Raoul Bova Add to My Celebs Age 40 Birthday Aug. 14th, 1971 Born in Rome, Italy Height 181 cm

Raoul Bova's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) What About Brian Angelo Varzi

Main Movie Roles 2009 - Sbirri 2004 - AVP Alien vs. Predator 2003 - Under the Tuscan Sun 2002 - Avenging Angelo

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Raoul Bova was born in a Roman white collar family, his father was an employee and his mother a housewife. He has two sisters who he is close to. His passion in his youth was swimming and he became a champion at 16. He performed his military duty in the "Bersaglieri" and he studied at the ISEF but didn't finish in order to begin an acting career. His first role was in "Una storia italiana", a TV movie, and his debut in cinema was in "Piccolo grande amore" by Carlo Vanzina. He quickly became a star in Italy. But tired of being always considered a sex symbol unable to play deep roles, he started shooting movies a little more complex like "Rewind" where he plays a terrorist, "I cavalieri che fecero l'impresa" where he plays the role of a medieval man whose soul is possessed by the devil, or "La frontiera" where he plays an Austrian officer, or saint Frances in "Francesco". And finally a great Italian-Turkish director, Ferzan Ozpetek, gave him the role of Lorenzo in "Facing Windows", his most complicated and introverted character that he portrayed with application and passion, becoming a respected young actor rather than a sex symbol. In private life Bova is a happy husband and father, very close to his wife and their children Alessandro Leon and Francesco.


TRIVIA:

• Before becoming an actor, he took an exam to enter in the "Carabinieri", the Italian military police but was refused. Ironically, he portrays a carabiniere in the TV movie _Ultimo (1998) (TV)_ (qv) .
• Had a dog named Marilou when he was a child.
• Lost 14 kilos to portray Saint Francis in _Francesco (2002) (TV)_ (qv)and named his second son, Francesco (b. 2001), after the Saint.
• Has 2 little nieces: Flaminia and Beatrice.
• He was born in Rome and considers himself a real Roman that couldn't live somewhere else, but his parents are from southern Italy, his father is from Reggio Calabria and his mother from Naples.
• Good friends with Maria Grazia Cucinotta.
• Sometimes plays soccer with the "Nazionale Italiana attori" in charity matches.
• Loves to collect Bonzai trees.

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