Scarpetta was born into the famous family, where he grew up around actors, playwrights, and theater directors. His parents, Mario Scarpetta and Maria Basile, were actors who met in the theater; his father ran a theater company before his death at the age of 50, when Scarpetta was 11 years old. His great-great-grandfather is the Italian actor and playwright
Eduardo Scarpetta. He was born and raised in
Naples, where attended a
liceo classico. He later studied acting at the
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in
Rome. ==Career==