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Massimo Troisi

Acting
Known For

41 Years Old

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.

Born

San Giorgio a Cremano on 19th February 1953

Died

4th June 1994

All Credits

The Oscars Image
The Oscars
Self
TV Story Superstar Image
TV Story Superstar
Self (archive footage)
The Postman Image
The Postman
Mario Ruoppolo
Nothing Left to Do But Cry Image
Nothing Left to Do But Cry
Mario
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa Image
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
Pulcinella
I'm Starting from Three Image
I'm Starting from Three
Gaetano
We Are Cinema Image
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Hotel Colonial Image
Hotel Colonial
Werner
I Thought It Was Love Image
I Thought It Was Love
Tommaso
FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?' Image
FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'
Elemento del coro
What Time Is It? Image
What Time Is It?
Michele
Splendor Image
Splendor
Luigi
Sorry for the Delay Image
Sorry for the Delay
Vincenzo
Il mio amico Massimo Image
Il mio amico Massimo
Sé stesso (materiale d'archivio)
Morto Troisi, viva Troisi! Image
Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!
The corpse / Lights technician / Himself
No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous Image
No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous
Massimo Troisi
Le vie del Signore sono finite Image
Le vie del Signore sono finite
Camillo
Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me Image
Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me
Sé stesso (filmati d'archivio)
Buon compleanno Massimo Image
Buon compleanno Massimo
Himself (archive)
I magnifici 4 della risata Image
I magnifici 4 della risata
Effetto Smorfia Image
Effetto Smorfia
Per sempre al Massimo Image
Per sempre al Massimo
La Smorfia - Prima Parte Image
La Smorfia - Prima Parte
La Smorfia - Terza Parte Image
La Smorfia - Terza Parte
La Smorfia - Seconda Parte Image
La Smorfia - Seconda Parte