Adam Alexi-Malle is an Italian actor, singer, dancer and musician.
Life and career
Alexi-Malle was born in
Siena
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The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...
, Italy. His father is from Italy (
Sardinian) and his mother is
Palestinian
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
-Spanish. They emigrated to London, England first, and later to the United States.
As musician, he began performing at the age of 9, intent on a career as a concert pianist and violinist having trained with
Dorothy DeLay
Dorothy DeLay (March 31, 1917 – March 24, 2002) was an American violin instructor, primarily at the Juilliard School, Sarah Lawrence College, and the University of Cincinnati.
Life
Dorothy DeLay was born on March 31, 1917, in Medicine Lodg ...
and
Raphael Bronstein
Raphael Bronstein (June 25, 1896 – November 4, 1988) was a violinist and violin professor.
Early life
He was born in a Jewish family in Vilnius, Lithuania and studied violin with Leopold Auer at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He arrived in th ...
and at the
Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...
, the
Moscow Conservatory
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, the
Juilliard School
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and the
American Ballet Theatre
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. In the early 1990s, following a course at the
Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Senat ...
in London, he began his acting career.
He has appeared in such films as ''
Bowfinger
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'', ''
The Man Who Wasn't There'', ''
Hidalgo
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* Hidalgo (nobility), members of the Spanish nobility
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Mexico
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* Hidalgo, Nuevo Le ...
'', ''Celebrity'' and ''
Failure To Launch
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'' and on television in numerous guest-starring roles including ''
The Sopranos
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'', ''
The West Wing
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'', ''
Alias
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* Pseudonym
* Pen name
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Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''Alias'' (2013 film), a 2013 Canadian documentary film
* ''Alias'' (TV series), an American action thriller series 2001–2006
* ''Alias the ...
'' and ''
24'', and on stage in the
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual cer ...
-winning/nominated Broadway productions of ''
Titanic
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'' and ''
The Threepenny Opera
''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, ''The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François Villon, with music ...
''. He starred opposite
Sam Rockwell
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and
Cara Seymour
Cara Seymour (born 6 January 1964) is a British actress from Essex, England. She has appeared in films such as ''You've Got Mail'', '' American Psycho'', ''Adaptation'', ''Dancer in the Dark'', ''Gangs of New York'', ''Hotel Rwanda'', '' The S ...
in the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway premiere of
Mike Leigh
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's ''Goose-Pimples'' with
The New Group
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The New Group is run by founding Artistic Director, Scott Elliott, an ...
theatre in New York City garnering nominations as Outstanding Featured Actor with both the Drama Desk and
Outer Critics Circle Award
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s.
Alexi-Malle has stated that he is fluent in Italian, French, Spanish, Russian and
Arabic
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. He has additionally worked as a voice artist for ''
Late Night with David Letterman
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'', ''
Family Guy
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'' and has done voice-overs in video games such as ''
The Bourne Conspiracy
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'', ''
Diablo 3
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'' and ''
Assassin's Creed: Revelations''. He is a staff audiobook narrator for
Penguin Random House Audio having voiced numerous titles including, "The Second Empress", "Letters from Skye", "The Anatomy Lesson", "I Will Never See The World Again", "White Bird - A Wonder Story", and "POV - Point of View".
Alexi-Malle is the founding owner and CEO of the multimedia production company JP²A²M:worldwide Entertainment Group which includes the subsidiary production entities, Siena Films and virtuosoTV as well as the theatre company, Blistering Muses.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
Theatre
* ''
Goose-Pimples''
* ''
Titanic
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''
* ''
Sakharam Binder
''Sakharam Binder'' (Sakharam, the Binder) is a play by Indian playwright Vijay Tendulkar written in Marathi and first performed in 1972. It was banned in India in 1974. It was produced and directed by Kamlakar Sarang.
Synopsis
Sakharam Binder, t ...
''
* ''
Terrorism
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''
* ''
The Three Sisters''
* ''
The Threepenny Opera
''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, ''The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François Villon, with music ...
''
Discography
* ''
Titanic (musical)
''Titanic'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Peter Stone. It is based on the story of the RMS ''Titanic'' which sank on its maiden voyage on April 15, 1912.
The musical opened on Broadway on April 23, 1997, in ...
– Original Cast Album (
Varèse Sarabande
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)
*
Nellie McKay
Nell Marie McKay (born April 13, 1982) is a singer and songwriter. She made her Broadway debut in ''The Threepenny Opera'' (2006).
Early life and education
McKay was born in London to an English father, writer-director Malcolm McKay, and an ...
: ''
Normal as Blueberry Pie – A Tribute to Doris Day
''Normal as Blueberry Pie – A Tribute to Doris Day'' is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter, Nellie McKay. Released in 2009 by Verve Records, it is McKay's first cover album, composed of songs previously recorded by American s ...
'' (credited as
Paolo Perre) (
Verve
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Businesses
* Verve Coffee Roasters, an American coffee ho ...
)
* ''Love Song'' –
The Kinsey Scale (band) featuring
Paolo Perre (
Autonomous Records UK)
Awards and nominations
*
Legacy Poetry Prize – 2014 – Book – Poetry, "
A Confederacy of Joy
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" by the
Siena Press under birth name,
Juan-Paolo Perre
*
Tony Awards
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual cer ...
– Original Broadway Cast :
Titanic (musical)
''Titanic'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Peter Stone. It is based on the story of the RMS ''Titanic'' which sank on its maiden voyage on April 15, 1912.
The musical opened on Broadway on April 23, 1997, in ...
–
Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Book of a Musical, Best Orchestrations, Best Scenic Design
*
Drama Desk Award
The Drama Desk Award is an annual prize recognizing excellence in New York theatre. First bestowed in 1955 as the Vernon Rice Award, the prize initially honored Off-Broadway productions, as well as Off-off-Broadway, and those in the vicinity. Fo ...
– Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for "Goose-Pimples" –
The New Group
The New Group, is a New York City Off-Broadway theatrical troupe founded by Artistic Director Scott Elliott, that produced its first play, Mike Leigh's '' Ecstasy'', in 1995.
The New Group is run by founding Artistic Director, Scott Elliott, an ...
– 1998
*
Outer Critics Circle Award
The Outer Critics Circle Awards are presented annually for theatrical achievements both on Broadway and Off-Broadway. They are presented by the Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of New York theater writers for out-of-town newspa ...
– Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for "Goose-Pimples" – 1998
References
External links
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1964 births
Living people
Italian male singers
Italian male television actors
Italian male film actors
Italian male voice actors
Italian male video game actors
British male film actors
British male voice actors
British male video game actors
People from Siena
Italian people of Spanish descent
Italian people of Sardinian descent
Italian people of Palestinian descent
American male actors
People of Tuscan descent