Alessandro Antine Nivola (born June 28, 1972)[1] is an American actor. He has been nominated for a Tony Award and an Independent Spirit Award and has won a Screen Actors Guild Award, a British Independent Film Award (BIFA), and the Best Actor Award at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival among others.
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| Born | Alessandro Antine Nivola June 28, 1972 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | Yale University (BA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2, including Sam |
As a producer he runs King Bee Productions, which has made two seasons of the HBO comedy Doll & Em and the Independent Spirit Award nominated feature film To Dust.
Early life
editNivola was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His mother, Virginia (née Davis), is an artist, and his father, Pietro Salvatore Nivola, was a professor of political science and a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution.[2][3][4]
Nivola's paternal grandfather was the Italian sculptor Costantino Nivola,[5] and his paternal grandmother, Ruth Guggenheim,[6] was a Jewish refugee from Germany.[7][8][9][10][11] He was born the first of two boys; his brother, Adrian Nivola, a painter, is five years younger.
Nivola attended Phillips Exeter Academy and Yale University. His family also lived in Burlington, Vermont, where he attended Mater Christi School, a ministry of the Sisters of Mercy.[citation needed]
Career
editNivola graduated from Yale University with a BA in English in 1994 and a year later made his Broadway debut opposite Helen Mirren in A Month in the Country earning a Drama Desk Award nomination.[12] Shortly after that came his breakthrough performance in John Woo's feature film Face/Off (1997) playing Nicolas Cage's brother Pollux Troy. In the ensuing years he has starred in many films including Mansfield Park (1999), Love's Labour's Lost (2000), Jurassic Park III (2001), Laurel Canyon (2002), Junebug (2005), Goal! 1 & 2 (2005, 2007), Coco Before Chanel (2009), Ginger & Rosa (2012), American Hustle (2013), A Most Violent Year (2014), Selma (2014), The Neon Demon (2016), One Percent More Humid (2017),[13] You Were Never Really Here (2017), Disobedience (2017),[14] The Art of Self Defense (2019), and The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019).
He played Dickie Moltisanti, the lead role in The Many Saints of Newark, David Chase's feature film prequel to his television series The Sopranos.[15] In 2022, he appeared in David O. Russell's Amsterdam opposite Christian Bale and Margot Robbie,[16] as well as the comedy feature Spin Me Round opposite Alison Brie and Aubrey Plaza.[17]
Nivola has also worked frequently in television, starring opposite Robert De Niro in Barry Levinson's Madoff family biopic The Wizard of Lies (2017), as well as the TNT miniseries The Company (2007), the UK Channel 4 series Chimerica (2019), and the three-part BBC miniseries Black Narcissus, broadcast 27, 28, and 29 December 2020.
Onstage, in addition to A Month in the Country, he starred on Broadway in 2013 in The Winslow Boy and in 2014 in The Elephant Man opposite Bradley Cooper (Tony Award nomination), and off-Broadway in the Ethan Hawke-directed Sam Shepard play A Lie of the Mind (2010) with Laurie Metcalf. He also starred opposite Gwyneth Paltrow in the 1995 Williamstown Theater Festival production of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
In 2013 Nivola established King Bee Productions with his wife Emily Mortimer. The company produced two seasons of the half hour comedy Doll & Em for HBO and BSkyB. He also produced To Dust starring Matthew Broderick which won the Audience Award at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival and was nominated for a 2020 Independent Spirit Award.
In 2024, Nivola appeared in Sony's Kraven the Hunter film, in which he played Spider-Man antagonist The Rhino.[18][19]
Personal life
editNivola married British actress Emily Mortimer in Buckinghamshire in January 2003. The couple have a son, Sam, born 26 September 2003, and daughter, May, born 2010, and live in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.[20] Sam and May play brother and sister in the 2022 Netflix film White Noise as the children of characters played by Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig. Nivola became a British citizen the same day Mortimer became an American citizen.[21]
Acting credits
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Face/Off | Pollux Troy | |
| Inventing the Abbotts | Peter Vanlaningham | ||
| 1998 | I Want You | Martin | |
| Reach the Rock | Robin | ||
| 1999 | Best Laid Plans | Nick | |
| Mansfield Park | Henry Crawford | ||
| 2000 | Love's Labour's Lost | King Ferdinand of Navarre | |
| Timecode | Joey Z | ||
| 2001 | Jurassic Park III | Billy Brennan | |
| 2002 | Imprint | Matt | Short film |
| Laurel Canyon | Ian McKnight | ||
| 2003 | Carolina | Albert Morris | |
| 2004 | The Clearing | Tim Hayes | |
| 2005 | Junebug | George Johnsten | |
| The Sisters | Andrew Prior | ||
| Turning Green | Bill the Bookie | ||
| Goal! | Gavin Harris | ||
| 2006 | The Darwin Awards | Ad Exec | |
| 2007 | Grace Is Gone | John Phillips | |
| Goal II: Living the Dream | Gavin Harris | ||
| The Girl in the Park | Chris | ||
| 2008 | The Eye | Dr. Paul Faulkner | |
| Five Dollars a Day | Ritchie Flynn Parker | ||
| Who Do You Love? | Leonard Chess | ||
| 2009 | Coco Before Chanel | Arthur 'Boy' Capel | |
| 2010 | Howl | Luther Nichols | |
| Janie Jones | Ethan Brand | ||
| 2012 | Ginger & Rosa[22] | Roland | |
| 2013 | American Hustle | Anthony Amado | |
| 2014 | Devil's Knot | Terry Hobbs | |
| Selma | John Doar | ||
| A Most Violent Year | Peter Forente | ||
| 2016 | The Neon Demon | Robert Sarno | Psychological Horror / Thriller |
| 2017 | One Percent More Humid | Gerald | |
| You Were Never Really Here | Governor Williams | ||
| Disobedience | Rabbi Dovid Kuperman | Drama | |
| 2018 | Weightless | Joel | Drama |
| To Dust | — | Producer | |
| 2019 | The Art of Self-Defense | Sensei | |
| The Red Sea Diving Resort | Sammy Navon | ||
| 2021 | With/In: Volume 2 | Segment: "Neighborhood Watch" | |
| The Many Saints of Newark | Dickie Moltisanti | ||
| 2022 | Spin Me Round | Nick Martucci | Comedy / Romance |
| Amsterdam | Detective Hiltz | ||
| 2023 | Boston Strangler | Detective Conley | Directed by Matt Ruskin |
| Wildcat | John Selby | ||
| 2024 | The Brutalist | Attila | Drama
Directed by Brady Corbet |
| The Room Next Door | Policeman | ||
| Kraven the Hunter | Aleksei Sytsevich / Rhino | ||
| 2025 | Untitled Downton Abbey: A New Era sequel † | TBA | Post-production |
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Remember WENN | Paul Rice | Episode: "Valentino Speaks!" |
| The Ring | Noel | Television film | |
| 1998 | The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery | Doug | Television film |
| 2007 | The Company | Leo Kritzky | Miniseries |
| 2015 | Doll & Em | John | 4 episodes; also producer |
| 2017 | The Wizard of Lies | Mark Madoff | Television film |
| 2019 | Chimerica | Lee Berger | 4 episodes |
| 2020 | Black Narcissus | Mr. Dean | Miniseries |
| 2022 | The Last Movie Stars | Richard Brooks / Robert Redford (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2024 | The Big Cigar | Bert Schneider | Main role |
| † | Denotes series that have not yet been released |
Stage
edit| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | "Master Harold"...and the Boys | Hally | Intiman Theatre Festival |
| 1995 | A Month in the Country | Beliaev | Criterion Center Stage Right |
| 1999 | As You Like It | Orlando | Williamstown Theatre Festival |
| 2010 | A Lie of the Mind | Jake | Acorn Theater |
| 2012 | The Elephant Man | Frederick Treves | Williamstown Theatre Festival |
| 2013 | The Winslow Boy | Sir Robert Morton | American Airlines Theatre |
| 2014 | The Elephant Man | Frederick Treves | Booth Theatre |
| 2015 | Theatre Royal Haymarket |
Awards and nominations
editReferences
edit- ^ "Celebrity Birthdays: June 28". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. June 28, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
Actor Alessandro Nivola ... is 49
- ^ "Alessandro Nivola Biography". Tvguide.com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
- ^ Fee, Gayle (October 1, 2007). "Inside Track". Boston Herald. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012.
- ^ "Thomas J. Davis, 77, Investment Executive". The New York Times. September 13, 1990.
- ^ Elias, Justine (September 13, 1998). "The New Season/Film: Up and Coming: Alessandro Nivola; From a Family of Painters, a Quick-Change Artist". The New York Times. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
- ^ "Costantino Nivola: public and private: a selection of Nivola's sculptures, soon to leave the U.S. for a permanent home in a museum devoted to the artist in Sardinia, provided a rare overview of his work at the Parrish Museum". Art in America. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
- ^ Tangcay, Jazz (April 25, 2018). "Interview: Alessandro Nivola on Playing the Conflicted Dovid in Disobedience". Awards Daily. Archived from the original on May 20, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
Alessandro Nivola: "My grandmother was German-Jewish from Frankfurt and she ended up being a Holocaust refugee."
- ^ Pisani, Lavinia (November 10, 2015). "A Conversation with Italian American Star Alessandro Nivola". L'Italo-Americano Newspaper. Archived from the original on May 20, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ Bloom, Nate (April 18, 2018). "Amy Schumer 'feeling pretty'; and a young Jewish Picasso". J. The Jewish News of Northern California. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ Menzel, Scott (May 9, 2018). "Alessandro Nivola talks Disobedience, reuniting with Rachel Weisz, and The Art of Self-Defense". We Live Entertainment. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
- ^ "WGNTV.com". Timeliness: Will it help 'Goal' score?. Retrieved June 17, 2006. [dead link]
- ^ "A Month in the Country Production History". Broadwayworld.com.
- ^ Cox, Gordon (April 27, 2017). "Tribeca Film Festival 'Keep the Change,' 'Bobbi Jene' Win Top Awards". Variety.com.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (December 2, 2018). "British Independent Film Awards: 'The Favourite' Wins A Record Ten Awards". Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ Vlessing, Etan (November 20, 2018). "'Sopranos' Prequel Film Taps Alessandro Nivola For Lead Role". hollywoodreporter.com.
- ^ N'Duka, Amanda (January 14, 2021). "Robert De Niro, Mike Myers, Timothy Olyphant, Michael Shannon, Chris Rock, Anya Taylor-Joy & More Join David O. Russell Movie". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
- ^ "Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Alessandro Nivola Top Ensemble Comedy 'Spin Me Round' from Limelight & Duplass Brothers". Deadline Hollywood. May 6, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ Jackson, Angelique (March 4, 2022). "Sony's 'Kraven the Hunter' Casts Alessandro Nivola". Variety. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ "Aaron Taylor-Johnson Brings Bloody, R-Rated 'Kraven the Hunter' Footage to CinemaCon". The Hollywood Reporter. April 25, 2023.
- ^ Vincentelli, Elizabeth (November 16, 2013). "Alessandro Nivola: My Brooklyn". New York Post. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
- ^ de Bertodano, Helena (July 24, 2011). "Emily Mortimer interview: 'I hope my kids don't look like my father'". Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited.
- ^ Potter, Sally. "Ginger & Rosa". Sally Potter. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
