Steve Buscemi

Described as

American actor

Other names

Steven Vincent Buscemi

Born

December 13, 1957 · 7 references

Born in

Brooklyn · 2 references

Citizen of

United States · 1 reference

Occupation

television actor; film actor; film director · 2 references; film producer · 2 references; character actor; screenwriter · 3 references; television director · 2 references; stage actor

Education

Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute; Nassau Community College; Valley Stream Central High School

Awards

Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male (2 times) (1993, 2002); National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor (2001); Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (2 times) (2011, 2012); Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2012); Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (2011); Film Independent Spirit Awards (1992)

Spouse

Jo Andres (1987–2019)

Children

Lucian Buscemi

Siblings

Michael Buscemi · 1 reference

Lived in

Brooklyn

Wikipedias with a page

74

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Steven Vincent Buscemi ( boo-SEH-mee, Italian: [buʃˈʃɛːmi]; born December 13, 1957) is an American actor, director, and producer. His accolades include two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and two Independent Spirit Awards.
Buscemi started his acting career with the independent productions Parting Glances (1986), Mystery Train (1989), and In the Soup (1992), followed by his breakthrough role as Mr. Pink in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992). The 1990 film Miller's Crossing marked his first of many projects with the Coen brothers, and the 1994 film Airheads was his first collaboration with comedic actor-filmmaker Adam Sandler. Throughout the 1990s, he continued to appear in a number of both independent and mainstream films, including Billy Madison, Living in Oblivion, Desperado (all 1995), Fargo (1996), Con Air (1997), Armageddon, The Big Lebowski (both 1998). In following decades, he starred in films Ghost World (2001), Mr. Deeds, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (both 2002), Big Fish (2003), Grown Ups (2010), The Death of Stalin (2017), and Hubie Halloween (2020), alongside voice roles in the animated Monsters, Inc. (2001, 2013) and Hotel Transylvania film series (2012–2022).
Buscemi's career expanded into television, debuting with his first major role in the 1989 miniseries Lonesome Dove. He received his first two Emmy nominations for starring in and directing episodes of The Sopranos (2004–2006), before winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for portraying Enoch "Nucky" Thompson in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014). His other television credits include 30 Rock (2007–2013), Horace and Pete (2016), and Miracle Workers (2019–2023). He won a News & Documentary Emmy Award in 2015 for his work with Independent Lens and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series the following year for his web talk show Park Bench with Steve Buscemi. Aside from acting, Buscemi has also directed the films Trees Lounge (1996), Animal Factory (2000), and Interview (2007), as well as a number of television episodes.

Born, in its opening lines

December 13, 1957

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