Raoul Bova

Raoul Bova was born on 14thAugust, 1971 in Rome, Italy. his father was an employee and his mother a housewife.

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 beginning an acting career.

He began his acting career on Italian television, joining the cast of the award-winning crime drama La Piovra during its seventh season, which led to starring roles in several subsequent La Piovra TV movies and miniseries.

Bova made his European film breakthrough in 1993 with the romantic fantasy Piccolo Grande Amore as a hunky watersports instructor, and he's played romantic leads ever since. He played a handsome plumber in the comedy Comincio Tutto Per Caso and a heroic husband in the thriller Coppia Omicida.

In 2001, he appeared with Italian film legends Sophia Loren and Giancarlo Gianinni in Lina Wertmüller's historical drama Francesca e Nunziata.

He was married with Chiara Giorda no March 2000 and has 2 children.