Raoul Bova
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
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 Özpetek, 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.
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