Roland Topor
Born: 1938-01-07 in Paris, France
Died: 1997-04-16
Known For: Writing
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.
Filmography
2024
- Joko ... (Theatre Play)
2019
- Portrait of Suzanne ... (Original Story)
2015
- Les vendredis d'Apostrophes as Self (archive footage)
2012
- The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm ... (Original Story)
2010
- Fantastic Laloux as Self
2008
- Batailles ... (Theatre Play)
2005
- L'Hiver sous la table ... (Author)
2004
- Topor and Me as Self (Voice)
1996
- Three Lives and Only One Death as Bum #2
1993
1990
- The Most Beautiful Breasts in the World ... (Story)
1989
- Marquis ... (Writer)
- De l'autre côté ... (Writer)
1988
- Palace ... (Writer)
1987
- Nulle part ailleurs as Self
1986
- La Galette du roi ... (Writer)
- The Satin Spider as Le médecin
1984
- Swann in Love as Biche
1983
- Telecat ... (Characters)
1981
- The Ones That Got Away as The murderous fencer
1979
- Nosferatu the Vampyre as Renfield
- Ratataplan as The Boss
- Destins parallèles
- The Hamburg Syndrome ... (Writer)
- The Making of 'Nosferatu' as Self
1976
- The Tenant ... (Novel)
1975
- Apostrophes as Self
- The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan as Inspector Labelote
- The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard as Le pochard
- The Game ... (Writer)
1974
- Sweet Movie
- Threshold of the Void as Homme dans le métro
- Italiques: Roland Topor as Self
1973
- Fantastic Planet ... (Screenplay)
1972
- Midi trente as Self
- The Troubles of Alfred ... (Writer)
- Cartoon circus as Self
1966
- Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? as Un émissaire du prince
- The Snails ... (Draughtsman)
1965
- He! Viva Dada as Self
1964
- Dead Times ... (Writer)