Steve Buscemi
American actor and director (born 1957)
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- Steven Vincent Buscemi ( ; Italian: [buʃˈʃɛːmi] ; born December 13, 1957) is an American actor, director, and producer.
- Buscemi started his acting career with the independent productions Parting Glances (1986), Mystery Train (1989), and In the Soup (1992), following such roles with his breakthrough in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992).
- Throughout the 1990s, he continued to appear in a number of both independent and mainstream films, including Billy Madison (1995), Living in Oblivion , Desperado (all 1995), Fargo (1996), Con Air (1997), Armageddon , The Big Lebowski (both 1998).
- (2001–2013) and Hotel Transylvania film series (2012–2022).
Steven Vincent Buscemi (; Italian: [buʃˈʃɛːmi]; born December 13, 1957) is an American actor, director, and producer. His accolades include two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and two Independent Spirit Awards.
Buscemi started his acting career with the independent productions Parting Glances (1986), Mystery Train (1989), and In the Soup (1992), following such roles with his breakthrough in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992). The 1990 film Miller's Crossing marked his first of many projects with the Coen brothers, and the 1994 film Airheads was his first collaboration with comedic actor-filmmaker Adam Sandler. Throughout the 1990s, he continued to appear in a number of both independent and mainstream films, including Billy Madison (1995), Living in Oblivion, Desperado (all 1995), Fargo (1996), Con Air (1997), Armageddon, The Big Lebowski (both 1998). In following decades, he starred in the independent films Ghost World (2001), Big Fish (2003), Norman (2016), Lean on Pete, and The Death of Stalin (both 2017), alongside voice roles in the animated Monsters, Inc. (2001–2013) and Hotel Transylvania film series (2012–2022).
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