Michael Buscemi
Michael Buscemi | |
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| Born | Michael Joseph Buscemi[1] February 13, 1960 |
| Occupations | Actor, director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1993–present |
Michael Joseph Buscemi (born 13 February 1960) is an American actor, director and screenwriter. He is the younger brother of actor and filmmaker Steve Buscemi.[2]
Early life and career
Buscemi was born in Brooklyn, New York, the third of four brothers. He attended Valley Stream Central High School on Long Island.[3]
He began acting in the Lower East Side during the 1980s,[4][5] around the same time as his brother, and established himself as an actor in the East Village during the 1990s.[6]
Buscemi made his screen debut in the 1993 short film Happy Hour. He has since appeared in several independent and low-budget productions, including Trees Lounge (1996), Animal Factory (2000) and 13 Moons (2002), all directed by or co-starring his brother Steve. In Trees Lounge and Interview, he played the brother of Steve Buscemi’s character.
Buscemi also appeared in the television series The Sopranos in 1999 and had a recurring role in Nurse Jackie, directed by his brother, as a psychotic man who believes he is God.[7] He appeared alongside Adam Sandler in the comedies I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007) and Blended (2014).
In 2012, Buscemi wrote, directed and starred in the short film B61, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.[8][5]
Filmography
Film
- You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023)
- Blackout (2023)
- Duo (short) (2020)
- Hey! Aren’t You Garrett Crest? (2019)
- Smothered by Mothers (2019)
- Abnormal Attraction (2018)
- BlacKkKlansman (2018)
- MGMT: Me and Michael (short) (2018)
- The Pros of Cons (TV film) (2017)
- The Holdouts (TV film) (2017)
- The Girl Who Invented Kissing (2017)
- The Karma Club (2016)
- Time Out of Mind (2014)
- Blended (2014)
- B61 (short) (2012)
- Being Flynn (2012)
- Sarina’s Song (short) (2011)
- Mauselehome Sweet Home (short) (2010)
- Two Birds (short) (2010)
- Yes, Virginia (short, TV film; voice) (2009)
- Dos C (short) (2009)
- Veneer (short) (2008)
- Japan (2008)
- Anamorph (2007)
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
- Interview (2007)
- The Collection (2005)
- Searching for Bobby D (2005)
- Lonesome Jim (2005)
- Personal Sergeant (2004)
- Replay (voice) (2003)
- Five Years (2002)
- 13 Moons (2002)
- Reveille (short) (2001)
- Acts of Worship (2001)
- Margarita Happy Hour (2001)
- Happy Accidents (2000)
- Animal Factory (2000)
- Cross-Eyed (1999)
- Habit (1997)
- Trees Lounge (1996)
- Black Kites (short) (1996)
- Café Babel (short) (1995)
- Dawg (short) (1995)[9]
- River of Grass (1994)
- Happy Hour (short) (1993)
- The Gun Is Loaded (short) (1989)
Television
- Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (one episode, 2023)
- Gotham (one episode, 2017)
- The Night Of (two episodes, 2016)
- Park Bench with Steve Buscemi (18 episodes, 2014–2015)
- Nurse Jackie (eight episodes, 2009–2015)
- Orange Is the New Black (one episode, 2015)
- Mr. Robot (one episode, 2015)
- Blue Bloods (one episode, 2014)
- Sex and the City (one episode, 2002)
- The Job (one episode, 2002)
- The Sopranos ("Meadowlands", one episode, 1999)
- New York Undercover (one episode, 1998)
References
- ^ "Michael Joseph Buscemi" (in French). Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ The Philosopher at the Bus Stop
- ^ Jurgensen, John (9 June 2014). "Actor Buscemi and His Guests Talk, but It's Not Quite a Talk Show". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ "Tribeca Film Festival entry for B61".
{{cite web}}: Check|archive-url=value (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Solomon, Serena (20 April 2012). "Filmmaker Captures Quirks of B61 Bus Route for Tribeca Film Festival". DNAinfo.com New York. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ Zax, David (10 July 2015). "How Art Imitates Life on "Park Bench with Steve Buscemi"". Fast Company. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ^ "God Returns and Chaos Is Everywhere. Review: Nurse Jackie – "Are Those Feathers?"". 10 June 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ Croghan, Lore (18 April 2012). "Michael Buscemi's Tribeca Film Fest Flick Pays Rueful Homage to Brooklyn's B61 Bus". Daily News. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ Dawg