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Steven Vincent Buscemi (born December 13, 1957) is an American actor. His early credits consist of significant roles in independent film productions such as Parting Glances (1986), Mystery Train (1989), In the Soup (1992), and his breakout role as Mr. Pink in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992). Buscemi has appeared in both independent and mainstream films, including Living in Oblivion (1995), Desperado (1995), Con Air (1997), Armageddon (1998), Ghost World (2001), Big Fish (2003), and The Death of Stalin (2017). Buscemi has often collaborated with the Coen brothers, appearing in Miller's Crossing (1990), Fargo (1996), and The Big Lebowski (1998). He also appeared in supporting or cameo roles in many films with Adam Sandler, including Airheads (1994), Billy Madison (1995), The Wedding Singer (1998), Mr. Deeds (2002), and Hubie Halloween (2020). He provided voice acting roles in the animated films Monsters, Inc. (2001), The Boss Baby (2017), and Transformers One (2024). Buscemi also directed the films Trees Lounge (1996), Animal Factory (2000), and Interview (2007). Buscemi has also had an extensive career in television, notably starring in the lead role of Enoch "Nucky" Thompson in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014). His performance earned him two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe and two nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award. His other television roles include Lonesome Dove (1989), The Sopranos (2004, 2006), 30 Rock (2007–2013), Horace and Pete (2016), and Miracle Workers (2019–2023).
Steve Buscemi
Tony Kirisis
for Tony Kirisis in Dead Man’s Wire (1996)
Suggested by dylanbower
The coen brothers would do a great job with this. a down on his luck guy who blames everyone for his failures, and cooks up a scheme to blackmail the bank to get the money he thinks they owe him. -the weapon of choice is bizarre, and it seems genius in idea but is very impractical in action. -how Tony was essentially parading Richard hall around town as everyone had to stand around and watch. Could amplify it by having them do mundane activities at mundane places they go to and have crowd chatter about mundane stuff. Plus I would make it an unorthodox buddy movie where the dialogue between hall and Kirisus makes it. And the core idea is “is it really a hostage situation if everyone is calm about it?” -the anticlimactic ending where after all the buildup, Hall is freed and Kirisis is arrested. Kirisis also thinks he won but he didn’t. Also look at the coin scene in no country for old men. They could have the same level of tension where the gun can go off anytime, but still have the kind of awkward conversations.
