
San Giorgio a Cremano
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.

as Self (archive footage)

as Self
1953

as Mario Ruoppolo
1994

as Self (archive footage)
2020

as Self (archive footage)
2021

as Michele
1989

as Pulcinella
1990

as Luigi
1989

as Mario
1984

as Tommaso
1991

as Camillo
1987

as Elemento del coro
1983

as Gaetano
1981
as Himself (archive)
2023

2024

as Sé stesso (filmati d'archivio)
2023

as Himself (archive)
2023

as Sé stesso (materiale d'archivio)
2022

2022

as Self (archive footage)
2021

2009

2009

2009

2006

as Mario Ruoppolo
1994

as Tommaso
1991

as Pulcinella
1990

as Michele
1989

as Luigi
1989

as Camillo
1987

as Werner
1987

as Mario
1984

as Elemento del coro
1983

as Vincenzo
1983

as Massimo Troisi
1982

as The corpse / Lights technician / Self
1982

as Gaetano
1981
as Self
1 episodes
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