American actor, born 28 June 1972 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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, Samuel John Nivola (born September 26, 2003) and daughter, May Nivola (born January 15, 2010) with Emily Mortimer.
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 OSullivan and Angus Deaton (England).
Son-in-law of writer John Mortimer.
He and actress Embeth Davidtz played brother and sister in Mansfield Park and husband and wife in Junebug .
Is a huge soccer fan.
Played in bands all through high school and college.
His paternal grandfather was Italian sculptor Costantino Nivola, and his paternal grandmother, Ruth Guggenheim, was a German Jewish refugee. His mother is of British Isles ancestry.
or anything. He really urged me on and gave me the,confidence to be daring.
I love costumes. I love getting dressed up because it really helps my imagination make the leap to believe that I am who I say I am. .
