Steve Buscemi
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Biography
An American actor, writer and director. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Dorothy, who worked as a hostess at Howard Johnson's, and John Buscemi, a sanitation worker and Korean War veteran. Buscemi's father was Sicilian American and his mother Irish American. He has three brothers: Jon, Ken, and Michael. Buscemi was raised Roman Catholic.
Buscemi has starred and supported in successful Hollywood and indie films, including Parting Glances (1986), New York Stories (1989), Mystery Train (1989), Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Desperado (1995), Con Air (1997), Armageddon (1998), The Grey Zone (2001), Ghost World (2001), Big Fish (2003), Lean on Pete (2017), and The Death of Stalin (2017). He is also known for his appearances in many films by Coen brothers: Miller's Crossing (1990), Barton Fink (1991), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), Fargo (1996), and The Big Lebowski (1998). Buscemi provides the voice of Randall Boggs in the Monsters, Inc. franchise.
From 2010 to 2014, he portrayed Enoch "Nucky" Thompson in the critically acclaimed series Boardwalk Empire, which earned him two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe, and two nominations for an Emmy Award. He made his directorial debut in 1996, with Trees Lounge, in which he also starred. Other works include Animal Factory (2000), Lonesome Jim (2005), and Interview (2007).
Buscemi has one son, Lucian, with his wife Jo Andres.
Known For
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Sopranos
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Broad City
30 Rock
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Bob's Burgers
The Simpsons
Rick and Morty
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Daily Show
Monsters at Work
ER
L.A. Law
Tales from the Crypt
Band of Brothers
Digman!
Krapopolis
Miami Vice
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Who Do You Think You Are?
The Equalizer
StoryBots: Answer Time
Mad About You
Homicide: Life on the Street
Fantasmas
Bupkis
Billy Madison
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Wedding Singer
Transformers: The Last Knight
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
The Ridiculous 6
Twenty Bucks
Pulp Fiction
Miracle Workers
Big Fish
Wednesday
Big Daddy
Grown Ups
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
Con Air
G-Force
Lonesome Dove
Grown Ups 2
Neo Yokio
Mystery Train
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Mr. Deeds
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Hotel Transylvania
The King of Staten Island
Domestic Disturbance
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
The Messenger
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Armageddon
Transformers One
Reservoir Dogs
Vacation Friends 2
Beastie Boys Story
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
The Dead Don't Die
Hubie Halloween
Hotel Transylvania 2
The Cobbler
The Big Lebowski
The Laramie Project
Monsters, Inc.
Home on the Range
Fargo
Charlotte's Web
Monsters University
The Week Of
Escape from L.A.
Airheads
The Boss Baby
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Living in Oblivion
Boardwalk Empire
Saturday Night Live
The Death of Stalin
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Production Credits
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