In 1984, he was awarded a Diploma of Drama at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris.

[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).

[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.

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.

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.