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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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Desperately uninspired drama 25 September 2004
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Goal! 21 June 2007
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Coco Before Chanel 18 August 2009
Alessandro Nivola - filmography
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Janie Jones
(2010)
Starring: Breilen Bauer, Abigail Breslin, Richard Cotovsky
Director: David M. Rosenthal
Certificate: 
Ethan Brand and his band are on the comeback trail when a former flame drops a bomb in his lap: their 13-year-old daughter, Janie Jones. Ethan refuses to believe Janie is his kid, but when her mom suddenly leaves for rehab, the child has no place to go but into the tour bus and on the road with the ..read more »
 
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from 2 members
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Coco Before Chanel - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Alessandro Nivola, Emmanuelle Devos
Director: Anne Fontaine, Benoit Poelvoorde, Rhonda Garelick
Certificate: 
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
From humble beginnings to the heights of society, this is the astonishing story of Gabrielle Chanel, the legendary couturier who became a timeless symbol of success, freedom and style.
Orphaned at a young age, Coco Chanel was raised in a convent school, where she learned to embroider and sew. ..read more »
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from 3,349 members
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Coco Before Chanel
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Alessandro Nivola, Marie Gillain
Director: Rhonda Garelick, Benoit Poelvoorde, Anne Fontaine
Certificate:
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From humble beginnings to the heights of society, this is the astonishing story of Gabrielle Chanel, the legendary couturier who became a timeless symbol of success, freedom and style.
Orphaned at a young age, Coco Chanel was raised in a convent school, where she learned to embroider and sew. ..read more »
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from 27,166 members
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The Eye
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Parker Posey
Director: David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Certificate: 
Watch now: £2.49
Sydney Wells (Jessica Alba) is an accomplished, independent, Los-Angeles based concert violinist. She is also blind, and has been so since childhood. As our story opens Sydney undergoes a double corneal transplant and her sight is restored.
But Sydney's happiness is short lived as unexplained ..read more »
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from 18,899 members
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The Girl in the Park
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Kate Bosworth, Alessandro Nivola
Director: David Auburn
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A socially isolated woman still haunted by the disappearance of her three-year-old daughter 15 years ago obsesses over the prospect that a troubled young woman whom she has recently befriended may in fact be her long-lost daughter in The Lake House director/screenwriter David Auburn's affecting ..read more »
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from 3,707 members
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$5 a Day
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Christopher Walken, Alessandro Nivola, Sharon Stone
Director: Nigel Cole
Certificate:
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Former conman Ritchie (Alessandro Nivola) wants nothing to do with his father Nat (Christopher Walken) - the man that trained him and ultimately landed him in jail.
But when he finds out his father is dying, a reluctant Ritchie joins him on a road-trip. As they visit old friends (including an ..read more »
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from 276 members
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The Eye - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Parker Posey
Director: Xavier Palud, David Moreau
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Watch now: £2.49
THE EYE adapts the influential 2002 Hong Kong ghost tale by the Pang brothers into a star vehicle for Jessica Alba. While it remains faithful to the original story, this version ups the number of jolts for thrill-seeking Western audiences. Writing/directing team David Moreau and Xavier Palud, ..read more »
59%
from 2,449 members
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Junebug
(2005)
Starring: Amy Adams, Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola
Director: Phil Morrison
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
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 »
61%
from 10,976 members
Not available for rental
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The Sisters
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Erika Christensen, Elizabeth Banks, Maria Bello
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
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Bello plays Marcia, one of three sisters around whom the story is based. The film opens with Marcia and Olga (Mary Stuart Masterson) preparing a birthday surprise for their younger sister, Irene (Erika Christensen). There are deep seated, clearly longstanding rifts opening up between Marcia and her ..read more »
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from 588 members
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Goal!
(2005)
Starring: Kuno Becker, Anna Friel, Alessandro Nivola
Director: Danny Cannon
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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 »
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from 21,717 members
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Junebug - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Amy Adams, Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola
Director: Phil Morrison
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
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 »
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from 317 members
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The Clearing
(2004)
Starring: Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, Willem Dafoe
Director: Pieter Jan Brugge
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Wayne and Eileen live the American Dream; they've raised two children and have built up a successful business. Their harmony is suddenly disrupted, however, when Wayne is kidnapped and held for ransom in a remote forest. While Wayne negotiates for his life, Eileen must work with the FBI to secure ..read more »
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from 10,910 members
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Carolina
(2003)
Starring: Julia Stiles, Shirley MacLaine, Alessandro Nivola
Director: Marleen Gorris
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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.
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from 24 members
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Laurel Canyon
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Frances McDormand, Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Certificate: 
Just out of Harvard medical school, Sam (Christian Bale) and his fiancee Alex (Kate Beckinsale) seem destined for a life of privilege. Intending to find an apartment of their own in Los Angeles--where Sam will do his residency and Alex will complete her dissertation--they decide to stay temporarily ..read more »
53%
from 4,956 members
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Jurassic Park 3
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Sam Neill, Tea Leoni, William H. Macy
Director: Joe Johnston
Certificate: 
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 »
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from 17,092 members
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Mansfield Park
(1999)
Starring: Embeth Davidtz, Jonny Lee Miller, Alessandro Nivola
Director: Patricia Rozema
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This sterling adaptation of Austen's third published novel, set in early 19th century Portsmouth, England, concerns Fanny Price (O'Connor), an intelligent young woman who is sent to live with her mother's wealthy family. Settling into her new life, Fanny is treated poorly by everyone except her ..read more »
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from 4,573 members
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Face/Off - Blu-ray
(1997)
Starring: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen
Director: John Woo
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
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 »
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from 3,176 members
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Face/Off
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen
Director: John Woo
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
The ordeal of super-heroic, singularly dedicated FBI agent Sean Archer is only beginning after finally capturing his arch nemesis, Castor Troy, an elusive, maniacal terrorist who claimed the life of Archer's son. While Troy languishes in a coma, Archer surgically 'borrows' Troy's face in an attempt ..read more »
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