Bruno Wolkowitch

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Bruno Wolkowitch
Bruno Wolkowitch in 2015 at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival.
Born	Bruno Jacques Wolkowitch Paris, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Actor
Notable work	Famille de cœur Le Frangin d'Amérique Lagardère
Television	PJ Méditerranée Spin
Website	www.brunowolkowitch.com

Bruno Wolkowitch is a French actor.

Bruno Wolkowitch (orig. Wołkowicz) is of Polish descent. His father was a tailor turned bookkeeper, and his mother a beautician who became a dermatology assistant.^[1] He spent his childhood in Champigny-sur-Marne and then his adolescence in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (Val-de-Marne).^{[citation needed]}

He trained as an actor from 1981 to 1984 at Studio 34 with Claude Mathieu. In 1984, he was awarded a Diploma of Drama at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris. From 1984 to 1987, he studied with Viviane Theophilides, Michel Bouquet, and Jean-Pierre Vincent. At the same time, he entered the Comédie-Française.^{[citation needed]}

Wolkowitch then appeared in numerous television films and gained notice with the television series Madame le maire in 1997^{[citation needed]} and PJ (Police judiciaire). In the latter series, Wolkowitch played Captain/Commander Vincent Fournier. He appeared in the first 100 episodes, from 1997 to March 2006 on France 2. Wolkowitch appeared in flashbacks for several seasons more.^[2] In addition to his role as a field policeman, a pillar of the police station at PJ Saint-Martin, he continues to play other characters, notably that of Lagardère in a two-part television film of that name, aired in 2003.

He has also performed on stage. In 2006, he starred in Miss Julie, by August Strindberg, with Christine Citti – who played in the first two seasons of PJ – and Émilie Dequenne.^{[citation needed]}

Wolkowitch is also passionate about photography.

In October 2015, on France Inter radio station, the actor acknowledged having spent a very short stay in prison in Israel at the age of seventeen, to protect a friend on a narcotics-related charge. Since then, he has been barred from entering Israel.^[3]

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• Bruno Wolkowitch at IMDb
• Bruno Wolkowitch on the France 2 website (in French)