Dated actress Rachel Weisz.

Son Sam, born September 26, 2003

Older brother of Adrian Nivola, who also went to Yale

Played in bands all through high school and college.

Is a huge soccer fan.

He and actress Embeth Davidtz played brother and sister in Mansfield Park (1999) and husband and wife in Junebug (2005).

Son-in-law of writer John Mortimer.

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 O`Sullivan and Angus Deaton (England)

His father, Pietro, is a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.

Son Sam, born September 26, 2003.

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

Received a B.A. in English Literature from Yale University, Class of 1994.

Attended Phillips Exeter Academy high school.

Educated at Yale University and received his degree in English.