# Philippe Caroit

Philippe Caroit (born September 29, 1959) is a French actor, painter, and writer.

## Early life

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.

## Career

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”). His most recent project is "Paillettes" ( formerly "Le Chapon").
“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).

## Personal life

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.

## Selected filmography
### Cinema

| Year | Title French | Title English | Director |
| 1981 | La Femme de l'aviateur | The Aviator's Wife | Éric Rohmer |
| 1982 | Enigma | Enigma | Jeanne Szwarc |
| 1983 | Liberty belle | Liberty belle | Pascal Kané |
| 1984 | Par où t'es rentré ? On t'a pas vu sortir | How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave | Philippe Clair |
| 1986 | Deux enfoirés à Saint-Tropez | | Max Pécas |
| 1987 | La Rumba | | Roger Hanin |
| 1987 | En toute innocence | | Alain Jessua |
| 1988 | In extremis | | Olivier Lorsac |
| 1989 | Cher frangin | | Gérard Mordillat |
| 1991 | Milena | Milena | Véra Belmont |
| 1992 | Les Eaux dormantes | | Jacques Tréfouël |
| 1993 | Vortice mortale | The Washing Machine | Ruggero Deodato |
| 2000 | Les Savates du bon Dieu | Workers of the Good Lord | Jean-Luc Brisseau |
| 2000 | Stardom | | Denys Arcand |
| 2006 | Come le formiche | | Ilaria Borrelli |
| 2006 | Je pense à vous | | Pascal Bonitzer |
| 2008 | Les Randonneurs à Saint-Tropez | | Philippe Harel |
| 2009 | Tricheuse | | Jean-François Davy |
| 2013 | Retour à la vie | Talking to the Trees | Ilaria Borrelli |
| 2014 | Valentin Valentin | | Pascal Thomas |
| 2017 | Vive la crise | | Jean-François Davy |
| 2017 | L'Orage Africain - Un continent sous influence | | Sylvestre Amoussou |
| 2018 | Moi et le Che | | Patrice Gautier |
| 2019 | Maria, Regina Romaniei | Queen Marie of Romania | Alexis Cahill |
| 2021 | And he said yes | | Gintare Parulyte |
| 2023 | Ténèbres | | Clément Poirier |

### Television

| Year | Title French | Episode | Director |
| 1981 | Télévision de chambre | Les Ombres | Jean-Claude Brisseau |
| 1982 | Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan | | Jacques Deray |
| 1982 | Marion | Qui trop efface (S1.E4) | Jean Pignol |
| 1983 | Les beaux quartiers | | Jean Kerchbron |
| 1985 | Le Diable dans le bénitier | | Jean L'Hôte |
| 1986 | Série rose | Le Libertin de qualité (S1.E5) | Juan Luis Buñuel |
| 1986 | Série noire | La nuit du flinguer (S1.E20) | Pierre Grimblat |
| 1988 | Melba | S1.E3 to E6 | Roger McDonald |
| 1988 | Sueurs froides | Coup de pouce (S1.E18) | Josée Dayan |
| 1989-1990 | V comme vengeance | Un amour tardif (S1.E1) Au-delà de la vengeance (S1.E6) | Patrick Jamain Renaud Saint-Pierre |
| 1989-1991 | Coplan | S1.E1 to E5 | different directors |
| 1992 | Missione d'amore | | Dino Risi |
| 1992 | Counterstrike | The Sting (S3.E2) | René Bonnière |
| 1993 | Les Grandes Marées | S1.E1 to E8 | Jean Sagols |
| 1993 | Le Siècle des Lumières | | Humberto Solás |
| 1993-1994 | Cancoon | S1.E1 to E4 | Jean Sagols and Paolo Barzmann |
| 1995-2001 | Les Bœuf-carottes | 9 episodes | different directors |
| 1999 | Tramontane | S1.E1 to E5 | Henri Helman |
| 1999 | Highlander: The Raven | The Frame (S1.E16) | Georges Mendeluk |
| 2000 | La tribu de Zoé | | Pierre Joassin |
| 2001 | Death Train to the Pacific [de] | | Hans Werner [de] |
| 2001 | Méditerranée | S1. E1, E2 and E5 | Henri Helman |
| 2001 | Il bello delle donne | Marzo - madre e figlia (S1.E7) | Luigi Parisi |
| 2003 | Le Bleu de l'océan | S1.E1 to E5 | Didier Albert |
| 2003 | Une femme si parfaite | | Bernard Uzan |
| 2003 | Spooks/MI-5 | Clean Skin (S2.E7) | Ciaran Donnelly |
| 2004 | Imperium: Nero | | Paul Marcus |
| 2005 | Un transat pour huit | | Pierre Joassin |
| 2005 | Trois femmes…un soir d'été | S1.E1 to E4 | Sébastien Grall |
| 2005 | Sauveur Giordano | L'envers du décor (S1.E9) | Klaus Biedermann |
| 2005 | La Voie de Laura | | Gérard Cuq |
| 2005 | Trois femmes flics | S1.E1 to E6 | Philippe Triboit |
| 2006 | Joséphine, ange gardien | La couleur de l'amour (S10.E1) | Laurent Levy |
| 2006 | Chassé croisé amoureux | | Gérard Cuq |
| 2007-2010 | RIS police scientifique | S3.E21 to E30 S4.E31 to E46 S5.E47 to E64 S6.E65 to E68 | different directors |
| 2011 | Camping Paradis | Miracle au camping (S2.E4) | Philippe Proteau |
| 2011 | Merci Patron | | Pierre Joassin |
| 2011 | Commissaire Magellan | Mort subite (S2.E2) | Etienne Dhaene |
| 2012 | Toussaint Louverture | | Philippe Niang |
| 2013 | Joséphine, ange gardien | En roue Libre (S14.E2) | Philippe Proteau |
| 2014 | Die Staatsaffäre | | Michael Rowitz |
| 2014 | Crimes et botanique | Le Jardin des papillons noirs (S1E2) | Bruno Garcia |
| 2015 | Meurtres à La Rochelle | | Etienne Dhaene |
| 2016 | Mallory | | François Guérin |
| 2017 | Camping Paradis | Miss Camping (S8.E4) | Marwen Abdallah |
| 2017 | Le Prix de la vérité | | Emmanuel Rigaut |
| 2017-2020 | Über die Grenze | S1.E1 to E4 | Michael Rowitz |
| 2017 | Munch | Le process (S1.E8) | Nicolas Guicheteau |
| 2018-2020 | Crimes Parfaits | S1.E5 and E6 S2.E7 and E8 S3.E7 and E8 | Different directors |
| 2019 | La Malédiction du volcan | | Marwen Abdallah |
| 2020 | Meurtres à Cayenne | | Marc Barrat |
| 2021 | Cassandre | Les régates (S6.E2) | Eric Le Roux |
| 2024 | Parizot | | Nicolas Copin |
| 2024 | À qui profite le doute ? | | Stéphanie Tchou-Cotta |
| 2025 | Meurtres à Saint-Martin | | François Guérin |