Steve Buscemi


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BirthPlace
12/12/1957
Brooklyn, NY
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Studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Insitute in Manhattan.
Worked as a firefighter for Manhattan's Engine Company 55 from 1980-84.
Was a member of the soccer and wrestling teams in high school.
Tried his hand at stand-up comedy, working such venues as New York's famed Improv, and appeared as an alternative comic in the Scorsese portion of 1989's New York Stories.
Made his screenwriting and directing debut with the loosely autobiographical 1996 indie Trees Lounge, in which he also starred.