Roland Topor
January 7, 1938 (86 years old) in Paris, France
Roland Topor was a French illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, painter, novelist, playwright, film and TV writer, filmmaker and actor, known for the surreal nature of his work. He gained notoriety as one of the home cartoonists of the subversive French magazine Hara-Kiri, renamed later Charlie-Hebdo. Roland Topor wrote the novel The Tenant (Le Locataire chimérique, 1964), which was adapted to film by Roman Polanski in 1976. The Tenant is the story of a Parisian of Polish descent, a chilling exploration of alienation and identity, asking disturbing questions about how we define ourselves.
Known For
Credits
- 2015 · Les vendredis d'Apostrophes as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Fantastic Laloux as Self
- 2004 · Topor and Me as Self (Voice)
- 1997 · Le Cinéma au travail comme la mort as
- 1987 · Nulle part ailleurs as Self
- 1986 · The Satin Spider as Le médecin
- 1984 · Swann in Love as Biche
- 1981 · The Ones That Got Away as The murderous fencer
- 1979 · The Making of 'Nosferatu' as Self
- 1979 · Nosferatu the Vampyre as Renfield
- 1979 · Ratataplan as Il boss
- 1979 · Destins parallèles as
- 1975 · The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard as Le pochard
- 1975 · The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan as Inspector Labelote
- 1975 · Apostrophes as Self
- 1974 · Italiques: Roland Topor as Self
- 1974 · Sweet Movie as
- 1974 · Threshold of the Void as Homme dans le métro
- 1972 · Midi trente as Self
- 1972 · Cartoon circus as Self
- 1966 · Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? as Un émissaire du prince
- 1965 · He! Viva Dada as Self