Philippe Volter
Acting
Born March 23, 1959, Uccle, Belgium
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.
Filmography
- 2005L'Enfant de personne — Benoît
- 2005Les gens honnêtes vivent en France — Bénolo
- 2003Resistance — Henri Daussois
- 2002Madame Sans-Gêne — Fouché
- Napoleon — Paul Barras
- 2001And God Came Down to See Us…
- Ladies of the Law — Ranval
- 1999Night of Destiny
- 1999The Five Senses — Dr. Richard Jacob
- 1999Tørst - Framtidens forbrytelser — Alexandre
- 1997Le Pantalon — Lt. Guérin
- 1997À chacun son tour — Jean Savoy
- 1996Noces cruelles — Daniel
- 1995Charlotte dite 'Charlie' — Serge
- 1995Doctor Semmelweis — Ignaz Philippe Semmelweis
- 1994Dernier stade — Olivier Chardon
- 1993Abracadabra — Phil
- 1993Aline — Michel
- 1993Three Colors: Blue — Real Estate Agent
- 1992Basse tension
- 1992Papa et rien d'autre — Thomas
- 1991The Double Life of Véronique — Alexandre Fabbri
- 1990Cyrano de Bergerac — Viscount of Valvert
- 1990Simple mortel — Stéphane
- 1990Three Years — Constantin Biochon
- 1989Dark Woods — Gustave
- 1988Le prince barbare
- 1988The Music Teacher — Jean Nilson