Steve Buscemi refuses to be an actor.
Boardwalk Empire is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and airing on premium cable channel HBO . The series is set in Atlantic City , New Jersey during the Prohibition era and stars Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson . This is a list of characters from the Pixar media franchise Monsters , Inc. consisting of the 2001 film Monsters , Inc. and the 2013 film Monsters University . Steven Vincent Buscemi ( [ buːˈsɛmi ] born December 13 , 1957 ) is an American actor and film director . He is also known for his appearances in many films by the Coen brothers : Miller 's Crossing , Barton Fink , The Hudsucker Proxy , Fargo , and The Big Lebowski .