Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi is an American actor and director whose performances have become closely associated with independent cinema. His roles include the volatile Charlie in Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train, Mr Pink in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and the bewildered bowler Donny in the Coen brothers' The Big Lebowski.

He directed and starred in Trees Lounge and played the solitary record collector Seymour in Ghost World, adapted from Daniel Clowes's comic. Television brought major roles in The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire. His performance as Khrushchev in Armando Iannucci's The Death of Stalin extends a career built around comedy, unease and outsiders.