An American actor writer and director He was born in Brooklyn New York the son of Dorothy who worked as a hostess at Howard Johnsons and John Buscemi a sanitation worker and Korean War veteran Buscemis father was Sicilian American and his mother Irish American He has three brothers Jon Ken and Michael Buscemi was raised Roman Catholic Buscemi has starred and supported in successful Hollywood and indie films including Parting Glances 1986 New York Stories 1989 Mystery Train 1989 Reservoir Dogs 1992 Pulp Fiction 1994 Desperado 1995 Con Air 1997 Armageddon 1998 The Grey Zone 2001 Ghost World 2001 Big Fish 2003 Lean on Pete 2017 and The Death of Stalin 2017 He is also known for his appearances in many films by Coen brothers Millers Crossing 1990 Barton Fink 1991 The Hudsucker Proxy 1994 Fargo 1996 and The Big Lebowski 1998 Buscemi provides the voice of Randall Boggs in the Monsters Inc franchise From 2010 to 2014 he portrayed Enoch Nucky Thompson in the critically acclaimed series Boardwalk Empire which earned him two Screen Actors Guild Awards a Golden Globe and two nominations for an Emmy Award He made his directorial debut in 1996 with Trees Lounge in which he also starred Other works include Animal Factory 2000 Lonesome Jim 2005 and Interview 2007 Buscemi has one son Lucian with his wife Jo Andres