Steve Buscemi
Throughout the decades of prolific work that followed Steve Buscemi's rise from the East Village arts boon of the 1980s, he stayed close to his roots in avant-garde film, but he also made a dent at the multiplex in character roles in big budget comedies and action films. Buscemi's predilection for off-kilter criminal minds, inept underachievers, and sad sack loners was only boosted by his non-traditional looks, lending his characters an air of realism. In addition to career-making roles in "Reservoir Dogs" (1992), "Fargo" (1996), "Con-Air" (1997) and "Ghost World" (2001), Buscemi gained prominence as a director following his feature debut, "Trees Lounge" (1997). From 2000-04, he was highly regarded for his work directing and acting on HBO's megahit series "The Sopranos" and, following his demise on the show, resumed his average of five film appearances a year. In 2010, he toplined the Martin Scorsese-produced HBO series "Boardwalk Empire," receiving critical kudos for his layered performance in the Prohibition-era series. With an ever-growing résumé of memorable parts and no lack of quality filmmakers knocking down his door, the quirky Buscemi became one of the most dependable character actors of his generation.
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Steve Buscemi
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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89% |
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Transformers One | Starscream (Voice) | $58.6M | 2024 |
67% | No Score Yet | The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer |
Unknown (Character), Producer |
- | 2024 |
77% | No Score Yet | Day of the Fight | Uncle (Character) | - | 2023 |
21% |
|
Vacation Friends 2 | Reese Hackford (Character) | - | 2023 |
74% |
|
The Listener |
Director, Producer |
- | 2022 |
75% |
|
The Year Between | Don (Character) | - | 2022 |
47% |
|
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania | Wayne (Voice) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonnie | Self | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | L.A.: A Queer History | Narrator | - | 2021 |
76% |
|
The King of Staten Island | Papa (Character) | - | 2020 |
54% |
|
The Dead Don't Die | Farmer Frank Miller (Character) | $6.5M | 2019 |
82% |
|
Puzzle | Executive Producer | $2.0M | 2018 |
62% |
|
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Wayne (Voice) | $167.5M | 2018 |
86% |
|
Nancy | Leo (Character) | $80.1K | 2018 |
26% |
|
The Week Of | Charles (Character) | - | 2018 |
90% |
|
Lean on Pete | Del (Character) | $1.2M | 2017 |
95% |
|
The Death of Stalin | Nikita Khrushchev (Character) | $8.0M | 2017 |
53% |
|
The Boss Baby | Francis Francis (Voice) | $174.9M | 2017 |
87% |
|
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer | Rabbi Blumenthal (Character) | $3.8M | 2016 |
0% |
|
The Ridiculous 6 | Doc Griffin (Character) | - | 2015 |
57% |
|
Hotel Transylvania 2 | Wayne (Voice) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
|
My Depression: The Up and Down and Up of It | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2014 |
80% |
|
Time Out of Mind | Building Manager (Character) | $162.3K | 2014 |
10% |
|
The Cobbler | Jimmy the Barber (Character) | - | 2014 |
44% |
|
Khumba | Skalk (Voice) | - | 2013 |
92% |
|
Medora | Executive Producer | - | 2013 |
80% |
|
Monsters University | Randy Boggs (Voice) | $268.5M | 2013 |
37% |
|
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone | Anton Marvelton (Character) | $22.5M | 2013 |
45% |
|
Hotel Transylvania | Wayne (Voice) | $167.9M | 2012 |
73% |
|
Rampart | Bill Blago (Character) | $969.2K | 2011 |
82% |
|
The Love We Make | Unknown (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Chosen One | Unknown (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
|
Pete Smalls Is Dead | Bernie Lake (Character) | - | 2010 |
10% |
|
Grown Ups | Wiley (Character) | $162.0M | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chosen One | Neal (Character) | - | 2010 |
83% |
|
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Unknown (Character) | - | 2009 |
75% |
|
John Rabe | Dr. Robert Wilson (Character) | $67.3K | 2009 |
82% |
|
Handsome Harry | Thomas Kelley (Character) | $22.9K | 2009 |
23% |
|
Saint John of Las Vegas |
John (Character), Executive Producer |
$100.7K | 2009 |
66% |
|
Youth in Revolt | George Twisp (Character) | $15.3M | 2009 |
90% |
|
The Messenger | Dale Martin (Character) | $1.1M | 2009 |
44% |
|
Rage | Frank (Character) | - | 2009 |
21% |
|
G-Force | Bucky (Voice) | $119.4M | 2009 |
40% |
|
Igor | Scamper (Voice) | $19.5M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Excavating Taylor Mead | Narrator | - | 2008 |
89% |
|
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten | Unknown (Character) | $248.2K | 2007 |
58% |
|
Interview |
Pierre Peders (Character), Director, Writer |
$416.4K | 2007 |
15% |
|
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry | Clint Fitzer (Character) | $119.7M | 2007 |
19% |
|
I Think I Love My Wife | George (Character) | $12.5M | 2007 |
83% |
|
Delirious | Les Galantine (Character) | $86.0K | 2006 |
86% |
|
Paris, je t'aime | Le touriste (Character) | $4.9M | 2006 |
79% |
|
Charlotte's Web | Templeton (Voice) | $82.5M | 2006 |
36% |
|
Art School Confidential | Broadway Bob (Character) | $3.3M | 2006 |
74% |
|
Monster House | Nebbercracker (Voice) | $73.7M | 2006 |
53% |
|
Romance & Cigarettes | Angelo (Character) | $540.1K | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
|
Champion | Self | - | 2005 |
61% |
|
Lonesome Jim |
Director, Producer |
$154.1K | 2005 |
39% |
|
The Island | McCord (Character) | $35.8M | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
|
Nobody Wants Your Film | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who's the Top? | Cymon (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 1/2 | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
52% |
|
Home on the Range | Wesley (Voice) | - | 2004 |
63% |
|
Coffee and Cigarettes | Waiter (Character) | $2.0M | 2003 |
76% |
|
Big Fish | Norther Winslow (Character) | $66.3M | 2003 |
45% |
|
Spy Kids 3: Game Over | Romero (Character) | $111.8M | 2003 |
18% |
|
Love in the Time of Money | Martin Kunkle (Character) | $6.3K | 2002 |
92% |
|
The Laramie Project | Doc O'Connor (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
|
13 Moons | Bananas the Clown (Character) | - | 2002 |
75% |
|
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams | Romero (Character) | $85.6M | 2002 |
22% |
|
Mr. Deeds | Crazy Eyes (Character) | $126.2M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 9/11 | Unknown (Character) | - | 2002 |
69% |
|
The Grey Zone | Abramowics (Character) | $507.4K | 2001 |
30% |
|
Double Whammy | Jerry Cubbins (Character) | - | 2001 |
93% |
|
Ghost World | Seymour (Character) | $6.2M | 2001 |
96% |
|
Monsters, Inc. | Randall (Voice) | $494.0K | 2001 |
23% |
|
Domestic Disturbance | Ray Coleman (Character) | $45.2M | 2001 |
44% |
|
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Neil (Voice) | $32.1M | 2001 |
83% |
|
Animal Factory |
A.R. Hosspack (Character), Director, Producer |
- | 2000 |
33% |
|
28 Days | Cornell (Character) | $37.0M | 2000 |
39% |
|
Big Daddy | Homeless Guy (Character) | $163.5M | 1999 |
63% |
|
The Impostors | Happy Franks (Character) | $2.2M | 1998 |
80% |
|
Divine Trash | Unknown (Character) | $39.8K | 1998 |
43% |
|
Armageddon | Rockhound (Character) | $201.6M | 1998 |
80% |
|
The Big Lebowski | Donny (Character) | $17.4M | 1998 |
72% |
|
The Wedding Singer | David Veltri (uncredited) (Character) | $80.2M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Louis & Frank | Drexel (Character) | - | 1998 |
58% |
|
Con Air | Garland 'The Marietta Mangler' Greene (Character) | $101.1M | 1997 |
60% |
|
Kansas City | Johnny Flynn (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Search for One-Eye Jimmy | Ed Hoyt (Character) | $19.4K | 1996 |
81% |
|
Trees Lounge |
Tommy (Character), Director, Writer |
$673.3K | 1996 |
54% |
|
John Carpenter's Escape From L.A. | Map to the Stars Eddie (Character) | $25.5M | 1996 |
95% |
|
Fargo | Carl Showalter (Character) | $24.5M | 1996 |
37% |
|
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Mister Shhh (Character) | $232.2K | 1995 |
70% |
|
Desperado | Buscemi (Character) | $24.9M | 1995 |
86% |
|
Living in Oblivion | Nick Reve (Character) | $48.0K | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
|
Somebody to Love | Mickey (Character) | $10.3K | 1994 |
29% |
|
Airheads | Rex (Character) | $4.9M | 1994 |
63% |
|
The Hudsucker Proxy | Beatnik Barman at Ann's 440 (Character) | $2.1M | 1994 |
67% |
|
Floundering | Ned (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Last Outlaw | Philo (Character) | - | 1993 |
75% |
|
Twenty Bucks | Frank (Character) | $30.7K | 1993 |
50% |
|
Ed and His Dead Mother | Ed Chilton (Character) | - | 1993 |
33% |
|
Rising Sun | Willy "the Weasel" Wilhelm (Character) | $62.5M | 1993 |
83% |
|
In the Soup | Aldolpho Rollo (Character) | $13.9K | 1992 |
90% |
|
Reservoir Dogs | Mr. Pink (Character) | $2.5M | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
|
CrissCross | Louis (Character) | $2.7M | 1992 |
33% |
|
Zandalee | OPP Man (Character) | - | 1991 |
36% |
|
Billy Bathgate | Irving (Character) | $15.5M | 1991 |
89% |
|
Barton Fink | Chet (Character) | $5.7M | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Claude | Unknown (Character) | $1.7K | 1991 |
46% |
|
Tales From the Darkside: The Movie | Bellingham (segment "Lot 249") (Character) | $15.4M | 1990 |
89% |
|
Mystery Train | Charlie the Barber (Character) | - | 1989 |
22% |
|
Slaves of New York | Wilfredo (Character) | $294.4K | 1989 |
76% |
|
New York Stories | Gregory Stark (Character) | $10.6M | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
|
Call Me | Switchblade (Character) | $58.3K | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
|
Kiss Daddy Goodnight | Johnny (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | No Picnic | Unknown (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
|
Heart | Nicky (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Arena Brains | The Agent (Character) | - | 1987 |
90% |
|
Parting Glances | Nick (Character) | - | 1986 |
TV
Credit | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
94% | 71% | Fantasmas | Q (Character) | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2016 2018-2019 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sopranos (With Audio Commentary) | Tony Blundetto (Character) | 2001 2004 2006-2007 2024 |
56% | 64% | Krapopolis | Hephaestus (Guest Voice) | 2023 |
84% | 77% | Miracle Workers |
Edward (Character), Executive Producer |
2019-2021 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | StoryBots: Answer Time | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 18% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2020-2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? | Unknown (Voice) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2015 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2014 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Elena of Avalor | Saloso (Guest Voice) | 2018 |
72% | 75% | Electric Dreams | Ed Morris (Character) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 68% | SpongeBob SquarePants | Dorsal Dan (Guest Voice) | 2017 |
94% | 81% | Portlandia |
Unknown (Guest Star), Director |
2011 2014-2017 |
96% | 91% | Horace and Pete | Pete Wittel (Character) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Bob's Burgers | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Guest | 2003 2015 |
92% | 95% | Boardwalk Empire | Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (Character) | 2010-2014 |
100% | 78% | Late Show With David Letterman | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Last Week Tonight With John Oliver | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2011 2013 |
78% | 92% | 30 Rock | Lenny Wosniak (Guest Star) | 2007 2009 2012-2013 |
83% | No Score Yet | Rock Center With Brian Williams | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1998 2011 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2011 |
81% | 88% | Nurse Jackie | Director | 2009 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who Do You Think You Are? | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Art Masterson (Guest Star) | 2008 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Dwight (Guest Voice) | 2003 2007 |
92% | 96% | The Sopranos |
Tony Blundetto (Character), Director |
2001-2002 2004 2006 |
93% | 95% | Oz | Director | 1999 2001 |
91% | 90% | Homicide: Life on the Street |
Unknown (Guest Star), Director |
1995 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Drew Carey Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
82% | 90% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mad About You | Howie (Guest Star) | 1992 |
71% | 89% | Miami Vice | Rickles (Guest Star) | 1986 |