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Massimo Troisi
Actor

Massimo Troisi

19 Feb 1953Born
4 Jun 1994Died
41Age at death
22Credits

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.

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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

  1. 2024Per sempre al MassimoFilm
  2. 2023Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes MeFilm: Sé stesso (filmati d'archivio)
  3. 2022Il mio amico MassimoFilm: Sé stesso (materiale d'archivio)
  4. 2022I magnifici 4 della risataFilm
  5. 2009La Smorfia - Prima ParteFilm
  6. 2009La Smorfia - Terza ParteFilm
  7. 2009La Smorfia - Seconda ParteFilm
  8. 2006Effetto SmorfiaFilm
  9. 1994The PostmanFilm: Mario Ruoppolo, Screenplay
  10. 1991I Thought It Was LoveFilm: Tommaso, Director, Screenplay
  11. 1990The Voyage of Captain FracassaFilm: Pulcinella
  12. 1989What Time Is It?Film: Michele
  13. 1989SplendorFilm: Luigi
  14. 1987The Ways of the Lord are FiniteFilm: Camillo, Director, Screenplay
  15. 1987Indietro tutta!Series: Se stesso (1 episode)
  16. 1987Hotel ColonialFilm: Werner
  17. 1984Nothing Left to Do But CryFilm: Mario, Director, Screenplay
  18. 1983FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'Film: Elemento del coro
  19. 1983Sorry for the DelayFilm: Vincenzo, Director, Screenplay
  20. 1982No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me NervousFilm: Massimo Troisi
  21. 1982Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!Film: The corpse / Lights technician / Self, Director, Screenplay
  22. 1981I'm Starting from ThreeFilm: Gaetano, Director, Screenplay

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