The actor Steve Buscemi was punched within the face in a random assault in Manhattan final week, his publicist stated on Sunday.
Mr. Buscemi, 66, was strolling close to the nook of Third Avenue and East twenty seventh Avenue within the Kips Bay neighborhood on Wednesday when the assailant — a stranger — approached and punched him within the face round 11:48 a.m., based on data launched by the Police Division final week.
The police didn’t establish Mr. Buscemi because the sufferer, however his publicist confirmed on Sunday that he was the person who had been attacked.
Mr. Buscemi was transported to Bellevue Hospital, the place he was handled for bruising, swelling and bleeding in his left eye, the police stated.
“Steve Buscemi was assaulted in Midtown Manhattan, one other sufferer of a random act of violence within the metropolis,” Mr. Buscemi’s publicist stated within the assertion. “He’s OK and appreciates everybody’s effectively needs, although extremely unhappy for everybody that this has occurred to whereas additionally strolling the streets of New York.”
There had been no arrests associated to the assault as of Sunday, and the investigation was persevering with, the police stated.
The assault comes after an assault this spring on the actor Michael Stuhlbarg, who starred alongside Mr. Buscemi on the HBO present “Boardwalk Empire” and is starring on Broadway within the play “Patriots.”
Mr. Stuhlbarg was attacked whereas strolling in Central Park in April by a person wielding a rock. Mr. Stuhlbarg chased the person, Xavier Israel, 27, out of the park, the place he was taken into custody and charged with assault.
The actor appeared within the first preview of “Patriots” the day after the assault.
This spring, a number of younger feminine TikTok customers posted video accounts of being randomly hit by a stranger on the streets of New York, sending a ripple of concern via the town at a time when anxieties about crime persist.
The assault on Mr. Buscemi was first reported by The New York Submit on Sunday.
Mr. Buscemi, who was born in Brooklyn and was previously a firefighter for the New York Hearth Division, can also be identified for his roles within the HBO TV present “The Sopranos” and the 1996 film “Fargo.” He gained a major time Emmy in 2016 for the tv present “Park Bench with Steve Buscemi,” by which he interviewed celebrities on a park bench.
Chelsia Rose Marcius contributed reporting.
