Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 19, 1953
Died
Jun 04, 1994
Place of Birth
San Giorgio a Cremano
Credits
26 titles
Massimo Troisi
Biography
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
Filmography
Per sempre al Massimo
Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me
Sé stesso (filmati d'archivio)
Buon compleanno Massimo
Himself (archive)
Il mio amico Massimo
Sé stesso (materiale d'archivio)
I magnifici 4 della risata
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
TV Story Superstar
Self (archive footage)
La Smorfia - Prima Parte
La Smorfia - Seconda Parte
La Smorfia - Terza Parte
Effetto Smorfia
The Postman
Mario Ruoppolo
I Thought It Was Love
Tommaso
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
Pulcinella
What Time Is It?
Michele
Splendor
Luigi
The Ways of the Lord are Finite
Camillo
Indietro tutta!
Se stesso
Hotel Colonial
Werner
Nothing Left to Do But Cry
Mario
FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'
Elemento del coro
Sorry for the Delay
Vincenzo
No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous
Massimo Troisi
Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!
The corpse / Lights technician / Self
I'm Starting from Three
Gaetano
The Oscars
Self