Roland Topor

Biography

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

Apostrophes

Nulle part ailleurs

Nosferatu the Vampyre

Sweet Movie

Swann in Love

Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?

Three Lives and Only One Death

The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard

All Movies (22)

• Les vendredis d'Apostrophes2015 · as Self (archive footage)
• Fantastic Laloux2010 · as Self
• Topor and Me2004 · as Self (Voice)
• Le Cinéma au travail comme la mort1997
• Three Lives and Only One Death1996 · as Bum #2
• Comment devenir cinéaste sans se prendre la tête1995 · as Maître Bessonet
• Topor, Père et Fils1993
• The Satin Spider1986 · as Le médecin
• Swann in Love1984 · as Biche
• The Ones That Got Away1981 · as The murderous fencer
• The Making of 'Nosferatu'1979 · as Self
• Nosferatu the Vampyre1979 · as Renfield
• Destins parallèles1979
• Ratataplan1979 · as The Boss
• The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard1975 · as Le pochard
• The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan1975 · as Inspector Labelote
• Italiques: Roland Topor1974 · as Self
• Sweet Movie1974
• Threshold of the Void1974 · as Homme dans le métro
• Cartoon circus1972 · as Self
• Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?1966 · as Un émissaire du prince
• He! Viva Dada1965 · as Self

All TV Shows (3)

• Nulle part ailleurs1987 · as Self
• Apostrophes1975 · as Self
• Midi trente1972 · as Self