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Alessandro Nivola

Acting

Born June 28, 1972 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

Alessandro Antine Nivola (born June 28, 1972) is an American actor. His best-known roles include Pollux Troy in Face/Off (1997), Henry Crawford in Mansfield Park (1999), Billy Brennan in Jurassic Park III (2001), Arthur "Boy" Capel in Coco Before Chanel (2009), Anthony Amado in American Hustle (2013), Peter Forente in A Most Violent Year (2014), Governor Williams in You Were Never Really Here (2017), Mark Madoff in The Wizard of Lies (2017), photojournalist Lee Berger in the miniseries Chimerica (2019), Dickie Moltisanti in The Many Saints of Newark (2021), Detective Hiltz in Amsterdam (2022), and Detective Conley in Boston Strangler (2023). He has been married to actress Emily Mortimer since 2003; they have two children.

Awards & recognition

  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actor in a Play · 2015 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Talking Sopranos

2020as Self

Love Story

2026as Calvin Klein

Remember WENN

1996as Paul Rice the Intern

Selma

2014as John Doar

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

2025as Gus Sambrook

Face/Off

1997as Pollux Troy

The Brutalist

2024as Attila

The Last Movie Stars

2022as Robert Redford (voice)

Disobedience

2017as Dovid Kuperman

American Hustle

2013as Anthony Amado

Coco Before Chanel

2009as Arthur 'Boy' Capel

The Red Sea Diving Resort

2019as Sammy Navon

Goal! The Dream Begins

2005as Gavin Harris

The Room Next Door

2024as Policeman

Mansfield Park

1999as Mr. Henry Crawford

Boston Strangler

2023as Detective Conley

Black Narcissus

2020as Mr. Dean

The Art of Self-Defense

2019as Sensei

You Were Never Really Here

2017as Governor Williams

The Wizard of Lies

2017as Mark Madoff

A Most Violent Year

2014as Peter Forente

The Testament of Ann Lee

2025Thanks

The Neon Demon

2016as Robert Sarno

Grace Is Gone

2007as John Philipps

Junebug

2005as George

Kraven the Hunter

2024as Aleksei Sytsevich

Howl

2010as Luther Nichols

The Many Saints of Newark

2021as Dickie Moltisanti

Janie Jones

2010as Ethan Brand

Inventing the Abbotts

1997as Peter Vanlaningham

Fantasy Life

2025as David

Devil's Knot

2013as Terry Hobbs

Jurassic Park III

2001as Billy Brennan

Amsterdam

2022as Detective Hiltz

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self - Guest

Ginger & Rosa

2012as Roland

Goal II: Living the Dream

2007as Gavin Harris

The Girl in the Park

2007as Chris

Turning Green

2005as Bill the Bookie

Laurel Canyon

2002as Ian

The Eye

2008as Dr. Paul Faulkner

The Clearing

2004as Tim Hayes

Carolina

2003as Albert Morris

Best Laid Plans

1999as Nick

Wildcat

2023as John Selby

To Dust

2019Producer

$5 a Day

2008as Ritchie Flynn Parker

Timecode

2000as Joey Z

The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery

1999as Doug

Love's Labour's Lost

2000as The King (Ferdinand)