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Alessandro Nivola

Alessandro Nivola
Alessandro Antine Nivola was born on the 28th June 1972 in Boston in Massachusetts.
Early roles include Inventing the Abbotts as Peter Vanlaningham with Jennifer Connelly, Liv Tyler and Joaquin Phoenix, The Ring as Noel opposite Nastassja Kinski, Michael York and Rupert Penry-Jones and in Remember WENN in the episode called Valentino Speaks! as Paul Rice alng with Tom Beckett.
Other roles were in The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery opposite Brooke Shields, Dylan Walsh and Sherie Rene Scott, I Want You as Martin with Rachel Weisz and in Face/Off (which is also listed as Face/Off - BLU-RAY Version) as Pollux Troy alongside John Travolta, Nicolas Cage and Joan Allen.
Alessandro has starred in Mansfield Park as Henry Crawford opposite Embeth Davidtz and Jonny Lee Miller, Best Laid Plans as Nick with Reese Witherspoon and Josh Brolin and in Reach the Rock as Robin along with William Sadler.
He has been in Timecode as Joey Z, Ana's Assistant with Salma Heyak and Xander Berkeley and in Love's Labour's Lost as King Ferdinand of Navarre opposite Kenneth Branagh and Alicia Silverstone.
But perhaps one of Alessandro's most notable roles was playing Billy in Jurassic Park 3 alongside Sam Neill, Tea Leoni, William H. Macy and Laura Dern.
Another role was in Carolina as Albert Morris alongside Julia Stiles and Shirley MacLaine.
He has also appeared in Laurel Canyon as Ian McKnight with Frances McDormand, Christian Bale and Kate Beckinsale and in Imprint as Matt opposite Nicole Wilder and David Fine.
Other roles include The Sisters as Andrew Prior with Maria Bello, Mary Stuart Masterson, Eric McCormack, Chris O'Donnell and Rip Torn, Junebug as George Johnsten alongside Amy Adams and Embeth Davidtz and in The Clearing as Tim Hayes opposite Robert Redford, Helen Mirren and Willem Dafoe.
Alessandro has appeared in Goal! and Goal 2 - Living the Dream as Gavin Harris with Kuno Becker, Anna Friel, Frances Barber and Mike Jefferies.
Other roles were in Turning Green as Bill the Bookie along with Colm Meaney and Timothy Hutton, Grace Is Gone as John Phillips opposite John Cusack and in The Darwin Awards as an Ad Executive alongside David Arquette and Joseph Fiennes.
Alessandro has been in The Girl in the Park as Chris alongside Sigourney Weaver and Kate Bosworth and in The Company as Leo Kritzky with Chris O'Donnell, Alfred Molina and Michael Keaton.
He has also starred in The Eye (which is also listed as Eye, The - BLU-RAY Version) as Dr. Paul Faulkner with Jessica Alba and Parker Posey and in $5 a Day as Ritchie Flynn Parker alongside Christopher Walken and Sharon Stone.
Other roles were in Who Do You Love as Leonard Chess opposite Lisa Goldstein and Marika Dominczyk and in Coco avant Chanel as Arthur Capel along with Audrey Tautou.









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Alessandro Nivola - what members say


  • Laurel Canyon
  • Laurel Canyon review by from London
    Rated - 1 stars Desperately uninspired drama 25 September 2004
    ...ic and taking illicit late-night dips with Jane and her rock star boyfriend Ian(Alessandro Nivola). Sam himself is no angel either, showing an interest in a female collegue(Nata...  
  • Goal!
  • Goal! review by nated23 from Birmingham
    Rated - 3 stars Goal! 21 June 2007
    ...ly drawn, Footballers Wives-style stereotypes (the cool-headed foreign manager, Alessandro Nivola’s playboy soccer star), lovely performances and a satisfying emotional arc. The...  
  • Coco Before Chanel
  • Coco Before Chanel review by Wynter from UK
    Rated - 2 stars Coco Before Chanel 18 August 2009
    ... the exception of some fleeting dialogue between Chanel and Arthur ‘Boy’ Capel (Alessandro Nivola), proported love of her life and financial backer. This is a film of stories a...  

Alessandro Nivola - filmography


  • Goal! on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Kuno Becker,  Anna Friel,  Alessandro Nivola
    Director: Danny Cannon
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker) crossed the Mexican border into America at the age of 10, he had two things in his possession: his soccer ball and a tattered picture of the World Cup. Convincing his father that he could be an international football star wasn't easy. But when amiable Brit Glen Foy ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 20,745 members
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  • Junebug on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Amy Adams,  Embeth Davidtz,  Alessandro Nivola
    Director: Phil Morrison
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A dealer in outsider art threatens the equilibrium of her middle-class in-laws in North Carolina. Madeline is a go-getting art gallery owner from Chicago, recently married to George, a near-perfect Southern beau. When Madeline needs to close a deal with a reclusive North Carolina artist, George ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 8,867 members
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  • Carolina (2003)
    Starring: Julia Stiles,  Shirley MacLaine,  Alessandro Nivola
    Director: Marleen Gorris
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In this romantic comedy, Carolina (Julia Stiles) loves her crazy family, but wants a more normal life. She sets off from the South to move to California, where she hopes for peace and calm, but things soon become chaotic again when two attractive suitors fight for her affections.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 18 members
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  • Jurassic Park 3 on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  Tea Leoni,  William H. Macy
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill) has sworn never to return to Jurassic Park. But he needs funding for his research, so when a wealthy thrill-seeking couple (William H. Macy and Tea Leoni) come calling, Grant and his protegee, Billy (Alessandro Nivola), agree to take them on a sightseeing ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 15,430 members
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  • Face/Off on DVD (1997)
    Starring: John Travolta,  Nicolas Cage,  Joan Allen
    Director: John Woo
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The ordeal of super-heroic, singularly dedicated FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta – BLOW OUT, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER) is only beginning after finally capturing his arch nemesis, Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage – WILD AT HEART, NATIONAL TREASURE), an elusive, maniacal terrorist who claimed the life of ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 26,498 members
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Alessandro Nivola facts

5 most recent films

Coco Before Chanel - 3.5 stars
Coco Before Chanel - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
The Eye - 3.0 stars
The Girl in the Park - 3.0 stars
Eye, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Face/Off - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Coco Before Chanel - 3.5 stars
Face/Off - 3.5 stars
The Company - 3.5 stars
Mansfield Park - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Sisters - 3 stars
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery - 2.0 stars
Coco Before Chanel - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
I Want You - 3.0 stars
Turning Green - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Natascha McElhone - 3 times - show films
Embeth Davidtz - 3 times - show films
Obba Babatunde - 2 times - show films
Yan Duffas - 2 times - show films
Rade Serbedzija - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David Moreau - 2 times - show films
Phil Morrison - 2 times - show films
Anne Fontaine - 2 times - show films
Xavier Palud - 2 times - show films
Benoit Poelvoorde - 2 times - show films