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Alessandro Nivola

Alessandro Nivola

Nivola made a strong first impression on audiences and critics alike in John Woo's thriller FaceOff in which he played Nicolas Cage's paranoid genius younger brother. In addition to Laurel Canyon, the American actor has made a prominent name for himself playing several other British roles, among them Kenneth Branagh's Love's Labour's Lost, Michael Winterbottom's I Want You, and Patricia Rozema's Mansfield Park. His other films include Best Laid Plans opposite Reese Witherspoon, Mike Figgis' Time Code, Pat O'Connor's Inventing the Abbotts, and a role opposite some marauding dinosaurs in Jurassic Park III. Nivola has a BA from Yale University and began his career in the theater, starring on Broadway opposite Helen Mirren in A Month in the Country for which he received a Drama Desk nomination. He recently played Orlando to Gwyneth Paltrow's Rosalind in As You Like It at the Williamstown Theater Festival.

Nivola is currently filming The Clearing, with Robert Redford, Helen Mirren and Willem Dafoe. He will soon be seen starring with Julia Stiles and Shirley MacLaine in Carolina.


Note: This profile was written in or before 2003.

Alessandro Nivola Facts

OccupationActor
BirthdayJune 28, 1972 (51)
SignCancer
BirthplaceBoston, Massachusetts, USA

Selected Filmography

Selma
American Hustle
Face/Off
A Most Violent Year
Jurassic Park III
Jurassic Park Collection: Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park Trilogy
Carolina
Turning Green
Coco Before Chanel
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