Steve Buscemi: Summary

Recent Role:: Lenny Wosniak on 30 Rock

Gender:: Male

Birthday:: 12-13-1957

Birthplace:: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Birth Name:: Steven Vincent Buscemi

Steve Buscemi was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1957. Steve graduated from Valley Stream Central High School in 1975, from there he attended Nassau Community College before moving to Manhattan to attend the Lee Strasberg Institute.

He became a New York City firefighter in Little Italy from 1980-1984, afterwards deciding to move into acting. He got his first film in 1985 and from there has had over 100 acting roles, including Mr Pink in Reservoir Dogs and Carl Showalter in Fargo.

In 1992 he tried his hand at directing, culminating in directing 4 episodes of the hit TV show The Sopranos between 2001 and 2006.

Today he is recognized as one of the best actors of his time and is highly respected by his peers. Steve Buscemi was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1957. Steve graduated from Valley Stream Central High School in 1975, from there he attended Nassau Community College before moving to Manhattan to attend the Lee Strasberg Institute.

He became a New York City firefighter in Little Italy from 1980-1984, afterwards deciding to move into acting. He got his first film in 1985...

Welcome to the TV.com Blog for Steve Buscemi! by jacksback21 03/05/2007 8:32pm

30 Rock Is Back, and It's Better Than Ever
30 Rock finally returns tonight, and it's about damn time. It's been a depressing year, what with the economic recession, the healthcare debate, and too much bad comedy on television; who better than the cast of 30 Rock to address the issues by skewering them on TV?
- 10/15/09 12:00 AM
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HBO Walks Down Scorsese's Boardwalk
Still recovering from falling from its once dominant position of must-have subscription cable, HBO has taken another step in the right direction by greenlighting the original series Boardwalk Empire. The network has ordered 11 episodes of the drama, which reenacts the life of 1920s Atlantic City kingpin Nucky Thompson.
- 09/01/09 6:16 PM
- 8 comments
Cast updates: guest spots galore!
Ally Sheedy on Kyle, Steven Weber on Brothers, Malcolm in the Minds, Kumar in da House, everyone on 30 Rock.
- 10/05/07 12:25 PM
- 11 comments
Simpsons rolls out guest list
Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Lionel Richie, Jack Black, Matt Dillon, Weird Al, Topher Grace among those headed to Springfield next season.
- 07/25/07 9:04 AM
- 26 comments

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koberfan
member since: Oct 2, 2006
A character actor that lives up to his name! ...Continue »
Steve Buscemi is one of the most prolific character actors of our time! The man can simply play any type of role and be totally convincing in it! There are very few actors active today(be whatever list they may be on)that can boast of the staggering number of different characters that Buscemi has brought to life on the screen. The most amazing thing about Buscemi is that he has never been typecast. His roles cover just about every classification. He does comedy as easily as heavy drama. Buscemi may hold one record that,while perhaps on the ghoulish side,is quiet an accomplishment for the lovers of morbidity. He has died in nearly every role that he has taken. It would be a treat to see Buscemi have more leading roles. Heaven knows that if any actor has "paid his dues",Buscemi has!!!
05/29/07 05:59am | report abuse
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it7276
member since: Jun 25, 2005
One of the all-time great actors who normal people don't know. ...Continue »
Steve is one of the greatest niche/character actors of the past 10 years. In the same league as Christopher Walken, but he has been playing a wider variety of roles in the past decade...that is to say, he hasn't been quite as typecast as Walken.

I won't go into a full biography, since you can get one by clicking some link at this very website, but I will recommend that people who have enjoyed him in more commercial movies (Airheads, Armageddon, Reservoir Dogs, or one of his "Big" movies [Lebowski, Daddy, Fish]) check out Living in Oblivion, which is a great movie overall and all the better for Steve. A rare leading role, and his support cast is also great.
06/28/05 10:10pm | report abuse