Steve Buscemi

Steven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi is an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and former firefighter, known for his distinctive wry, deadpan voice. He is best known for his film and television roles, including portraying Chet in , Donny Kerabatsos in (both with John Goodman), Romero in the franchise, Tony Blundetto in the crime drama series , and Enoch "Nucky" Thompson in the HBO period crime drama series . He is also well-known for voicing Templeton the Rat in the live-action remake of , Horace Nebbercracker in the Columbia Pictures animated film (both released in 2006), Scamper in the 2008 MGM sci-fi animated film , and Wayne the werewolf in ' .
For Disney, he voiced Randall Boggs in the 2001 Disney/Pixar film Monsters, Inc. and reprised this role in the 2013 prequel Monsters University, sequel television series Monsters At Work and in several video games. He also voiced Mr. Wesley in the 2004 Disney animated feature film Home on the Range and Bucky the hamster in the 2009 spy-fi film G-Force. Additionally, he voiced Saloso in the Elena of Avalor episode "The Tides of Change".
For Touchstone Pictures, he played Gregory Stark in the 1989 anthology film New York Stories, Irving Nitzberg in the 1991 gangster film , Garland "The Marietta Mangler" Greene in the 1997 action film Con Air, and Rockhound in the 1998 sci-fi disaster film Armageddon.
Steven Vincent Buscemi was born on December 13, 1957, in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, to Dorothy (née Wilson) and John Buscemi. His father was a sanitation worker and served in the Korean War, and his mother was a hostess at Howard Johnson's. Buscemi's paternal ancestors were from the town of Menfi in Sicily, Italy and his mother is of English and Dutch ancestry. He has three brothers: Jon, Ken and Michael. Michael is also an actor, whose most notable role to date was as Officer Jimmy in BlacKkKlansman (2018). Buscemi was raised Catholic.
When Buscemi was 10 years old, the family moved from East New York to Valley Stream in Nassau County. Buscemi graduated in 1975 from Valley Stream Central High School along with future writer Edward J. Renehan Jr. and future actress Patricia Charbonneau. In high school, Buscemi wrestled for the varsity squad and participated in the drama troupe. (Buscemi's 1996 film Trees Lounge, in which he starred and served as screenwriter and director, is set in and was largely shot in his childhood village of Valley Stream.) Buscemi briefly attended Nassau Community College before moving to Manhattan to enroll in the Lee Strasberg Institute.
==Roles==
Profile - Randall Boggs.jpeg|Randall Boggs(Monsters, Inc. franchise)
Wesley.jpg|Mr. Wesley(Home on the Range)
Bucky the Hamster.jpg|Bucky(G-Force)
Saloso.png|Saloso(Elena of Avalor)
LeeyfM4.jpg|Garland "The Marietta Mangler" Greene(Con Air)
Profile -Rockhound.jpg|Rockhound(Armageddon)
==Gallery==
Steve Buscemi behind the scenes Monsters Inc.jpg|Steve Buscemi behind the scenes of Monsters, Inc..
Steve Buscemi behind the scenes HotR.jpg|Steve Buscemi behind the scenes of Home on the Range.
220px-Steve Buscemi 2009 portrait.jpg|Steve Buscemi attending the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.
Steve Buscemi behind the scenes MU.jpg|Steve Buscemi behind the scenes of Monsters University.
Steve Buscemi & Kelly MacDonald at Boardwalk Empire S4 premiere.jpg|Steve Buscemi and Kelly Macdonald attending the season 4 premiere in September 2013.
Steve Buscemi Jo Andres.jpg|Steve Buscemi with his wife, Jo Andres, attending the event in February 2015.
Steve Buscemi visits Jimmy Fallon.jpg|Steve Buscemi visiting in August 2015.
Steve Buscemi TIFF17.jpg|Steve Buscemi attending the 2017 Toronto International Film Fest.
Steve Buscemi Winter TCA19.jpg|Steve Buscemi speaks at the panel during the 2019 Winter TCA Tour.
Steve Buscemi 26th SAG.jpg|Steve Buscemi speaks at the 26th annual Screen Actors' Guild Awards in January 2020.
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