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Encyclopedia > Alessandro Nivola
Alessandro Nivola
Birth name Alessandro Antine Nivola
Born June 28, 1972 (1972-06-28) (age 35)
Flag of Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts
Other name(s) Sandro
Spouse(s) Emily Mortimer (January 3, 2003-present) 1 child

Alessandro Antine Nivola (born June 28, 1972) is an American actor, perhaps known for his roles in the films Best Laid Plans, Jurassic Park III, Face/Off, and the Goal! trilogy. is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Massachusetts. ... Nickname: Location in Massachusetts, USA Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Suffolk County Settled 1630 Incorporated (city) 1822 Government  - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area  - City  89. ... Emily Mortimer (born 1 December 1971) is an English actress. ... is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

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Biography

Personal life

Nivola was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Pietro S. Nivola, is a professor of political science who wrote the book "Laws of the Landscape: How Policies Shape Cities in Europe and America", and his mother is an artist.[1] Nivola's paternal grandfather was the Italian sculptor Costantino Nivola and his paternal grandmother, Ruth Guggenheim,[2] was a Jewish refugee from Germany.[3] He has a brother, Adrian, and attended Phillips Exeter Academy, and earned a degree in English from Yale. Nivola is married to actress Emily Mortimer; the couple have a son, born in 2003. Nickname: Location in Massachusetts, USA Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Suffolk County Settled 1630 Incorporated (city) 1822 Government  - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area  - City  89. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Political Science is the field concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behaviour. ... The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practising the arts and/or demonstrating an art. ... Costantino Nivola, nicknamed Tino (Orani, Italy, 1911 - Long Island USA, 1988) was a Sardinian painter and sculptor. ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... Phillips Exeter Academy (most commonly called Exeter, also Phillips Exeter or PEA) is a co-educational independent boarding school for grades 9–12, located on 619 acres[1] in Exeter, New Hampshire, USA, fifty miles north of Boston. ... YALE (Yet Another Learning Environment) is an environment for machine learning experiments and data mining. ... Emily Mortimer (born 1 December 1971) is an English actress. ...


Career

Nivola began his acting career while still an undergraduate at Yale, landing the leading role in a Seattle production of Athol Fugard's Master Harold... and the Boys. After college, Nivola debuted on Broadway in 1995 as the young lover of Helen Mirren in A Month in the Country. The next year he appeared in the 1996 NBC miniseries Danielle Steel's The Ring and landed his first film role as Joanna Going's preppy husband in Inventing the Abbotts before being cast as Nicolas Cage's paranoid schizophrenic brother in John Woo's Face/Off (both in 1997). Harold Athol Lannigan Fugard (b. ... The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Nicolas Cage (born Nicholas Coppola on January 7, 1964) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ... John Woo (Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) (born May 1, 1946) is a Chinese film director and producer. ... Face/Off is a 1997 film directed by John Woo starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. ...


Nivola adopted a British accent to play a mystery man from former girlfriend Rachel Weisz's past in I Want You (1998), directed by Michael Winterbottom. He then appeared in the thriller Best Laid Plans and again as an Englishman in Patricia Rozema's screen version of yet another Jane Austen novel, Mansfield Park, both in 1999. He played a rock singer involved with his record producer, played by Frances McDormand, in the film Laurel Canyon. Nivola was one of the faces for the GAP's 2002 Ads campaign "For Every Generation". Rachel Weisz (born March 7, 1971) is an Academy Award-winning English film and television actress. ... Michael Winterbottom (b. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Official language None; English is de facto Capital London Capitals coordinates 51° 30 N, 0° 10 W Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831... Patricia Rozema (born 1958) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. ... 1873 engraving of Jane Austen, based on a portrait drawn by her sister Cassandra. ... Frances Louise McDormand[1] (born June 23, 1957) is an Academy Award-winning American film, stage, and television actress. ... Laurel Canyon can refer to several things: Laurel Canyon is a 2002 American drama movie, written and directed by Lisa Cholodenko. ... Gap, Incorporated (NYSE: GPS) is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco, California and founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher and Doris Fisher. ...


Nivola had trained so hard for the filming of the Goal! trilogy that he has picked up a lot of skill and pace and was commended for his sudden burst of talent by the directors of Goal! 2. [4] Nivola is currently acting as a son who has been jailed for one of his dad's crimes in the film Five Dollars a Day. [5]


Filmography

Goal! 3 is a forecoming film directed by Michael Apted and written by Mike Jefferies, Adrian Butchart and Terry Loane, It is the third and final installment of the footballing trilogy Goal! that stars Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola and Anna Friel. ... Goal! 2 is the continuation of the hit movie Goal!. After gaining experience at the English club Newcastle United, Santiago Munez(Kuno Becker) heads off to Spain to take part of one of most traditional and expensive clubs in the world, Real Madrid. ... The Sisters is a short story from Dubliners by James Joyce. ... Goal! (also known as Goal! The Dream Begins in the United States) is a 2005 film directed by Danny Cannon. ... Junebug is a 2005 comedy and drama film directed by Phil Morrison. ... Promotional poster for The Clearing The Clearing is a 2004 drama / thriller film, and is a directorial debut by Pieter Jan Brugge, an Academy Award nominated producer. ... Laurel Canyon can refer to several things: Laurel Canyon is a 2002 American drama movie, written and directed by Lisa Cholodenko. ... Jurassic Park III is a 2001 film that is the third film as part of the Jurassic Park franchise. ... The cast of Kenneth Branaghs 2000 film version of Loves Labours Lost. ... Timecode is also the title of a 2000 film directed by Mike Figgis which was shot in one continuous take. ... Mansfield Park is a UK film loosely based on Jane Austens novel of the same name, written and directed by Patricia Rozema in 1999. ... Reach the Rock is a 1998 film directed by William Ryan. ... Face/Off is a 1997 film directed by John Woo starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. ... Inventing the Abbotts is a 1997 American drama film/romance film directed by Pat OConnor, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Liv Tyler, and Jennifer Connelly. ... Best Laid Plans (1999) is a movie with Reese Witherspoon and Alessandro Nivola. ... Carolina is a romantic comedy film starring Julia Stiles, Shirley MacLaine, Alessandro Nivola, Randy Quaid, and Jennifer Coolidge. ...

References

  1. ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/19/Alessandro-Nivola.html
  2. ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_5_92/ai_n6036832
  3. ^ WGNTV.com. Timeliness: Will it help 'Goal' score?. Retrieved on June 17, 2006.
  4. ^ this can be heard on the director comments on the DVD extras of Goal! 2
  5. ^ "Walken, Nivola to star in road movie Five Dollars a Day". 

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