Raoul Bova
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Raoul Bova (born 14 August 1971 Rome, Italy) is an Italian actor. His father is an employee of Alitalia Airline and his mother is a housewife. He has two sisters, Daniela and Tiziana, with whom he is very close. At the age of 16 he became a champion with the S.S. Lazio swim team of Rome, swimming the 100 meter backstroke. At the age of 21 he joined the Italian Army and performed his military duty in the Bersaglieri (sharpshooters) corps. He enrolled in the ISEF, the Italian Institute of Physical Education, but dropped out to pursue a career in acting. He studied at the school Beatrice Bracco in Rome and also studied acting with Michael Margotta. He was married in March 2000 to Chiara Giordano who is a veterinarian. They have two children, Alessandro Leon and Francesco.
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- Milano-Palermo: il ritorno (2007) (filming) .... Nino Di Venanzio
- Io, L'altro (2007) .... Giuseppe
- What About Brian (2006) TV Series (filming) .... Angelo
- Attacco allo stato (2005) (TV) (post-production)
- Karol, un uomo diventato Papa (2005) (TV) .... Tomasz Zaleski
- La Fiamma sul ghiaccio (2005) .... Fabrizio
- AVP: Alien Vs. Predator (2004) .... Sebastian de Rosa
- Ultimo 3 (2004) (TV) .... Roberto Di Stefano (Ultimo)
- Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) .... Marcello
- Facing Windows (La Finestra di fronte, 2003) .... Lorenzo
- Francesco (2002) (TV) .... Francesco
- Avenging Angelo (2002) .... Marcello/Johnny Carboni
- Madame de... (2001) (TV) .... Vittorio
- Francesca and Nunziata (Francesca e Nunziata, 2001) (TV) .... Federico Montorsi
- The Knights Who Made the Enterprise (I Cavalieri che fecero l'impresa, 2001) .... Giacomo di Altogiovanni
- Il Testimone (2001) (TV) .... Marco Basile
- "Distretto di polizia" (2000) TV Series .... Ferdinando
- Terra bruciata (1999) .... Francesco Loreano/Tom Grasso
- Ultimo 2 - La sfida (1999) (TV) .... Roberto Di Stefano (Ultimo)
- "Hercules" (1998) TV Series .... Hercules (Italian voice)
- Rewind (1998) .... Paul Mansart
- Coppia omicida (1998) .... Dario
- Piovra 9 - Il patto, La (1998) (TV) .... Capt. Carlo Arcuti
- Ultimo (1998) (TV) .... Roberto Di Stefano (Ultimo)
- The Fourth King (Il Quarto re, 1997) (TV) .... Alazhar
- La Piovra 8 - Lo scandalo (1997) (TV) .... Capt. Carlo Arcuti
- La Lupa (1996) .... Nanni
- La Frontiera (1996) .... Emidio Orlich
- The Nymph (Ninfa plebea, 1996) .... Pietro
- The Mayor (Il Sindaco, 1996) .... Eddy
- Palermo-Milan One Way (Palermo Milano solo andata, 1995) .... Nino Di Venanzio
- "La Piovra 7" (1994) (mini) TV Series .... Commissario Gianni Breda
- It All Started by Chance (Cominciò tutto per caso, 1993) .... Romolo
- Pretty Princess (Piccolo grande amore, 1993) .... Marco
- Crazy Underwear (Mutande pazze, 1992) (as Raul Bova) .... Rocco
- When We Were Repressed (Quando eravamo repressi, 1992) (uncredited)
- Una Storia italiana (1992) (TV)
