Massimo Troisi
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.
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- 2024 · Per sempre al Massimo as
- 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)
- 2022 · I magnifici 4 della risata as
- 2021 · We Are Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · TV Story Superstar as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · La Smorfia - Prima Parte as
- 2009 · La Smorfia - Terza Parte as
- 2009 · La Smorfia - Seconda Parte as
- 1994 · The Postman as Mario Ruoppolo
- 1991 · I Thought It Was Love as Tommaso
- 1990 · The Voyage of Captain Fracassa as Pulcinella
- 1989 · What Time Is It? as Michele
- 1989 · Splendor as Luigi
- 1987 · Le vie del Signore sono finite as Camillo
- 1987 · Hotel Colonial as Werner
- 1984 · Nothing Left to Do But Cry as Mario
- 1983 · FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?' as Elemento del coro
- 1983 · Sorry for the Delay as Vincenzo
- 1982 · No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous as Massimo Troisi
- 1982 · Morto Troisi, viva Troisi! as The corpse / Lights technician / Himself
- 1981 · I'm Starting from Three as Gaetano
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self