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Steve Buscemi was born on 13 Dec 1957. The Number 13 is usually associated with an omen, and it becomes even more ominous when it falls on a Friday; however, in Steve’s case it turned out to be very lucky indeed.  The actor Steve Buscemi was born to John Buscemi, a Korean War veteran who dreamed of becoming a cameraman his entire life but worked as...

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On 11 September 2001, Hollywood actor Steve Buscemi – known for his depictions of gangsters and weirdos and once described by The Guardian as a “strangely attractive shoelace” – returned to his old job as a New York City firefighter. He worked 12-hour shifts for several days alongside other firefighters, searching for survivors in the rubble of the...

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Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11, "Boardwalk Empire" star Steve Buscemi is opening up about his post-traumatic stress from volunteering with the New York City Fire Department that fateful day. "Post-traumatic stress? Absolutely," Buscemi said on Marc Maron's "WTF" podcast Thursday. The 63-year-old actor served as a New York City firefighte...

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Actor Steve Buscemi is the latest New Yorker to get a key to the city. Before turning to acting, the Brooklyn-born Buscemi was a New York City firefighter in the early 1980s. The “Boardwalk Empire” star was given the key to New York during Mayor Bill de Blasio’s press conference Tuesday. “This is such an honor to be here with you today to receive t...

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Steven Vincent Buscemi was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, to John Buscemi, a sanitation worker and Korean War veteran, and Dorothy Buscemi, a hostess at Howard Johnson’s. Buscemi’s father was of Italian descent; his ancestors were from the town of Menfi in Sicily.  The family moved to Valley Stream in Nassau County and Buscemi gradu...

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When Steve Buscemi starred in his first episode of The Sopranos in season 5 (2004), he’d done it all as a screen actor. Between major roles in Coen rbothers movies (e.g., The Big Lebowski), his work in Hollywood blockbusters (e.g., Armageddon), and his brilliant turn in Reservoir Dogs (1992), Buscemi was an American cinema institution (still is). B...

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