Eduardo Scarpetta was born into the famous Scarpetta-De Filippo [it] family and grew up around actors, playwrights, and theater directors.
[1] His parents, Mario Scarpetta and Maria Basile, were actors who met in the theater.
His father ran a theater company, but died when Scarpetta was 11 years old.
[4][5] Scarpetta made his theatrical debut at the age of nine in the play Felicello and Felicella.
[2][4] He attended a liceo classico in Naples and later studied acting at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.