Massimo Troisi

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-02-19 (41 years old)

Deathday

1994-06-04

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, ba...

Acting

1994

The Postman

as Mario Ruoppolo

2023

Buon compleanno Massimo

as Himself (archive)

1987

1983

1991

1989

1989

Splendor

as Luigi

2023

Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me

as Sé stesso (filmati d'archivio)

1982

Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!

as The corpse / Lights technician / Himself

2022

Il mio amico Massimo

as Sé stesso (materiale d'archivio)

2021

We Are Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

Production

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