Alessandro Nivola is an American actor, perhaps best known for his roles in the films Best Laid Plans, Jurassic Park III, Face Off, and the first two movies of the Goal! trilogy. Alessandro Nivola is the son of a political science proffesor who wrote the book Laws of the Landscape.

Alessandro Nivola has a brother, Adrian, and attended Phillips Exeter Academy, and earned a degree in English from Yale. Alessandro Nivola married actress Emily Mortimer in Chiltern, Buckinghamshire in January 2003; the couple have a son, Samuel John, born on September 23, 2003.

They also have a daughter, May, born on January 15, 2010. They used to live in Los Angeles California in Echo Park. They are currently living in Boerum Hill Brooklyn New York. Alessandro Nivola had fellow actor Heath Ledger as a neighbor.