Buscemi also starred in "Boardwalk Empire." He won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role in that show. Pink in Quentin Tarantino's 1992 film "Reservoir Dogs." He also appeared in Tarantino's next film, "Pulp Fiction." Buscemi's other most notable character roles include Carl Showalter in "Fargo," Garland Greene in "Con Air," Donny in "The Big Lebowski," Rockhound in "Armageddon," Seymour in "Ghost World" (for which he won several awards), Randall Boggs in "Monsters, Inc." and "Monsters University," Templeton the Rat in "Charlotte's Web" and Wayne the Werewolf in all "Hotel Transylvania" movies.īuscemi joined the cast of "The Sopranos" in 2004. In 1991, he played the bellboy, Chet, in the Coen Brothers film "Barton Fink." His first lead role was as Adolpho Rollo in 1992's "In the Soup." He gained wider attention as Mr. He played the henchman of Laurence Fishburne named Test Tube in Abel Ferrara's "King of New York." He also played Mink in the Coen Brothers' "Miller's Crossing." He had to audition twice for this role, and it was the first of five of the Coen Brothers' films in which Buscemi performed. Steve Buscemi made his acting debut in the 1985 film "The Way It Is." His other early films include 1986's "Parting Glances," 1988's "Slaves of New York," and 1990's "Tales from the Darkside." In 1990 Buscemi had additional crime roles. Careerīuscemi often plays characters who are neurotic and paranoid. In 2014 he was appointed an Honorary Battalion Chief of the FDNY. In 2003, at a union rally, he gave a speech supporting higher wages for firefighters. 55 and worked 12-hour shifts alongside other firefighters to sift through the rubble of the World Trade Center for several days. After September 11, 2001, Buscemi returned to Engine Co. In 1980, he became a New York City firefighter. In 1976, Buscemi took a civil service test. Buscemi briefly attended Nassau Community before moving to New York City to study at the Lee Strasberg Institute. Steve was on the wrestling team and in the drama club at Valley Stream Central High School. He once remarked, "I had to go to Sicily to find out I pronounce my name wrong."Īs a kid, his family moved to Nassau County, New York. In Sicily, where his ancestors are from, it is pronounced as boo-SHEM-ee. Steve is one of four sons (Steven, Jon, Ken, and Michael) of John and Dorothy Buscemi.īuscemi grew up pronouncing his name as boo-SEM-ee. Steven Vincent Buscemi was born on December 13, 1957, in Brooklyn, New York.
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