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Wikipedia / Philippe Volter

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, Volter began his career in Brussels in 1985.

He made many stage and film appearances, the latter of which peaked with such 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.

Volter committed suicide in 2005, aged 46.

Filmography

Year

Title

Role

Notes

1985

De leeuw van Vlaanderen

Deschamps

1986

Les roses de Matmata

Max

1987

Macbeth

Macduff

1988

The Music Teacher

Jean Nilson

1988

Issue de secours

Alain

1989

Les bois noirs

Gustave

1990

Cyrano de Bergerac

Vicomte de Valvert

1990

Trois années

Constantin Biochon

1990

La veillée

Albert Aurier

1991

The Double Life of Veronique

Alexandre Fabbri

1991

A Mere Mortal (Simple mortel)

Stéphane

1992

Aline

Michel

1993

Three Colours: Blue

L'agent immobilier

1994

L'affaire

René Charlet

Uncredited

1994

Dernier stade

Olivier Chardon

1997

La nuit du destin

Inspecteur Leclerc

1999

Tørst - Framtidens forbrytelser

Alexandre

(Episode: Amertume)

1999

The Five Senses

Dr. Richard Jacob

2001

Posseteni ot gospoda

2003

Resistance

Henri Daussois

2005

Les gens honnêtes vivent en France

Bénolo