Steve Buscemi
164 movies · 45 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 13, 1957 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Steven Vincent Buscemi
Biography
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).
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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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Known for
Steve Buscemi: movies and TV shows
Acting (193)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Wild Horse Nine
as MJ
- Upcoming Dynamic Duo
as Red Hood Two (voice)
- Upcoming Twilight Park
as Grandpa Jules
- Upcoming
- Upcoming The Marshmallow Experiment
as King Dong
- Upcoming Grown Ups 3
as Wiley
- Upcoming
- 2026
- 2026 Don't Say Good Luck
as Dale
- 2026 Animal Farm
as Mr. Whymper (voice)
- 2026 Roommates
as Celeste's Dad
- 2025 Happy Gilmore 2
as Bad Neighbor Pat
- 2025
- 2025
- 2024 Carole & Grey
as Shapeshifter
- 2024 Day of the Fight
as Mike's Uncle
- 2024 Transformers One
as Starscream (voice)
- 2024 The Brown Dog
as Radio DJ
- 2024
- 2024
- 2023
- 2023 Saturday in the Park
as Narrator
- 2023 Vacation Friends 2
as Reese Hackford
- 2023
- 2023
- 2023 The Year Between
as Don
- 2023
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022 Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
as Wayne (voice)
- 2021
- 2021
- 2020 Hubie Halloween
as Walter Lambert
- 2020 The King of Staten Island
as Papa
- 2019
- 2019 The Dead Don't Die
as Farmer Frank Miller
- 2019 Miracle Workers · TV
as Benny the Teen / God / Morris 'The Junkman' Rubinstein / Eddie Shitshoveler · 37 episodes
- 2018 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
as Wayne (voice)
- 2018 Nancy
as Leo
- 2018 The Week Of
as Charles
- 2018 Lean on Pete
as Del
- 2017 The Death of Stalin
as Nikita Khrushchev
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017 Transformers: The Last Knight
as Daytrader (voice)
- 2017 The Boss Baby
as Francis Francis (voice)
- 2016 Mildred and the Dying Parlor
as Rick
- 2016 Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
as Rabbi Blumenthal
- 2016
- 2015 The Ridiculous 6
as Doc Griffin
- 2015 Hotel Transylvania 2
as Wayne (voice)
- 2015 Time Out of Mind
as Building Manager
- 2015
- 2014 The Cobbler
as Jimmy
- 2014 My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
as Suicidal Thoughts (voice)
- 2014
- 2013
- 2013 Khumba
as Skalk (voice)
- 2013 Grown Ups 2
as Wiley
- 2013 Monsters University
as Randy (voice)
- 2013 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
as Anton Marvelton
- 2012 Hotel Transylvania
as Wayne (voice)
- 2012 On the Road
as Tall thin salesman
- 2011 Rampart
as Bill Blago
- 2011 Fight for Your Right Revisited
as Waiter
- 2011
- 2011
- 2010
- 2010 Pete Smalls Is Dead
as Bernie Lake
- 2010 The Chosen One
as Neal
- 2010 Grown Ups
as Wiley
- 2010 Saint John of Las Vegas
as John
- 2009 The Messenger
as Dale Martin
- 2009 Rage
as Frank
- 2009 Youth in Revolt
as George Twisp
- 2009 G-Force
as Bucky the Hamster (voice)
- 2009 Handsome Harry
as Thomas Kelley
- 2009 John Rabe
as Dr. Robert Wilson
- 2008 Igor
as Scamper (voice)
- 2008 I'm Dirty!
as Backhoe Loader
- 2007 Interview
as Pierre Peders
- 2007 I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
as Clinton Fitzer
- 2007 Delirious
as Les Galantine
- 2007 I Think I Love My Wife
as George
- 2006 Charlotte's Web
as Templeton the Rat (voice)
- 2006
- 2006 Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11
as narrator
- 2006 Monster House
as Nebbercracker (voice)
- 2006 Paris Je T'aime
as Touriste (Tuileries)
- 2006 Art School Confidential
as Broadway Bob D'Annunzio (uncredited)
- 2006 Romance & Cigarettes
as Angelo
- 2005 Excavating Taylor Mead
as Narrator
- 2005 The Island
as James 'Mac' McCord
- 2005 Who's the Top?
as Cymon
- 2004 Home on the Range
as Wesley (voice)
- 2004 Coffee and Cigarettes
as Danny (segment "Twins")
- 2003 Big Fish
as Norther Winslow
- 2003 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
as Romero
- 2002 Love in the Time of Money
as Martin Kunkle
- 2002 13 Moons
as Bananas
- 2002 Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
as Romero
- 2002 Mr. Deeds
as Crazy Eyes
- 2002 The Laramie Project
as Doc O'Connor
- 2001 Monsters, Inc.
as Randall (voice)
- 2001 Domestic Disturbance
as Ray Coleman
- 2001 Double Whammy
as Jerry Cubbins
- 2001
- 2001 The Grey Zone
as 'Hesch' Abramowics
- 2001 Ghost World
as Seymour
- 2001 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
as Off. Neil Fleming (voice)
- 2000
- 2000 Animal Factory
as A.R. Hosspack
- 2000 28 Days
as Cornell
- 1999 Big Daddy
as Homeless Guy
- 1999
- 1999
- 1998 The Impostors
as Happy Franks
- 1998 Louis & Frank
as Drexel
- 1998 Armageddon
as Rockhound
- 1998 The Big Lebowski
as Donny
- 1998 The Real Blonde
as Nick
- 1998 The Wedding Singer
as David 'Dave' Veltri (uncredited)
- 1997 Con Air
as Garland Greene - "The Marietta Mangler"
- 1996 Kansas City
as Johnny Flynn
- 1996 Escape from L.A.
as Eddie
- 1996
- 1996 Trees Lounge
as Tommy
- 1996 Fargo
as Carl Showalter
- 1995 Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
as Mister Shhh
- 1995
- 1995 Desperado
as Buscemi
- 1995 Living in Oblivion
as Nick Reve
- 1995 Billy Madison
as Danny McGrath (uncredited)
- 1994 The Search for One-eye Jimmy
as Ed Hoyt
- 1994 Floundering
as Ned
- 1994 Somebody to Love
as Mickey
- 1994 Who Do I Gotta Kill?
as (uncredited)
- 1994
- 1994 Pulp Fiction
as Buddy Holly
- 1994 Airheads
as Rex
- 1994 The Hudsucker Proxy
as Beatnik Barman
- 1993
- 1993 The Last Outlaw
as Philo
- 1993 Twenty Bucks
as Frank
- 1993 Rising Sun
as Willy Wilhelm
- 1993 Ed and His Dead Mother
as Ed Chilton
- 1993
- 1992 In the Soup
as Aldolpho Rollo
- 1992
- 1992 Reservoir Dogs
as Mr. Pink
- 1992 CrissCross
as Louis
- 1992 What Happened to Pete
as Pete
- 1992 Claude
as Danny
- 1991 Billy Bathgate
as Irving
- 1991 Barton Fink
as Chet
- 1991 Reservoir Dogs
as Mr. Pink
- 1991 Zandalee
as OPP Man
- 1991 Life Is Nice
as Convenience Store Clerk
- 1990 Miller's Crossing
as Mink
- 1990 King of New York
as Test Tube
- 1990 No Picnic
as Dead Pimp
- 1990 Force of Circumstance
as Virgil
- 1990 Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
as Bellingham (segment ‘Lot 249’)
- 1989
- 1989 Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Whining Willie
- 1989 Mystery Train
as Charlie
- 1989
- 1989 Borders
as Ted
- 1989 Slaves of New York
as Wilfredo
- 1989 New York Stories
as Gregory Stark
- 1989
- 1989 Coffee and Cigarettes II
as Waiter
- 1988 Heart of Midnight
as Eddy
- 1988
- 1988 Vibes
as Fred
- 1988 Call Me
as Switchblade
- 1987 Heart
as Nicky
- 1987 Kiss Daddy Goodnight
as Johnny
- 1987 Arena Brains
as Wired Kid #1
- 1987
- 1986
- 1986 Sleepwalk
as Worker
- 1986 The Way It Is
as Willy / Raphael
- 1986 Parting Glances
as Nick
- 1986
- 1986 Film House Fever
as Tony
- 1985
- 1985
- 1984
- 1982
Behind the camera (31)
- Upcoming Ages of the Moon
Producer
- Upcoming Untitled William S. Burroughs Project
Executive Producer
- 2026 Public Access
Executive Producer
- 2024 The Listener
Director, Producer
- 2023 Saturday in the Park
Executive Producer
- 2019
- 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
- 2013
- 2012 Keep the Lights On
Thanks
- 2011
- 2010 Saint John of Las Vegas
Executive Producer
- 2009
- 2007 Interview
Director, Screenplay
- 2006
- 2005 Lonesome Jim
Director
- 2005 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Executive Producer
- 2002 Baseball Wives
Director
- 2000 Animal Factory
Producer, Director
- 1999
- 1997
- 1996 Big Night
Thanks
- 1996 Trees Lounge
Director, Writer
- 1993 Brace Up!
Thanks
- 1993
- 1992 What Happened to Pete
Writer, Director, Producer
Talk shows and appearances (44)
- 2026
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2020 Talking Sopranos
1 episode
- 2017
- 2016
- 2016 Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
1 episode
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
3 episodes
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 Park Bench with Steve Buscemi
25 episodes
- 2014 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2 episodes
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
1 episode
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
1 episode
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010 Conan
1 episode
- 2010 Who Do You Think You Are?
1 episode
- 2009
- 2007
- 2007
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006 The Henry Rollins Show
1 episode
- 2005
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004 Tanner on Tanner
1 episode
- 2003
- 2003
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999
- 1999
- 1996 The Daily Show
2 episodes
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1 episode
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
4 episodes
- 1967 Omnibus
1 episode
- 1951 German Film Award
1 episode