Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi as Mr. Pink in Miramax's Reservoir Dogs - 1992

Biography

Born 12/13/1957

Diehard New Yorker Steve Buscemi was an independent film icon, both as a perennial favorite actor of respected filmmakers like The Coen Brothers, and as a writer and director in his own right. Throughout the decades of prolific work that followed his rise from the East Village arts boon of the...
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Awards

  • In 2002, received National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor
  • In 2002, received Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
  • In 2002, received Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male

Highlights

  • In 2007, Appeared in a guest role as a private eye on NBC's "30 Rock"; earned an Emmy nomination for the role
  • In 2007, Helmed a remake of murdered Dutch filmmaker, Theo van Gogh's film "Interview"; co-starred as a journalist interviewing a celebrity (Sienna Miller); also utilized much of Van Gogh's crew, including his director of photography
  • In 2006, Voiced Templeton the rat in live-action/computer-animated feature film "Charlotte's Web," based on the book by E.B. White

Family & Companions

  • John Buscemi: father (Italian American; Korean War veteran)
  • Michael Buscemi: brother (Directed by brother, Steve in "Trees Lounge" (1996) where they played onscreen brothers)
  • Lucian Buscemi: son (Born in 1991; mother, Jo Andres; appeared in mother's film "Black Kite" (1995) and his father's film "Trees Lounge" (1996))

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