Steve Buscemi

Director, Actor

Filmography (All Films)

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Parting Glances (1986): Dir. Bill Sherwood
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Richard Ganoung; A gay classic and pioneering film of the independent movement, this is widely enjoyed as a truthful picture of gay life and relationships and also as…
Slaves of New York (1989): Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Bernadette Peters, Chris Sarandon, Mary Beth Hurt…; Screen adaptation of Tama Janowitz' cult novel about the pretensions and perversions of fashionable New Yorkers. Stars Bernadette Peters.
Lonesome Dove (TV Mini-series) (Lonesome Dove, Streets Of Laredo, Dead Man's Walk, Return to Lonesome Dove) (1989-1993): Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover…; A hefty star cast congregate for this acclaimed TV adaptation of Larry McMurtry's novel about two former Texas Rangers (Duvall, Jones) who retire to…
King of New York (1990): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes…; A ruthless drug lord (Walken) is determined to resume his throne as the king of New York's underworld after five years behind bars. A vicious crime…
Tales From The Darkside: The Movie (1990): Dir. John Harrison
Feat. Deborah Harry, Christian Slater, Steve Buscemi…; Quirky selection of stories from the popular 80s horror series TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE strung together by an inconsequential narrative and starring…
Reservoir Dogs (1992): Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi…; Partners–in–crime Keitel, Roth, Buscemi, Madsen and others reel from a botched jewel heist in an abandoned warehouse. Tarantino's…
In the Soup (1992): Dir. Alexandre Rockwell
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel, Jennifer Beals…; Steve Buscemi lends his bug–eyed innocence as a wannabee film–maker who becomes involved with a charismatic hood who promises to raise…
Ed and His Dead Mother (1992): Dir. Jonathan Wacks
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Ned Beatty; Steve Buscemi distinguishes this otherwise routine comedy–horror about about a mommie's boy who can't sever the apron strings, even after…
Airheads (1993): Dir. Michael Lehmann
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Brendan Fraser, Adam Sandler…; Three frustrated metal–heads hold a radio–station to ransom in a vain attempt to get their music played and become rock stars. The cool…
Twenty Bucks (1993): Dir. Keva Rosenfeld
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Christopher Lloyd, Brendan Fraser…; The path of a twenty dollar note connects a number of comic vignettes, most of which hit the mark. Polished up from a recently discovered 1935…
Last Outlaw, The (1994): Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Dermot Mulroney, Ted Levine…; Kiwi director's bloody Western with Rourke as a psychopathic confederate hunting down the remnants of his white trash gang.
Pulp Fiction (1994): Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman…; With just his second film, Quentin Tarantino not only became a household name but a massive cultural phenomenon. He miraculously surpasses…
Desperado (1995): Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Cheech Marin, Steve Buscemi…; Rodriguez' big–budget blow up of his cult hit EL MARIACHI, with Latino golden–boy Antonio Banderas as the vengeance–bent…
Living in Oblivion (1996): Dir. Tom DiCillo
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney; Another low–budget gem from the director of JOHNNY SUEDE, this time a deliriously cheeky backhander aimed at various icons of the indie film…
Fargo (1996): Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, William H. Macy; The gifted Coen Brothers cross two of their previous treasures – RAISING ARIZONA and BLOOD SIMPLE for this lovingly mocking tale of insurance…
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1996): Dir. Gary Fleder
Feat. Andy Garcia, Christopher Walken, Gabrielle Anwar…; Things get messy for 'good guy' Andy Garcia under the sadistic tutelage of crippled crime–boss Christopher Walken. Cool and confident…
Trees Lounge (1996): Dir. Steve Buscemi
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Chloe Sevigny, Anthony LaPaglia…; Lovelorn, unemployed mechanic Steve Buscemi drags himself downstairs each day to the local watering hole of the title for bouts of…
Con Air (1997): Dir. Simon West
Feat. Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich…; The prison genre meets the airborne thriller(!) but invigorated no end by super–slick production and direction and the ever–dependable…
Real Blonde, The (1997): Dir. Tom DiCillo
Feat. Matthew Modine, Catherine Keener, Maxwell Caulfield…; Light yet insightful lampoon of the acting/modelling industry from the director of LIVING IN OBLIVION nicely captures (and skewers) the hollowness of…
Big Lebowski, The (1998): Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore…; Rolling another warped vision down the gutter, the inscrutable minds of the Coen Brothers (FARGO, RAISING ARIZONA) endow this bowling comedy with…
Armageddon (1998): Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Bruce Willis, Steve Buscemi, Billy Bob Thornton…; After the tragedy of DEEP IMPACT, we get to witness the end of the world again, this time Jerry Bruckheimer–style (CON AIR, THE ROCK). That…
28 Days (1999): Dir. Betty Thomas
Feat. Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Diane Ladd…; Fun–loving NY journalist Sandra Bullock doesn't know when to say 'when' and gets slapped with a month in rehab after a drink driving incident.…
Animal Factory (2000): Dir. Steve Buscemi
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Tom Arnold…; Retaining the indie principles that distinguished TREES LOUNGE, dir. Buscemi crafts unflashy, insightful drama out of ex–con Edward…
Grey Zone, The (2000): Dir. Tim Blake Nelson
Feat. David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel…; Earnest examination of one of the 'greyest' moral zones of the Holocaust – the role of the Jewish Sonderkommandos in concentration camps, who…
Double Whammy (2001): Dir. Tom DiCillo
Feat. Denis Leary, Steve Buscemi, Luis Guzman…; Indie twist on classic genre material by dir. Dicillo (LIVING IN OBLIVION), with ‘rotten–luck’ cop Denis Leary enduring dodgy partners…
Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within (2001): Dir. Hironobu Sakaguchi
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, David Sutherland…; Derived from a computer game scenario, this sci–fi actioner, set on an Earth ravaged by alien invasion, is notable as the first movie to…
Monsters, Inc. (2001): Dir. Peter Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich
Feat. John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Jennifer Tilly…; Discovering that children’s screams can be converted into an energy source (‘Scream Heat’), monsters lurk in their closets to feed the…
Ghost World (2001): Dir. Terry Zwigoff
Feat. Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi…; Nothing to do with the paranormal, but everything to do with the anti–normal, this independent gem is a surprisingly endearing tale of two…
Spy Kids 2 - The Island of Lost Dreams (2002): Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Steve Buscemi…; The diminutive spies of the hit family thriller return for another colourful, goofy round of saving the day for the grownups. In team with a rival…
Laramie Project, The (2002): Dir. Moisés Kaufman
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Clea Duvall, Jeremy Davies…; Moisés Kaufman directs this film based on his own play, set in the aftermath of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, an openly gay college student in…
Coffee and Cigarettes (2004): Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Roberto Benigni, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop…; A compendium of whimsical b&w shorts from lapsidaisical indie auteur Jim Jarmusch, set around various celebrity encounters over nicotine and…
Island, The (2005): Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi…; Surprisingly effective dystopian actioner proposes a blandly synthetic future world, in which humans inhabit cities to protect themselves from the…
Lonesome Jim (2005): Dir. Steve Buscemi
Feat. Liv Tyler, Casey Affleck, Seymour Cassel…; Another droll indie gem from actor–turned–director Buscemi (TREES LOUNGE), here charting the apathetic trajectory of a listless…
Romance and Cigarettes (2005): Dir. John Turturro
Feat. James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet…; Actor John Turturro wrote, directed and self–released this bawdy and often brilliant 60's–pop–anthem–fuelled comedy musical,…
Monster House (2006): Dir. Gil Kenan
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Lee; Rollercoaster haunted–house ride for kids expertly CGI–animated around the story of three suburban teens who decide to challenge a…
Art School Confidential (2006): Dir. Terry Zwigoff
Feat. Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich…; CRUMB dir. Terry Zwigoff and comic book icon Daniel Clowes (GHOST WORLD) re–team for this darkly set, though often hilarious stakeout of the…
Paris, Je T'aime (Paris, I Love You) (2006): Dir. Olivier Assayas, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet
Feat. Fanny Ardant, Juliette Binoche, Steve Buscemi…; A prestige line–up of actors and filmmakers converge in this grand anthology of love letters to the city of romance. With each vignette…
Delirious (2006): Dir. Tom DiCillo
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Alison Lohman…; Character–driven satire focused on a paparazzo and wannabe actor trying to make it big in the industry, only to discover the price of fame in…
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007): Dir. Dennis Dugan
Feat. Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel…; Broad 'dude' comedy effort from Adam Sandler (and co.) in which a very het. New York City fireman marries his best buddy to benefit from benefit…
Igor (2008): Dir. Anthony Leondis
Feat. John Cusack, John Cleese, Steve Buscemi…; Gothic animated outing about a hunchbacked lab assistant who wants to become a mad scientist in his own right and win first place at the annual Evil…
Youth in Revolt (2009): Dir. Miguel Arteta
Feat. Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Zach Galifianakis…; Perfectly typecast, Michael Cera plays an adorable, sexually–frustrated "nice guy" who invents a trouble–making alter ego –…
Saint John of Las Vegas (2009): Dir. Hue Rhodes
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Romany Malco, Sarah Silverman…; Steve Buscemi is in his element as an ex–gambler and inveterate loser sent to Las Vegas to investigate a mysterious auto accident. Oddball…
Rage (2009): Dir. Sally Potter
Feat. Lily Cole, Steve Buscemi, Jude Law…; Another arthouse conceit from dir. Sally Potter (ORLANDO, YES), comprised entirely of monologues from insiders at New York fashion house, who recall…
Messenger, The (2009): Dir. Oren Moverman
Feat. Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone…; Ben Foster plays a troubled Iraq War veteran reassigned to the military's Casualty Notification Office in this affecting study of war on the home…
City of War (John Rabe) (2009): Dir. Florian Gallenberger
Feat. Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Bruhl, Steve Buscemi…; Riveting dramatisation of an unlikely true story in which a Nazi industrialist conspires to save the lives of 200,000 Chinese during the infamous…
Boardwalk Empire - Season 1 (TV Series) (2010): Dir. Martin Scorsese, Tim Van Patten
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly MacDonald…; Stunning period detail and the endless intrigue of organised crime characterize this marquee HBO production, centred on the empire surrounding…
Pete Smalls is Dead (2010): Dir. Alexandre Rockwell
Feat. Peter Dinklage, Mark Boone Jr., Seymour Cassel…; Indie dark horse Alexandre Rockwell (IN THE SOUP) directs this tipsy tale of Hollywood deadbeats. Peter Dinklage stars as an L.A. exile trying to…
Boardwalk Empire - Season 2 (TV Series) (2011): Feat. Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly MacDonald…; Further episodes from the marquee HBO production, centred on the Prohibition–era empire surrounding corrupt Atlantic treasurer Enoch "Nucky"…
Rampart (2011): Dir. Oren Moverman
Feat. Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Cynthia Nixon…; Woody Harrelson plays a reckless Los Angeles police officer whose corruption on the job extends to his family and personal life in this profane,…
Hotel Transylvania (2012): Dir. Genndy Tartakovsky
Feat. Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez…; Dracula, owner of a lavish "five–stake" resort, invites Frankenstein, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, the Werewolf to the 118th birthday of his…
On the Road (2012): Dir. Walter Salles
Feat. Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart…; Handsomely mounted adaptation of Kerouac's counter–culture classic of a young writer whose life is profoundly shaken by the arrival of the…
Boardwalk Empire - Season 3 (TV Series) (2012): Feat. Steve Buscemi, Kelly MacDonald, Michael Shannon…; Further episodes from the marquee HBO production, centred on the Prohibition–era empire surrounding corrupt Atlantic treasurer Enoch "Nucky"…
Incredible Burt Wonderstone, The (2013): Dir. Don Scardino
Feat. Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Jim Carrey…; Delirious parody of Las Vegas showbiz egotism in which Steve Carrell (and sidekick Steve Buscemi) must find a way back to top of their profession…
Monsters University (2013): Dir. Dan Scanlon
Feat. Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi…; Mike and Sulley's halcyon days as monsters in training are chronicled in this splendid prequel to MONSTERS, INC.
Grown Ups 2 (2013): Dir. Dennis Dugan
Feat. Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock…; For persistent crimes against cinema, humour and — possibly even humanity itself — Dennis Dugan , j’accuse! A jobbing…
Khumba (2013): Dir. Anthony Silverston
Feat. Liam Neeson, Steve Buscemi, AnnaSophia Robb…; An ostracised half–striped zebra learns to find himself in this jolly safari adventure.
Boardwalk Empire - Season 4 (TV Series) (2013): Feat. Steve Buscemi, Kelly MacDonald, Michael Shannon…; Further episodes from the marquee HBO production, centred on the Prohibition–era empire surrounding corrupt Atlantic treasurer Enoch "Nucky"…
Boardwalk Empire - Season 5 (TV Series) (2014): Feat. Steve Buscemi, Kelly MacDonald, Michael Shannon…; Final episodes from the marquee HBO production, centred on the Prohibition–era empire surrounding corrupt Atlantic treasurer Enoch "Nucky"…
Cobbler, The (2014): Dir. Tom McCarthy
Feat. Adam Sandler, Dan Stevens, Ellen Barkin…; The director of THE STATION AGENT and THE VISITOR helms this slice of magic realism about a frustrated shoemaker who finds a magical sewing machine…
Time Out of Mind (2014): Dir. Oren Moverman
Feat. Richard Gere, Ben Vereen, Jena Malone…; Richard Gere gives a committed performance in this moving saga of a homeless man desperately trying to reconcile with his estranged daughter.
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015): Dir. Genndy Tartakovsky
Feat. Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez…; More monster mayhem in this fun follow–up to the hit family comedy. This time Dracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his half…
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer (2016): Dir. Joseph Cedar
Feat. Richard Gere, Lior Ashkenazi, Hank Azaria…; Richard Gere plays a down–on–his–luck Jewish "macher" (person of high influence in circles of wealth and power) whose friend…
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (TV Series) (2017): Feat. Timothy Spall, Jack Reynor, Benedict Wong…; A cutting–edge sci–fi anthology series with stand–alone episodes based on the works of Philip K. Dick. Ten episodes: "Real Life",…
Death of Stalin, The (2017): Dir. Armando Iannucci
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine…; Outrageous "comedy of terrors" from the creator of IN THE LOOP and VEEP, set in Moscow in 1953, where Stalin has just dropped dead and his cronies…
Lean on Pete (2017): Dir. Andrew Haigh
Feat. Charlie Plummer, Chloe Sevigny, Travis Fimmel…; An unforgettably moving portrayal of the bond developed between a 15–year old boy with no knowledge of horses and an aging race horse. Directed…
Dead Don't Die, The (2019): Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton…; Zom–com from indie favourite Jim Jarmusch, assembling a stunning ensemble cast and following the police force of a small town as they struggle…
King of Staten Island, The (2020): Dir. Judd Apatow
Feat. Pete Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr…; An understated and surprisingly mature comedy charmer from director Judd Apatow about a young slacker in a state of arrested development and…

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Filmography (All Films)