Steve Buscemi

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Steve Buscemi at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
Buscemi in 1996

Steven "Steve" Vincent Buscemi (preferred pronunciation of the actor himself [bʉˈsɛmi] , Italian [buʃˈʃɛːmi] ; born December 13, 1957 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is an American film and stage actor and director . With his unmistakable physiognomy and facial expressions , he is preferred as an actor for neurotic and paranoid characters and loser types. In the film Fargo , for example , the Carl Showalter he played is repeatedly described as "somehow weird".

Since Buscemi mostly plays supporting roles, he was spoken by almost 20 different voice actors in the German film versions. Santiago Ziesmer lent him his voice most often .

Life

After graduating from Valley Stream High School in Nassau County on Long Island , Steve Buscemi began working as a movers, ice cream vendor, and firefighter. Besides, he took lessons at the renowned New York Lee Strasberg - Schauspielstudio . First stage experience he gained as a standup -Comedian and performance artists . During one of his appearances he met his future wife Jo Andres.

In 1984 Buscemi made his screen debut in The Way It Is . He played his first major role two years later in the AIDS drama Farewell Glances from his sponsor Bill Sherwood . After minor appearances in Miami Vice and LA Law , he worked for Miller's Crossing for the first time with the Coen brothers in 1990, under whose direction he was seen a total of six times.

In 1992, Buscemi made his breakthrough with Barton Fink (Coen brothers) and above all Quentin Tarantino's debut film Reservoir Dogs . He received the Independent Spirit Award for his portrayal of Mr. Pink . Since then he has been considered one of the greatest stars of independent cinema and quirky comedies.

In the mid-1990s he appeared in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (as a waiter), The Afterlife in Denver and Robert Rodriguez 's Desperado . He continued his collaboration with the Coens from 1994 with Hudsucker - Der große Sprung , Fargo and The Big Lebowski . Thanks to his high level of popularity, people wanted to shoot mainstream productions like Con Air , Armageddon and Big Daddy with him . In 1996 he wrote the screenplay for Trees Lounge , which he also directed and which was shown at the Cannes Film Festival .

In 2000 he was a model for Hennes & Mauritz .

After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 , after more than 15 years, he worked again as a firefighter to clear debris at Ground Zero in twelve-hour shifts.

From 2001 he worked regularly as a director on the successful US television series The Sopranos , in which he also took on a continuous role in the fifth season. Since September 2010, he has appeared on the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire . There he played the main role of Enoch "Nucky" Thompson , whom Enoch L. Johnson served as a model.

Steve Buscemi's brother Michael Buscemi is also an actor, for example in Interview (2007), Chuck and Larry - Like Fire and Flame (2007), Trees Lounge (1996), Ready for Vacation (2014) or Oscar winner BlacKkKlansman (2018).

Steve Buscemi was married to actress Jo Andres from 1987 until her death in 2019, with whom he has a son named Lucian (* 1990).

Filmography (selection)

As an actor

As a director

  • 1996: Trees Lounge - The bar where everything turns (Trees Lounge)
  • 2000: The Animal Factory - Revenge of a Condemned Man (Animal Factory)
  • 2004–2006: The Sopranos ( The Sopranos , episodes: Pine Barrens, Everybody Hurts, In Camelot, Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request ...)

Awards

Buscemi at the premiere of John Rabe at the Berlinale 2009

Buscemi is a two-time Independent Spirit Award winner for his roles in Reservoir Dogs and Ghost World . For the latter, he was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award in 2002. In 2009 he was nominated for the German Film Prize for his supporting role in John Rabe .

As a leading actor in the television series Boardwalk Empire , he received a Golden Globe in 2011 and a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2011 and 2012 ; In 2011 and 2012 he was nominated for an Emmy Award.

Web links

Commons : Steve Buscemi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Steve Buscemi on the pronunciation of his name on an episode of the talk show Live! with Regis and Kelly
  2. ↑ Steve Buscemi. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
  3. ↑ cf. German Film Award: An overview of the nominations at welt.de, March 13, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Buscemi, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buscemi, Steve Vincent (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film and stage actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City , USA