Alessandro Nivola Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Alessandro Nivola was born on June 28, 1972 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA as Alessandro Antine Nivola. He is an actor and producer, known for Face/Off (1997), Jurassic Park III (2001) and American Hustle (2013). He has been married to Emily Mortimer since January 3, 2003. They have two children.
[on his role in Face/Off (1997)] At the time, I was obsessing over a documentary about Robert Crumb [Crumb (1994)]. He had this brother named Charles, who's in the movie, and I stole his voice. I played a tape of the film for Nicolas Cage and he said [imitating Cage], "Ah, yeah . . . errrr . . . very dark. I like it". Nic had a really big impact on me. It was my first film - I'd never been to L.A., or anything. He really urged me on and gave me the confidence to be daring.
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[on indie vs. mainstream films] The only thing is that on a small movie you don't have to wait around very long to shoot your scenes, but then when you shoot them they don't spend very much time with them. On a big movie you wait for hours and days to actually do your bit, but then when it comes, with some exceptions, you tend to be able to spend more time doing it and over it. And I don't know, I tend to get better as I go along, whereas some people sort of hit their first takes and they get worse from there.
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One of the pleasures of being an actor, is kind of getting out of yourself and trying to stretch and reshape yourself into someone else that's had a very different kind of experience. Obviously you bring whatever you know about life and about the way that people behave and everything to a performance.
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His paternal grandfather was Italian sculptor Costantino Nivola, and his paternal grandmother, Ruth Guggenheim, was a German Jewish refugee. His mother is of British Isles ancestry.
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Played in bands all through high school and college.
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Is a huge soccer fan.
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He and actress Embeth Davidtz played brother and sister in Mansfield Park (1999) and husband and wife in Junebug (2005).
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Son-in-law of writer John Mortimer.
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Also a fine football (soccer for Americans) player and represented the "Rest of the World" in a charity match against England. The charity Unicef was the beneficiary. Other players included celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, sprinter Ben Johnson, Patrick Keilty, Brian McFadden and ex Formula 1 driver Eddie Irvine (all RotW) and Robbie Williams, Jonathan Wilkes, David Grey, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Angus Deaton (England)
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His father, Pietro, is a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.
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Son, Samuel John Nivola (born September 26, 2003) and daughter, May Nivola (born January 15, 2010) with Emily Mortimer.
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Older brother of Adrian Nivola, who also went to Yale
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Received a B.A. in English Literature from Yale University, Class of 1994.
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Attended Phillips Exeter Academy high school.
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Educated at Yale University and received his degree in English.
performer: "Cold Black Tea", "This Time", "From This Life", "Pretend", "Please", "Never Done", "To Keep Bravely", "All at Once", "Find Love"
Laurel Canyon
2002
performer: "Shade and Honey" 2002
Love's Labour's Lost
2000
performer: "I'd Rather Charleston", "I Won't Dance", "I've Got A Crush On You", "Cheek To Cheek", "Let's Face The Music And Dance", "They Can't Take That Away From Me"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 69th Annual Tony Awards
2015
TV Movie
Himself - Nominee: Best Featured Actor in a Play
Today
2014
TV Series
Himself - Guest
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jane Fonda
2014
TV Movie
Himself
The 68th Annual Tony Awards
2014
TV Special
Himself
19th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2014
TV Special
Himself - Winner
The Broadway.com Show
2013
TV Series
Himself
Made in Hollywood
2011
TV Series
Himself
Up Close with Carrie Keagan
2008
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'
2007
Video documentary
Himself
Soccer Aid
2006
TV Mini-Series
Himself - Rest of the World Team
2006 Independent Spirit Awards
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Corazón de...
2005
TV Series
Himself
The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Making of 'Jurassic Park III'
2001
Video documentary short
Himself
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
2001
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
BFCC Award
Black Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Ensemble
Selma (2014)
2014
COFCA Award
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
Best Ensemble
American Hustle (2013)
2014
Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
American Hustle (2013)
2013
NYFCO Award
New York Film Critics, Online
Best Ensemble
American Hustle (2013)
2009
Excellence in Acting Award
Provincetown International Film Festival
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2015
Critics Choice Award
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
Best Acting Ensemble
Selma (2014)
2015
GFCA Award
Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA)
Best Ensemble
Selma (2014)
2014
SDFCS Award
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
Best Ensemble
Selma (2014)
2014
WAFCA Award
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
$3 Million
