Background:

Italian born actor Adam Alexi-Malle is best known for his role on the massively successful Off Broadway production of “Goose-Pimples” (1998), from which he received a Drama Desk and Outer Critics' Circle nominations, and for his performances in films such as “Bowfinger” (1999), “The Man Who Wasn't There” (2001), “Hidalgo” (2004) and “Failure to Launch” (2006). In addition from acting, he keeps an active career as classical pianist, violinist, singer and conductor. Alexi-Malle is also a former ballet dancer.  

Alexi-Malle is founding owner and President of the multimedia production company JP²A²M:worldwide Entertainment, which has offices in Los Angeles, CA and London, England.    


Juan-Paolo Perre

Childhood and Family:

Adam Alexi-Malle was born Juan-Paolo Perre on September 24, 1964, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy, to an Italian (Sardinian) father and a Spanish-Arab mother. His parents later moved to London, United Kingdom and finally to the Unites States. He studied piano, violin, dance and voice as a scholarship student at the Interlochen Arts Academy, and started performing as a musician when he was 9. He later enrolled at The Julliard School and The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He received a Bachelor's degree from the Universities of Wisconsin and a Master's degree from the Maryland University. He took his postgraduate/doctoral studies at the Universite de Paris/Paris Conservatoire as a Harriet Hale Woolley Fellowship scholar and at the Moscow State Conservatory in Russia. As a ballet dancer, Alexi-Malle trained at the American Ballet Theatre in New York City.  


Hidalgo

Career:

After a series of training abroad, Adam Alexi-Malle returned to the US in 1995 and quickly landed uncredited parts in such films as “Night Falls on Manhattan” (1996), “The Preacher's Wife” (1996) and “The Peacemaker” (1997). In 1997, he made his Broadway debut as an original cast member of the Tony Award-winning musical “Titanic,” along with John Cunningham, David Garrison, Larry Keith, Alma Cuervo, Michael Cerveris, Victoria Clark, and Brian d'Arcy James. Playing Robert Hichens, Alexi-Malle  also sang on the RCA original Broadway cast soundtrack of the musical, which was nominated for a Grammy Award. He went on to portray the role of “Mohammad” in the American premiere of the tremendously successful New Group Theatre production of Mike Leigh's “Goose-Pimples” (1998). Delivering a bright acting, he received  solid critical praise and was nominated for Best Featured Male Performance category in both the Drama Desk Awards and the Outer Critics' Circle Awards.  

Lured by his success on the stage, Alexi-Malle was asked to co-star as Afrim in the comedy film “Bowfinger” (1999), which was directed by Frank Oz, produced by Brian Grazer, and written by and starring Steve Martin with Eddie Murphy. The film was a commercial success in the United States, making its debut at No. 2 behind “The Sixth Sense” with an initial box office weekend return of $18.2 million.  

In the new millennium, Alexi-Malle guest starred in popular television series such as “The Sopranos” (2000, as Brown University Representative), “Judging Amy” (2000, as health store owner), “The Wes Wing” (2001, as President's translator), “Alias” (2003, as Bernard), “24” (2005, as Joseph Fayed), and in other series like ABC's “Gideon's Crossing” (2001, as Dr. Ankh) and the Fox sitcom “Undeclared” (2002, as Professor Burg). He also starred in the short film “Midnight Gospel” (2000), directed and written by Melany Kahn, co-starred opposite James Tupper, Lorri Bagley and Aasif Mandvi in Monty Diamond's “Peroxide Passion” (2001), which won the Silver Award for Independent Theatrical Feature Films – Comedy at the 2001 WorldFest Houston, and was featured in Steven Spielberg's acclaimed science fiction/drama film, “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” (2001). Alexi-Malle gave memorable turns on the Coen Brothers neo-noir film “The Man Who Wasn't There” (2001), the Viggo Mortensen starring vehicle “Hidalgo” (2004) and the box office hit “Failure to Launch” (2006), where he played Jacques, a piano teacher, Aziz, emissary and the Sheikh's attaché, and Mr. Axelrod, respectively. The actor also provided his voices for the 2004 video game “The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay.”   

Meanwhile, on the stage, Alexi-Malle starred with Sarita Choudhury, Anna George, Sanjiv Jhaveri and Bernard White in the American premiere of the play, “Sakharam Binder” (2004) with The Play Company - New York, Off-Broadway. It was followed by roles on the Off Broadway production of “Terrorism” (2005), by the Presnyakov Brothers, and the Broadway revival of “The Threepenny Opera” (2006), opposite Alan Cummings and Cyndi Lauper.  

In 2008, Alexi-Malle's voice could be heard in the animated TV series  “Go, Diego! Go!” and the video game “The Bourne Conspiracy.” He continued to lend his voices for other  programs like the TV series “Family Guy” (2011) and the video games “ Assassin's Creed Revelations” (2011), “Diablo III” (2012) and “Call of Duty: Black Ops – Declassified” (2012). In 2012, he had the important role of Amir in the direct to video family film “Treasure Buddies,” the 6th installment in the Air Buddies franchise.

Alexi-Malle will provide his voice on the upcoming animated film “Mr. Peabody & Sherman” (2013), directed by Rob Minkoff. The film will star the voices of Ty Burrell and Max Charles on the title characters.     


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