History Creator / SteveBuscemi

In a career spanning over thirty years, Buscemi has carved himself a niche playing an assortment of freaks, losers, weirdos, creeps, and psychos. It is possible that his role as [[Film/{{Fargo}} a man who gets fed through a woodchipper]] may well have him forever pegged as that "kinda funny lookin'" guy.

* ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' (1998) — Rockhound

* LunaticLoophole: ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'', ''Film/ConAir'', ''Film/ReservoirDogs''.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Many of his characters, but ''Film/{{Fargo}}'''s Carl Showalter stands out. Also best shown in an episode of ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' where his character is a pretentious longshoreman with delusions of genius who talks down to the detectives whom he views as inferior. They bring in his copy of a Greek manuscript which he cannot read but which Pembleton, who's been playing thick in accordance with Buscemi's racism, can. Averted in his later career: He gets to play characters in ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'', ''Film/SpyKids'', ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'', and others who really are as smart as they think they are.

* DeadpanSnarker: His dialogue in most of his roles is drenched with sarcasm.

* ''Film/AnimalFactory'' (2000) - AR Hockmann (also director)

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[[caption-width-right:285:Not Creator/JohnWaters.]]

In a career spanning over thirty years, Buscemi has carved himself a niche playing an assortment of freaks, losers, weirdos, creeps, and psychos. It may be possible that his role as [[Film/{{Fargo}} a man who gets fed through a woodchipper]] will have him forever pegged as that "kinda funny lookin'" guy.

In addition to his work as an actor, he has also directed a number of feature films and several episodes of ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'', ''Series/{{OZ}}'', ''Series/NurseJackie'' and ''Series/TheSopranos'', notably the celebrated "Pine Barrens" episode.

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[[caption-width-right:280:Not Creator/JohnWaters.]]

Steven Vincent Buscemi (born December 13, 1957) is a character actor beloved of Creator/TheCoenBrothers, Creator/AdamSandler, Creator/QuentinTarantino, and anyone and anything related to the world of Independent cinema.

* MemeticMutation:
** [[Series/ThirtyRock How do you do, fellow tropers]]?
** [[Website/{{Reddit}} TIL Steve Buscemi served as a firefighter during 9/11]].
** [[Film/SpyKids Do you think God stays in Heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created]]?
** [[WebVideo/RebelTaxi Played by Steve Buscemi]].
** [[Film/TheDeathOfStalin You are accused of treason and anti Soviet behavior. The court finds you guilty and sentences you to be shot.]]
** His appearance in ''Film/MrDeeds'', due to his character's FishEyes.
** [[Series/TheSopranos M'BOY ARE YOU FAT!]]

* ItsPronouncedTroPay: He pronounces his last name as "boo-se-mee" and there's a lot of fans who say "boo-sheh-mee". His ancestral town of Sicily says "boo-shay-mee", which is closer to the latter's pronunciation.

* ''Series/MiracleWorkers'' (2019) — God

* HiddenDepths: He served as a volunteer firefighter before becoming an actor, and famously aided in relief efforts following the 9/11 attacks. Even that tidbit wasn't made public until years after the fact because he didn't want to make a spectacle of it.

Prior to his acting career, Buscemi was a volunteer firefighter with the FDNY. On 9/11, he dropped everything he was doing and went to help out his old firehouse once news of the attack broke.

* HiddenDepths: He served as a volunteer firefighter before becoming an actor, and famously aided in relief efforts following the 9/11 attacks.

* ItsPronouncedTroPay: He pronounces it as "boo-se-mee" and there's a lot of fans who say "boo-sheh-mee". His ancestral town of Sicily says "boo-shay-mee", which is closer to the latter's pronunciation.

Steven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi (born December 13, 1957 in [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Brooklyn, NY]]) is a character actor beloved of Creator/TheCoenBrothers, Creator/AdamSandler, Creator/QuentinTarantino, and anyone and anything related to the world of Independent cinema.