Christopher Wollter

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Christopher Wollter
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Wollter in 2019
Born
Claes Brian Christopher Wollter

(1972-02-05) 5 February 1972 (age 53)
Upplands-Bro, Sweden
OccupationActor
Spouse Julia Dufvenius
Children2
Relatives Sven Wollter (great-uncle)

Claes Brian Christopher Wollter (born 5 February 1972) [1] is a Swedish actor and singer. He has had roles in the Swedish productions of West Side Story and Miss Saigon . He has also appeared in several television productions.

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Early life

Wollter was born on 5 February 1972 in Brunna, Sweden. [1] He grew up in Lund and attended Lerbäckskolan and Spyken. [2] As a teenager, Wollter was a reporter for the SVT children's television show Barnjournalen for a year. [3] [4] He graduated from the Högskolan för scen och musik (Academy of Music and Drama) at the University of Gothenburg in 1997. [5] Wollter had previously studied at Kulturama in Stockholm. [2]

Career

After graduation, his first stage role was as Marius Pontmercy in the musical Les Misérables . Wollter then played Chris in the musical Miss Saigon at Malmö Opera. He has also starred in productions of My Fair Lady at the Oscarsteatern, Evita , as Freddie in Chess , Riff in West Side Story , and portrayed the title role in a production of Doctor Zhivago . [5] [6] Wollter appeared in Martina Montelius' Elda! Elda! Elda! at the Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra, and in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? . [2] Between 2017 and 2018, he portrayed Georg von Trapp in The Sound of Music at Nöjesteatern in Malmö. [7]

Wollter's film debut was in Suxxess (2002). [1] He appeared in The Reunion in 2013, which won the Guldbagge Award for Best Film. [5] He has also starred in the television dramas Häxdansen (2008), Modus (2015), Greyzone (2018), and Quicksand (2019), and the entertainment shows; Så ska det låta , Doobidoo , and Lotta på Liseberg . [5]

He has also produced the concert performance Brel möter Piaf with Åsa Fång in 2018 at the Scalateatern, performed as a soloist with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra as part of SVT's Trettondagskonsert at the Berwaldhallen, [6] and delivered the self-written monologue Göran och Kärleke. [5] [7] [8]

He participated as a celebrity dancer in Let's Dance 2025 broadcast on TV4. [9]

Personal life

Wollter is married to actress Julia Dufvenius. They have a daughter and a son. [2] [10] His grandfather is diplomat Karl-Anders Wollter [11] and his great-uncle is actor Sven Wollter. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Christopher Wollter" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Database. 5 February 1972. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Skådespelare gillar kontraster". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). 4 February 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  3. ↑ Sekstrom, Andrea (8 October 2008). "Knattereporter". andreasekstrom.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Christopher Wollter". Allt Om Syntolkning (in Swedish). 28 June 2019. p. 22. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Christopher Wollter". Så som i Himmelen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Christopher Wollter" (in Swedish). opera.se. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Scalateaterns biljetter till Brel möter Piaf - Rebellen & Sparven - Christopher Wollter & Åsa Fång80". scalateatern.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 January 2020.[ dead link ]
  8. ↑ Spindler, Ylva Lagercrantz (11 December 2012). "Kärlekens budskap som inte når fram". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "Alla deltagare i "Let's dance" 2025". Aftonbladet . 12 February 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "Julia Dufvenius erkännande om äktenskapskrisen med maken: "Jättekritiskt"". Hänt.se (in Swedish). 4 January 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  11. ↑ Hegevall, Sofia (8 January 2014). "Wollter överraskades till tårar – efter jobbet". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.

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