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I started off as an actor thinking that I would be this Romeo, this dashing leading man. It turns out that I'm a character actor.

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Alessandro Nivola
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: June 28
Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Boston
Massachusetts
Alessandro Antine Nivola
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