Alessandro Antine Nivola (born June 28, 1972) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his roles in the films Best Laid Plans, Jurassic Park III, Face/Off, and the Goal! trilogy.
Dated actress Rachel Weisz.
Educated at Yale University and received his degree in English.
Attended Phillips Exeter Academy high school.
Received a B.A. in English Literature from Yale University, Class of 1994.
Older brother of Adrian Nivola, who also went to Yale
Son Sam, born September 26, 2003
His father, Pietro, is a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.
Also a fine football (soccer for Americans) player and represented the "Rest of the World" in a charity match against England. The charity Unicef was the beneficiary. Other players included celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, sprinter Ben Johnson, Patrick Keilty, Brian McFadden and ex Formula 1 driver Eddie Irvine (all RotW) and Robbie Williams, Jonathan Wilkes, David Grey, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Angus Deaton (England)
Son-in-law of writer John Mortimer.
He and actress Embeth Davidtz played brother and sister in Mansfield Park (1999) and husband and wife in Junebug (2005).
