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Steve Buscemi

  • Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
  • Birthday: December 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 1980s, Buscemi stayed close to his roots in avant-garde arts and film. He became one of the most recognizable actors at the art houses, but also made a dent at the multiplex in quirky character roles in big budget comedies and action films. Buscemi’s pr…more

Career Milestones

  • 2007

    Appeared in a guest role as a private eye on NBC s 30 Rock ; earned an Emmy nomination for the role

  • 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

  • 2006

    Directed Casey Affleck and Liv Tyler in Lonesome Jim

  • 2006

    Voiced Templeton the rat in live-action/computer-animated feature film Charlotte s Web, based on the book by E.B. White

  • 2005

    Cast in John Turturro s big-screen musical Romance & Cigarettes (released theatrically in 2007)

Awards

  • 2002

    Chicago Film Critics Association Award: Best Supporting Actor

  • 2002

    Independent Spirit Award: Best Supporting Male

  • 2002

    National Society of Film Critics Award: Best Supporting Actor

  • 2001

    New York Film Critics Circle Award: Best Supporting Actor

  • 1993

    Independent Spirit Award: Best Supporting Male

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