Steve Buscemi is an American actor known for his performances in film, and television. He has received two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, two Independent Spirit Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Buscemi is known for his collaborations with the Coen Brothers acting in five of their films starting with Miller's Crossing (1990), followed by Barton Fink (1991), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), Fargo (1996), and The Big Lebowski (1998). Buscemi is also known for his role as Mr. Pink in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992) a role for which he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. He played a lonely middle-aged man in the black comedy Ghost World (2001) for which he earned the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male and a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor â Motion Picture. He also acted in the Michael Bay films Con Air (1997) and Armageddon (1998), Tim Burton's fantasy drama Big Fish (2003), and Armando Iannucci's political black comedy The Death of Stalin (2017).
On television, he played Tony Blundetto in the HBO crime drama series The Sopranos for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. As a director, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the acclaimed episode "Pine Barrens". He took a comedic recurring guest role as private investigator Lenny Wosniak in the NBC sitcom 30 Rock (2007âÂÂ2013) for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. He was nominated in the same category for his role as a landlord in the IFC comedy series Portlandia (2014âÂÂ2017). Buscemi won won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series for the comedic web series Park Bench with Steve Buscemi (2016).
Buscemi has received numerous awards and nominations for his role as Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson in the critically acclaimed HBO drama series Boardwalk Empire, created by Martin Scorsese. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor â Television Series Drama as well as four Screen Actors Guild Awards for two consecutive Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series and two consecutive Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2011, 2012). He was also nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.