Steven Vincent Buscemi turned 55 on December 13th. He worked as a firefighter while attending the Lee Strasberg Institute in the 80s. His first role in a motion picture was in Parting Glances, for which he received praise. He received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Male in Jim Jarmusch’s Mystery Train (1989). In 1990, he played one of Laurence Fishburne’s henchman in Abel Ferrara’s King of New York, and a similar role in the Coen Brothers’ gem Miller’s Crossing (the first of six Coen Brothers’ films he would appear in).
Steve Buscemi’s breakthrough role arrived when he played Mr. Pink in Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs (1992), for which he won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor. Some of Buscemi’s most memorable performances come from films where he played hysteric and sociopathic characters, including Con Air, Armageddon, Fargo, and Ghost World (for which he won a slew of awards, including an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor). He has also starred in Monster’s Inc., The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, Big Fish, Billy Madison, and The Wedding Singer (a total of seven Adam Sandler films, in fact). Buscemi has also appeared in multiple television shows, including The Sopranos. He currently stars in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire, playing a corrupt Atlantic City politician set in the Prohibition era, and has won the Golden Globe and SAG awards for his performance.
Buscemi will star in two sequels – Monster’s University and Grown Ups 2 – as well as The Incredible Burt Wonderstone in 2013.
My Circuit 3 for Steve Buscemi:
- Reservoir Dogs (1992)
- Fargo (1996)
- Miller’s Crossing (1990)
What three Steve Buscemi films are your favorite/best? View his entire filmography here.
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Categories: Circuit 3
Tags: big fish, Boardwalk Empire, circuit 3, Monster's Inc., Reservoir Dogs, Steve Buscemi
Tags: big fish, Boardwalk Empire, circuit 3, Monster's Inc., Reservoir Dogs, Steve Buscemi
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1. Fargo
2. Reservoir Dogs
3. Big Fish
John Rivera(Quote) (Reply)
1. Pulp Fiction
2. The Big Lebowski
3. Fargo
Joseph Braverman(Quote) (Reply)
1. Reservoir Dogs
2. Big Fish
3. Interview
Joey Magidson(Quote) (Reply)
His work in Boardwalk Empire towers greatly over the remainder of his body of work.
Rohit Ramachandran(Quote) (Reply)
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Reservoir Dogs
3. Fargo
Evan(Quote) (Reply)
I should have put a disclaimer in there for Pulp Fiction. That would be a clear cut #1 for me, but he is in it so little that I didn’t rank it in my 3. Just in case you were wondering why I didn’t.
Mark Johnson(Quote) (Reply)
One of my very favorite actors:
1. Trees Lounge
2. Reservoir Dogs
3. The Messenger
I’m surprised no one has mentioned Ghost World, one of his most acclaimed performances.
Steve Glansberg(Quote) (Reply)