Adam Alexi-Malle is an Italian actor, singer, dancer and musician.

Life and career

Alexi-Malle was born in

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, Italy. His father is from Italy ( Sardinian) and his mother is Palestinian-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

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and Raphael Bronstein and at the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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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 ''

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'', '' The Man Who Wasn't There'', '' Hidalgo'', ''Celebrity'' and '' Failure To Launch'' and on television in numerous guest-starring roles including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' 24'', and on stage in the

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-winning/nominated Broadway productions of ''

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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 mu ...

''. He starred opposite

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and

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in the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway premiere of

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's ''Goose-Pimples'' with The New Group theatre in New York City garnering nominations as Outstanding Featured Actor with both the Drama Desk and

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s. Alexi-Malle has stated that he is fluent in Italian, French, Spanish, Russian and

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. He has additionally worked as a voice artist for ''

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'', ''

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'' and has done voice-overs in video games such as '' The Bourne Conspiracy'', ''

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'' and '' Assassin's Creed: Revelations''. He is a staff audiobook narrator for

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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'' * ''

'' * '' Sakharam Binder'' * ''

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'' * '' The Three Sisters'' * ''

Discography

* '' Titanic (musical) – Original Cast Album (

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) * Nellie McKay: ''

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 ...

'' (credited as Paolo Perre) ( Verve) * ''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" 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 c ...

– Original Broadway Cast : Titanic (musical) – 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. F ...

– Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for "Goose-Pimples" – The New Group – 1998 *

– Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for "Goose-Pimples" – 1998

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alexi-Malle, Adam 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