Christopher Wollter

Wollter was born on 5 February 1972 in Brunna, Sweden. He grew up in Lund and attended Lerbäckskolan and Spyken.{{cite news|language=Swedish|url=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2012-02-04/skadespelare-gillar-kontraster|title=Skådespelare gillar kontraster|date=4 February 2012|work=Sydsvenskan|access-date=7 January 2020|archive-date=4 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204125411/https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2012-02-04/skadespelare-gillar-kontraster|url-status=live}} As a teenager, Wollter was a reporter for the SVT children's television show Barnjournalen for a year.{{cite web|url=https://www.andreasekstrom.se/714/|title=Knattereporter|website=andreasekstrom.se|last=Sekstrom|first=Andrea|date=8 October 2008 |accessdate=7 January 2020|language=sv|archive-date=13 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213000252/https://www.andreasekstrom.se/714/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|page=22|url=https://issuu.com/alltomsyntolkning/docs/aos2019-3|work=Allt Om Syntolkning|title=Christopher Wollter|language=sv|date=28 June 2019|accessdate=12 February 2020|archive-date=24 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191124052235/https://issuu.com/alltomsyntolkning/docs/aos2019-3|url-status=live}} He graduated from the Högskolan för scen och musik (Academy of Music and Drama) at the University of Gothenburg in 1997. Wollter had previously studied at Kulturama in Stockholm.

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.sasomihimmelen.se/ensemble/christopher-wollter/|title=Christopher Wollter|website=Så som i Himmelen|accessdate=7 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603064051/http://www.sasomihimmelen.se/ensemble/christopher-wollter/|archive-date=3 June 2019|url-status=live|language=sv}} Wollter appeared in Martina Montelius' Elda! Elda! Elda! at the Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra, and in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Between 2017 and 2018, he portrayed Georg von Trapp in The Sound of Music at Nöjesteatern in Malmö.{{cite web|url=https://www.scalateatern.com/evenemang/brel-moter-piaf-rebellen-sparven-christopher-wollter-asa-fang/|title=Scalateaterns biljetter till Brel möter Piaf - Rebellen & Sparven - Christopher Wollter & Åsa Fång80|website=scalateatern.com|accessdate=7 January 2020|language=sv}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022}}

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

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,{{cite web|url=https://sv.opera.se/om-oss/personal/portratt/christopher-wollter/|language=Swedish|title=Christopher Wollter|accessdate=3 February 2020|publisher=opera.se|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203113352/https://sv.opera.se/om-oss/personal/portratt/christopher-wollter/|archive-date=3 February 2020|url-status=live}} and delivered the self-written monologue Göran och Kärleke.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/karleksbudskap-som-inte-nar-fram |title=Kärlekens budskap som inte når fram |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114233140/https://www.svd.se/karleksbudskap-som-inte-nar-fram |archive-date=14 January 2020 |work=Svenska Dagbladet |date=11 December 2012 |access-date=14 January 2020|language=sv |last1=Spindler |first1=Ylva Lagercrantz }}

He participated as a celebrity dancer in Let's Dance 2025 broadcast on TV4.{{Cite website|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/OoXRP1/lets-dance-2025-alla-deltagare?utm_source=iosapp&utm_medium=share|title=Alla deltagare i ”Let’s dance” 2025|date=12 February 2025|newspaper=Aftonbladet|accessdate=3 May 2025}}

Wollter is married to actress Julia Dufvenius. They have a daughter and a son.{{cite web|url=https://www.hant.se/noje/julia-dufvenius-om-aktenskapskrisen-med-maken/|title=Julia Dufvenius erkännande om äktenskapskrisen med maken: "Jättekritiskt"|date=4 January 2020|website=Hänt.se|accessdate=15 January 2020|language=sv|archive-date=15 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115233755/https://www.hant.se/noje/julia-dufvenius-om-aktenskapskrisen-med-maken/|url-status=live}} His grandfather is diplomat Karl-Anders Wollter{{cite news |url=https://www.expressen.se/gt/noje/wollter-overraskades-till-tarar--efter-jobbet/ |newspaper=Expressen |title=Wollter överraskades till tårar – efter jobbet |first=Sofia |last=Hegevall |date=8 January 2014 |access-date=4 March 2020 |language=Swedish |archive-date=4 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304092124/https://www.expressen.se/gt/noje/wollter-overraskades-till-tarar--efter-jobbet/ |url-status=live}} and his great-uncle is actor Sven Wollter.

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