Alessandro Nivola

format_quote (On his role in Face/Off) At the time, I was obsessing over a documentary about Robert Crumb (Crumb, 1994). He had this brother named Charles, who's in the movie, and I stole his voice. I played a tape of the film for Nicolas Cage, and he said (imitating Cage), 'Ah, yeah... errrr ... very dark. I like it.' Nic had a really big impact on me. It was my first film - I'd never been to L.A., or anything. He really urged me on and gave me the confidence to be daring.

stars  Dated actress Rachel Weisz.

stars  Son Sam, born September 26, 2003

stars  Older brother of Adrian Nivola, who also went to Yale

stars  Played in bands all through high school and college.

stars  Is a huge soccer fan.