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| 1 | Living with his girlfriend, actress Rocío Muñoz, who he met on the set of Immaturi - Il viaggio (2012). Their first child, a baby girl named Luna to be borne in Rome (2 December 2015). [2014] |
| 2 | In Sicily, shooting "Liol |
| 3 | Los Angeles, working with Alfonzo Arau and Lindsay Lohan for "Dare to Love me" [October 2007] |
| 4 | In Turin, Italy, shooting La fiamma sul ghiaccio (2006) with Angela Finocchiaro, directed by Umberto Marino. [2004] |
| 5 | Was included in the "2008 World's Sexiest Men" list according to E! Entertainment, (ranked #13). |
| 6 | Militates against the death penalty, and took part to a short movie called "15 seconds", where he plays the last moments of a man on the death row. |
| 7 | Shares with his wife a passion for animals. |
| 8 | Friends with Italian politician Emma Bonino, who he met through her association "Hands off Cain", against the death penalty through the world. |
| 9 | Confesses an interest for Buddhism and Judaism. |
| 10 | Raoul, coming from Radulf, derives from the Germanic elements rad meaning "counsel" and wulf meaning "wolf". |
| 11 | Loves to collect Bonzai trees. |
| 12 | Admits often that if he had not been an actor he would have opened a sports club and be a physical education instructor. |
| 13 | Good friend with designer Giorgio Armani, actors George Clooney, Alessandro Gassman and Maria-Grazia Cucinotta. |
| 14 | Owns a scooter. |
| 15 | The first movie he ever watched was "Some like it hot". |
| 16 | Son-in-law of lawyer (and author) Annamaria Bernardini De Pace, one of the most famous divorce lawyers in Italy. |
| 17 | Favorite singers are Laura Pausini, Jovanotti and Pino Daniele. |
| 18 | Favorite actors are Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Daniel Day-Lewis, Dustin Hoffman, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Paul Newman and Catherine Zeta-Jones. |
| 19 | Had a dog named Marilou when he was a child. |
| 20 | Favorite writers are Paulo Coelho and Luis Sepúlveda. |
| 21 | Has 2 little nieces: Flaminia and Beatrice. |
| 22 | Married his girlfriend three months after the birth of their first son Alessandro, and the child was baptized on the same day of the marriage, near Perugia, in Italy. |
| 23 | Mother is Rosa and father is Giuseppe. |
| 24 | Has 2 sisters: Tiziana and Daniela. |
| 25 | Father, with Chiara, of two boys named Alessandro Leon (born on the 29th January 2000) at 7.18 AM, Francesco (born in 2001) and a girl named Sophia. |
| 26 | Nearly drowned in the sea as a child. To get over this trauma, he started to follow swimming lessons and became a champion at 16. |
| 27 | Supporter and face of ecologist organization "ForPlanet". |
| 28 | Italian citizen. |
| 29 | Shares birthday with Romane Bohringer, Emmanuelle Beart, Halle Berry, Wim Wenders, David Hallyday, Steve Martin and Magic Johnson. |
| 30 | Performed acting on stage in Rome in 3 plays: "Mexico and clouds", "Macbeth clan" and "Cold blooded animals". |
| 31 | Studied acting with Michael Margotta in Rome, Italy. |
| 32 | Studied acting at the school "Beatrice Bracco" in Rome. |
| 33 | Is good friends with Giorgio Armani. |
| 34 | Has been the face of "Giorgio Armani eyewear" and of "Gap". |
| 35 | Has two dogs: Jackie and Ofelia. |
| 36 | Says his lucky number is 14. |
| 37 | Bova is a typical surname from Calabria. |
| 38 | Likes cooking with his father. |
| 39 | He's a supporter of the charity project "Vento e sole" (wind and sun) with the Nobel award-winner, Rigoberta Menchú. The project's goal is to develop an ecological system of electrification for the third-world countries, especially in Guatemala. |
| 40 | Made a nude artistic calendar in 2000 for the Italian magazine Max. |
| 41 | Sometimes plays soccer with the "Nazionale Italiana attori" in charity matches. |
| 42 | 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) . |
| 43 | Was named Raoul after his great grandfather. |
| 44 | Lost 14 kilos to portray Saint Francis in Francesco (2002) and named his second son, Francesco (b. 2001), after the Saint. |
| 45 | Prepares for his role in La fiamma sul ghiaccio (2006) by reading the book "Thecurious incident of the dog in the night-time" by Mark Haddon and studying with the Roman psychologist Arturo Mona. |
| 46 | His father is an employee of Alitalia Airlines and his mother is an housewife. |
| 47 | 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. |
| 48 | His wife, Chiara Giordano, is a veterinarian. |
| 49 | Ex-boyfriend of actress Romina Mondello. |
| 50 | At age 16 he won the Italian swimming championship of the 100 meters backstroke competing for the team S.S. Lazio. |
| 51 | He studied at the Italian Institute of Physical Education. |
| 52 | He collects ethnic wood-carved sculptures. |
| 53 | Performed his military duty in the "Bersaglieri". |
| 54 | He was a swimming champion with S.S. Lazio team of Rome, the oldest and most important sport club in Europe. |
| 55 | Appeared with Madonna in a 1999 Max Factor commercial, directed by Alek Keshishian, starring make-up artist Sarah Monzani. |