12-444: For other uses, see Alessandro (disambiguation) . Alessandro Pronunciation [alesˈsandro] Gender Male Language(s) Italian Origin Meaning ' Defender of Mankind' Other names Nickname(s) Sandro See also Alexander , Alex , Alejandro , Alexandru , Alexandre Alessandro
24-652: A British Independent Film Award (BIFA), and the Best Actor Award at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival among others. 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 . Nivola was born in Boston , Massachusetts . His mother, Virginia (née Davis), is an artist, and his father, Pietro Salvatore Nivola,
36-1193: A ministry of the Sisters of Mercy. Nivola 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. 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), You Were Never Really Here (2017), Disobedience (2017), The Art of Self Defense (2019), and The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019). He played Dickie Moltisanti,
48-3716: Is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Alexander . Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Alessandro [ edit ] [REDACTED] This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( July 2019 ) Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter Alessandro Baricco (born 1958), Italian novelist Alessandro Bega (born 1991), Italian tennis player Alessandro Bordin (born 1998), Italian footballer Alessandro Botticelli (1445–1510), Italian painter Alessandro Bovo (born 1969), Italian water polo player Alessandro Cagliostro (1743–1795), alias of occultist and adventurer Giuseppe Balsamo Alessandro Calcaterra (born 1975), Italian water polo player Alessandro Calvi (born 1983), Italian swimmer Alessandro Cattelan (born 1980), Italian television preesenter Alessandro Cortini (born 1976), Italian musician Alessandro Criscuolo (1937–2020), Italian judge Alessandro Del Piero (born 1974), Italian footballer Alessandro Di Munno (born 2000), Italian footballer Alessandro Evangelisti (born 1981), Italian footballer Alessandro Fontana (1936–2013), Italian academician and politician Alessandro Grandi (1586–1630), Italian composer Alessandro Hojabrpour (born 2000), Canadian soccer player Alessandro Juliani (born 1978), Canadian actor Alessandro Lindblad (Alesso) (born 1991), Swedish musician, DJ and producer Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873), Italian poet and novelist Alessandro Martelli (1876–1934), Italian academic and politician Alessandro Martini (1812–1905), Italian businessman and founder of Martini & Rossi distillery Alessandro Matri (born 1984), Italian footballer Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (1510–1537), ruler of Florence from 1530 to 1537 Alessandro Moreschi (1898–1922), only castrato to make solo recordings Alessandro Murgia (born 1996), Italian footballer Alessandro Mori Nunes (born 1979), Brazilian footballer Alessandro Nannini (born 1959), Italian racing driver Alessandro Nesta (born 1976), Italian footballer Alessandro Nivola (born 1972), American actor Alessandro Nunziante (1815–1881), Italian general and politician Alessandro D'Ottavio (1927–1988), Italian boxer Alessandro Pagani (born 1937), Italian Roman Catholic bishop Alessandro Petacchi (born 1974), Italian professional road cyclist Alessandro Pezzatini (born 1957), Italian race walker Alessandro Piccolo (agricultural scientist) (born 1951), Italian scientist Alessandro Riggi (born 1993), Canadian soccer player Alessandro Ruben (born 1960), Italian politician Alessandro Safina (born 1963), Italian tenor Alessandro dos Santos (born 1977), Brazilian and naturalised Japanese footballer Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725), Italian composer Alessandro Viana da Silva (born 1982), Brazilian footballer Alessandro Stratta (born 1964), celebrity chef Alessandro Sturba (born 1972), Italian footballer Alessandro Serenelli , criminal, gardener, porter and layman Alessandro Tiarini (1577–1668), Italian painter Alessandro de Tomaso (1928–2003), Argentine racing driver and businessman Alessandro Trentacinque (1541–1599), Italian writer and jurist Alessandro Emanuele "Alex" Treves (1929–2020), Italian-born American Olympic fencer Alessandro Venturella (born 1984), British musician Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian physicist Alex Zanardi (born 1966), Italian racing driver People with
60-419: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alessandro (disambiguation) Alessandro is both a masculine Italian given name and a surname. Alessandro may also refer to: Alessandro Nivola Alessandro Antine Nivola (born June 28, 1972) 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 ,
72-825: The Audience Award at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival and was nominated for a 2020 Independent Spirit Award. In March 2022, it was announced that Nivola was cast in Sony's Kraven the Hunter film, in which he will play Spider-Man antagonist The Rhino . Nivola 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 . Sam and May play brother and sister in
84-466: 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
96-720: 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
108-708: The lead role in The Many Saints of Newark , David Chase 's feature film prequel to his television series The Sopranos . In 2022, he appeared in David O. Russell 's Amsterdam opposite Christian Bale and Margot Robbie , as well as the comedy feature Spin Me Round opposite Alison Brie and Aubrey Plaza . 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
120-529: The same family name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alessandro&oldid=1240525418 " Categories : Given names Surnames Italian masculine given names Masculine given names Sammarinese given names Hidden categories: Pages with Italian IPA Incomplete lists from July 2019 Articles with short description Short description
132-404: The surname Alessandro [ edit ] Danilo Alessandro (born 1988), Italian footballer Darío Alessandro (1951–2021), Argentine sociologist, politician, and diplomat Jonatan Alessandro (born 1987), Argentine footballer Victor Alessandro (1915–1976), American orchestra conductor [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share the same given name or
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#1732859526485144-613: Was a professor of political science and a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution . Nivola's paternal grandfather was the Italian sculptor Costantino Nivola , and his paternal grandmother, Ruth Guggenheim, was a Jewish refugee from Germany. 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,
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