The next year, Buscemi again collaborated with the Coen Brothers, starring as kidnapper Carl Showalter in the black comedy crime film "Fargo" starring Frances McDormand and William H. Macy. The film was a critical and commercial success debuting at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival where it competed for the Palme d'Or. Subsequently, he gained a reputation as character actor, with supporting roles in the blockbuster action films as Garland Greene in Simon West's "Con Air" (1997) and Rockhound in Michael Bay's "Armageddon" (1998). Buscemi also appeared as Donny in the Coen's cult classic black comedy film "The Big Lebowski" (1998).