his work in independent cinema.

Has John Lurie received any awards?

What was John Lurie's first film?

How did John Lurie become famous?

What is John Lurie's net worth?

What other projects has John Lurie worked on?

Is John Lurie involved in any television shows?

What is a defining characteristic of John Lurie's acting style?

Known for

Painting With John (2021)

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