Known For
Acting
Known Credits
244
Gender
Male
Birthday
December 13, 1957 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Steven Vincent Buscemi (born December 13, 1957) is an American actor. 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 both 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 also directed the films Trees Lounge (1996), Animal Factory (2000), and Interview (2007).
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).
| 2026 | Public Access...Executive Producer | |
| 2024 | The Listener...Director | |
| 2024 | The Listener...Producer | |
| 2023 | Saturday in the Park...Executive Producer | |
| 2019 | Miracle Workers...Executive Producer | |
| 2019 | Miracle Workers...Director | |
| 2018 | Dreaming of a Vetter World...Executive Producer | |
| 2018 | Puzzle...Executive Producer | |
| 2017 | Final Portrait...Thanks | |
| 2017 | The Dinner...Thanks | |
| 2016 | Paint It Black...Executive Producer | |
| 2016 | Check It...Executive Producer | |
| 2015 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt...Director | |
| 2013 | AMEX Unstaged Presents: Vampire Weekend...Director | |
| 2012 | Keep the Lights On...Thanks | |
| 2011 | Portlandia...Director | |
| 2010 | Saint John of Las Vegas...Executive Producer | |
| 2009 | Nurse Jackie...Director | |
| 2007 | Interview...Screenplay | |
| 2007 | Interview...Director | |
| 2006 | 30 Rock...Director | |
| 2005 | Lonesome Jim...Director | |
| 2005 | Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½...Executive Producer | |
| 2002 | Baseball Wives...Director | |
| 2000 | Animal Factory...Director | |
| 2000 | Animal Factory...Producer | |
| 1999 | The Sopranos...Director | |
| 1997 | Oz...Director | |
| 1996 | Big Night...Thanks | |
| 1996 | Trees Lounge...Director | |
| 1996 | Trees Lounge...Writer | |
| 1993 | Brace Up!...Thanks | |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street...Director | |
| 1992 | What Happened to Pete...Director | |
| 1992 | What Happened to Pete...Producer | |
| 1992 | What Happened to Pete...Writer | |
| Untitled William S. Burroughs Project...Executive Producer | ||
| Ages of the Moon...Producer |