1. Steve Buscemi is known for his work as an acclaimed character actor of the 1990s.
59 Facts About Steve Buscemi
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Steve Buscemi has often collaborated with the Coen brothers, appearing in Miller's Crossing, Fargo, and The Big Lebowski.
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Steve Buscemi appeared in supporting or cameo roles in many films with Adam Sandler including Airheads, Billy Madison, The Wedding Singer, Mr Deeds, The Cobbler, and Hubie Halloween ; while providing voice acting roles in the animated films Monsters, Inc, The Boss Baby, and Transformers One.
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Steve Buscemi has had an extensive career in television, notably starring in the lead role of Enoch "Nucky" Thompson in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire.
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Steve Buscemi's performance earned him two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe and two nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award.
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Steve Buscemi directed the films Trees Lounge, Animal Factory, and Interview.
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Steven Vincent Buscemi was born on December 13,1957, in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, to Dorothy and John Buscemi.
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Steve Buscemi's father was a sanitation worker and served in the Korean War, and his mother was a hostess at Howard Johnson's.
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When Steve Buscemi was ten years old, the family moved from East New York to Valley Stream in Nassau County.
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In high school, Steve Buscemi wrestled for the varsity squad and participated in the drama troupe.
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In 1977, Steve Buscemi took the New York City Firefighter's exam and joined Engine Company 55, fighting fires for four years.
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Steve Buscemi briefly attended Nassau Community College before moving to Manhattan to enroll in the Lee Strasberg Institute.
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Steve Buscemi made his film debut in the 1985 film The Way It Is or Eurydice in the Avenues, directed by Eric Mitchell, which was part of the no wave cinema movement.
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Steve Buscemi appeared in Jim Jarmusch's independent film Mystery Train as Charlie the Barber, and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male.
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Steve Buscemi gained wider attention for his supporting part as pseudonymous criminal Mr Pink in Quentin Tarantino's crime film Reservoir Dogs, a role that Tarantino originally wrote for himself, and one that earned Buscemi the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male in his second nomination.
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Steve Buscemi appeared in a cameo appearance in Tarantino's next film, Pulp Fiction, where he portrays a waiter dressed as Buddy Holly who serves Mia Wallace and Vincent Vega.
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Steve Buscemi endeared himself to comedy fans as Rex, bass player of The Lone Rangers, in the 1994 comedy Airheads.
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In 1995, Steve Buscemi guest-starred as suspected murderer Gordon Pratt in "End Game", an episode of the television series Homicide: Life on the Street.
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Steve Buscemi was rumored to be considered for the role of The Scarecrow in Joel Schumacher's proposed fifth installment of the first Batman franchise, Batman Unchained, before Warner Bros.
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The next year, Buscemi again collaborated with the Coen Brothers, starring as kidnapper Carl Showalter in the black comedy crime film Fargo starring Frances McDormand and William H Macy.
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Steve Buscemi appeared as Donny in the Coen's cult classic black comedy film The Big Lebowski starring Jeff Bridges and John Goodman.
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Steve Buscemi played Seymour in the black comedy Ghost World opposite Scarlett Johansson and Thora Birch.
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The film received critical acclaim with critic Roger Ebert declaring, "The Steve Buscemi role is one he's been pointing toward during his entire career".
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Steve Buscemi extensively performed voice-over work for animated films reprising the role of Randall in its prequel Monsters University, Mr Wesley in Home on the Range, Nebbercracker in Monster House and Templeton the Rat in Charlotte's Web.
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In 2004, Steve Buscemi joined the cast of the acclaimed HBO crime television series The Sopranos as Tony Soprano's cousin and childhood friend, Tony Blundetto, a role that earned him an Emmy Award nomination.
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Steve Buscemi had previously contributed to the show as director of the third-season episode "Pine Barrens", which was one of the most critically acclaimed episodes of the series, and the fourth-season episode "Everybody Hurts".
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Steve Buscemi appeared in episode three of season 6 as a doorman in the afterlife, which is portrayed as a country club in Tony Soprano's dream.
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Steve Buscemi appeared in the music video for Joe Strummer's cover version of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song".
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Steve Buscemi directed the comedy drama films Lonesome Jim, and Interview, while serving as an executive producer for the film Saint John of Las Vegas.
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Steve Buscemi continued directing for television including for the Showtime series Nurse Jackie starring Edie Falco, the NBC sitcom 30 Rock starring Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin and Portlandia from 2014 to 2015.
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Steve Buscemi directed 27 episodes of his web series Park Bench with Steve Buscemi.
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Steve Buscemi starred in the HBO drama series Boardwalk Empire created by Terence Winter.
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The series started in 2010, where Buscemi assumed the role as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, a corrupt Atlantic City politician who rules the town during the Prohibition era.
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Steve Buscemi had a recurring role as Lenny Wosniak in the NBC sitcom 30 Rock from 2007 to 2013.
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Steve Buscemi acted alongside Adam Sandler in the animated film Hotel Transylvania 2 and The Ridiculous 6,.
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Steve Buscemi hosts, directs, and produces his own web series talk show, Park Bench with Steve Buscemi, which ran from 2014 to 2015.
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Steve Buscemi won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series for the series in 2016.
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In 2016, Steve Buscemi acted in the political drama Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer starring Richard Gere.
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In 2017 Steve Buscemi starred in Armando Iannucci's dark comedy and satirical film The Death of Stalin.
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Steve Buscemi received critical acclaim from critics with Manohla Dargis describing his performance as "superb".
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In February 2020, Steve Buscemi was cast as Chebutykin in a New York Theatre Workshop revival of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters alongside Greta Gerwig, Oscar Isaac, and Chris Messina.
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Steve Buscemi has worked as a director, making his directing debut in the 1990s.
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Steve Buscemi has stated that although he did not find this amusing, his wife Jo Andres did.
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Steve Buscemi guest-starred in season 6 episode 8 of 30 Rock as a private investigator.
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Steve Buscemi married Jo Andres in 1987; they were married until her death on January 6,2019.
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Steve Buscemi was stabbed multiple times in April 2001 at the Firebelly Lounge in Wilmington, North Carolina, while shooting the film Domestic Disturbance.
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Steve Buscemi had intervened in a bar fight between Vince Vaughn, Scott Rosenberg, and two local men.
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Steve Buscemi is a noted fan of the musical group Beastie Boys.
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Steve Buscemi appears in the music video for the band's 2011 song "Make Some Noise", which was nominated for MTV Video of the Year.
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Steve Buscemi sang in "The Broadway Song" for Lou Reed's 2003 album The Raven.
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On May 8,2024, Steve Buscemi was the victim of an unprovoked attack in Midtown Manhattan, New York, when he was punched in the face.
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Steve Buscemi's publicist said later in a statement that Buscemi had recovered from the attack.
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Steve Buscemi was a firefighter from 1980 to 1984, with the New York City Fire Department's Engine Company No 55, in Little Italy, Manhattan, while secretly taking acting classes and dabbling in stand-up on the side.
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On May 25,2003, Steve Buscemi was arrested with nineteen other people while protesting the closing of a number of firehouses, including Engine 55.
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In 2014, Steve Buscemi starred in and narrated the HBO documentary A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY, in which he revisited his work with fellow firefighters, sharing their stories, including those from September 11.
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Steve Buscemi has an extensive body of work in both film and television, dating back to the 1980s.
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Steve Buscemi has received numerous awards and nominations for his performances in film and television.
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Steve Buscemi received five Independent Spirit Award nominations, winning twice for Best Supporting Male for his roles in Reservoir Dogs and Ghost World.
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Steve Buscemi worked 12-hour shifts for several days alongside other firefighters, searching for survivors in the rubble from the World Trade Center.