Name: Steve Buscemi

Birth Name: Steven Buscemi

Birthdate: Dec. 13, 1957

Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY

Interested in acting since high school, Buscemi moved to Manhattan upon graduation to study at the famed Lee Strasberg Institute. He began writing and performing original theatre pieces with fellow actor/writer Mark Boone Junior, which led to his being cast in his first lead role in Parting Glances (1986). Since then, he has worked with many of the top filmmakers in Hollywood, including Quentin Tarantino, Jerry Bruckheimer, Michael Bay and The Coen Brothers. He's typically cast as oddball, often creepy characters, such as the memorable roles in Reservoir Dogs, Fargo and Ghost World. He moved to directing with acclaimed (and also indie) flicks What Happened to Pete (1992) and Trees Lounge (1996). He moved beyond indie cred when he starred in and directed several episodes of HBO's The Sopranos, for which he earned Emmy nods.


1. His nickname is Busc.
2. Buscemi has been cast in five movies by Joel and Ethan Coen.
3. He showed up at his old firehouse in Manhattan the day after 9-11, volunteering to work 12-hour shifts for a week.
4. The actor appeared in an H&M marketing campaign as a model.
5. He auditioned for the part of George Costanza on Seinfeld in 1990.


On his critics: "My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail."


Wife: Jo Andres, director; married 1987
Son: Lucian Buscemi, born in 1991
Brother: Michael Buscemi, actor

2002: Golden Globe nomination, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture, Ghost World.

 

FILMS

Romance & Cigarettes - (2007) - Actor
I Think I Love My Wife - (2007) - Actor
Paris, Je T'Aime - (2007) - Actor
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry - (2007) - Actor
Interview - (2007) - Actor, Director, Screenwriter
Delirious - (2007) - Actor
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten - (2007) - Featured
Art School Confidential - (2006) - Actor
Lonesome Jim - (2006) - Director
Charlotte's Web - (2006) - Voice
Monster House - (2006) - Voice
The Island - (2005) - Actor
Coffee and Cigarettes - (2004) - Actor
Home on the Range - (2004) - Voice
Big Fish - (2003) - Actor
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over - (2003) - Actor
13 Moons - (2003) - Actor
The Laramie Project - (2002) - Actor
Love in the Time of Money - (2002) - Actor
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams - (2002) - Actor
The Grey Zone - (2002) - Actor
Mr. Deeds - (2002) - Actor
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within - (2001) - Actor
Ghost World - (2001) - Actor
Domestic Disturbance - (2001) - Actor
Double Whammy - (2001) - Actor
Monsters, Inc. - (2001) - Voice
28 Days - (2000) - Actor
Animal Factory - (2000) - Director, Actor, Producer
Big Daddy - (1999) - Actor
The Big Lebowski - (1998) - Actor
The Wedding Singer - (1998) - Actor
Armageddon - (1998) - Actor
The Impostors - (1998) - Actor
Con Air - (1997) - Actor
Somebody to Love - (1997) - Actor
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead - (1996) - Actor
Fargo - (1996) - Actor
Kansas City - (1996) - Actor
Trees Lounge - (1996) - Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Escape From L.A. - (1996) - Actor
Desperado - (1995) - Actor
Living in Oblivion - (1995) - Actor
The Hudsucker Proxy - (1994) - Actor
Airheads - (1994) - Actor
Floundering - (1994) - Actor
Pulp Fiction - (1994) - Actor
Ed & His Dead Mother - (1993) - Actor
Trusting Beatrice - (1993) - Actor
Rising Sun - (1993) - Actor
Twenty Bucks - (1993) - Actor
In the Soup - (1992) - Actor
Reservoir Dogs - (1992) - Actor
Zandalee - (1991) - Actor
Barton Fink - (1991) - Actor
Miller's Crossing - (1990) - Actor
Slaves of New York - (1989) - Actor
Mystery Train - (1989) - Actor
Call Me - (1988) - Actor
Kiss Daddy Goodnight - (1987) - Actor
Parting Glances - (1986) - Actor