Massimo Troisi was an Italian actor, cabaret performer, screenwriter, and film director.
10 Facts About Massimo Troisi
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Massimo Troisi is best known for his works in the films I'm Starting from Three and Il Postino: The Postman, for which he was posthumously nominated for two Oscars.
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Massimo Troisi started his artistic career as a cabaret showman in 1972, as a member of the comic trio called "I Saraceni" and, later, "La Smorfia".
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Massimo Troisi soon gained the status of leader of the trio.
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Massimo Troisi wrote, directed, and starred in his first film, Ricomincio da tre in 1981.
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Massimo Troisi achieved wide success and critical praise, establishing himself as one of the most talented new Italian directors of the 1980s.
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Massimo Troisi starred opposite Roberto Benigni in Non ci resta che piangere, in which they play two friends who are accidentally transported back in time to the 15th century; there they meet Leonardo da Vinci and, upon realising which age they are in, travel to Spain to try to stop Christopher Columbus from discovering the Americas.
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Massimo Troisi came to international fame through the success of Il Postino: The Postman, directed by Michael Radford.
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Massimo Troisi died in 1994 of a heart attack in his sister's house at Infernetto, Rome, twelve hours after the main filming on Il Postino had finished.
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Massimo Troisi was posthumously nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Writing for Il Postino, and was the sixth person to be posthumously nominated for an acting Academy Award.