Alessandro Nivola

Alessandro Nivola is exactly the kind of actor Hollywood doesn't quite know what to do with, and somehow that's what makes him so interesting. Yale-educated, Boston-born, with a name that sounds like he stepped out of a Renaissance painting — and yet the guy just disappears into roles with zero fuss. I first really clocked him in Junebug, where he played this big goofy Southern husband with such warmth you forgot he was acting, and then he turned around and played Dickie Moltisanti in The Many Saints of Newark with this coiled menace that honestly outshone people who've been doing mob roles their whole careers. He's won a Screen Actors Guild Award and earned Tony nominations, which tells you he's equally at home on a Broadway stage. Not a household name, but ask anyone who actually watches — they'll say the same thing: when Nivola shows up, the scene gets better.

Name (English)

Alessandro Nivola

Name (Japanese)

アレッサンドロ・ニヴォラ

Reading

あれっさんどろ・にゔぉら

Born

June 28, 1972 (age 54)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rat

Origin

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Occupation

actor / stage actor / television actor / film actor

University

Yale University

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8B%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A9%E3%83%A9

Tags

• Massachusetts
• actor
• stage actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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