Philippe Caroit

• Name — Philippe Caroit • Born — September 29, 1959 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Occupation — Actor, painter, writer • Years Active — 1981–present • Website — www.philippecaroit.com/

Caroit was born in Paris, as the fourth of seven children. In his teenage years, he began to develop a passion for travelling, to discover new places and meet people, which made him also learn several foreign languages. After finishing school, he started to study medicine, following the footsteps of his father. In the third year of studies, he joined the Conservatoire in Montpellier, where he discovered his passion for theatre. Back in Paris, he continued to study medicine and theatre in parallel. In the sixth year of medicine, while working in a hospital in the 14th arrondissement in Paris, he decided to give up the study and dedicate completely to become an actor, joining the Théâtre de Soleil of Ariane Mnouchkine.

His first cinema role was in the movie “La Femme de l’aviateur” (“The Aviator's Wife”) directed by Eric Rohmer in 1981. The next year he had his television debut in “Les ombres” by Jean Claude Brisseau. These were followed by more than 100 roles in French and foreign movies for cinema and television across the world, as Caroit speaks also English, German, Italian and Spanish. In 1999 he directed his first short movie “Faire-part” starring Christine Murillo, Antoine Dulery and Caroline Tresca. Beyond his roles for cinema and television, he continued to play also in theatre. Among his roles there were Jesus in “Un homme nomme Jesus” (“A Man Named Jesus” in Palais des Sports in Paris; the play entered the Guinness Book for breaking all attendance records) and Seznec in “Seznec”, both with Robert Hossein or Marc in “La Societe des Loisirs”, play written by François Archambault, which he adapted. Caroit authored and adapted scripts for theatre (“La Societe de Loisirs” and “Tu Te Souviendras de Moi”), television (“Le Mystere des Carpates” for the TV series Cancoon) and cinema (“Faire-part”). “The Curse of the Snail” (fr: "La malediction de l’escargot"), his first novel, was published by Anne Carrière in November 2020. The pocket edition of the book is available since June 2023 (published by Bonneton). In 2025, he takes on a triple role – writer, director, and actor – in Paillettes, a dark comedy, alongside Denis Maréchal, Shirley Bousquet, and Stéphanie Pasterkamp.

Caroit has a daughter, Blanche, from his marriage to Caroline Tresca. Since December 2022, he is also the father of a boy named Lucien. In his spare time, Caroit likes to paint, his works being influenced by the German Expressionism, the Fauvism and Les Nabis.

Philippe Caroit film credits • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1981 — The Aviator's Wife — François' Friend — Éric Rohmer (Director) • 1982 — Enigma — Student — Jeannot Szwarc (Director) • 1983 — Liberty belle — Gilles — Pascal Kané (Director) • 1984 — How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave — Patrick, l'amant de Nadège — Philippe Clair (Director) • 1986 — Deux enfoirés à Saint-Tropez — Julius — Max Pécas (Director) • 1987 — La Rumba — Paul Bergerac — Roger Hanin (Director) • 1987 — En toute innocence — Didier — Alain Jessua (Director) • 1988 — In extremis — Tango — Olivier Lorsac (Director) • 1989 — Cher frangin — Lt. Marillier — Gérard Mordillat (Director) • 1991 — Milena — Von Vollmar — Véra Belmont (Director) • 1992 — Les Eaux dormantes — Denis de Lespinière — Jacques Tréfouël (Director) • 1993 — The Washing Machine — Inspector Alexander Stacev — Ruggero Deodato (Director) • 2000 — Workers of the Good Lord — Jacques — Jean-Luc Brisseau (Director) • 2000 — Stardom — French TV Journalist — Denys Arcand (Director) • 2006 — Come le formiche — Nicolas — Ilaria Borrelli (Director) • 2006 — Je pense à vous — Maître Rivière — Pascal Bonitzer (Director) • 2008 — Les Randonneurs à Saint-Tropez — Paul Herbert — Philippe Harel (Director) • 2009 — Tricheuse — J.B. — Jean-François Davy (Director) • 2013 — Retour à la vie (Talking to the Trees) — Ilaria Borrelli (Director) • 2014 — Valentin Valentin — La patron de la SRPJ — Pascal Thomas (Director) • 2017 — Vive la crise — Président Fassola — Jean-François Davy (Director) • 2017 — L'Orage Africain - Un continent sous influence — Sylvestre Amoussou (Director) • 2018 — Moi et le Che — L'éditeur — Patrice Gautier (Director) • 2019 — Maria, Regina Romaniei (Queen Marie of Romania) — Conte de Saint-Aulaire — Alexis Cahill (Director) • 2021 — And he said yes — Rupert — Short film. Gintare Parulyte (Director) • 2023 — Ténèbres — Clément Poirier (Director)

Philippe Caroit television credits • Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. Reference(s) • 1981 — Télévision de chambre — Laurent, le marié — Episode: "Les Ombres", Jean-Claude Brisseau (Director) • 1982 — Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan — Michel Chrestien — Jacques Deray (Director) • 1982 — Marion — Patrick - fiancé de Denise — Episode: "Qui trop efface" (S1.E4), Jean Pignol (Director) • 1983 — Les beaux quartiers — Adrien — Jean Kerchbron (Director) • 1985 — Le Diable dans le bénitier — Jean-Paul — Jean L'Hôte (Director) • 1986 — Série rose — Episode: "Le Libertin de qualité" (S1.E5), Juan Luis Buñuel (Director) • 1986 — Série noire — Florian — La nuit du flinguer (S1.E20), Pierre Grimblat (Director) • 1988 — Melba — Duc d'Orleans — Episodes: S1.E3–6, Roger McDonald (Director) • 1988 — Sueurs froides — Le docteur — Episode: "Coup de pouce" (S1.E18), Josée Dayan (Director) • 1989 — V comme vengeance — Patrick Martivaux — "Un amour tardif" (S1.E1), Patrick Jamain (Director) • 1989–1991 — Coplan — Coplan — Episodes: S1.E1–5 • 1990 — V comme vengeance — Pierre Martana — "Au-delà de la vengeance" (S1.E6), Renaud Saint-Pierre (Director) • 1992 — Missione d'amore — Padre Sandro — Dino Risi (Director) • 1992 — Counterstrike — Luigi Di Marco — Episode: "The Sting" (S3.E2), René Bonnière (Director) • 1993 — Les Grandes Marées — Jean Lestour — Episodes: S1.E1–8, Jean Sagols (Director) • 1993 — Le Siècle des Lumières — Saint Affrique — Humberto Solás (Director) • 1993–1994 — Cancoon — Pierre Depary — Episodes: S1.E1–4, Jean Sagols and Paolo Barzman (Director) • 1995–2001 — Les Bœuf-carottes — David Kaan — 9 episodes • 1999 — Tramontane — Paul — Episodes: S1.E1–5, Henri Helman (Director) • 1999 — Highlander: The Raven — Inspector Colbert — Episode: "The Frame" (S1.E16), Georges Mendeluk (Director) • 2000 — La tribu de Zoé — Mathieu — Pierre Joassin (Director) • 2001 — Death Train to the Pacific — Junior — Hans Werner (director) (Director) • 2001 — Méditerranée — Pascal Bobbio — Episodes: S1.E1–2, E5, Henri Helman (Director) • 2001 — Il bello delle donne — Aldo Morelli — Episode: "Marzo - madre e figlia" (S1.E7), Luigi Parisi (Director) • 2003 — Le Bleu de l'océan — Clément Malet — Episodes: S1.E1–5, Didier Albert (Director) • 2003 — Une femme si parfaite — Marc Sulznyckie — Bernard Uzan (Director) • 2003 — Spooks / MI-5 — Jean-Luc (uncredited) — Episode: "Clean Skin" (S2.E7), Ciaran Donnelly (Director) • 2004 — Imperium: Nero — Apollonius — Paul Marcus (Director) • 2005 — Un transat pour huit — Pierre — Pierre Joassin (Director) • 2005 — Trois femmes…un soir d'été — Le commandant Moriset — Episodes: S1.E1–4, Sébastien Grall (Director) • 2005 — Sauveur Giordano — Le docteur Faroux — Episode: "L'envers du décor" (S1.E9), Klaus Biedermann (Director) • 2005 — La Voie de Laura — Jérôme — Gérard Cuq (Director) • 2005 — Trois femmes flics — Le Commandant Moriset — Episodes: S1.E1–6, Philippe Triboit (Director) • 2006 — Joséphine, ange gardien — Thomas — La couleur de l'amour (S10.E1), Laurent Levy (Director) • 2006 — Chassé croisé amoureux — Gérard Cuq (Director) • 2007–2010 — RIS police scientifique — Gilles Sagnac — Episodes: S3.E21–30, S4.E31–46, S5.E47–64, S6.E65–68 • 2011 — Camping Paradise — Thierry — Episode: "Miracle au camping" (S2.E4), Philippe Proteau (Director) • 2011 — Merci Patron — Pierre Joassin (Director) • 2011 — Commissaire Magellan — Lucas Barbier — Episode: "Mort subite" (S2.E2), Etienne Dhaene (Director) • 2012 — Toussaint Louverture — Bayon — Philippe Niang (Director) • 2013 — Joséphine, ange gardien — Christophe Giovanni — Episode: "En roue Libre" (S14.E2), Philippe Proteau (Director) • 2014 — Die Staatsaffäre — Guy Dupont, französische Staatspräsident — Michael Rowitz (Director) • 2014 — Crimes et botanique — Bruno Volker — Episode: "Le Jardin des papillons noirs" (S1E2), Bruno Garcia (Director) • 2015 — Meurtres à La Rochelle — Raphaël Weiss — Etienne Dhaene (Director) • 2016 — Mallory — Mallory — François Guérin (Director) • 2017 — Camping Paradis — Stéphane — Episode: "Miss Camping" (S8.E4), Marwen Abdallah (Director) • 2017 — Le Prix de la vérité — Emmanuel Rigaut (Director) • 2017–2020 — Über die Grenze — Yves Kleber — Episodes: S1.E1–4, Michael Rowitz (Director) • 2017 — Munch — Rodolphe Dulax — Episode: "Le process" (S1.E8), Nicolas Guicheteau (Director) • 2018–2020 — Crimes Parfaits — Damien Roche — Episodes: S1.E5–6, S2.E7–8, S3.E7–8 • 2019 — La Malédiction du volcan — Edouard de Richebourg — Marwen Abdallah (Director) • 2020 — Meurtres à Cayenne — Antoine Lagarde — Marc Barrat (Director) • 2021 — Cassandre — Marc Lanvin — Episode: "Les régates" (S6.E2), Eric Le Roux (Director) • 2024 — Parizot — Jean-Dominique Saint-Ulrich — Nicolas Copin (Director) • 2024 — À qui profite le doute? — Giovanni Costello — Stéphanie Tchou-Cotta (Director) • 2025 — Meurtres à Saint-Martin — Dr. Pasteur — François Guérin (Director) • 2025 — Les Mystères des grottes du Régulus — Jean-Marc Monnier — Lorie Pester (Director) • 2025 — Sans Retour (formerly: D'écume et de sang) — Pierre Theroux — Julien Seri (Director)