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).
Acting (165 movies)
Armageddon
1998
The Big Lebowski
1998
Fargo
1996
Barton Fink
1991
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
Miller's Crossing
1990
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995
Reservoir Dogs
1992
Monsters, Inc.
2001
Big Fish
2003
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
Ghost World
2001
Pulp Fiction
1994
The Island
2005
Con Air
1997
Paris Je T'aime
2006
Escape from L.A.
1996
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007
Mr. Deeds
2002
28 Days
2000
The Last Outlaw
1993
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990
Bonnie
2022
John Rabe
2009
Mystery Train
1989
Youth in Revolt
2009
Kansas City
1996
Domestic Disturbance
2001
Champion
2005
Rising Sun
1993
Desperado
1995
Interview
2007
Parting Glances
1986
Big Daddy
1999
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
Living in Oblivion
1995
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
Monster House
2006
King of New York
1990
Saint John of Las Vegas
2010
Billy Bathgate
1991
Rage
2009
Charlotte's Web
2006
Trees Lounge
1996
The Messenger
2009
The Impostors
1998
Airheads
1994
Delirious
2007
Home on the Range
2004
Double Whammy
2001
Romance & Cigarettes
2005
I Think I Love My Wife
2007
Igor
2008
The Real Blonde
1998
Call Me
1988
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
The Grey Zone
2001
Animal Factory
2000
13 Moons
2002
Somebody to Love
1994
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993
Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011
Monsters University
2013
The Chosen One
2010
The Year Between
2023
Grown Ups
2010
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
Heart of Midnight
1988
Vacation Friends 2
2023
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
1994
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2007
Slaves of New York
1989
G-Force
2009
Twenty Bucks
1993
Handsome Harry
2009
Love in the Time of Money
2002
...So Goes the Nation
2006
In the Soup
1992
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989
Divine Trash
2000
On the Road
2012
Rampart
2011
Hotel Transylvania
2012
Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer
2025
Sleepwalk
1986
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
2014
Minnesota Nice
2003
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
2013
No Picnic
1986
Grown Ups 2
2013
Heart
1987
Khumba
2013
Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music
2001
Rockets Redglare!
2003
The Cobbler
2014
Film House Fever
1986
Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11
2006
Zandalee
1991
Coffee and Cigarettes II
1989
Floundering
1994
Directing (8 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| What Happened to Pete | 1992 | Writer |
| What Happened to Pete | 1992 | Producer |
| Trees Lounge | 1996 | Writer |
| Animal Factory | 2000 | Producer |
| Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ | 2005 | Executive Producer |
| Interview | 2007 | Screenplay |
| Saint John of Las Vegas | 2010 | Executive Producer |
| Check It | 2016 | Executive Producer |
| Paint It Black | 2016 | Executive Producer |
| Puzzle | 2018 | Executive Producer |
| Dreaming of a Vetter World | 2018 | Executive Producer |
| Saturday in the Park | 2023 | Executive Producer |
| The Listener | 2024 | Producer |