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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

He also starred as Bart Bass in the sensational teenage drama ‘Gossip Girl’, Ed Tucker in Law and Order and also in a number of other film and television roles including Netflix’s Intrusion.

Burke became a New York City firefighter in 2002 and then joined his hometown’s volunteer fire department, where he rose through the ranks to captain 13 years later. When he is not acting, he volunteers as a fireman.

4.Jack McGee - Actor and former FDNY firefighter.

Hickey on the Spike TV comedy series Players.McGee has also starred in popular movies such as The Fighter, Gangster Squad and Basic Instinct. In 1977, He became a firefighter for the New York City Fire Department. He was a member of FDNY Engine Company 38 and Ladder Company 51 in the Bronx as a firefighter. After serving as a firefighter for over ten years, he left in order to pursue the dream of becoming an actor.

5.Jamie Walters -Actor, singer, qualified firefighter and paramedic

the theme song “How Do You Talk to an Angel? The single reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

He is a musician as well as an actor, having released three solo albums: “Jamie Walters,” “Ride,” and “Believed.”

Many people don’t know that he also became a firefighter and paramedic in 2002.

Jack McGee is an American television and film character actor. Throughout his acting career, he has appeared in over 100 films and TV series.

He is best known for his role as Chief Jerry Reilly on the television series Rescue Me. He appeared regularly on the FX series for three seasons, and in 2010 he co-starred as

James Walters is an American actor and singer. He made his film debut In 1991, opposite John Travolta, Heather Graham, and Gwyneth Paltrow in the film Shout. On the Shout soundtrack album, Walters sang the song “Rockin’ the Pad.”

He is also well known, for his role on the Fox series The Heights, in which he also sang