Steve Buscemi

Biography

Steven Vincent Buscemi (born December 13, 1957) is an American actor. His early credits consist of significant roles in independent film productions such as Parting Glances (1986), Mystery Train (1989), In the Soup (1992), and his breakout role as Mr. Pink in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992). Buscemi has appeared in both independent and mainstream films, including Living in Oblivion (1995), Desperado (1995), Con Air (1997), Armageddon (1998), Ghost World (2001), Big Fish (2003), and The Death of Stalin (2017). Buscemi has often collaborated with the Coen brothers, appearing in Miller's Crossing (1990), Fargo (1996), and The Big Lebowski (1998). He also appeared in supporting or cameo roles in many films with Adam Sandler, including Airheads (1994), Billy Madison (1995), The Wedding Singer (1998), Mr. Deeds (2002), and Hubie Halloween (2020). He provided voice acting roles in the animated films Monsters, Inc. (2001), The Boss Baby (2017), and Transformers One (2024). Buscemi also directed the films Trees Lounge (1996), Animal Factory (2000), and Interview (2007). Buscemi has also had an extensive career in television, notably starring in the lead role of Enoch "Nucky" Thompson in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014). His performance earned him two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe and two nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award. His other television roles include Lonesome Dove (1989), The Sopranos (2004, 2006), 30 Rock (2007–2013), Horace and Pete (2016), and Miracle Workers (2019–2023).

Known For

Rockhound

Armageddon

Donny

The Big Lebowski

Carl Showalter

Fargo

Chet

Barton Fink

Danny (segment "Twins")

Coffee and Cigarettes

Mink

Miller's Crossing

Mister Shhh

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

Mr. Pink

Reservoir Dogs

Randall (voice)

Monsters, Inc.

Norther Winslow

Big Fish

Seymour

Ghost World

Off. Neil Fleming (voice)

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Buddy Holly

Pulp Fiction

James 'Mac' McCord

The Island

Garland Greene - "The Marietta Mangler"

Con Air

Touriste (Tuileries)

Paris, je t'aime

Eddie

Escape from L.A.

Clinton Fitzer

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

Crazy Eyes

Mr. Deeds

Cornell

28 Days

Philo

The Last Outlaw

Bellingham (segment ‘Lot 249’)

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

Self

Bonnie

Dr. Robert Wilson

John Rabe

Charlie

Mystery Train

George Twisp

Youth in Revolt

Johnny Flynn

Kansas City

Ray Coleman

Domestic Disturbance

Self

Champion

Willy Wilhelm

Rising Sun

Buscemi

Desperado

Pierre Peders

Interview

Nick

Parting Glances

Homeless Guy

Big Daddy

Romero

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Nick Reve

Living in Oblivion

Romero

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

Nebbercracker (voice)

Monster House

Test Tube

King of New York

John

Saint John of Las Vegas

Irving

Billy Bathgate

Frank

Rage

Templeton the Rat (voice)

Charlotte's Web

Tommy

Trees Lounge

Dale Martin

The Messenger

Happy Franks

The Impostors

Rex

Airheads

Les Galantine

Delirious

Wesley (voice)

Home on the Range

Jerry Cubbins

Double Whammy

Angelo

Romance & Cigarettes

George

I Think I Love My Wife

Scamper (voice)

Igor

Nick

The Real Blonde

Switchblade

Call Me

Self

Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.

'Hesch' Abramowics

The Grey Zone

A.R. Hosspack

Animal Factory

Bananas

13 Moons

Mickey

Somebody to Love

Ed Chilton

Ed and His Dead Mother

Waiter

Fight for Your Right Revisited

Randy (voice)

Monsters University

Don

The Year Between

Neal

The Chosen One

Wiley

Grown Ups

Self

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

Eddy

Heart of Midnight

Reese Hackford

Vacation Friends 2

Ed Hoyt

The Search for One-eye Jimmy

Self

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

Wilfredo

Slaves of New York

Bucky the Hamster (voice)

G-Force

Frank

Twenty Bucks

Thomas Kelley

Handsome Harry

Martin Kunkle

Love in the Time of Money

Self

...So Goes the Nation

Aldolpho Rollo

In the Soup

Whining Willie

Bloodhounds of Broadway

Self

Divine Trash

Tall thin salesman

On the Road

Bill Blago

Rampart

Wayne (voice)

Hotel Transylvania

Kollmick

Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

Worker

Sleepwalk

Self

The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

Self

Minnesota Nice

Anton Marvelton

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

Dead Pimp

No Picnic

Wiley

Grown Ups 2

Nicky

Heart

Skalk (voice)

Khumba

Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music

Self

Rockets Redglare!

Jimmy

The Cobbler

Tony

Film House Fever

narrator

Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11

Willy / Raphael

The Way It Is

OPP Man

Zandalee

Waiter

Coffee and Cigarettes II

Ned

Floundering

Self

Edge of Outside

(uncredited)

Who Do I Gotta Kill?

Gregory Stark

New York Stories

David 'Dave' Veltri (uncredited)

The Wedding Singer

Drexel

Louis & Frank

Self

A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY

Wayne (voice)

Hotel Transylvania 2

Shapeshifter

Carole & Grey

Danny McGrath (uncredited)

Billy Madison

Doc O'Connor

The Laramie Project

Doc Griffin

The Ridiculous 6

Suicidal Thoughts (voice)

My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)

Beatnik Barman

The Hudsucker Proxy

Marty

The Celery Incident

Starscream (voice)

Transformers One

Building Manager

Time Out of Mind

Self

James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend

Rick

Mildred and the Dying Parlor

Self

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

Nikita Khrushchev

The Death of Stalin

Del

Lean on Pete

Francis E. Francis (voice)

The Boss Baby

Self

Blank City

Klara and the Sun

Fred

Vibes

Johnny

Kiss Daddy Goodnight

Grandpa Jules

Twilight Park

Mr. Pink

Reservoir Dogs

Rabbi Blumenthal

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

Self

Nobody Wants Your Film

Daytrader (voice)

Transformers: The Last Knight

Wired Kid #1

Arena Brains

Charles

The Week Of

Leo

Nancy

Self

Tony Bennett Celebrates 90

Self

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

Broadway Bob D'Annunzio (uncredited)

Art School Confidential

Cymon

Who's the Top?

Wayne (voice)

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

Self

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

Bernie Lake

Pete Smalls Is Dead

Farmer Frank Miller

The Dead Don't Die

Self

The Concert for New York City

Ted

Borders

Self

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½

Danny

Claude

Self

Voom Portraits

Narrator

Excavating Taylor Mead

Papa

The King of Staten Island

Self

In Bad Taste

Self

AMEX Unstaged Presents: Vampire Weekend

Walter Lambert

Hubie Halloween

Louis

CrissCross

Self

Beastie Boys Story

Backhoe Loader

I'm Dirty!

Self (archive footage)

9/11

Black Kites

Tommy's

Pete

What Happened to Pete

Days Are Numbered

Wayne (voice)

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania

Self

On the Set: Elaine’s

Self (archive footage)

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Mike's Uncle

Day of the Fight

Virgil

Force of Circumstance

Radio DJ

The Brown Dog

Narrator

Saturday in the Park

Wild Horse Nine

Ages of the Moon

Mr. Whymper (voice)

Animal Farm

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

The Marshmallow Experiment

Convenience Store Clerk

Life Is Nice

Don't Say Good Luck

Bad Neighbor Pat

Happy Gilmore 2

Mentor

Bad Bunny - BATICANO

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

177

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-12-13

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

史蒂夫·布西密