The Coens' quirkiest characters

Steve Buscemi as Carl Showalter & Peter Stormare as Gaear Grimsrud, "Fargo"

A lengthy list could be made solely of quirky Coen characters Buscemi has played, but it’s hard to top Carl, the weaselly, perpetually exasperated chatterbox whose partner in crime, Gaear, is a broodingly silent, chain-smoking thug with an appetite for pancakes and hookers. Together, they make a Minnesotan kidnapping team so dysfunctional it’s no wonder they’re foiled by a stubborn, pregnant cop.