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Massimo Troisi
One of Italy's best-loved performers, Troisi (pronounced Troy-EE-zee) had worked his way through the cabaret circuit and TV in the 1970s to emerge as a top comedic performer in films. He was born outside of Naples, Italy to a large family and began performing as a teenager in local theater productions. At age 14, he suffered a bout of rheumatic fever which left him with a weakened heart, yet he went on to become one of the founders of the comedy trio La Smorfia/The Grimace. They were immediately successful and made numerous appearances on Italian TV. Troisi worked at perfecting a comic style that was delicate and more melancholic than the typical gag-based, vulgar humor popular in 1980s Italy.
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Massimo Troisi
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me | Self | - | 2023 |
| 94% |
|
The Postman |
Mario Ruoppolo (Character), Writer |
$17.1M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pensavo fosse amore invece era un calesse |
Tommaso (Character), Director, Writer |
- | 1991 |
| No Score Yet |
|
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa | Pulcinella (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet |
|
What Time Is It? | Michele, the son (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Splendor | Luigi (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel Colonial | Werner (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Le vie del Signore sono finite |
Camillo (Character), Director, Writer |
- | 1987 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Nothing Left to Do but Cry |
Mario (Character), Director, Writer |
- | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scusate il ritardo |
Vincenzo (Character), Director, Writer |
- | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I'm Starting from Three |
Gaetano (Character), Director |
- | 1981 |