Steve Buscemi: FDNY’s most famous firefighter

Steve Buscemi a Firefighter on Engine 55

No matter how high Steve Buscemi reaches into stardom, he has never forgotten his roots

Steve Buscemi is one of the more notable names in Hollywood these days. With film credits ranging from Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs to what Adam Sandler has planned next, it’s hard to believe there was ever a time when he wasn’t hitting the big screen.

Yet back in the early 1980s, Buscemi was on a very different career path than the one on which he is nowadays. Before Buscemi got his big break in cinema, he was a New York firefighter.

Born on December 13, 1957, in Brooklyn, New York, Buscemi grew up in a working-class family. He developed a strong sense of community and a desire to make a difference in the lives of others, which led him to join the FDNY in 1980. As a firefighter, Buscemi faced the daily challenges and dangers that come with the profession, responding to emergencies, battling fires, and saving lives.

As firefighter

Buscemi was deputed on Engine 55 and worked as a firefighter for four years. Then he decided to join the Film industry. But despite his Hollywood successive success, his attachment to the firefighters is still alive.

It was no doubt an attachment that brought him back to Engine 55 (which lost four firefighters during the collapse of the World Trade Centers) in the wake of 9/11 to help. He then joined his old team and worked 12 hours shifts for many days in search of survivors.

Steve Buscemi

He did this with no media attention or intentions other than to simply assist his old comrades in their duty. The entire act of charity probably would have gone unnoticed had a photographer not caught the famed actor riding on a fire truck at the scene of the incident.

Buscemi regularly stops by the old firehouse to say ‘hi’ and catch up with his old co-workers or firefighters. He also often dropped fresh baked goods from his wife in the process.

No matter how high Buscemi reaches into stardom, he has never forgotten his roots.

List of most popular movies of Steve Buscemi

Movie NameRelease Date
Reservoir Dogs1992
Fargo1996
The Big Lebowski1998
Ghost World2001
Monsters, Inc.2001
Coffee and Cigarettes2003
Big Fish2003
Kill Bill: Volume 22004
The Island2005
The Departed2006
Monster House2006
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry2007
Youth in Revolt2009
Grown Ups2010
Rampart2011
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone2013
eath of Stalin2017
The King of Staten Island2020
The French Dispatch2021

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