Acting · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA · Born December 13, 1957
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).
MovieWild Horse Nine
2026
as MJ
MovieKlara and the Sun
2026
MovieThe Only Living Pickpocket in New York
2026
as Ben
Don't Say Good Luck
2026
MovieMary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
2026
as Self
MovieAnimal Farm
2026
as Mr. Whymper (voice)
MovieRoommates
2026
as Celeste's Dad
MovieHappy Gilmore 2
2025
as Bad Neighbor Pat
MoviePsycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer
2025
as Kollmick
TVThe Studio
2025
as Steve Buscemi
MovieCarole & Grey
2024
as Shapeshifter
MovieDay of the Fight
2024
as Mike's Uncle
MovieTransformers One
2024
as Starscream (voice)
MovieThe Brown Dog
2024
as Radio DJ
TVFantasmas
2024
as Q
TVElsbeth
2024
as Simon Carroll
TVKrapopolis
2023
as Hephaestus (voice)
MovieSaturday in the Park
2023
as Narrator
MovieVacation Friends 2
2023
as Reese Hackford
TVBupkis
2023
as Father Mac
TVDigman!
2023
as The Antiquarian (voice)
MovieThe Year Between
2023
as Don
TVPoker Face
2023
as Good Buddy (voice)
TVWednesday
2022
as Barry Dort
TVStoryBots: Answer Time
2022
MovieBonnie
2022
as Self
MovieHotel Transylvania: Transformania
2022
as Wayne (voice)
TVMonsters at Work
2021
as Randall (voice)
TVKamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
2021
as Dorsal Dan (voice)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHubie Halloween
2020
as Walter Lambert
MovieThe King of Staten Island
2020
as Papa
MovieBeastie Boys Story
2020
as Self
TVTalking Sopranos
2020
as Self
TVScooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
as Steve Buscemi (voice)
MovieThe Dead Don't Die
2019
as Farmer Frank Miller
TVMiracle Workers
2019
as Benny the Teen
MovieHotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018
as Wayne (voice)
MovieNancy
2018
as Leo
MovieThe Week Of
2018
as Charles
MovieLean on Pete
2018
as Del
MovieNight of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
2017
as Self
MovieThe Death of Stalin
2017
as Nikita Khrushchev
TVBig Mouth
2017
TVNeo Yokio
2017
as The Remembrancer (voice)
TVPhilip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017
as Ed Morris
MovieTransformers: The Last Knight
2017
as Daytrader (voice)
MovieThe Boss Baby
2017
as Francis E. Francis (voice)
MovieTony Bennett Celebrates 90
2016
as Self
Mildred and the Dying Parlor
2016
as Rick
MovieNorman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2016
as Rabbi Blumenthal
TVFull Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016
as Self
TVHorace and Pete
2016
as Pete
MovieThe Ridiculous 6
2015
as Doc Griffin
MovieHotel Transylvania 2
2015
as Wayne (voice)
MovieTime Out of Mind
2015
as Building Manager
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
TVUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
as Steve Buscemi (voice)
MovieThe Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
2014
as Self
MovieThe Cobbler
2014
as Jimmy
MovieA Good Job: Stories of the FDNY
2014
as Self
TVPark Bench with Steve Buscemi
2014
as Self
TVLast Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
as Self - Special Guest
MovieMy Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
2014
as Suicidal Thoughts (voice)
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
MovieThe Celery Incident
2014
as Marty
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
TVBroad City
2014
as Mugger
MovieJames Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
2013
as Self
TVRick and Morty
2013
as Eddie (voice)
MovieKhumba
2013
as Skalk (voice)
MovieGrown Ups 2
2013
as Wiley
MovieMonsters University
2013
as Randy (voice)
MovieAMEX Unstaged Presents: Vampire Weekend
2013
as Self
MovieThe Incredible Burt Wonderstone
2013
as Anton Marvelton
Movie12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012
as Self
MovieHotel Transylvania
2012
as Wayne (voice)
MovieOn the Road
2012
as Tall thin salesman
MovieRampart
2011
as Bill Blago
MovieFight for Your Right Revisited
2011
as Waiter
MovieBlank City
2011
as Self
TVPortlandia
2011
as Marty
TVBob's Burgers
2011
as Tom Innocenti (voice)
TVConan
2010
as Self
TVBoardwalk Empire
2010
as Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson
MoviePete Smalls Is Dead
2010
as Bernie Lake
MovieThe Chosen One
2010
as Neal
MovieGrown Ups
2010
as Wiley
TVWho Do You Think You Are?
2010
as Self
MovieSaint John of Las Vegas
2010
as John
MovieThe Messenger
2009
as Dale Martin
MovieRage
2009
as Frank
MovieYouth in Revolt
2009
as George Twisp
MovieG-Force
2009
as Bucky the Hamster (voice)
MovieHandsome Harry
2009
as Thomas Kelley
MovieJohn Rabe
2009
as Dr. Robert Wilson
MovieI Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
as Self
MovieIgor
2008
as Scamper (voice)
MovieI'm Dirty!
2008
as Backhoe Loader
MovieVoom Portraits
2007
as Self
MovieInterview
2007
as Pierre Peders
MovieI Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007
as Clinton Fitzer
MovieDelirious
2007
as Les Galantine
MovieJoe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2007
as Self
MovieI Think I Love My Wife
2007
as George
MovieCharlotte's Web
2006
as Templeton the Rat (voice)
TV30 Rock
2006
as Lenny Wosniak
Movie...So Goes the Nation
2006
as Self
MovieDust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11
2006
as narrator
MovieMonster House
2006
as Nebbercracker (voice)
MovieParis Je T'aime
2006
as Touriste (Tuileries)
MovieEdge of Outside
2006
as Self
MovieArt School Confidential
2006
as Broadway Bob D'Annunzio (uncredited)
TVThe Henry Rollins Show
2006
MovieExcavating Taylor Mead
2005
as Narrator
MovieRomance & Cigarettes
2005
as Angelo
MovieThe Island
2005
as James 'Mac' McCord
MovieNobody Wants Your Film
2005
as Self
MovieChampion
2005
as Self
MovieWho's the Top?
2005
as Cymon
MovieSymbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
2005
as Self
On the Set: Elaine’s
2004
as Self
TVTanner on Tanner
2004
as Self
MovieHome on the Range
2004
as Wesley (voice)
MovieCoffee and Cigarettes
2004
as Danny (segment "Twins")
MovieBig Fish
2003
as Norther Winslow
MovieSpy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
as Romero
MovieRockets Redglare!
2003
as Self
MovieMinnesota Nice
2003
as Self
MoviePaul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
as Self
MovieLove in the Time of Money
2002
as Martin Kunkle
Movie13 Moons
2002
as Bananas
MovieSpy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
as Romero
MovieMr. Deeds
2002
as Crazy Eyes
Movie9/11
2002
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Laramie Project
2002
as Doc O'Connor
MovieMonsters, Inc.
2001
as Randall (voice)
MovieDomestic Disturbance
2001
as Ray Coleman
MovieThe Concert for New York City
2001
as Self
MovieDouble Whammy
2001
as Jerry Cubbins
MovieCome Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music
2001
MovieThe Grey Zone
2001
as 'Hesch' Abramowics
MovieGhost World
2001
as Seymour
MovieFinal Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
as Off. Neil Fleming (voice)
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001
as Self
TVCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Mike DiCarlo
MovieAnimal Factory
2000
as A.R. Hosspack
Movie28 Days
2000
as Cornell
MovieDivine Trash
2000
as Self
MovieIn Bad Taste
1999
as Self
MovieBig Daddy
1999
as Homeless Guy
TVSpongeBob SquarePants
1999
as Dorsal Dan (voice)
TVThe Sopranos
1999
as Tony Blundetto
MovieThe Impostors
1998
as Happy Franks
MovieLouis & Frank
1998
as Drexel
MovieArmageddon
1998
as Rockhound
MovieThe Big Lebowski
1998
as Donny
MovieThe Real Blonde
1998
as Nick
MovieThe Wedding Singer
1998
as David 'Dave' Veltri (uncredited)
MovieCon Air
1997
as Garland Greene - "The Marietta Mangler"
MovieKansas City
1996
as Johnny Flynn
MovieEscape from L.A.
1996
as Eddie
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
MovieBlack Kites
1996
MovieTrees Lounge
1996
as Tommy
MovieFargo
1996
as Carl Showalter
MovieThings to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995
as Mister Shhh
TVThe Drew Carey Show
1995
as Mr. Marchetti
MovieDesperado
1995
as Buscemi
MovieLiving in Oblivion
1995
as Nick Reve
MovieBilly Madison
1995
as Danny McGrath (uncredited)
MovieThe Search for One-eye Jimmy
1994
as Ed Hoyt
MovieFloundering
1994
as Ned
MovieSomebody to Love
1994
as Mickey
MovieWho Do I Gotta Kill?
1994
as (uncredited)
TVER
1994
as Art Masterson
MoviePulp Fiction
1994
as Buddy Holly
MovieAirheads
1994
as Rex
MovieThe Hudsucker Proxy
1994
as Beatnik Barman
MovieThe Last Outlaw
1993
as Philo
MovieTwenty Bucks
1993
as Frank
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieRising Sun
1993
as Willy Wilhelm
MovieEd and His Dead Mother
1993
as Ed Chilton
TVHomicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Gordon Pratt
MovieIn the Soup
1992
as Aldolpho Rollo
TVMad About You
1992
as Howie Balinger
MovieReservoir Dogs
1992
as Mr. Pink
MovieCrissCross
1992
as Louis
MovieWhat Happened to Pete
1992
as Pete
MovieClaude
1992
as Danny
MovieBilly Bathgate
1991
as Irving
MovieBarton Fink
1991
as Chet
MovieReservoir Dogs
1991
as Mr. Pink
MovieZandalee
1991
as OPP Man
Life Is Nice
1991
as Convenience Store Clerk
MovieMiller's Crossing
1990
as Mink
MovieKing of New York
1990
as Test Tube
MovieNo Picnic
1990
as Dead Pimp
MovieForce of Circumstance
1990
as Virgil
MovieTales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990
as Bellingham (segment ‘Lot 249’)
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Dwight (voice)
MovieBloodhounds of Broadway
1989
as Whining Willie
MovieMystery Train
1989
as Charlie
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Ike (segment "Forever Ambergris")
MovieBorders
1989
as Ted
MovieSlaves of New York
1989
as Wilfredo
MovieNew York Stories
1989
as Gregory Stark
TVLonesome Dove
1989
as Luke
MovieCoffee and Cigarettes II
1989
as Waiter
MovieHeart of Midnight
1988
as Eddy
TVMonsters
1988
as John Dennis
MovieVibes
1988
as Fred
MovieCall Me
1988
as Switchblade
MovieHeart
1987
as Nicky
MovieKiss Daddy Goodnight
1987
as Johnny
MovieArena Brains
1987
as Wired Kid #1
TVCrossbow
1987
TVL.A. Law
1986
as David Lee
MovieSleepwalk
1986
as Worker
MovieThe Way It Is
1986
as Willy / Raphael
MovieParting Glances
1986
as Nick
MovieDays Are Numbered
1986
MovieFilm House Fever
1986
as Tony
TVThe Equalizer
1985
as Archie, the Electronics Store Clerk
MovieTommy's
1985
TVMiami Vice
1984
as Rickles
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Whining Willie
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVOmnibus
1967
as Self
German Film Award
1951
as Self
MovieTwilight Park
as Grandpa Jules
Ages of the Moon
The Marshmallow Experiment
as King Dong
MovieGrown Ups 3
as Wiley
TVFar Cry
