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John Lurie (December 14, 1952) is an actor, musician, and producer born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

In 1978 he formed The Lounge Lizards, initially a new-york-car-crash jazz combo with his brother Evan Lurie. The Lounge Lizards exhibited the tremendous talent of artists such as Arto Lindsay and Marc Ribot, among others. The band continued to make music for 20 years.

During the 1980s he starred in a number of films directed by Jim Jarmusch, namely Stranger Than Paradise, Down by Law, and Permanent Vacation. He also composed music for all three of these films as well as Mystery Train.

His 1991 TV series Fishing with John was a cult success. Lurie professes no knowledge about fishing, but appears in exotic locations with various notable friends, including Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon, Dennis Hopper, Jim Jarmusch, and Down by Law co-star Tom Waits.

For the last four years, Lurie has been exhibiting his paintings. His work has been shown at Anton Kern Gallery, Roebling Hall in New York, Galerie Daniel Blau in Munich and Galerie Gabriel Rolt in Amsterdam. He is currently exhibiting at PS1 Contemporary Art Museum in Long Island City, New York.

Lurie also starred, during 2001-2003, on the HBO prison series Oz as inmate Greg Penders.

Filmography

• Sleepwalk (2000)
• New Rose Hotel (1998)
• Just Your Luck (1996)
• Blue in the Face (1995)
• Smoke (1995) (uncredited)
• Wild at Heart (1990)
• Il Piccolo diavolo (1988)
• The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
• Down by Law (1986)
• Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
• Paris, Texas (1984)
• Stranger Than Paradise (1983)
• Subway Riders (1981)
• The Offenders (1980)
• Permanent Vacation (1980)
• Underground U.S.A. (1980)

Discography

John Lurie

• Berlin 1991 Volume One and the Lounge Lizards (1991)
• Men With Sticks: John Lurie National Orchestra (1993)
• The Days with Jacques
• The Legendary Marvin Pontiac (1999)

Lounge Lizards

• Lounge Lizards (1990)
• No Pain for Cakes (1991)
• Big Heart: Live in Tokyo (1991)
• Live: 1979-1981 (1992)
• Live in Berlin, Volume One (1993)
• Live in Berlin, Volume Two (1995)
• Queen of All Ears (1998)
• Voice of Chunk (1998)
• Big Heart: Live in Tokyo (Import) (2004)

Soundtracks

• Get Shorty (1995)
• Excess Baggage (1997)
• Fishing with John (recorded in 1991, released in 1998)
• African Swim and Manny and Lo (1999)
• Mystery Train (1989)
• Stranger Than Paradise and The Resurrection of Albert Ayler (1984)
• Down By Law and Variety (1985)

Watercolors

Lurie's watercolor painting Bear Surprise achieved enormous popularity on numerous Russian websites, in an Internet phenomenon known as Preved.[1]

External links

• Official Website of John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards
• Leonard Lopate interview with John Lurie
• John Lurie's Art Site

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