Steve Buscemi Biography

Steven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi is an American actor, writer and film director.He was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Dorothy, who worked as a hostess at Howard Johnson's, and John Buscemi, a sanitation worker and Korean War veteran.Buscemi's father was Sicilian American and his mother Irish American.He has three brothers: Jon, Ken, and Michael.Buscemi was raised Roman Catholic.In April 2001, while shooting the film Domestic Disturbance in Wilmington, North Carolina, Buscemi was stabbed three times while intervening in a bar fight at Firebelly Lounge between his friend Vince Vaughn, screenwriter Scott Rosenberg and a local man, who allegedly instigated the brawl.Buscemi has one son, Lucian, with his wife Jo Andres.