Massimo Troisi

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1953-02-19

Deathday 1994-06-04 (41 years old)

Place of Birth San Giorgio a Cremano

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

Actor

2023
Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me

as Sé stesso (filmati d'archivio)

2023
Buon compleanno Massimo

as Himself (archive)

2022
Il mio amico Massimo

as Sé stesso (materiale d'archivio)

2021
We Are Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

2020
TV Story Superstar

as Self (archive footage)

1994
The Postman

as Mario Ruoppolo

1991
1989
What Time Is It?

as Michele

1989
Splendor

as Luigi

1987
Hotel Colonial

as Werner

1983
1982
Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!

as The corpse / Lights technician / Himself

1953
The Oscars

as Self

Writer

Director

1994
The Postman

as Co-Director

1991
1983
1981