Steve Buscemi was born on December 13, 1957, in Brooklyn, New York. Steve's father, John Buscemi, a Korean War veteran dreamed of becoming a cameraman his entire life but worked as a nightman. His Mother Dorothy (née Wilson) was a hostess at Howard Johnson's, the chain of American hotels. Steve Buscemi is an American actor, comedian, director, and producer. Buscemi is known for a line of successful Hollywood films, including New York Stories (1989), Reservoir Dogs (1992), Desperado (1995), Armageddon (1998), and The Big Lebowski (1998).