Massimo Troisi
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 19, 1953
- Died
- Jun 4, 1994 (aged 41)
- Place of birth
- San Giorgio a Cremano
- Credits
- 26
Massimo Troisi began his acting career in the theater and became famous for roles in television series.
He is best known for his roles in his own film Ricomincio da tre (1981), and in Michael Radford's The Postman (Il Postino) (1994).
The filmmaker Ettore Scola has also made him one of his leading performers, with three consecutive works: Splendor, What time is it? and The Voyage of Captain Fracasse.
Heart disease when he had to shoot The Postman. His doctor had advised him not to do the filming to have the operation. He decided to postpone the operation after the shooting, this film being close to his heart.
He died of a heart attack, barely twelve hours after the end of filming.
He was posthumously nominated for two Oscars and two Golden Globes.
Known for
The Postman
1994Movie
Mario Ruoppolo
Nothing Left to Do But Cry
1984Movie
Mario
I'm Starting from Three
1981Movie
Gaetano
I Thought It Was Love
1991Movie
Tommaso
Sorry for the Delay
1983Movie
Vincenzo
What Time Is It?
1989Movie
Michele
Filmography
Per sempre al Massimo
2024Movie
Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me
2023Movie
Sé stesso (filmati d'archivio)
Buon compleanno Massimo
2023Movie
Himself (archive)
Il mio amico Massimo
2022Movie
Sé stesso (materiale d'archivio)
I magnifici 4 della risata
2022Movie
We Are Cinema
2021Movie
Self (archive footage)
TV Story Superstar
2020TV
Self (archive footage)
La Smorfia - Prima Parte
2009Movie
La Smorfia - Seconda Parte
2009Movie
La Smorfia - Terza Parte
2009Movie
Effetto Smorfia
2006Movie
The Postman
1994Movie
Mario Ruoppolo
I Thought It Was Love
1991Movie
Tommaso
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
1990Movie
Pulcinella
What Time Is It?
1989Movie
Michele
Splendor
1989Movie
Luigi
The Ways of the Lord are Finite
1987Movie
Camillo
Indietro tutta!
1987TV
Se stesso
Hotel Colonial
1987Movie
Werner
Nothing Left to Do But Cry
1984Movie
Mario
FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'
1983Movie
Elemento del coro
Sorry for the Delay
1983Movie
Vincenzo
No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous
1982Movie
Massimo Troisi
Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!
1982Movie
The corpse / Lights technician / Self
I'm Starting from Three
1981Movie
Gaetano
The Oscars
1953TV
Self