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FAMOUS PEOPLE YOU DIDN’T KNOW BEGAN THEIR CAREERS AS FIREFIGHTERS HERE ARE 5 CELEBRITIES YOU DIDN’T KNOW, STARTED THEIR CAREERS AS FIREFIGHTERS The road to becoming famous isn’t easy, which is why many music and film celebrities had to work at regular jobs before they got their big break. You often read in the news about celebrities working as shop assistants, waiters, or even cleaning lion cages at a zoo, like Sylvester Stallone did before he famously played Rocky Balboa. But have you ever wondered which celebrities worked as firefighters before they became famous? Here are 5 celebrities you didn’t know, started their careers as firefighters:
1. Steve Buscemi - Actor, Director and Former NYC Firefighter
Steve Buscemi originally trained as a firefighter when he was 18 years old and worked as a New York City firefighter from 1980 to 1984, with Engine Company No. 55, in the Little Italy section of New York.
ABC’s Station 19. He also directed the indie documentary film A New American Dream, which won the grand jury at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.
The day after the September 11 attacks in New York, he returned to his old job and worked 12-hour shifts for several days alongside other firefighters, searching for survivors in the rubble of the World Trade Center.
Hanlon has also acted in episodes of Sex and the City, NYPD Blue Criminal Minds, Law and Order, and other shows. He joined the New York City Fire department as a firefighter in 1992 and in 2001,Hanlon asked the Fire Commissioner to let him film a documentary on Tony Benetatos, a probation FDNY fireman. He wanted to show people what it was like to be a New York City firefighter. The September 11th attacks occurred while the documentary was being made and Hanlon released his documentary as the series 9/11, which aired on CBS.
He subsequently left the service to pursue a career as an actor, but he has remained involved with firefighter issues in New York.
2. James Hanlon- American TV producer/director and former NYC firefighter
3. Robert John Burke-Actor and Firefighter
Steven Vincent Buscemi is an American actor and filmmaker. He is well known for his roles in movies such as Reservoir Dogs, Desperado, Con Air, Armageddon, Ghost World, Big Fish, and the political satire, The Death of Stalin. Steve Buscemi is also known for his many collaborations with the Coen brothers, having appeared in six of their films: Miller’s Crossing, Barton Fink, The Hudsucker Proxy, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, and also Paris, je t’aime.
James Hanlon is an award-winning American TV Executive Producer and Director. He is best known for his directorial and executive producer work on the documentary series 9/11 for which he won an Emmy Award, a Peabody Award and the Edward R.Murrow Award. He also directed episodes of various TV shows including NCIS: Los Angeles, Chicago Fire NBC and
Robert John Burke is an American actor who is best known for his roles in movies such as RoboCop 3,Tombstone, and Thinner. In the 2000s, he rose to fame, for playing the role of Mickey Gavin on Rescue Me.
