Editing Steve Buscemi (section)

== Early life and education ==
Steven Vincent Buscemi<ref name="TVGuide">{{Cite web |title=Steve Buscemi Biography |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/steve-buscemi/bio/3000397220/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601223148/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/steve-buscemi/bio/3000397220/ |archive-date=June 1, 2022 |access-date=June 1, 2022 |website=[[TV Guide]]}}</ref> was born on December 13, 1957,<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 13, 2021 |title=Famous birthdays for Dec. 13: Steve Buscemi, Jamie Foxx |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2021/12/13/Famous-birthdays-for-Dec-13-Steve-Buscemi-Jamie-Foxx/7841639324644/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220131222750/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2021/12/13/Famous-birthdays-for-Dec-13-Steve-Buscemi-Jamie-Foxx/7841639324644/ |archive-date=January 31, 2022 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |website=[[United Press International]] }}</ref> in the borough of [[Brooklyn]] in New York City, to Dorothy (née Wilson) and John Buscemi.<ref name="TVGuide" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7bgeAQAAMAAJ&q=%22where+John+and+Dorothy+still+dogs+patrolling%22 | title=The New Yorker | last1=Ross | first1=Harold Wallace | last2=White | first2=Katharine Sergeant Angell | date=November 2005 }}</ref> His father was a sanitation worker and served in the [[Korean War]], and his mother was a hostess at [[Howard Johnson's]]. Buscemi's paternal ancestors were from the town of [[Menfi]] in [[Sicily]], Italy and his mother is of English and Dutch ancestry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmlinc.com/fcm/ja07/extbuscemi.htm |title=Film Society of Lincoln Center |publisher=Filmlinc.com |access-date=November 20, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011235246/http://www.filmlinc.com/fcm/ja07/extbuscemi.htm |archive-date=October 11, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="johnlar">{{cite web |url=http://www.johnlahr.com/stevebuscemi.html |title=Steve Buscemi profile |publisher=John Lahr |date=September 11, 2001 |access-date=November 20, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029094615/http://www.johnlahr.com/stevebuscemi.html |archive-date=October 29, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> He has three brothers: Jon, Ken and Michael. Michael is also an actor, whose most notable role to date was as Officer Jimmy in ''[[BlacKkKlansman]]'' (2018). Buscemi was raised [[Catholic]].<ref name="johnlar"/>

When Buscemi was ten years old, the family moved from [[East New York, Brooklyn|East New York]] to [[Valley Stream, New York|Valley Stream]] in [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wallis|first=David|date=2015-08-11|title=Mr. Think: Steve Buscemi on Self-Acceptance, Sibling Rivalry and His Heady Talk Show|url=https://observer.com/2015/08/mister-think-park-bench-host-steve-buscemi-reimagines-the-traditional-talk-show/|access-date=2021-12-27|website=Observer|language=en-US}}</ref> Buscemi graduated in 1975 from [[Valley Stream Central High School]] along with future writer [[Edward J. Renehan Jr.]] and future actress [[Patricia Charbonneau]]. In high school, Buscemi wrestled for the varsity squad and participated in the drama troupe. (Buscemi's 1996 film ''[[Trees Lounge]]'', in which he starred and served as screenwriter and director, is set in and was largely shot in his childhood village of [[Valley Stream]]).<ref>Delatiner, Barbara. [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/01/nyregion/cinema-arts-film-festival-stresses-the-independents.html "Cinema Arts Film Festival Stresses the Independents"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229190149/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/01/nyregion/cinema-arts-film-festival-stresses-the-independents.html |date=December 29, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 1, 1997. Retrieved November 1, 2007.</ref> In 1977, Buscemi took the New York City Firefighter’s exam and joined Engine Company 55, fighting fires for four years. Following the [[September 11 attacks]], he temporarily rejoined Engine Company 55 to serve at the [[World Trade Center site|site of the World Trade Center]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://allthatsinteresting.com/steve-buscemi-firefighter|title=Steve Buscemi's Firefighting Career And His Heroics On 9/11|date=September 10, 2023 }}</ref>
Buscemi briefly attended [[Nassau Community College]] before moving to [[Manhattan]] to enroll in the [[Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute|Lee Strasberg Institute]].