- Buscemi, 66, was walking along Third Avenue in Kips Bay on the east side of Manhattan.
- Hit by a man at 11:48 a.m. before the attacker fled and went on the run
- Buscemi was treated for bruising, swelling and bleeding to his left eye
Hollywood actor Steve Buscemi was punched in the face in a random attack on the streets of New York.
Buscemi, 66, was walking along Third Avenue near East 27th Street in Kips Bay on Manhattan’s East Side at 11:48 a.m. Wednesday, police said.
The man walked toward the Brooklyn location and suddenly attacked him outside 369 Third Avenue, then fled. He has not yet been arrested.
Buscemi was taken to Bellevue Hospital where he was treated for bruising, swelling and bleeding to his left eye.
“Steve Buscemi was attacked in Mid-Town Manhattan, another victim of a random act of violence in the city,” his publicist said.
Hollywood actor Steve Buscemi was punched in the face in a random attack on the streets of New York.
Police released a surveillance image of the alleged attacker, a dark baseball cap, blue t-shirt, black pants and white sneakers.
Buscemi starred in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire as protagonist Enoch “Nucky” Thompson
“He is doing well and appreciates everyone’s well wishes, although he is incredibly sad for everyone who this happened to while he was walking the streets of New York.”
An employee who was nearby at the time of the attack told the New York Post: “I saw he was with a woman, then through the corner of the window I saw him trip and fall reverses it.
“He immediately got up and ran in the opposite direction,” they added. “I didn’t see who hit him.”
Police released a surveillance image of the alleged attacker, wearing a dark baseball cap, blue T-shirt, black pants and white sneakers.
Buscemi grew up in New York and was a firefighter in Brooklyn before quitting in the 1980s to pursue a career in acting.
He returned to his old barracks hours after the September 11 attacks and remained at the World Trade Center site for days, sifting through the rubble.
The assault on Buscemi after his Boardwalk Empire co-star Michael Stuhbarg was also randomly attacked while in New York earlier this year.
Stuhlbarg, 55, was approached seemingly at random by a homeless man on the Upper East Side Sunday evening.
Stuhbarg, who played gangster Arnold Rothstein in the series, was out running near Central Park when he was attacked by a homeless man wielding a rock.
The actor was near East 90th and East Drive on the evening of March 31 when Xavier Israel, 27, threw a rock at his head, hitting him in the back of the neck.
The 55-year-old suffered “minor injuries” and was filmed chasing Israel to the Russian consulate on East 91st Street, where police stationed outside apprehended the attacker.
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