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Steven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi ( born December 13, 1957) is an American actor and film director. Buscemi has starred and supported in successful Hollywood and indie films, including ''Parting Glances'', ''New York Stories'', ''Mystery Train'', ''Reservoir Dogs'', ''Desperado'', ''Con Air'', ''Armageddon'', ''The Grey Zone'', ''Ghost World'', ''Big Fish'', and ''The Sopranos''. He is also known for his appearances in many films by the Coen brothers: ''Miller's Crossing'', ''Barton Fink'', ''The Hudsucker Proxy'', ''Fargo'', and ''The Big Lebowski''. Buscemi provides the voice of Randall Boggs in the ''Monsters, Inc.'' franchise. From 2010 to 2014, he portrayed Enoch "Nucky" Thompson in the critically acclaimed series ''Boardwalk Empire'', which earned him two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe, and two nominations for an Emmy Award. He made his directorial debut in 1996, with ''Trees Lounge'', in which he also starred. Other works include ''Animal Factory'' (2000), ''Lonesome Jim'' (2005) and ''Interview'' (2007). He has also directed numerous episodes of TV shows, including ''Homicide: Life on the Street'', ''The Sopranos'', ''Oz'', ''30 Rock'', and ''Nurse Jackie''. He currently hosts the Emmy Award-nominated AOL On comedy talk-show ''Park Bench''. ==Early life== Buscemi was born in Brooklyn, New York, to John Buscemi, a sanitation worker and Korean War veteran, and Dorothy (née Wilson), who worked as a host at Howard Johnson's. Buscemi's father was of Italian descent; his ancestors were from the town of Menfi in Sicily. Buscemi's mother was of Irish, English, and Dutch ancestry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Film Society of Lincoln Center )〕 He has three brothers: Jon, Ken, and Michael. Buscemi was raised Roman Catholic.〔 He graduated in 1975 from Valley Stream Central High School in Nassau County, New York, a school which he attended with actress Patricia Charbonneau. In high school, Buscemi wrestled for the varsity squad and participated in the drama troupe. Buscemi's 1996 film ''Trees Lounge'', in which he not only starred but served as screenwriter and director, is set in and was largely shot in his childhood village of Valley Stream.〔Delatiner, Barbara. ("Cinema Arts Film Festival Stresses the Independents" ), ''The New York Times'', June 1, 1997. Retrieved November 1, 2007.〕 Buscemi briefly attended Nassau Community College before moving to Manhattan to enroll in the Lee Strasberg Institute. In 1980, Buscemi became a firefighter in New York City, after taking a civil service test in 1976 when he was 18. For four years, Buscemi served on FDNY's Engine Co. 55 in Manhattan's Little Italy.〔 〕 After 9/11, Buscemi returned to Engine 55 and for several days worked 12-hour shifts alongside other firefighters to sift through the rubble from the World Trade Center. In 2003, he gave a speech supporting higher wages for firefighters at a union rally. In 2014, he was appointed as an Honorary Battalion Chief of the FDNY.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Twitter )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steve Buscemi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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