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.

Filmography

• 2024Per sempre al Massimo
• 2023Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me — Sé stesso (filmati d'archivio)
• 2022I magnifici 4 della risata
• 2022Il mio amico Massimo — Sé stesso (materiale d'archivio)
• 2009La Smorfia - Prima Parte
• 2009La Smorfia - Seconda Parte
• 2009La Smorfia - Terza Parte
• 2006Effetto Smorfia
• 1994The Postman — Mario Ruoppolo, Co-Director, Screenplay
• 1991I Thought It Was Love — Tommaso, Director, Story, Screenplay
• 1990The Voyage of Captain Fracassa — Pulcinella
• 1989Splendor — Luigi
• 1989What Time Is It? — Michele
• 1987Hotel Colonial — Werner
• Indietro tutta! — Se stesso
• 1987The Ways of the Lord are Finite — Camillo, Director, Screenplay, Story
• 1984Nothing Left to Do But Cry — Mario, Director, Story, Screenplay
• 1983FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?' — Elemento del coro
• 1983Sorry for the Delay — Vincenzo, Director, Story, Screenplay
• 1982Morto Troisi, viva Troisi! — The corpse / Lights technician / Self, Director, Screenplay
• 1982No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous — Massimo Troisi, Story
• 1981I'm Starting from Three — Gaetano, Director, Screenplay, Story

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2023Buon compleanno Massimo — Himself (archive)
• 2021We Are Cinema — Self (archive footage)
• TV Story Superstar — Self (archive footage)
• The Oscars — Self