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Steve Buscemi

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Steve Buscemi

Born December 13, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA144 films

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).

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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).

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Reservoir Dogs poster8.1Reservoir Dogs1992Monsters, Inc. poster7.9Monsters, Inc.2001The Big Lebowski poster7.8The Big Lebowski1998Fargo poster7.8Fargo1996Big Fish poster7.7Big Fish2003Monsters University poster7.1Monsters University2013Hotel Transylvania poster7.0Hotel Transylvania2012Armageddon poster6.8Armageddon1998

Filmography

144 films as actor
  1. TBATwilight ParkGrandpa Jules
  2. TBAAges of the Moon
  3. TBAThe Marshmallow ExperimentKing Dong
  4. TBAGrown Ups 3Wiley
  5. 2028Dynamic DuoRed Hood Two (voice)
  6. 2026Wild Horse NineMJ
  7. 2026The Only Living Pickpocket in New YorkBen
  8. 2026Klara and the Sun
  9. 2026Don't Say Good LuckDale
  10. 2026Animal FarmMr. Whymper (voice)
  11. 2026RoommatesCeleste's Dad
  12. 2025Happy Gilmore 2Bad Neighbor Pat
  13. 2025Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial KillerKollmick
  14. 2024Carole & GreyShapeshifter
  15. 2024Day of the FightMike's Uncle
  16. 2024Transformers OneStarscream (voice)
  17. 2024The Brown DogRadio DJ
  18. 2023Vacation Friends 2Reese Hackford
  19. 2023The Year BetweenDon
  20. 2022Hotel Transylvania: TransformaniaWayne (voice)
  21. 2020Hubie HalloweenWalter Lambert
  22. 2020The King of Staten IslandPapa
  23. 2019The Dead Don't DieFarmer Frank Miller
  24. 2018Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer VacationWayne (voice)
  25. 2018NancyLeo
  26. 2018The Week OfCharles
  27. 2018Lean on PeteDel
  28. 2017The Death of StalinNikita Khrushchev
  29. 2017Transformers: The Last KnightDaytrader (voice)
  30. 2017The Boss BabyFrancis Francis (voice)
  31. 2016Mildred and the Dying ParlorRick
  32. 2016Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York FixerRabbi Blumenthal
  33. 2015The Ridiculous 6Doc Griffin
  34. 2015Hotel Transylvania 2Wayne (voice)
  35. 2015Time Out of MindBuilding Manager
  36. 2014The CobblerJimmy
  37. 2013KhumbaSkalk (voice)
  38. 2013Grown Ups 2Wiley
  39. 2013Monsters UniversityRandy (voice)
  40. 2013The Incredible Burt WonderstoneAnton Marvelton
  41. 2012Hotel TransylvaniaWayne (voice)
  42. 2012On the RoadTall thin salesman
  43. 2011RampartBill Blago
  44. 2011Fight for Your Right RevisitedWaiter
  45. 2010Pete Smalls Is DeadBernie Lake
  46. 2010The Chosen OneNeal
  47. 2010Grown UpsWiley
  48. 2010Saint John of Las VegasJohn
  49. 2009The MessengerDale Martin
  50. 2009RageFrank
  51. 2009Youth in RevoltGeorge Twisp
  52. 2009G-ForceBucky the Hamster (voice)
  53. 2009Handsome HarryThomas Kelley
  54. 2009John RabeDr. Robert Wilson
  55. 2008IgorScamper (voice)
  56. 2008I'm Dirty!Backhoe Loader
  57. 2007InterviewPierre Peders
  58. 2007I Now Pronounce You Chuck & LarryClinton Fitzer
  59. 2007DeliriousLes Galantine
  60. 2007I Think I Love My WifeGeorge
  61. 2006Charlotte's WebTempleton the Rat (voice)
  62. 2006Monster HouseNebbercracker (voice)
  63. 2006Paris Je T'aimeTouriste (Tuileries)
  64. 2006Art School ConfidentialBroadway Bob D'Annunzio (uncredited)
  65. 2006Romance & CigarettesAngelo
  66. 2005The IslandJames 'Mac' McCord
  67. 2005Who's the Top?Cymon
  68. 2004Home on the RangeWesley (voice)
  69. 2004Coffee and CigarettesDanny (segment "Twins")
  70. 2003Big FishNorther Winslow
  71. 2003Spy Kids 3-D: Game OverRomero
  72. 2002Love in the Time of MoneyMartin Kunkle
  73. 200213 MoonsBananas
  74. 2002Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost DreamsRomero
  75. 2002Mr. DeedsCrazy Eyes
  76. 2002The Laramie ProjectDoc O'Connor
  77. 2001Monsters, Inc.Randall (voice)
  78. 2001Domestic DisturbanceRay Coleman
  79. 2001Double WhammyJerry Cubbins
  80. 2001The Grey Zone'Hesch' Abramowics
  81. 2001Ghost WorldSeymour
  82. 2001Final Fantasy: The Spirits WithinOff. Neil Fleming (voice)
  83. 2000Animal FactoryA.R. Hosspack
  84. 200028 DaysCornell
  85. 1999Big DaddyHomeless Guy
  86. 1998The ImpostorsHappy Franks
  87. 1998Louis & FrankDrexel
  88. 1998ArmageddonRockhound
  89. 1998The Big LebowskiDonny
  90. 1998The Real BlondeNick
  91. 1998The Wedding SingerDavid 'Dave' Veltri (uncredited)
  92. 1997Con AirGarland Greene - "The Marietta Mangler"
  93. 1996Kansas CityJohnny Flynn
  94. 1996Escape from L.A.Eddie
  95. 1996Black Kites
  96. 1996Trees LoungeTommy
  97. 1996FargoCarl Showalter
  98. 1995Things to Do in Denver When You're DeadMister Shhh
  99. 1995DesperadoBuscemi
  100. 1995Living in OblivionNick Reve
  101. 1995Billy MadisonDanny McGrath (uncredited)
  102. 1994The Search for One-eye JimmyEd Hoyt
  103. 1994FlounderingNed
  104. 1994Somebody to LoveMickey
  105. 1994Who Do I Gotta Kill?(uncredited)
  106. 1994Pulp FictionBuddy Holly
  107. 1994AirheadsRex
  108. 1994The Hudsucker ProxyBeatnik Barman
  109. 1993The Last OutlawPhilo
  110. 1993Twenty BucksFrank
  111. 1993Rising SunWilly Wilhelm
  112. 1993Ed and His Dead MotherEd Chilton
  113. 1992In the SoupAldolpho Rollo
  114. 1992Reservoir DogsMr. Pink
  115. 1992CrissCrossLouis
  116. 1992What Happened to PetePete
  117. 1992ClaudeDanny
  118. 1991Billy BathgateIrving
  119. 1991Barton FinkChet
  120. 1991Reservoir DogsMr. Pink