---
name: "Philippe Volter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/philippe-volter"
fi1m_id: "philippe-volter"
imdb_id: "nm0901812"
tmdb_id: 1142
wikidata_id: "Q726093"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 March 1959"
died: "13 April 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T15:43:39.753608+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Philippe Volter

## Identity

Philippe Volter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/philippe-volter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** philippe-volter
- **IMDb ID:** nm0901812
- **TMDB ID:** 1142
- **Wikidata ID:** Q726093
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Volter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q726093, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0901812/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1142

Actor. Born 23 March 1959 in Uccle, Belgium. Died 13 April 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 March 1959, Uccle, Belgium
- **Died:** 13 April 2005
- **Active:** 1990–1993
- **Frequently works with:** [Krzysztof Kieślowski](https://film.one/person/krzysztof-kieslowski.md), [Krzysztof Piesiewicz](https://film.one/person/krzysztof-piesiewicz.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 87, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 87 to 80 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1, History 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $9m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Volter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q726093, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0901812/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1142

## Streaming the US now

- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Cyrano de Bergerac*](https://film.one/film/cyrano-de-bergerac.md) (88), [*The Double Life of Véronique*](https://film.one/film/the-double-life-of-veronique.md) (86)
- **HBO Max:** [*Three Colors: Blue*](https://film.one/film/three-colors-blue.md) (88)

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## Biography

Philippe Volter (23 March 1959 – 13 April 2005) was a Belgian actor. Born Philippe Wolter in Uccle to theatre director Claude Volter and actress Jacqueline Bir, he began his career in Brussels in 1985.

He made stage and film appearances including *Macbeth* (1987), *The Music Teacher* (1988), *Cyrano de Bergerac* (1990) as the Viscount of Valvert, *The Double Life of Véronique* (1991) as Alexandre Fabbri and *Three Colors: Blue* (1993) as the real estate agent. Other credits include *The Five Senses* (1999) and the miniseries *Napoleon* (2002) as Paul Barras.

After his father’s death in 2002 he returned to Belgium as artistic director of the Comedy Claude Volter company. He died in France in 2005.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, allocine.fr.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Three Colors: Blue* (1993), Fi1m 88, as Real Estate Agent — [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-blue.md)
- *The Double Life of Véronique* (1991), Fi1m 86, as Alexandre Fabbri — [page](https://film.one/film/the-double-life-of-veronique.md)
- *Cyrano de Bergerac* (1990), Fi1m 88, as Viscount of Valvert — [page](https://film.one/film/cyrano-de-bergerac.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *L'Enfant de personne* (2005), as Benoît
- *Les gens honnêtes vivent en France* (2005), as Bénolo
- *Resistance* (2003), as Henri Daussois
- *Napoleon* (2002), series, as Paul Barras
- *Madame Sans-Gêne* (2002), as Fouché
- *And God Came Down to See Us…* (2001), Actor
- *Ladies of the Law* (2000), series, as Ranval
- *The Five Senses* (1999), as Dr. Richard Jacob
- *Night of Destiny* (1999), Actor
- *Tørst - Framtidens forbrytelser* (1999), as Alexandre
- *À chacun son tour* (1997), as Jean Savoy
- *Le Pantalon* (1997), as Lt. Guérin
- *Noces cruelles* (1996), as Daniel
- *Doctor Semmelweis* (1995), as Ignaz Philippe Semmelweis
- *Charlotte dite 'Charlie'* (1995), as Serge
- *Dernier stade* (1994), as Olivier Chardon
- *Three Colors: Blue* (1993), as Real Estate Agent — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-blue.md)
- *Aline* (1993), as Michel
- *Abracadabra* (1993), as Phil
- *Papa et rien d'autre* (1992), as Thomas
- *Basse tension* (1992), Actor
- *The Double Life of Véronique* (1991), as Alexandre Fabbri — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-double-life-of-veronique.md)
- *Simple mortel* (1990), as Stéphane
- *Three Years* (1990), as Constantin Biochon
- *Cyrano de Bergerac* (1990), as Viscount of Valvert — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/cyrano-de-bergerac.md)
- *Dark Woods* (1989), as Gustave
- *Le prince barbare* (1988), Actor
- *The Music Teacher* (1988), as Jean Nilson

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