Biography
An American actor, writer and director. He 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. He has three brothers: Jon, Ken, and Michael. Buscemi was raised Roman Catholic.
Buscemi has starred and supported in successful Hollywood and indie films, including Parting Glances (1986), New York Stories (1989), Mystery Train (1989), Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Desperado (1995), Con Air (1997), Armageddon (1998), The Grey Zone (2001), Ghost World (2001), Big Fish (2003), Lean on Pete (2017), and The Death of Stalin (2017). He is also known for his appearances in many films by Coen brothers: Miller's Crossing (1990), Barton Fink (1991), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), Fargo (1996), and The Big Lebowski (1998). Buscemi provides the voice of Randall Boggs in the Monsters, Inc. franchise.
From 2010 to 2014, he portrayed Enoch "Nucky" Thompson in the critically acclaimed series Boardwalk Empire, which earned him two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe, and two nominations for an Emmy Award. He made his directorial debut in 1996, with Trees Lounge, in which he also starred. Other works include Animal Factory (2000), Lonesome Jim (2005), and Interview (2007).
Buscemi has one son, Lucian, with his wife Jo Andres.
Filmography
All 222
Movies 176
TV Shows 46
Self 45
Voice 16
Director 9
Producer 4
Narrator 3
The Listener (2024)
Carole & Grey (2024)
Krapopolis (2023)
Day of the Fight (2023)
Vacation Friends 2 (2023)
Bupkis (2023)
Adam Sandler: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize (2023)
Digman! (2023)
The Year Between (2023)
StoryBots: Answer Time (2022)
Bonnie (2022)
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)
NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½ (2021)
L.A.: A Queer History (2021)
Hubie Halloween (2020)
The King of Staten Island (2020)
Beastie Boys Story (2020)
QT8: The First Eight (2019)
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019)
The Dead Don't Die (2019)
Miracle Workers (2019)
Dreaming of a Vetter World (2018)
Puzzle (2018)
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
Nancy (2018)
The Week Of (2018)
Lean on Pete (2018)
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs (2017)
The Death of Stalin (2017)
Neo Yokio (2017)
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2017)
Final Portrait (2017)
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
The Dinner (2017)
The Boss Baby (2017)
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 (2016)
Paint It Black (2016)
Mildred and the Dying Parlor (2016)
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer (2016)
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (2016)
Horace and Pete (2016)
The Ridiculous 6 (2015)
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015)
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire (2014)
The Cobbler (2014)
A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY (2014)
Time Out of Mind (2014)
Park Bench with Steve Buscemi (2014)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Celery Incident (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Broad City (2014)
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend (2013)
Rick and Morty (2013)
Khumba (2013)
Grown Ups 2 (2013)
Monsters University (2013)
AMEX Unstaged Presents: Vampire Weekend (2013)
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
Hotel Transylvania (2012)
On the Road (2012)
Rampart (2011)
Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011)
Blank City (2011)
Through The Grape Vine (2011)
Portlandia (2011)
Bob's Burgers (2011)
Conan (2010)
Boardwalk Empire (2010)
Pete Smalls Is Dead (2010)
The Chosen One (2010)
Grown Ups (2010)
Who Do You Think You Are? (2010)
Saint John of Las Vegas (2010)
The Messenger (2009)
Rage (2009)
Youth in Revolt (2009)
G-Force (2009)
Nurse Jackie (2009)
Handsome Harry (2009)
John Rabe (2009)
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009)
Igor (2008)
I'm Dirty! (2008)
Voom Portraits (2007)
Interview (2007)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007)
I Think I Love My Wife (2007)
Charlotte's Web (2006)
30 Rock (2006)
...So Goes the Nation (2006)
Delirious (2006)
Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11 (2006)
Monster House (2006)
Paris Je T'aime (2006)
Edge of Outside (2006)
Art School Confidential (2006)
The Henry Rollins Show (2006)
Lonesome Jim (2005)
Excavating Taylor Mead (2005)
Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
The Island (2005)
Nobody Wants Your Film (2005)
Champion (2005)
Who's the Top? (2005)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½ (2005)
Tanner on Tanner (2004)
Home on the Range (2004)
Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)
Big Fish (2003)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
Rockets Redglare! (2003)
Minnesota Nice (2003)
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. (2002)
Love in the Time of Money (2002)
13 Moons (2002)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
Mr. Deeds (2002)
9/11 (2002)
The Laramie Project (2002)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Domestic Disturbance (2001)
The Concert for New York City (2001)
Double Whammy (2001)
Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music (2001)
The Grey Zone (2001)
Ghost World (2001)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored (2001)
Animal Factory (2000)
28 Days (2000)
In Bad Taste (1999)
Big Daddy (1999)
The Sopranos (1999)
The Impostors (1998)
Franky Goes to Hollywood (1998)
Louis & Frank (1998)
Armageddon (1998)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Real Blonde (1998)
The Wedding Singer (1998)
Divine Trash (1998)
Oz (1997)
Con Air (1997)
Big Night (1996)
Kansas City (1996)
Escape from L.A. (1996)
The Daily Show (1996)
Black Kites (1996)
The Search for One-eye Jimmy (1996)
Trees Lounge (1996)
Fargo (1996)
Dead Man (1995)
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)
The Drew Carey Show (1995)
Desperado (1995)
Living in Oblivion (1995)
Billy Madison (1995)
Floundering (1994)
Somebody to Love (1994)
Who Do I Gotta Kill? (1994)
ER (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Airheads (1994)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
The Last Outlaw (1993)
Twenty Bucks (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Rising Sun (1993)
Ed and His Dead Mother (1993)
Brace Up! (1993)
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
In the Soup (1992)
Mad About You (1992)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
CrissCross (1992)
What Happened to Pete (1992)
Claude (1992)
Billy Bathgate (1991)
Barton Fink (1991)
Reservoir Dogs (1991)
Zandalee (1991)
Miller's Crossing (1990)
The Grifters (1990)
King of New York (1990)
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
Mystery Train (1989)
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Borders (1989)
Slaves of New York (1989)
New York Stories (1989)
Life Lessons (1989)
Lonesome Dove (1989)
Coffee and Cigarettes II (1989)
Heart of Midnight (1988)
Monsters (1988)
Vibes (1988)
Call Me (1988)
Heart (1987)
Kiss Daddy Goodnight (1987)
Arena Brains (1987)
L.A. Law (1986)
Sleepwalk (1986)
The Way It Is (1986)
Parting Glances (1986)
Days Are Numbered (1986)
No Picnic (1986)
Film House Fever (1986)
The Equalizer (1985)
Tommy's (1985)
Miami Vice (1984)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Deutscher Filmpreis (1951)
Untitled William S. Burroughs Project
The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write about a Serial Killer
Split Screen
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Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday1957-12-13 (66 years old)
Place of birthBrooklyn, United States of America
RelationshipsJo Andres (1987-01-01 - 2019-01-06)
ChildrenLucian Buscemi
SiblingsMichael Buscemi
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesBrooklyn, United States of America
Also known as史蒂夫·布西密, ستيف بوشيمي, 스티브 부세미, スティーヴ・ブシェミ, Стив Бушеми, สตีฟ บูเซมี, Steven Vincent Buscemi
AwardsIndependent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series, Independent Spirit Awards, Screen Actors Guild Award, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor
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