Raoul Bova is an Italian

Italy

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 actor.

Bova was born in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

 to Calabria

Calabria

Calabria , in antiquity known as Bruttium, is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula. The capital city of Calabria is Catanzaro....

n parents. At the age of 16 he became a local champion in the 100 meter backstroke. At the age of 21 he joined the Italian Army

Italian Army

The Italian Army is the ground defence force of the Italian Armed Forces. It is all-volunteer force of active-duty personnel, numbering 108,355 in 2010. Its best-known combat vehicles are the Dardo infantry fighting vehicle, the Centauro tank destroyer and the Ariete tank, and among its aircraft...

 and performed his military duty in the Bersaglieri

Bersaglieri

The Bersaglieri are a corps of the Italian Army originally created by General Alessandro La Marmora on 18 June 1836 to serve in the Piedmontese Army, later to become the Royal Italian Army...

 (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

Michael Margotta

Michael Margotta is an American actor of Italian descent who currently serves as Artistic Director of The Actor's Center—ROMA after an industry appreciated but popularly under noticed career in Hollywood...

. In March 2000, he married Chiara Giordano. They have three children, Alessandro Leon, Francesco and Sophia. On 15 October 2010, Raoul Bova was nominated Goodwill Ambassador

FAO Goodwill Ambassador

The FAO Goodwill Ambassadors Programme was initiated in 1999. The main purpose of the programme is to increase public awareness and to disseminate information on issues related to food security, hunger and poverty in the world...

 of the Food and Agriculture Organization

Food and Agriculture Organization

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 of the United Nations (FAO).

Filmography

• Treasure Guards (2011, TV movie)
• Nessuno mi può giudicare (2011)
• Come un delfino (2011), miniseries
• Immaturi (2011)
• The Tourist
  The Tourist (2010 film)
  The Tourist is a 2010 romantic thriller film directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. It is a remake of the 2005 French action film Anthony Zimmer....
  
   (2010)
• Scusa ma ti Voglio Sposare (2010)
• La nostra vita
  La nostra vita
  La nostra vita is a 2010 Italian film directed by Daniele Luchetti. It competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, with Elio Germano sharing the prize for Best Actor with Javier Bardem for his role in the Mexican film Biutiful directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu.-Cast:* Elio...
  
   (2010)
• Ti presento un amico
  Ti presento un amico
  -Cast:* Raoul Bova as Marco* Martina Stella as Gabriella* Sarah Felberbaum* Kelly Reilly* Barbora Bobulova* Stefano Macchi* Alessandro Bolide...
  
    (2010)
• Baaria - La porta del vento
  Baarìa - La porta del vento
  Baarìa is a 2009 Italian film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. It was the opening film of the 66th Venice International Film Festival in September 2009.-Plot:...
  
   (2009)
• Bolt (2008)
• Scusa ma ti chiamo amore
  Scusa Ma Ti Chiamo Amore
  Scusa ma ti chiamo amore is a 2008 Italian film starring Raoul Bova and Michela Quattrociocche.Alex Belli is a 37 year old advertising executive whose fiancée Elena has just left him, and who is having difficulty at work trying to think of a good advertising campaign for a new Japanese product....
  
   (2008)
• Milano-Palermo: il ritorno (2007)
• Io, l'altro (2007)
• What About Brian
  What About Brian
  What About Brian is an American comedy-drama television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J.J. Abrams' company Bad Robot Productions. The series premiered on April 16, 2006, on ABC, as a midseason replacement and concluded on March 26, 2007...
  
   (2006, TV Series)
• Attacco allo stato (2005, TV)
• Karol: A Man Who Became Pope
  Karol: A Man Who Became Pope
  Karol: A Man Who Became Pope is a 2005 TV miniseries directed by Giacomo Battiato, and created as a Polish-Italian-French-German and Canadian joint cooperation project...
  
   (2005, TV)
• La Fiamma sul ghiaccio (2005)
• Alien vs. Predator
  Alien vs. Predator (film)
  Alien vs. Predator is a 2004 American science fiction film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson for 20th Century Fox and starring Sanaa Lathan and Lance Henriksen. The film adapts the Alien vs. Predator crossover imprint bringing together the eponymous creatures of the Alien and Predator series, a...
  
   (2004)
• Ultimo (2004, TV)
• Under the Tuscan Sun
  Under the Tuscan Sun
  Under the Tuscan Sun is a 2003 film based on Frances Mayes' 1996 memoir of the same name. The film was directed by Audrey Wells and starred Diane Lane.-Plot:...
  
   (2003)
• Facing Windows
  Facing Windows
  Facing Windows is a 2003 Italian movie directed by Ferzan Özpetek.Tagline: Desire knows no bounds.-Plot:...
  
   (La finestra di fronte, 2003)
• Francesco (2002, TV)
• Avenging Angelo
  Avenging Angelo
  Avenging Angelo is a 2002 American film directed by Martyn Burke that stars Sylvester Stallone and Madeleine Stowe. This is the last film in which Anthony Quinn appeared...
  
   (2002)
• Madame de... (2001, TV)
• Francesca and Nunziata (Francesca e Nunziata, 2001, TV)
• The Knights Who Made the Enterprise (I cavalieri che fecero l'impresa]], 2001)
• Il Testimone (2001, TV)
• Distretto di polizia
  Distretto di Polizia
  Distretto di Polizia is an Italian television series....
  
   (2000, TV Series)
• Terra bruciata (1999)
• Ultimo 2 - La sfida (1999, TV)
• Hercules
  Hercules (1997 film)
  Hercules is a 1997 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirty-fifth animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film was directed by Ron Clements and John Musker...
  
   (1999 Italian voice)
• Rewind (1998)
• Coppia omicida (1998)
• La Piovra 9 - Il patto (1998, TV)
• Ultimo (1998) (TV)
• The Fourth King
  The Fourth King
  The Fourth King is a 2005 German / Swiss / Swedish film directed by Michael Ekbladh and Ted Sieger.- Plot summary :...
  
   (Il Quarto re, 1997, TV)
• La Piovra 8 - Lo scandalo (1997, TV)
• La Lupa (1996)
• La Frontiera (1996)
• The Nymph (Ninfa plebea, 1996)
• The Mayor (Il sindaco, 1996)
• Palermo-Milan One Way (Palermo Milano solo andata, 1995)
• La Piovra 7 (1994, TV miniseries)
• It All Started by Chance (Cominciò tutto per caso, 1993)
• Pretty Princess (Piccolo grande amore, 1993)
• Crazy Underwear (Mutande pazze, 1992)
• When We Were Repressed (Quando eravamo repressi, 1992; uncredited)
• Una Storia italiana (1992) (TV)

External links

• Raoul Bova as a Style Icon
• FAO Goodwill Ambassador website