Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi
File:Steve buscemi.jpg Steve Buscemi
Born	Steven Vincent Buscemi

Steven Vincent Buscemi (born December 13, 1957) is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominated American film and stage character actor and film director, based in New York City.

Early life

Buscemi was born in Brooklyn, New York to John Buscemi (an Italian American Korean War veteran) and an Irish American mother. Steve graduated from Valley Stream Central High School in 1975 and Bennington College in 1980. He was a New York City firefighter from 1980 to 1984.

Career

Acting

Buscemi is an associate member of the experimental theater company The Wooster Group.

Buscemi's memorable roles include Mr. Pink in Reservoir Dogs, Garland Greene in Con Air, Rockhound in Armageddon, Donny in The Big Lebowski, Carl Showalter in Fargo, and the voice of Randall in Monsters, Inc.. Although usually a supporting actor, he has had critical success as a lead actor, particularly his role as Seymour in Ghost World.

Template:Spoiler Buscemi normally plays characters that are neurotic and paranoid. He often appears in films by the Coen Brothers, wherein he often dies in a grisly, prolonged or unexpected manner (In Fargo, Buscemi is shot in the face with a revolver, later to be fed into a woodchipper). In each Coen movie he has appeared, his remains have been smaller than in the previous film. Template:Endspoiler

In 2003, Buscemi made a celebrity guest appearance as himself on the long-running FOX animated television show The Simpsons. In 2004, Buscemi joined the cast of The Sopranos as Tony Soprano's cousin and childhood friend, Tony Blundetto. Buscemi had previously been involved with the show, directing the third season episode "Pine Barrens", which is a fan favorite. He recently appeared in the third episode of Season 6, as a doorman at a country club in a dream of Tony Soprano's. He also returned as a director to the show, directing the fifth episode of Season 6.

Directing

In addition to acting, Buscemi also has a career as a director. He currently is directing the feature film, Interview, in which he also stars. Previous to this, he has directed Trees Lounge in (1996), Animal Factory (2000), Lonesome Jim (2005). In addition to directing feature films, he has also directed episodes of Homicide: Life on the Street and The Sopranos. Also, he directed two episodes of the HBO prison-drama series Oz, "U.S. Male," and "Cuts Like A Knife."

Private life

Steve Buscemi is married to Jo Andres, who is also involved with the arts as a performance artist, choreographer and filmmaker, according to www.celebritywonder.com. Buscemi has one son, Lucian Buscemi, born in 1990. Buscemi currently lives in Brooklyn.

The day after the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York, Buscemi went to his old fire station to volunteer, working twelve hour shifts at "The Pile" for a week, searching for survivors. He avoided the cameras and worked anonymously.

Trivia

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• In April 2001, while shooting the film Domestic Disturbance in Wilmington, North Carolina, Buscemi was cut while intervening into a bar fight between his friend Vince Vaughn, screenwriter Scott Rosenberg, and a local man, Timothy Fogerty, who allegedly instigated the brawl.[2]

Filmography

• Parting Glances (1986)
• Kiss Daddy Goodnight (1987)
• Slaves of New York (1989)
• Mystery Train (1989)
• Lonesome Dove (1989)
• Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
• King of New York (1990)
• Miller's Crossing (1990)
• Barton Fink (1991)
• In the Soup (1992)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
• Twenty Bucks (1993)
• Rising Sun (1993)
• The Adventures of Pete & Pete (TV) (1993)
• Ed And His Dead Mother (1993)
• The Search for One-eye Jimmy (1994)
• The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
• Airheads (1994)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• Billy Madison (1995) (uncredited)
• Living in Oblivion (1995)
• Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)
• Desperado (1995)
• Fargo (1996)
• Escape from L.A. (1996)
• Trees Lounge (1996)
• Con Air (1997)
• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• The Impostors (1998)
• The Wedding Singer (1998) (uncredited)
• Armageddon (1998)
• Big Daddy (1999)
• Ghost World (2000)
• 28 Days (2000)
• Animal Factory (2000)
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) (voice)
• The Grey Zone (2001)
• Love in the Time of Money (2001)
• Monsters, Inc. (voice) (2001)
• Mr. Deeds (2002)
• The Laramie Project (2002)
• Spy Kids 2: Island Of Lost Dreams (2002)
• Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
• Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
• Big Fish (2003)
• The Sopranos (TV) (2004)
• Home on the Range (2004) (voice)
• Lonesome Jim (2005)
• The Island (2005)
• Paris, je t'aime (2006)
• Charlotte's Web (2006) (voice)
• Monster House (2006) (voice)
• Interview (2007)

External links

• Steve Buscemi at IMDb
• Template:Voice actor
• All Movie Guide entry