Claes Brian Christopher Wollter (born 5 February 1972) is a Swedish actor and singer. He has had roles in the Swedish productions of ''

West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid- ...

'' and ''

Miss Saigon ''Miss Saigon'' is a stage musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's 1904 opera '' Madame Butterfly'', and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed ...

''. He has also appeared in several television productions.

Early life

Wollter was born on 5 February 1972 in Brunna, Sweden. He grew up in Lund and attended Lerbäckskolan and Spyken. As a teenager, Wollter was a reporter for the SVT children's television show ''

Barnjournalen ''Barnjournalen'' is a children's news show which was broadcast between 3 August 1972 and 1991 on SVT.Högskolan för scen och musik (Academy of Music and Drama) at the

University of Gothenburg The University of Gothenburg ( sv, Göteborgs universitet) is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current Swedish universities and with 37,000 students and 6000 s ...

in 1997. Wollter had previously studied at Kulturama in Stockholm.

Career

After graduation, his first stage role was as

Marius Pontmercy Marius Pontmercy () is a fictional character, one of the protagonists of Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel ''Les Misérables''. He is a young student, and the suitor of Cosette. Believing Cosette lost to him, and determined to die, he joins the revoluti ...

in the musical ''

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''. Wollter then played Chris in the musical ''

'' at

Malmö Opera Malmö Opera ( Swedish: ''Malmö opera'') is an opera house in Malmö, Sweden. An opera company of the same name presents seasons of opera in this house. Built 1933-1944 by architect Sigurd Lewerentz and, until 1992, known as the Malmö City T ...

. He has also starred in productions of ''

My Fair Lady ''My Fair Lady'' is a musical theatre, musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play ''Pygmalion (play), Pygmalion'', with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flowe ...

'' at the

Oscarsteatern Oscarsteatern ( English: Oscar Theatre), also known simply as Oscars, is one of Stockholm's private theatres and is the best-known musical theatre in Sweden. It is located at Kungsgatan 63 in central Stockholm. History The theater was designed i ...

, '' Evita'', as Freddie in ''

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'', Riff in ''

'', and portrayed the title role in a production of ''

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''. Wollter appeared in Martina Montelius' ''Elda! Elda! Elda!'' at the

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, and in ''

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' is a play by Edward Albee first staged in October 1962. It examines the complexities of the marriage of a middle-aged couple, Martha and George. Late one evening, after a university faculty party, they receive ...

''. Between 2017 and 2018, he portrayed

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in ''

The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, ''The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. ...

'' at Nöjesteatern in

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. Wollter's film debut was in ''Suxxess'' (2002). He appeared in '' The Reunion'' in 2013, which won the

Guldbagge Award for Best Film The Guldbagge for Best Film is a Swedish film award presented annually by the Swedish Film Institute (SFI) as part of the Guldbagge Awards (Swedish: "Guldbaggen") to the best Swedish motion picture of the year. Winners and nominees Each Guldb ...

. He has also starred in the television dramas '' Häxdansen'' (2008), '' Modus'' (2015), ''

Greyzone ''Greyzone'' is a Swedish-Danish thriller drama series, co-created and written by Morten Dragsted, Oskar Söderlund, Mikkel Bak Sørensen and Rasmus Thorsen that first broadcast on 22 February 2018 on C More. Starring Birgitte Hjort Sørensen a ...

'' (2018), and ''

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'' (2019), and the entertainment shows; ''

Så ska det låta ''Så ska det låta'' is a Swedish game show, based on the Irish '' The Lyrics Board''. The show was introduced in 1997 and led by Peter Harryson until Peter Settman Peter Settman (born 24 February 1969) is a Swedish actor, comedian, television ...

'', '' Doobidoo'', and ''

Lotta på Liseberg Lotta på Liseberg (''Lotta at Liseberg''), also called Allsång på Liseberg (''Sing-along at Liseberg''), is a Swedish sing-along show held at ''Stora scenen'' at the amusement park Liseberg in Gothenburg every Monday evening during the summer ...

''. He has also produced the concert performance ''Brel möter Piaf'' with

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in 2018 at the Scalateatern, performed as a soloist with the

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra ( sv, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester) is a Swedish radio orchestra based in Stockholm, affiliated with Sveriges Radio (Sweden's Radio). Its principal performing venue is the Berwaldhallen (Berwald Hall). The ...

as part of SVT's ''Trettondagskonsert'' at the

Berwaldhallen The Berwald Hall ( sv, Berwaldhallen) is a concert hall situated in a park landscape at Dag Hammarskjölds väg 3 in the Östermalm district of Stockholm, Sweden. Construction on the building began in 1976 based on a design by architects Erik Ah ...

, and delivered the self-written monologue ''Göran och Kärleke''.

Personal life

Wollter is married to actress

Julia Dufvenius Elin Julia Dufvenius Wollter (née Dufvenius; born 8 October 1975) is a Swedish actress. She has appeared in television shows, films, and stage plays. Her breakthrough role was in the television miniseries ''Glappet'' (1997). Dufvenius played a ...

. They have a daughter and a son. His grandfather is diplomat Karl-Anders Wollter and his great-uncle is actor

Sven Wollter Sven Justus Fredrik Wollter (11 January 1934 – 10 November 2020) was a Swedish actor, writer, and political activist. Wollter is one of the most renowned Swedish actors, he was awarded Best Swedish actor twice. In his native country, he becam ...

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wollter, Christopher Living people 1972 births Swedish male musical theatre actors Swedish male television actors 20th-century Swedish male actors 21st-century Swedish male actors People from Uppsala Municipality University of Gothenburg alumni