Bruno Wolkowitch

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.

Early life and education

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 ]}

Career

Bruno Wolkowitch in 2007 in Namur.

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 ]}

Personal life

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]

Filmography

Acting

Films

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1983	For Those I Loved	Jurek	Robert Enrico	Credited in the credits under the name of "Bruno Volko"
1984	Hell Train		Roger Hanin
1987	Keep Your Right Up		Jean-Luc Godard
1988	L'enfance de l'art		Francis Girod
1989	Vent de Galerne		Bernard Favre
1993	Mauvais garçon		Jacques Bral
1994	Joan the Maiden		Jacques Rivette
	L'Affaire		Sergio Gobbi
1995	L'Uomo proiettile (L'Homme canon)		Silvano Agosti
1997	La Chica		Bruno Gantillon
1998	Terminale	Terrien	Francis Girod
2004	Le Grand Rôle		Steve Suissa	Voice off
2010	The Tourist	French police commissioner	Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
2012	Love Is Not Perfect		Francesca Muci
2013	Chez nous c'est trois!		Claude Duty
	A Five Star Life		Maria Sole Tognazzi
2016	La folle histoire de Max et Léon		Jonathan Barré, Palmashow
2018	Treat Me Like Fire	Ivo	Marie Monge

Television

Years	Title	Role	Creator	Notes
1985	Madame le maire		Jean-François Claire
1987	Mort aux ténors	Ivan	Serge Moati	In the series Série noire
	Mont royal		Mario Philip Azzopardi
1989	Les Cinq Dernières Minutes			"The Cherubim are Not Angels"; directed by Jean-Pierre Desagnat
	Les Enquêtes du commissaire Maigret			"The Auberge aux noyés"; directed by Jean-Paul Sassy
	Quand le diable ricane		Armand Wahnoun
	Les Jupons de la Révolution: Madame Tallien		Didier Grousset
1990	Le Vagabond des mers		José Varela
	Force de frappe: Voie sans issue		Paolo Barzman
1992	Maigret			"Maigret and the Judge's House"; directed by Bertrand Van Effenterre
1994	Deux Millions de dollars dans un fauteuil		Yves Amoureux
	Meurtres par procuration		Claude-Michel Rome
	Mayday		Jean-Louis Daniel
1995	Passion mortelle		Claude-Michel Rome
1996	Dans un grand vent de fleurs	Guillaume Garlande	Gérard Vergez
1997	Pour mon fils		Michaëla Watteaux
1997–2005	PJ	Vincent Fournier
1997	Jamais sans toi		Daniel Janneau
	Vérité oblige	Prison director		"My Daughter... This Unknown"; directed by Claude-Michel Rome
1998	Famille de cœur		Gérard Vergez
	Doppio Segreto		Marcello Cesena
1999	Marie et Tom		Dominique Baron
	Mieux vaut tard que jamais		Luca Manfredi
2000	Les Cordier, juge et flic	Marc Singer		"Portrait with Scalpel"
	Remise de peine		Alberto Simone
2001	Méditerranée		Henri Helman
	Le Gave		Christian Bonnet
	La Faux		Jean-Dominique de La Rochefoucauld
2002	Garonne		Claude d'Anna
	La Parité		Gérard Vergez
	Trop plein d'amour		Steve Suissa
2003	Qu'elle est belle la quarantaine!		Alexis Lecaye
	Lagardère	Henri de Lagardère / Le Bossu	Henry Helman
2004	Le Frangin d'Amérique		Jacques Fansten
2005	Je t'aime à te tuer		Alain Wermus
	Retrouver Sara		Claude d'Anna
2007	Rock'n Roll Circus		Alain Robillard
2008	Sagan	Philippe	Diane Kurys
	Hold-up à l'italienne		Claude-Michel Rome
	Grands reporters		Gilles de Maistre
2009	PJ	Vincent Fournier
2009–10	Les Toqués	Monsieur B		"The Gold Rush", "The Trojan Horse"
2010	Le Désamour		Daniel Janneau
2011	Coup de chaleur		Christophe Barraud
	La République des enfants	Garcin	Jacques Fansten
2012–16	Spin	Simon Kapita	Frédéric Tellier, Jean-Marc Brondolo
2012	Ragazze sul web		Marco Pontecorvo
2013	Rouge Brésil		Sylvain Archambault
	Pourquoi personne me croit?		Jacques Fansten
	Cherif			"False Pretenses"; directed by Vincent Giovanni
	À corde tendue		Pierre-Antoine Hiroz
2015	Accusé			"The Story of Simon"; directed by Didier Bivel
	Un père coupable		Caroline Huppert
	Meurtres à Carcassonne		Julien Despaux
	Borderline		Olivier Marchal
2016	Mongeville			"Living Legend"; directed by René Manzor
	Caïn			Season 4, "The Prisoners"; by Christophe Douchand
2017	Cassandre			Episode 5 "Backfire"; by Hervé Renoh
	La Loi de Valérie		Thierry Binisti
2020	Baby	Christophe		Episode 3x01, 3x02

Short films

Year	Title	Director
1988	Un coin de table	Josiane Maisse
1993	Qui est-ce qui a éteint la lumière?	Xavier Auradon
1994	Parlez après le signal sonore	Olivier Jahan
1997	Amour néanmoins	Frédéric Darie

Dubbing

Year	Title	Director	Role	Actor
1993	Romeo Is Bleeding	Peter Medak	Jack Grimaldi	Gary Oldman
1995	The Usual Suspects	Bryan Singer	Michael McManus	Stephen Baldwin
	The Crossing Guard	Sean Penn	John Booth	David Morse
1996	Sleepers	Barry Levinson	Sean Nokes	Kevin Bacon

Directorial works

Year	Title	Creator	Co-director	Location
1992	Ordinaire et Disgracié	Claude Mollet	Hervé Pierre	Théâtre de la Ville

Music videos

Year	Song	Artist	Director
1996	Babe	Viktor Lazlo	Philippe Gautier

Theatre

Year	Title	Creator	Director	Location	Notes
	Autopsie	Pascal Cantelle
	L'Épreuve	Éric Tallien
1984	Parking du ciel	Emmanuel Weisz		Munich
1985	The Balcony	Jean Genet	Georges Lavaudant	Comédie-Française
1986	Macbeth	William Shakespeare	Jean-Pierre Vincent
	The Tempest		Alfredo Arias	Festival d'Avignon Théâtre de la Commune
1987	Polyeucte	Pierre Corneille	Jorge Lavelli	Comédie-Française
1988	The Changeling	Thomas Middleton, William Rowley	Stuart Seide	Théâtre de Gennevilliers
	King Lear	William Shakespeare	Jacques Kraemer	Théâtre de Boulogne-Billancourt
	Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien	Gabriele D'Annunzio, Claude Debussy	Jean-Pierre Vincent, Jean-Paul Chambas	Villa Medici Rome
1989	The Moods of Marianne	Alfred de Musset	France Rousselle	Théâtre du Gymnase Marseille
1993	Le Mal court	Jacques Audiberti	Pierre Franck	Théâtre de l'Atelier
	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Tennessee Williams	Michel Fagadau	Théâtre Marigny
2005	Derniers Remords avant l'oubli	Jean-Luc Lagarce	Jean-Pierre Vincent	CDDB-Théâtre de Lorient, La Criée	As Pierre
2006	Miss Julie	August Strindberg	Didier Long	Théâtre Marigny	As Jean, the valet
2007	It's Only the End of the World	Jean-Luc Lagarce	François Berreur	MC2, Nouveau théâtre de Besançon, Maison de la Culture de Bourges, Théâtre de la Cité internationale, Théâtre des Célestins, Théâtre de la Manufacture	Tour
2008				TNBA
	Equus	Peter Shaffer	Didier Long	Théâtre Marigny
2010	Le Donneur de bain	Dorine Hollier	Dan Jemmett
2011	Pluie d’enfer	Keith Huff	Benoît Lavigne	Pépinière Théâtre
2014	Le Secret de Poussinette		Bruno Wolkowitch	Comédie Saint-Michel
2015	Danser à Lughnasa	Brian Friel	Didier Long	Théâtre de l'Atelier

References

1. "Biographie sur le site web" (in French). Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
2. P.J. at IMDb
3. "La bande originale" (in French). Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

External links

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