Name in Native Language: "Steven Vincent Buscemi" (English/EN)
Film Director / Film Producer / Character Actor / Screenwriter / Television Director / Actor / Firefighter | * 12/13/1957 (66) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Steven Vincent Buscemi (Italian: [buʃˈʃɛːmi]; born December 13, 1957) is an American actor. Buscemi is known for his work as an acclaimed character actor. His early credits consist of major roles in independent film productions such as the AIDS drama 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), Monsters, Inc. (2001), ()
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.
2x Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor 2x Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Screen Actors Guild Awards Independent Spirit Awards 3x nominated for: Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Malenominated for: Independent Spirit Award for Best First Featurenominated for: Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplaynominated for: Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actornominated for: MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo 2x nominated for: Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Seriesnominated for: National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actornominated for: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picturenominated for: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Seriesnominated for: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series 5x nominated for: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 2x nominated for: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Seriesnominated for: Deutscher Filmpreis for Best Actor in a Supporting Rolenominated for: TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama 4x nominated for: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Seriesnominated for: Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama 2x nominated for: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Seriesnominated for: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Combonominated for: European Film Academy Lux Award
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