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Massimo Troisi

Actor • Born 1953

Massimo Troisi

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About

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 Postman posterThe PostmanMovie • 1994What Time Is It? posterWhat Time Is It?Movie • 1989Nothing Left to Do But Cry posterNothing Left to Do But CryMovie • 1984I Thought It Was Love posterI Thought It Was LoveMovie • 1991The Voyage of Captain Fracassa posterThe Voyage of Captain FracassaMovie • 1990Splendor posterSplendorMovie • 1989Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me posterMassimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes MeMovie • 2023FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?' posterFF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'Movie • 1983The Ways of the Lord are Finite posterThe Ways of the Lord are FiniteMovie • 1987Morto Troisi, viva Troisi! posterMorto Troisi, viva Troisi!Movie • 1982I'm Starting from Three posterI'm Starting from ThreeMovie • 1981Sorry for the Delay posterSorry for the DelayMovie • 1983La Smorfia - Prima Parte posterLa Smorfia - Prima ParteMovie • 2009No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous posterNo Thanks, Coffee Makes Me NervousMovie • 1982