Christopher Wollter | |
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 Wollter in 2019 | |
| Born | Claes Brian Christopher Wollter 5 February 1972 Brunna, Sweden |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse | Julia Dufvenius |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Karl-Anders Wollter (grandfather) 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.
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]
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]
Wollter is married to actress Julia Dufvenius. They have a daughter and a son. [2] [9] His grandfather is diplomat Karl-Anders Wollter [10] and his great-uncle is actor Sven Wollter. [1]
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