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Philippe Volter
Actor

Philippe Volter

23 Mar 1959Born
13 Apr 2005Died
46Age at death
28Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Philippe Volter (23 March 1959 – 13 April 2005) was a Belgian actor and director. Born Philippe Wolter to theatre director Claude Volter and his wife, actress Jacqueline Bir, young Philippe began his career in Brussels in 1985.

He made many stage and film appearances, the latter of which peaked with such successful arthouse films as The Music Teacher (1988), The Double Life of Véronique (1991) and Blue (1993). Other appearances include Macbeth (1987) and The Five Senses (1999). Upon his father's death in 2002, he returned to Belgium and became artistic director for the Comedy Claude Volter.

Philippe Volter committed suicide in 2005, aged 46.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2005L'Enfant de personneFilm: Benoît
  2. 2005Les gens honnêtes vivent en FranceFilm: Bénolo
  3. 2003ResistanceFilm: Henri Daussois
  4. 2002NapoleonSeries: Paul Barras
  5. 2002Madame Sans-GêneFilm: Fouché
  6. 2001And God Came Down to See Us…Film
  7. 2000Ladies of the LawSeries: Ranval (1 episode)
  8. 1999The Five SensesFilm: Dr. Richard Jacob
  9. 1999Night of DestinyFilm
  10. 1999Tørst - Framtidens forbrytelserFilm: Alexandre
  11. 1997À chacun son tourFilm: Jean Savoy
  12. 1997Le PantalonFilm: Lt. Guérin
  13. 1996Noces cruellesFilm: Daniel
  14. 1995Doctor SemmelweisFilm: Ignaz Philippe Semmelweis
  15. 1995Charlotte dite 'Charlie'Film: Serge
  16. 1994Dernier stadeFilm: Olivier Chardon
  17. 1993Three Colors: BlueFilm: Real Estate Agent
  18. 1993AlineFilm: Michel
  19. 1993AbracadabraFilm: Phil
  20. 1992Papa et rien d'autreFilm: Thomas
  21. 1992Basse tensionFilm
  22. 1991The Double Life of VéroniqueFilm: Alexandre Fabbri
  23. 1990Simple mortelFilm: Stéphane
  24. 1990Three YearsFilm: Constantin Biochon
  25. 1990Cyrano de BergeracFilm: Viscount of Valvert
  26. 1989Dark WoodsFilm: Gustave
  27. 1988Le prince barbareFilm
  28. 1988The Music TeacherFilm: Jean Nilson

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