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Steve Buscemi
Overview
Steven Vincent Buscemi (/buːˈsɛmi/, Italian: [buʃˈʃɛːmi]; born December 13, 1957) is an American actor. He is known for his work as an acclaimed character actor of the 1990s. 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 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 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). Buscemi also directed the films Trees Lounge (1996), Animal Factory (2000), and Interview (2007).
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Known for
Acting |
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2025 | Twilight Park | Actor | Grandpa Jules | N/A N/A |
2025 | Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write about a Serial Killer | Actor | Kollmick | 58 Average |
2024 | Carole & Grey | Actor | Shapeshifter | N/A N/A |
2024 | Day of the Fight | Actor | Mike's Uncle | 59 Average |
2024 | Transformers One | Actor | Starscream (voice) | 74 Good |
2024 | The Brown Dog | Actor | Radio DJ | N/A N/A |
2023 | Saturday in the Park | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
2023 | Vacation Friends 2 | Actor | Reese Hackford | 60 Fair |
2023 | The Year Between | Actor | Don | 58 Average |
2022 | Bonnie | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2022 | Hotel Transylvania: Transformania | Actor | Wayne (voice) | 69 Fair |
2021 | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
2020 | Hubie Halloween | Actor | Walter Lambert | 58 Average |
2020 | The King of Staten Island | Actor | Papa | 66 Fair |
2020 | Beastie Boys Story | Actor | Self | 62 Fair |
2019 | QT8: The First Eight | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 61 Fair |
2019 | The Dead Don't Die | Actor | Farmer Frank Miller | 54 Average |
2019 | Miracle Workers | Actor | Morris 'The Junkman' Rubinstein | 68 Fair |
2018 | Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Actor | Wayne (voice) | 67 Fair |
2018 | Nancy | Actor | Leo | 58 Average |
2018 | The Week Of | Actor | Charles | 55 Average |
2018 | Lean on Pete | Actor | Del | 63 Fair |
2017 | Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2017 | The Death of Stalin | Actor | Nikita Khrushchev | 67 Fair |
2017 | Neo Yokio | Actor | The Remembrancer (voice) | 61 Fair |
2017 | Transformers: The Last Knight | Actor | Daytrader (voice) | 59 Average |
2017 | The Boss Baby | Actor | Francis E. Francis (voice) | 64 Fair |
2016 | Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2016 | Mildred and the Dying Parlor | Actor | Rick | 58 Average |
2016 | Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer | Actor | Rabbi Blumenthal | 57 Average |
2016 | Horace and Pete | Actor | Pete | 75 Good |
2015 | The Ridiculous 6 | Actor | Doc Griffin | 53 Average |
2015 | Hotel Transylvania 2 | Actor | Wayne (voice) | 66 Fair |
2014 | The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2014 | The Cobbler | Actor | Jimmy | 58 Average |
2014 | A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2014 | Time Out of Mind | Actor | Building Manager | 58 Average |
2014 | Park Bench with Steve Buscemi | Actor | Self | 69 Fair |
2014 | My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) | Actor | Suicidal Thoughts (voice) | 59 Average |
2014 | The Celery Incident | Actor | Marty | N/A N/A |
2013 | James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2013 | Khumba | Actor | Skalk (voice) | 59 Average |
2013 | Grown Ups 2 | Actor | Wiley | 61 Fair |
2013 | Monsters University | Actor | Randy (voice) | 69 Fair |
2013 | AMEX Unstaged Presents: Vampire Weekend | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2013 | The Incredible Burt Wonderstone | Actor | Anton Marvelton | 57 Average |
2012 | 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2012 | Hotel Transylvania | Actor | Wayne (voice) | 69 Fair |
2012 | On the Road | Actor | Tall thin salesman | 57 Average |
2011 | Rampart | Actor | Bill Blago | 57 Average |
2011 | Fight for Your Right Revisited | Actor | Waiter | 59 Average |
2011 | Blank City | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2010 | Boardwalk Empire | Actor | Enoch "Nucky" Thompson | 79 Good |
2010 | Pete Smalls Is Dead | Actor | Bernie Lake | 58 Average |
2010 | The Chosen One | Actor | Neal | 57 Average |
2010 | Grown Ups | Actor | Wiley | 63 Fair |
2010 | Saint John of Las Vegas | Actor | John | 58 Average |
2009 | The Messenger | Actor | Dale Martin | 62 Fair |
2009 | Rage | Actor | Frank | 57 Average |
2009 | Youth in Revolt | Actor | George Twisp | 60 Fair |
2009 | G-Force | Actor | Bucky the Hamster (voice) | 55 Average |
2009 | Handsome Harry | Actor | Thomas Kelley | 59 Average |
2009 | John Rabe | Actor | Dr. Robert Wilson | 61 Fair |
2009 | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2008 | Igor | Actor | Scamper (voice) | 59 Average |
2008 | I'm Dirty! | Actor | Backhoe Loader | N/A N/A |
2007 | Voom Portraits | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2007 | Interview | Actor | Pierre Peders | 60 Fair |
2007 | I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry | Actor | Clinton Fitzer | 60 Fair |
2007 | Delirious | Actor | Les Galantine | 59 Average |
2007 | Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
2007 | I Think I Love My Wife | Actor | George | 57 Average |
2006 | Charlotte's Web | Actor | Templeton the Rat (voice) | 61 Fair |
2006 | ...So Goes the Nation | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2006 | Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11 | Actor | narrator | N/A N/A |
2006 | Monster House | Actor | Nebbercracker (voice) | 65 Fair |
2006 | Paris Je T'aime | Actor | Touriste (Tuileries) | 64 Fair |
2006 | Edge of Outside | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2006 | Art School Confidential | Actor | Broadway Bob D'Annunzio | 59 Average |
2006 | Tarantino's Mind | Actor | Mr. Pink (archive footage) | 59 Average |
2005 | Excavating Taylor Mead | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
2005 | Romance & Cigarettes | Actor | Angelo | 59 Average |
2005 | The Island | Actor | James 'Mac' McCord | 66 Fair |
2005 | Nobody Wants Your Film | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2005 | Champion | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2005 | Who's the Top? | Actor | Cymon | 58 Average |
2005 | Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½ | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2004 | On the Set: Elaine’s | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2004 | Tanner on Tanner | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2004 | Home on the Range | Actor | Wesley (voice) | 60 Fair |
2004 | Coffee and Cigarettes | Actor | Danny (segment "Twins") | 65 Fair |
2003 | Big Fish | Actor | Norther Winslow | 76 Good |
2003 | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | Actor | Romero | 52 Average |
2003 | Rockets Redglare! | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2003 | Minnesota Nice | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2002 | Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2002 | Love in the Time of Money | Actor | Martin Kunkle | 58 Average |
2002 | 13 Moons | Actor | Bananas | 58 Average |
2002 | Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams | Actor | Romero | 56 Average |
2002 | Mr. Deeds | Actor | Crazy Eyes | 58 Average |
2002 | 9/11 | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 62 Fair |
2002 | The Laramie Project | Actor | Doc O'Connor | 59 Average |
2001 | Monsters, Inc. | Actor | Randall (voice) | 77 Good |
2001 | Domestic Disturbance | Actor | Ray Coleman | 58 Average |
2001 | The Concert for New York City | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2001 | Double Whammy | Actor | Jerry Cubbins | 58 Average |
2001 | Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music | Actor | 59 Average |
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2001 | The Grey Zone | Actor | 'Hesch' Abramowics | 60 Fair |
2001 | Ghost World | Actor | Seymour | 67 Fair |
2001 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Actor | Off. Neil Fleming (voice) | 61 Fair |
2001 | Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2000 | Animal Factory | Actor | A.R. Hosspack | 60 Fair |
2000 | 28 Days | Actor | Cornell | 60 Fair |
2000 | Divine Trash | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1999 | In Bad Taste | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1999 | Big Daddy | Actor | Homeless Guy | 64 Fair |
1998 | The Impostors | Actor | Happy Franks | 58 Average |
1998 | Louis & Frank | Actor | Drexel | N/A N/A |
1998 | Armageddon | Actor | Rockhound | 67 Fair |
1998 | The Big Lebowski | Actor | Donny | 77 Good |
1998 | The Real Blonde | Actor | Nick | 58 Average |
1998 | The Wedding Singer | Actor | David 'Dave' Veltri (uncredited) | 65 Fair |
1997 | Con Air | Actor | Garland Greene - "The Marietta Mangler" | 66 Fair |
1996 | Kansas City | Actor | Johnny Flynn | 59 Average |
1996 | Escape from L.A. | Actor | Eddie | 58 Average |
1996 | Black Kites | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1996 | Trees Lounge | Actor | Tommy | 61 Fair |
1996 | Fargo | Actor | Carl Showalter | 77 Good |
1995 | Dead Man | Actor | Bartender | 69 Fair |
1995 | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Actor | Mister Shhh | 61 Fair |
1995 | Desperado | Actor | Buscemi | 67 Fair |
1995 | Living in Oblivion | Actor | Nick Reve | 63 Fair |
1995 | Billy Madison | Actor | Danny McGrath (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
1994 | The Search for One-eye Jimmy | Actor | Ed Hoyt | 58 Average |
1994 | Floundering | Actor | Ned | 58 Average |
1994 | Somebody to Love | Actor | Mickey | 58 Average |
1994 | Who Do I Gotta Kill? | Actor | (uncredited) | 58 Average |
1994 | Pulp Fiction | Actor | Buddy Holly | 84 Very good |
1994 | Airheads | Actor | Rex | 60 Fair |
1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Actor | Beatnik Barman | 66 Fair |
1993 | The Last Outlaw | Actor | Philo | 58 Average |
1993 | Twenty Bucks | Actor | Frank | 58 Average |
1993 | Rising Sun | Actor | Willy Wilhelm | 60 Fair |
1993 | Ed and His Dead Mother | Actor | Ed Chilton | 58 Average |
1992 | In the Soup | Actor | Aldolpho Rollo | 59 Average |
1992 | Reservoir Dogs | Actor | Mr. Pink | 80 Very good |
1992 | CrissCross | Actor | Louis | 59 Average |
1992 | What Happened to Pete | Actor | Pete | N/A N/A |
1992 | Claude | Actor | Danny | 59 Average |
1991 | Billy Bathgate | Actor | Irving | 58 Average |
1991 | Barton Fink | Actor | Chet | 71 Good |
1991 | Reservoir Dogs | Actor | Mr. Pink | 63 Fair |
1991 | Zandalee | Actor | OPP Man | 56 Average |
1990 | Miller's Crossing | Actor | Mink | 70 Good |
1990 | King of New York | Actor | Test Tube | 63 Fair |
1990 | Force of Circumstance | Actor | Virgil | N/A N/A |
1990 | Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | Actor | Bellingham (segment ‘Lot 249’) | 60 Fair |
1989 | Bloodhounds of Broadway | Actor | Whining Willie | 58 Average |
1989 | Mystery Train | Actor | Charlie | 65 Fair |
1989 | Borders | Actor | Ted | 59 Average |
1989 | Slaves of New York | Actor | Wilfredo | 59 Average |
1989 | New York Stories | Actor | Gregory Stark | 60 Fair |
1989 | Lonesome Dove | Actor | Luke | 75 Good |
1989 | Coffee and Cigarettes II | Actor | Waiter | 59 Average |
1988 | Heart of Midnight | Actor | Eddy | 58 Average |
1988 | Vibes | Actor | Fred | 58 Average |
1988 | Call Me | Actor | Switchblade | 58 Average |
1987 | Heart | Actor | Nicky | 59 Average |
1987 | Kiss Daddy Goodnight | Actor | Johnny | 58 Average |
1987 | Arena Brains | Actor | Wired Kid #1 | 58 Average |
1986 | Sleepwalk | Actor | Worker | 58 Average |
1986 | The Way It Is | Actor | Willy / Raphael | N/A N/A |
1986 | Parting Glances | Actor | Nick | 59 Average |
1986 | Days Are Numbered | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1986 | No Picnic | Actor | Dead Pimp | 59 Average |
1986 | Film House Fever | Actor | Tony | 58 Average |
1985 | Tommy's | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Wild Horse Nine | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Klara and the Sun | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Directing |
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2024 | The Listener | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2013 | AMEX Unstaged Presents: Vampire Weekend | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2007 | Interview | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
2005 | Lonesome Jim | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2002 | Baseball Wives | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2000 | Animal Factory | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
1996 | Trees Lounge | Directing | Director | 61 Fair |
1992 | What Happened to Pete | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
Writing |
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2007 | Interview | Writing | Screenplay | 60 Fair |
1996 | Trees Lounge | Writing | Writer | 61 Fair |
1992 | What Happened to Pete | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
Production |
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2024 | The Listener | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
2023 | Saturday in the Park | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
2018 | Dreaming of a Vetter World | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
2018 | Puzzle | Production | Executive Producer | 60 Fair |
2016 | Paint It Black | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
2016 | Check It | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
2010 | Saint John of Las Vegas | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
2005 | Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½ | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
2000 | Animal Factory | Production | Producer | 60 Fair |
1992 | What Happened to Pete | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
Untitled William S. Burroughs Project | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
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Crew |
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2017 | Final Portrait | Crew | Thanks | 59 Average |
2017 | The Dinner | Crew | Thanks | 53 Average |
1996 | Big Night | Crew | Thanks | 62 Fair |
1993 | Brace Up! | Crew | Thanks | 59 Average |