Steve Buscemi

Steven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi (pronounced /bʊˈʃɛmi/, boo-SHEM-ee; born December 13, 1957) is an American actor, writer and film director. Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Acting 2.2 Directing 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links [edit]Early life

Steve Buscemi 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.[1][2][3] He has three brothers: Jon, Ken, and Michael. Buscemi was raised Catholic.[4] He graduated in 1975 from Valley Stream Central High School in Valley Stream, New York, a school which he attended with actress Patricia Charbonneau and writer Edward Renehan.[5] In high school, Buscemi wrestled for the varsity squad and participated in the drama troupe, at that time directed by Mr. Lynne C. Lappin. He was also a member of Alpha Omega Theta fraternity. Buscemi's 1996 film Trees Lounge, in which he not only starred but served as screenwriter and director, is set in and was largely shot in his childhood village of Valley Stream.[6] Buscemi briefly attended Nassau Community College before moving to Manhattan to enroll in the Lee Strasberg Institute. In the early '80s Buscemi also served as a firefighter for four years on FDNY Engine 55.[7] On March 4, 2005, Buscemi returned to his old high school where he was presented the Distinguished Alumni Award as part of the school's 75th anniversary celebration. [edit]Career

[edit]Acting Buscemi is an associate member of the experimental theater company The Wooster Group. Buscemi’s first film appearance was in the 1986 Parting Glances, in which he played Nick, a young man stricken with AIDS. He also was in Slaves of New York in 1988, and Tales from the Darkside, a 1990 film with three segments. Buscemi starred in the first, playing Bellingham, a college student who orders a mummy and unleashes it on fellow college students played by Christian Slater and Julianne Moore. During 1990, Buscemi had a couple of additional crime roles. He played the henchman of Laurence Fishburne named Test Tube in Abel Ferrara’s King of New York, and played Mink in the Coen Brothers Millers Crossing. This marked the first of six of the Coen Brothers' films in which Buscemi appeared. In 1991 he played the bellboy, Chet, in the Coen Brothers film, Barton Fink. His first lead role was in 1992, where he played Adolpho Rollo in Alexandre Rockwell's In the Soup. Then he finally came to public attention for playing Mr. Pink in Quentin Tarantino’s 1992 film, Reservoir Dogs.

Steve Buscemi in 1996 Buscemi's most notable character roles include Mr. Pink in Reservoir Dogs, Garland Greene in Con Air, Rockhound in Armageddon, Donny in The Big Lebowski and Carl Showalter in Fargo. Although usually a supporting actor, he has had critical success as a lead actor, particularly in his role as Seymour in Ghost World. Buscemi often plays characters that are neurotic and paranoid. He has appeared in a number of films by the Coen Brothers, in which he tends to die in a grisly, prolonged or unexpected manner. He frequently provides comic relief in Adam Sandler films such as Billy Madison, The Wedding Singer, Big Daddy and Mr. Deeds. Buscemi also starred with Sandler (as brothers) in Airheads alongside Brendan Fraser. Buscemi also played a nemesis to Sandler and Kevin James in the comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. He also has worked with Tim Burton, Quentin Tarantino, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Jim Jarmusch, The Coen Brothers, and Robert Rodriguez on various occasions. In 2003, Buscemi made a brief celebrity guest appearance as himself on the long-running Fox animated television show The Simpsons in the episode "Brake My Wife, Please". Most recently, Buscemi provided the voice for Dwight, a bank robber who Marge promises to visit in jail if he turns himself in to the authorities. This episode, entitled "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", originally aired on October 14, 2007. In 2004, Buscemi joined the cast of The Sopranos as Tony Soprano's cousin and childhood friend, Tony Blundetto. Buscemi had previously contributed to the show as director of the third season episode "Pine Barrens" (one of the most critically-acclaimed episodes of the series). He appeared in the third episode of Season 6, as a doorman in heaven (portrayed as a country club) in Tony Soprano's dream. He returned to direct the episodes "In Camelot", the seventh episode of season five, and "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request...", the fifth episode of Season 6. In 1995, Buscemi played suspected cop-shooter Gordon Pratt in the episode "End Game" at the end of a three-episode arc of Homicide: Life on the Street. He also had a role as Phil Hickle, Ellen's father and older Pete's guidance counselor, in The Adventures of Pete and Pete, as well as guest-starring in Miami Vice in 1986. 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 Triumphant, before Warner Bros. cancelled the project.[8] In 2004, Buscemi appeared in the music video for Joe Strummer's cover of the Bob Marley track "Redemption Song". The video is shot after Strummer's death, and Buscemi appears alongside of a graffiti portrait of Strummer. [edit]Directing Buscemi has worked extensively as a writer-director since making his debut feature during the 1990s. His directional credits include: Trees Lounge (1996) Animal Factory (2000) Lonesome Jim (2005) Interview (2007) In addition to feature films, he directed episodes of the television shows Homicide: Life on the Street and The Sopranos, as well as two episodes of HBO's prison-drama series Oz, entitled "U.S. Male" and "Cuts Like a Knife". He also directed an episode of 30 Rock, entitled "Retreat to Move Forward". He has also directed episodes four, five, seven and eight from Season 1 of Showtime's Nurse Jackie. Whilst scouting a location for a film, Buscemi visited the Philadelphia Eastern State Penitentiary. He found the building so interesting that he later provided the majority of the narration for the audio tour there. [edit]Personal life

The day after the September 11 attacks, Buscemi went to his old firehouse to volunteer for recovery work at Ground Zero. That week, he worked 12 hour shifts digging through the rubble, while refusing to do interviews or have his picture taken.[9] In April 2001, while shooting the film Domestic Disturbance in Wilmington, North Carolina, Buscemi was stabbed three times while intervening in a bar fight at Firebelly Lounge between his friend Vince Vaughn, screenwriter Scott Rosenberg and a local man, who allegedly instigated the brawl.[10][11] Buscemi has one son, Lucian, with his wife Jo Andres.[12] [edit]Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes 1986	Parting Glances	Nick 1987	Kiss Daddy Goodnight	Johnny 1988	Call Me	Switchblade Heart of Midnight	Eddy 1989	Slaves of New York	Wilfredo Mystery Train	Charlie the Barber	Nominated: Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor Lonesome Dove (TV)	Luke New York Stories 1990	Tales from the Darkside: The Movie	Bellingham (Segment "Lot 249") King of New York	Test Tube Miller's Crossing	Mink 1991	Barton Fink	Chet 1992	In the Soup	Aldolpho Rollo Reservoir Dogs	Mr. Pink	Won: Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor CrissCross	Drug Dealer 1993	Twenty Bucks	Frank Rising Sun	Willy 'the Weasel' Wilhelm The Adventures of Pete & Pete (TV)	Phil Hickle Ed And His Dead Mother	Ed Chilton 1994	The Search for One-eye Jimmy	Ed Hoyt The Hudsucker Proxy	Beatnik Barman at Ann's 440 Airheads	Rex Pulp Fiction	Buddy Holly The Last Outlaw (TV)	Former Confederate soldier and outlaw Philo 1995	Billy Madison	Danny McGrath	Uncredited Living in Oblivion	Nick Reve Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead	Mister Shhh Desperado	Buscemi 1996	Fargo	Carl Showalter	Nominated: Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture - Drama Escape from L.A.	Map to the Stars Eddie Trees Lounge	Tommy	Also writer and director Nominated: Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature (shared with Chris Hanley and Brad Wyman) Nominated: Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay 1997	Con Air	Garland 'The Marietta Mangler' Greene 1998	The Big Lebowski	Theodore Donald 'Donny' Kerabatsos Divine Trash	Himself The Impostors	Happy Franks The Wedding Singer	David 'Dave' Veltri	Uncredited Armageddon	Rockhound 1999	Big Daddy	Homeless Guy 2000	28 Days	Cornell Shaw Animal Factory	A.R. Hosspack	Also director 2001	Ghost World	Seymour	Won: Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Won: Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor Won:New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Won: Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated: American Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	Officer Neil	Voice The Grey Zone	'Hesch' Abramowics Love in the Time of Money	Martin Kunkle Domestic Disturbance	Ray Coleman Monsters, Inc.	Randall Boggs	Voice 2002	Mr. Deeds	Crazy Eyes 13 Moons	Bananas The Clown The Laramie Project	Doc O'Conner Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Romero 2003	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Romero Coffee and Cigarettes	Waiter (Segment "Twins") Big Fish	Norther Winslow 2002-2006	The Sopranos (TV)	Tony Blundetto / Man	Nominated: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (2001) Nominated: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series (2004) 2004	Home on the Range	Wesley	Voice 2005	Lonesome Jim		Director The Island	James McCord 2006	Art School Confidential	Broadway Bob D'Annunzio	Uncredited Monster House	Nebbercracker	Voice Charlotte's Web	Templeton the Rat	Voice Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11 (TV)	Narrator 2007	I Think I Love My Wife	George Sianidis Paris, je t'aime	The tourist (segment 'Tuileries') Interview	Pierre Peters	Also director I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry	Clint Fitzer The Simpsons episode I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (TV)	Dwight	Voice Delirious	Les Galantine Romance & Cigarettes	Angelo 30 Rock (TV)	Lenny Wosniak	Nominated: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor - Comedy Series (2008) 2008	ER (TV)	Mr. Masterson Igor	Scamper	Voice 2009	Rage	Frank John Rabe	Dr. Robert Wilson	Nominated: German Film Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (2008) G-Force	Bucky (voice) The Messenger	Dale Martin Saint John of Las Vegas	John	post-production Handsome Harry	Thomas Kelley	post-production 2010	Saint John of Las Vegas	John Alighieri Youth in Revolt	George Twisp	post-production Pete Smalls Is Dead		post-production [edit]References