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

The Oscars

TV Story Superstar

The Postman

We Are Cinema

Nothing Left to Do But Cry

The Voyage of Captain Fracassa

Hotel Colonial

Splendor

All Movies (23)

• Per sempre al Massimo2024
• Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me2023 · as Sé stesso (filmati d'archivio)
• Buon compleanno Massimo2023 · as Himself (archive)
• Il mio amico Massimo2022 · as Sé stesso (materiale d'archivio)
• I magnifici 4 della risata2022
• We Are Cinema2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• La Smorfia - Prima Parte2009
• La Smorfia - Seconda Parte2009
• La Smorfia - Terza Parte2009
• Effetto Smorfia2006
• The Postman1994 · as Mario Ruoppolo
• I Thought It Was Love1991 · as Tommaso
• The Voyage of Captain Fracassa1990 · as Pulcinella
• What Time Is It?1989 · as Michele
• Splendor1989 · as Luigi
• Le vie del Signore sono finite1987 · as Camillo
• Hotel Colonial1987 · as Werner
• Nothing Left to Do But Cry1984 · as Mario
• FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'1983 · as Elemento del coro
• Sorry for the Delay1983 · as Vincenzo
• No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous1982 · as Massimo Troisi
• Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!1982 · as The corpse / Lights technician / Self
• I'm Starting from Three1981 · as Gaetano

All TV Shows (2)

• TV Story Superstar2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Oscars1953 · as Self