Steve Buscemi (Steve Buscemi) - the filmography and biography of the actor (photo)

Steve Buscemi is a popular American actor, on account of which there are more than a hundred films. Among them there are both minor roles, minor, and main ones, in which the man excellently showed the versatility of his talent. Buscemi surprised everyone not only with acting, but also with directorial work. I can not believe that this brilliant actor until the last doubted the correctness of the chosen path and in his youth worked as a regular firefighter.

Childhood actor

Steve Buscemi was born in New York on December 13, 1957. John Buscemi, the father of the actor, was of Italian origin, participated in the Korean War, and in America he worked as a simple scavenger. Dorothy Buscemi, Steve's mother, was Irish by nationality, working as a waitress. The family had four sons, so the parents had a hard time, but despite the poverty and neglect of the work of the mother and father, the children were never ashamed of it.

Since the school day, Buscemi dreamed of an actor's career, he was actively interested in the theater. After graduation, the boy entered the Free College of Arts, but after studying for one semester, he dropped out of school, because he did not have money to study with his parents. Under the pressure of his father Steve passed the documents and necessary examinations for the fireman, the answer had to wait for three years.

First earnings

Before becoming a fireman, Steve Buscemi worked as a waiter, a newsman, a loader, an ice cream maker. It was a very difficult time in his life, but the young man did not give up hope of becoming an actor. Three years later Buscemi's wanderings were taken to the fire brigade, he devoted this business four years of his life. All this time the guy saved and saved money to collect for training. As soon as he collected the necessary sum, immediately resigned, moved to Manhattan and entered the Theater Institute.

Debut in the cinema

As a student, Steve staged plays in small city theaters, wrote scripts. In 1985, he first appeared in the film Steve Buscemi. Filmography was replenished with the film "Tommy". Then the young actor was invited to several films, but all of these were small, subtle roles. For the first time the public started talking about Bushey after the release of Bill Sherwood's film Farewell Glances. Steve played a musician dying of AIDS. He appeared on the screen for only a few minutes, but many were remembered. About Bushey began to talk as a young and very promising actor, since then began his creative career.

Filmography

In 1990, Steve Buscemi met the Coen brothers, he starred in two films: "Miller's Crossroads" and "Barton Fink." In 1991, the actor collaborated with Quentin Tarantino, playing the role of Mr. Pink in his movie "Mad Dogs." The spectators liked the characters of Buscemi from such films as "Fargo", "Air prison", "Big Lebowski". An excellent role for Steve went to the film Rodriguez "Desperate." His hero frightened the bartender with a Mexican with a case that does not store a guitar, but a weapon.

The films of Steve Buscemi are always striking in the brightness and versatility of the images. The actor with great responsibility comes to every role, regardless of whether it's main or episodic. A man reincarnates in his hero, studies his character, customs, habits. For example, when Steve was given the role of a morgue worker, he visited the morgue, talked with the staff working there, and on the screen turned into the image of a particular person.

Despite the demand and great talent, actor Steve Buscemi basically plays secondary roles. Directors are happy to call him to themselves, because they are sure 100% - the actor will cope with any role. Buscemi starred in many films by Adam Sandler, and he also played a major role in the two seasons of the series "Underground Empire". This role helped the actor to open his drama, to show the versatility and ambiguity of the character's character.

To successful works also it is necessary to carry a serial "Clan Soprano", the insurgent "Armageddon", dramas "Big fish" and "Coffee and cigarettes", removed in 2003. Fantastic thriller "Island", the melodrama "Paris, I love you", the drama "Messenger" - for the actor this is the best and most successful films. Steve Buscemi in every film is laid out for 100%, for which he is loved by the audience.

Directing activity

Not only the actor's talent, but also the director's activity, the public is surprised by Steve Buscemi. The biography of this extraordinary man is very unusual. What he had to do in his life! But still he achieved what he wanted. Today, Buscemi is a popular and sought-after American actor, actively acting both in television series and in film. In 1996, Steve tried himself as a director, his first work was the film "Rest among the trees", in which he played the main role. Then in 2000, the shooter of "Zverofabrika" was shot, in 2002 - the television movie "The Wives of Baseball players", in 2005 the drama "Lonely Jim" was released, in 2007 - the thriller "Interview", in which Steve played the main character.

Personal life

Steve Buscemi's personal life is not as rich as his creative career, but it's for the best. A man does not belong to a type of Don Juan who changes women like gloves. Steve was lucky, he met the one and only, which makes him happy for many years. Buscemi is married to the famous actress and director Joe Anders. In 1997, the couple's son Lucian was born, the boy repeatedly starred in films with both his mother and father. Buscemi has a brother, Michael, he also became a famous actor, and he also takes an active part in all of Steve's projects.

Interesting facts from biography

• Steve always, before agreeing to the proposed role, completely reads the script to find out what his character is waiting for, and whether he will remain alive at the end of the film.
• Filming in the film "Farewell Sights" in many ways changed the attitude of Buscemi to life, his outlook in general. He realized that one should cherish every minute and be grateful for the given life.
• Steve Buscemi's eyes most of all attract attention of spectators. They make his appearance memorable.
• In 1997, the British magazine "Empire" recognized Buscemi as one of the best actors of all time, Steve entered the list of "Top 100", which was placed on the honorary 52nd position.
• In the veins of the actor flows Italian and Irish blood.
• On September 11, 2001, after the tragedy at the New York Shopping Center, Buscemi abandons all of his affairs and enlists in volunteers to save people and clear the rubble. Together with the rescue service and his former colleagues from the fire brigade, the man continuously extracted bodies and dismantled the ruins for 12 hours. However, Steve refused to give any interviews and comments.
• For the role of Seymour in the drama "The World of Ghosts", released in 2000, Steve Buscemi received many awards at various film festivals and very flattering reviews of film critics.