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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

28

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-03-23

Day of Death

2005-04-13 (46 years old)

Place of Birth

Uccle, Belgium

Also Known As

Philippe Volter

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

Acting

Three Colors: Blue

1993

Three Colors: Blue

as

Real Estate Agent

The Double Life of Véronique

1991

The Double Life of Véronique

as

Alexandre Fabbri

Simple mortel

1990

Simple mortel

as

Stéphane

The Five Senses

1999

The Five Senses

as

Dr. Richard Jacob

Dark Woods

1989

Dark Woods

as

Gustave

Three Years

1990

Three Years

as

Constantin Biochon

Le Pantalon

1997

Le Pantalon

as

Lt. Guérin

The Music Teacher

1988

The Music Teacher

as

Jean Nilson

Doctor Semmelweis

1995

Doctor Semmelweis

as

Ignaz Philippe Semmelweis

Abracadabra

1993

Abracadabra

as

Phil

Madame Sans-Gêne

2002

Madame Sans-Gêne

as

Fouché

Resistance

2003

Resistance

as

Henri Daussois

Cyrano de Bergerac

1990

Cyrano de Bergerac

as

Viscount of Valvert

Noces cruelles

1996

Noces cruelles

as

Daniel

Dernier stade

1994

Dernier stade

as

Olivier Chardon

Aline

1993

Aline

as

Michel

Napoleon

Napoleon

as

Paul Barras

Production

Crew

Directing