Steve Buscemi is a popular American actor who has accounted for more than a hundred film roles. Among them there are both minor roles, insignificant, and the main ones, in which the man perfectly showed the versatility of his talent. Buscemi surprised everyone not only with acting, but also with directorial work. I can’t even believe that this ingenious actor doubted the correctness of the chosen path to the last and worked as an ordinary fireman in his youth.
Actor's childhood
Steve Buscemi was born in New York on December 13, 1957. John Buscemi, the actor’s father, was of Italian descent, participated in the
Korean War, and in America worked as a simple garbage man. Dorothy Buscemi, Steve's mother, was Irish by nationality, worked as a waitress. The family had four sons, so the parents had a hard time, but despite the poverty and prestige of the work of the mother and father, the children were never ashamed of this.
Even from school, Buscemi dreamed of becoming an actor, he was actively interested in theater. After leaving school, the guy entered the College of Liberal Arts, but after studying for one semester, he dropped out of school, because his parents did not have money for training. Under pressure from his father, Steve passed the documents and the necessary exams for the fireman, I had to wait three whole years for an answer.
First earnings
Before becoming a firefighter, Steve Buscemi worked as a waiter, a newspaperman, a loader, an ice cream man. It was a very difficult time in his life, but the young man did not give up hope of becoming an actor. After three years of wanderings, Buscemi was accepted into the fire service, he devoted four years of his life to this business. All this time, the guy saved and saved money to raise for training. As soon as he collected the necessary amount, he immediately quit, moved to Manhattan and entered the Theater Institute.
Movie debut
Even as a student, Steve staged plays in small city theaters, wrote scripts. In 1985, Steve Buscemi first appeared in the film. The filmography was replenished with the movie "Tommy". Then the young actor was invited to several more films, but all these were small, inconspicuous roles. For the first time, the public spoke about Buscemi after the release of Bill Sherwood's film “Farewell Views”. Steve played a musician dying of AIDS. He appeared on the screen for just a few minutes, but many remembered. They started talking about Buscemi as a young and very promising actor, since then his creative career began.
Filmography
In 1990, Steve Buscemi met with
the Coens, 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 "Reservoir Dogs." Viewers liked the characters of Buscemi from such films as Fargo, Air Prison, and Big Lebowski. An excellent role for Steve went to the Rodriguez film "Desperate." His hero scared the bartender with a Mexican with a case, which stores not a guitar, but a weapon.
The films of Steve Buscemi always amaze with the brightness and versatility of images. An actor with great responsibility approaches each of his roles, regardless of whether it is main or episodic. A man transforms into his hero, studies his character, mores, habits. For example, when Steve was given the role of a morgue worker, he visited the morgue, talked with the employees working there, and on the screen turned into an image of a specific person.
Despite the relevance and great talent, actor Steve Buscemi mainly plays secondary roles. The directors are happy to call him to him, because they are 100% sure that the actor will cope with any role. Buscemi starred in many films of
Adam Sandler, he also happened to play a major role in two seasons of the series “Underground Empire”. This role helped the actor discover his drama, show the versatility and ambiguity of the character of the hero.
Successful works also include the series “The Soprano Clan”, the action movie “Armageddon”, the dramas “Big Fish” and “Coffee and Cigarettes”, shot in 2003. The fantastic action movie Ostrov, the melodrama Paris I Love You and the drama Messenger are the best and most successful films for the actor. Steve Buscemi in every film is laid out at 100%, for this he is loved by the audience.
Directorial activity
Not only acting talent, but also directorial activity surprises the public Steve Buscemi. The biography of this extraordinary person is very unusual. What did he just have to do in his life! But still he achieved what he wanted.
Today Buscemi is a popular and sought-after American actor, actively acting in both television series and in films. In 1996, Steve tried himself as a director, his first work was the film "Rest among the Trees", in which he played a major role. Then in 2000 the action film “Animal Farm” was shot, in 2002 - the television movie “Wives of Baseball Players”, in 2005 the drama “Lone Jim” was released, in 2007 - the thriller “Interview”, in which Steve played the main character.
Personal life
The personal life of Steve Buscemi is not as intense as his creative career, but this is for the better. A man is not a type of Don Juan, changing women like gloves. Steve was lucky, he met the one and only that makes him happy for many years. Buscemi is married to famous actress and director Joe Anders. In 1997, the couple had a son, Lucian, and the boy repeatedly appeared 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 the biography
- Steve always, before agreeing to the proposed role, reads the script completely to find out what awaits his hero and whether he will remain alive at the end of the film.
- Filming in the film "Farewell Views" has largely changed Buscemi's attitude to life, his worldview as a whole. He realized that he needed to cherish every minute and be grateful for the life given.
- Steve Buscemi's eyes most attract the attention of viewers. It is they who make his appearance memorable.
- In 1997, the British magazine "Empire" recognized Buscemi one of the best actors of all time, Steve entered the list of "Top 100", which was placed in the honorable 52nd position.
- In the veins of the actor flows Italian and Irish blood.
- On September 11, 2001, after a tragedy at the New York Shopping Center, Buscemi throws all his affairs and enlisted as a volunteer to save people and clear the rubble. Together with the rescue service and his former colleagues from the fire brigade, the man continuously took out bodies and dismantled the ruins for 12 hours. However, Steve refused to give any interviews or comments.
- For the role of Seymour in the drama World of Ghosts, which was released in 2000, Steve Buscemi received many awards at various film festivals and very flattering reviews from film critics.