Alessandro Nivola

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Birthday: June 28, 1972

This grandson of acclaimed Italian sculptor Constantino Nivola began his acting career while still an undergraduate at Yale, landing the plum leading role in a Seattle production of Athol Fugard's "Master Harold... and the Boys". After college, Alessandro Nivola became a rising stage star thanks to his work in regional theater and his 1995 Broadway debut as the young lover of Helen Mirren in "A Month in the Country". Inevitably, film and television roles were offered; the handsome, light-haired actor appeared in the 1996…more

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2008
Co-starred with Jessica Alba in the supernatural thriller, "The Eye"
2007
Reprised role for the sequel, "Goal! 2: Living the Dream..."
2006
Played a British football (soccer) player in Danny Cannon's "Goal! The Dream Begins"
2005
Co-starred in the independent southern drama "Junebug"; premiered at Sundance
2004
Starred opposite Robert Redford and Helen Mirren in "The Clearing"