Actor Steve Buscemi Randomly Punched On NYC Street, Police Say

NEW YORK CITY — "The Big Lebowski" actor Steve Buscemi was randomly punched in the face during a nihilistic attack along a New York City street, police said.

The attacker remained on the loose days after the May 8 beating, which sent Buscemi to the hospital for bleeding, bruising and swelling to his left eye, authorities said.

NYPD officials first released details on the random attack May 9, but New Yorkers didn't know its connection to Buscemi until a report Sunday in the New York Post.

The assault unfolded about 11:50 a.m. along Third Avenue near East 27th Street in Kips Bay, police said.

A 66-year-old man — Buscemi — was randomly punched by another man, who wore a dark baseball cap, a blue T-shirt, black pants and white sneakers while carrying a bookbag, authorities said.

Medics took Buscemi to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition after the assault, police said.

The attack isn't the recent random assault on a famed character actor known for roles in films by the Coen brothers or HBO's "Boardwalk Empire."

Actor Michael Stuhlbarg chased after a man who threw a rock at him in Central Park March 31.