Enrico Caruso Naples in the via Santi Giovanni e Paolo n° 7 on 25 February 1873, he was baptised the next day in the adjacent Church of San Giovanni e Paolo. His parents originally came from Piedimonte d'Alife in the Province of Benevento (now called Piedimonte Matese), in the Province of Caserta in Campania, Southern Italy. Called Errico in accordance with the Neapolitan language, he would later adopt the formal Italian version of his given name, Enrico ("Henry" in English). This change came at the suggestion of his singing teacher Guglielmo Vergine. Caruso was the third of seven children and one of
David Caruso and Edward G. Robinson. He said: The ethics of certain actors certainly had a power over me. These guys taught me how to be what I call a stand-up kind of guy. Caruso's first movie appearance was in the 1980 film "Getting Wasted" as Danny. He credits his role as Topper Daniels, "the cadet who nearly drowned", in "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982) as what got him noticed. Caruso then spent most of the decade in supporting roles in films including "First Blood" (1982), "Blue City" (1986), "China Girl" (1987) and "Twins" (1988). On television, Caruso had a recurring