FrameThrower · Actors · Steve Buscemi
Steve Buscemi
25 films · 1,856 frames · top-billed in 6 · 1989–2022
Born 13 December 1957 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Steven Vincent Buscemi is an American actor. His early credits consist of significant roles in independent film productions such as Parting Glances (1986), Mystery Train (1989), In the Soup (1992), and his breakout role as Mr. Pink in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992). Buscemi has appeared in both independent and mainstream films, including Living in Oblivion (1995), Desperado (1995), Con Air (1997), Armageddon (1998), Ghost World (2001), Big Fish (2003), and The Death of Stalin (2017).
Buscemi has often collaborated with the Coen brothers, appearing in Miller's Crossing (1990), Fargo (1996), and The Big Lebowski (1998).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 25 films · 1,856 frames · top-billed in 6 · 1989–2022
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama2011
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series2012
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series2012
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series2011
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male2002
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male1993
- Film Independent Spirit Awards1992
- National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor2001
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,856 frames from the 25 films we hold. This is the look of the work Steve takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 25 films we hold, 50% of their frames are night, 41% natural — the look of the work Steve takes.
Time of day
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
The Boss Baby
2017 · Francis E. Francis (voice)
The Death of Stalin
2017 · Nikita Khrushchev
Paris, Je T’Aime
2006 · Touriste (Tuileries)
Ghost World
2001 · Seymour
Fargo
1996 · Carl Showalter
Trees Lounge
1996 · Tommy
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
2022 · Wayne (voice)
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018 · Wayne (voice)
Lean on Pete
2017 · Del
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2016 · Rabbi Blumenthal
Hotel Transylvania 2
2015 · Wayne (voice)
Grown Ups 2
2013 · Wiley
Rampart
2011 · Bill Blago
Youth In Revolt
2009 · George Twisp
Monster House
2006 · Nebbercracker (voice)
The Island
2005 · James 'Mac' McCord
Coffee and Cigarettes
2003 · Danny (segment "Twins")
Monsters, Inc.
2001 · Randall (voice)
Armageddon
1998 · Rockhound
The Big Lebowski
1998 · Donny
Reservoir Dogs
1992 · Mr. Pink
Barton Fink
1991 · Chet
Miller’s Crossing
1990 · Mink
Mystery Train
1989 · Charlie
Hotel Transylvania
· Wayne (voice)
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,856 frames from Steve Buscemi's 25 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.