Steven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi is an American actor, known for his work in independent and blockbuster Hollywood films. He began acting in the late 1970s and gained recognition with his role as Nino Brown in the 1983 film "The Godfather Part III", a role that won him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He went on to appear in films such as "The Big Lebowski" (1998) and "Reservoir Dogs" (1992), and has worked frequently with director Quentin Tarantino (who cast him as Mr. Pink and Mr
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Blonde). At the time of the filming of "Reservoir Dogs", he was one of only two actors who had appeared in all three films by John Waters: "Pink Flamingos", "Serial Mom", and "Hairspray". In a 2018 interview, Buscemi said that he was told by Weinstein that he should be cast as a lead character in a Harvey Weinstein feature film.
In 2013, Buscemi's longtime friend, college classmate, and fellow actor Peter Bogdanovich expressed regret that he had not worked with Buscemi more often since they first met on the set of the 1982 film "Taps".
The two have co-starred together in five other movies: "The Last Detail"; "Shadows and Fog"; "The Big Lebowski"; "Fading Gigolo"; and "A Life Less Ordinary".