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28 October 2014

Alessandro Nivola

Goal!

Interviewed by Adrian Hennigan

I wanted to find the footballer who came out with the most outrageous, daft things

Boston-born actor Alessandro Nivola has managed to forge a career on both sides of the Atlantic. As well as appearing in the big-budget spectaculars Face/Off and Jurassic Park III, he's also appeared in acclaimed indie pics such as Best Laid Plans, Laurel Canyon and the upcoming Junebug. He's also played a steady stream of British characters, including a stalker in the Michael Winterbottom thriller I Want You and now playboy footballer Gavin Harris in Goal!.

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Goal! is released in UK cinemas on Friday 30th September 2005.

Fact File
Date of Birth: 28th June 1972
Famous For: Playing John Travolta's brother in the John Woo actioner Face/Off
Infamous For: Getting a big cheque for the abysmal Jurassic Park III
Soundbite: "I wouldn't say that I feel English, but I do appreciate so many things about life in this country"
Useless Fact: He's married to fellow actor Emily Mortimer
What we really want to know: Whom he'll be supporting at the next World Cup - Italy, USA or England

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