Birthday 1953-02-19
Gender

Male

 

Massimo Troisi actor

Massimo Troisi

Known For

Acting

IMDB ID

nm0873385

TMDB ID

67792

Deathday

2024 December 27 (dead at 41 years old)

Popularity

3.077

Total movies available

13

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 Radfords 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.