Nucci was born in
KlagenfurtKlagenfurt am Wörthersee is the capital of the federal state of Carinthia in Austria. With a population of over 90,000 it is the sixth-largest city in the country. The city is the bishop's seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt and home to the Alpen-Adria...
, Austria, to a French Moroccan mother and an Italian father, and was raised in Italy until the age of seven, when his family relocated to the United States. He has two sisters, Natalie and Elle. After temporarily living in Queens, New York, the family settled in
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
's San Fernando Valley, where Nucci graduated from Grant High School. He is married to
Paula MarshallPaula Marshall is an American actress.-Personal life:Marshall was born in Rockville, Maryland, and graduated in 1982 from Robert E. Peary High School in Rockville, where she had pursued a love of photography...
and has two daughters.
Personal Life
Nucci was born in
KlagenfurtKlagenfurt am Wörthersee is the capital of the federal state of Carinthia in Austria. With a population of over 90,000 it is the sixth-largest city in the country. The city is the bishop's seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt and home to the Alpen-Adria...
, Austria, to a French Moroccan mother and an Italian father, and was raised in Italy until the age of seven, when his family relocated to the United States. He has two sisters, Natalie and Elle. After temporarily living in Queens, New York, the family settled in
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
's San Fernando Valley, where Nucci graduated from Grant High School. He is married to
Paula MarshallPaula Marshall is an American actress.-Personal life:Marshall was born in Rockville, Maryland, and graduated in 1982 from Robert E. Peary High School in Rockville, where she had pursued a love of photography...
and has two daughters. Marshall and Nucci played lovers in the 1997 Bette Midler film
That Old Feeling.
Career
Nucci is known for playing characters who were unceremoniously killed off in short succession during four different 1990s
blockbusterBlockbuster, as applied to film or theatre, denotes a very popular and/or successful production. The entertainment industry use was originally theatrical slang referring to a particularly successful play but is now used primarily by the film industry....
action films --
EraserEraser is a 1996 action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan and Vanessa Williams. It was directed by Chuck Russell. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Sound Effects Editing in 1996.-Plot:...
,
The RockThe Rock is a 1996 action film that primarily takes place on Alcatraz Island, and the San Francisco Bay area. It was directed by Michael Bay, director of Bad Boys, and stars Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, and Ed Harris. It was produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, producers of Top Gun and...
,
Alive: The Miracle of the Andes (1993), and
TitanicTitanic is a 1997 American romantic drama film directed, written, co-produced and co-edited by James Cameron about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson and Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater, two members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the...
-- three of which were released within twenty months of one another in 1996 and 1997. Nucci is also known for his roles as Gabriel Ortega on the
CBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...
soap operaA soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on television or radio. The name "soap opera" stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble,...
Falcon CrestFalcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990...
from 1988 to 1989; as Vincent Sforza, alongside
Marguerite MoreauMarguerite Moreau is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles on the television series Blossom and her role in The Mighty Ducks series of films...
, in
Firestarter 2: RekindledFirestarter 2: Rekindled is a 2002 television miniseries and the sequel to the film adaptation of the Stephen King novel Firestarter. It stars Marguerite Moreau, Danny Nucci, Dennis Hopper and Malcolm McDowell.In the United States, the miniseries was broadcast on SCI FI...
; as Petty Officer Danny Rivetti in the 1995
Gene HackmanEugene Allen "Gene" Hackman is an American actor and currently a novelist.Hackman has made 80 films. He came to fame in 1967 when his performance as Buck Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde earned him his first Oscar nomination...
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Denzel WashingtonDenzel Hayes Washington, Jr. is an American actor, screenwriter, director and film producer. He has garnered much critical acclaim for his work in film since the 1990s, including for his portrayals of real-life figures, such as Steve Biko, Malcolm X, Rubin Carter, Melvin B...
submarineA submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has only limited underwater capability...
thriller
Crimson TideCrimson Tide is a 1995 submarine film directed by Tony Scott, starring Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman, produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, and written by Michael Schiffer and Richard P. Henrick...
; and as Spider Bomboni in the 1990 50's comedy
Book of LoveBook of Love is a 1990 romantic comedy film directed by New Line Cinema producer Robert Shaye. It is based on the autobiographical novel Jack in the Box by William Kotzwinkle .The film was originally PG-13, but subsequent DVD releases have been the R-rated Director's Cut Book of Love is a 1990...
. He also took the roles of Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez in the straight-to-video movie
The Sandlot: Heading HomeThe Sandlot: Heading Home is the second direct-to-video sequel to the 1993 theatrical film The Sandlot and the first direct-to-video sequel The Sandlot 2. It was released straight to DVD on May 1, 2007...
and a Port Authority Police Officer in the 2006 film
World Trade CenterWorld Trade Center is a 2006 disaster film, directed by Oliver Stone and based on the September 11, 2001 attacks on the same-titled towers of New York City. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Michael Peña, Maria Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Michael Shannon...
.
Notable television appearances include
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,
Growing PainsGrowing Pains is an American television sitcom that ran on the ABC network from 1985 to 1992.The show's premise is based around the fictional Seaver family, who reside on Long Island, New York. Dr. Jason Seaver , a psychiatrist, works from home because his wife, Maggie Malone , has gone back to...
,
The Twilight ZoneThe Twilight Zone is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist...
,
SnoopsSnoops is a short-lived American comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC. The series, which aired from September 26, 1999 to December 19, 1999, was created by David E. Kelley...
, Just Shoot Me,
Joey-People with the given name Joey:* Joey Barton , football player* Joey Benjamin , English cricketer* Joey Bishop , entertainer* Joey Buttafuoco , infamous for his affair with then-minor Amy Fisher...
, House M.D., Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, and The Mentalist. Along with
Ernie HudsonErnest Lee "Ernie" Hudson is an American actor known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series, Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz and Sergeant Albrecht in the cult movie The Crow.-Early life:...
, Nucci co-starred in the short-lived series 10-8: Officers on Duty.
In 2009, he will star as Dante in the Danny Wilson film
NephilimNephilim is a sci-fi action thriller film currently being produced in Wisconsin, created and directed by Danny Wilson. This is the first film in a trilogy written by Darren Foster and Danny Wilson...
.