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Steve Buscemi
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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). 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).
Notable films
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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
Pulp Fiction
As Buddy Holly
Reservoir Dogs
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The Big Lebowski
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Monsters, Inc.
As Randall (voice)
The Death of Stalin
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Ghost World
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Mystery Train
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The Grey Zone
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
When the Camera Refuses to Blink
A chain of films about people who have crossed a line, and the directors who hold the lens steady. No absolution, no easy exits, only the long look at what we a...
7 films
Girlhood Reclaimed
From institutionalised rebellion to the raucous freedom of the last day of school, a chain of films that lets young women be messy, angry, and gloriously themse...
8 films
Anarchy in the UK
From Ealing's sly subversions to Python's surreal dismantling of authority, a journey through the films that taught Britain to laugh at itself.
7 films
The Perfect Needledrop: Ten Moments That Own the Screen
From sudden silences to euphoric choruses, these are the film moments where a song doesn't just score the scene, it becomes the scene.
10 films
The Many Faces We Wear
From classic Hollywood to French farce and beyond, a journey through cinema's most audacious transformations and borrowed identities.
7 films
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Wild Horse Nine
2026 · MJ
Happy Gilmore 2
2025 · Bad Neighbor Pat
Transformers One
2024 · Starscream (voice)
Bonnie
2022 · Self
The Dead Don't Die
2019 · Farmer Frank Miller
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018 · Wayne (voice)
The Death of Stalin
2017 · Nikita Khrushchev
The Boss Baby
2017 · Francis Francis (voice)
Khumba
2013 · Skalk (voice)
Monsters University
2013 · Randy (voice)
Hotel Transylvania
2012 · Wayne (voice)
On the Road
2012 · Tall thin salesman
The Messenger
2009 · Dale Martin
Youth in Revolt
2009 · George Twisp
Romance & Cigarettes
2005 · Angelo
The Island
2005 · James 'Mac' McCord
Big Fish
2003 · Norther Winslow
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003 · Romero
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002 · Romero
Mr. Deeds
2002 · Crazy Eyes
Monsters, Inc.
2001 · Randall (voice)
Domestic Disturbance
2001 · Ray Coleman
The Concert for New York City
2001 · Self
The Grey Zone
2001 · 'Hesch' Abramowics
Ghost World
2001 · Seymour
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001 · Off. Neil Fleming (voice)
The Impostors
1998 · Happy Franks
Armageddon
1998 · Rockhound
The Big Lebowski
1998 · Donny
Con Air
1997 · Garland Greene - "The Marietta Mangler"
Trees Lounge
1996 · Tommy
Fargo
1996 · Carl Showalter
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995 · Mister Shhh
Desperado
1995 · Buscemi
Living in Oblivion
1995 · Nick Reve
Pulp Fiction
1994 · Buddy Holly
Airheads
1994 · Rex
Twenty Bucks
1993 · Frank
Reservoir Dogs
1992 · Mr. Pink
Barton Fink
1991 · Chet
Miller's Crossing
1990 · Mink
Mystery Train
1989 · Charlie
New York Stories
1989 · Gregory Stark
Lonesome Dove
1989 · Luke
Arena Brains
1987 · Wired Kid #1
