Massimo Troisi
- Acting
- February 19, 1953 · San Giorgio a Cremano
- June 4, 1994
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 · Self
- Il mio amico Massimo · Sé stesso (materiale d'archivio)
- I magnifici 4 della risata
- We Are Cinema · Self
- TV Story Superstar · Self
- La Smorfia - Prima Parte
- La Smorfia - Seconda Parte
- La Smorfia - Terza Parte
- Effetto Smorfia
- The Postman · Mario Ruoppolo, Co-Director
- I Thought It Was Love · Tommaso, Director
- The Voyage of Captain Fracassa · Pulcinella
- What Time Is It? · Michele
- Splendor · Luigi
- The Ways of the Lord are Finite · Camillo, Screenplay
- Indietro tutta! · Se stesso
- Hotel Colonial · Werner
- Nothing Left to Do But Cry · Mario, Director
- 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, Director
- No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous · Massimo Troisi, Story
- Morto Troisi, viva Troisi! · The corpse / Lights technician / Self, Director
- I'm Starting from Three · Gaetano, Director
- The Oscars · Self