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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) — Renfield
2. Sweet Movie (1974)
3. Three Lives and Only One Death (1996) — Bum #2
4. Swann in Love (1984) — Biche
5. Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1966) — Un émissaire du prince
6. Ratataplan (1979) — The Boss
7. The Ones That Got Away (1981) — The murderous fencer
8. Nulle part ailleurs (1987) — Self
9. Fantastic Laloux (2010) — Self
10. Threshold of the Void (1974) — Homme dans le métro
11. The Satin Spider (1986) — Le médecin
12. Apostrophes (1975) — Self
13. Cartoon circus (1972) — Self
14. The Making of 'Nosferatu' (1979) — Self
15. Topor and Me (2004) — Self (Voice)
16. The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan (1975) — Inspector Labelote
17. Comment devenir cinéaste sans se prendre la tête (1995) — Maître Bessonet
18. Destins parallèles (1979)
19. The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard (1975) — Le pochard
20. Les vendredis d'Apostrophes (2015) — Self (archive footage)
21. Midi trente (1972) — Self
22. Italiques: Roland Topor (1974) — Self
23. Le Cinéma au travail comme la mort (1997)
24. He! Viva Dada (1965) — Self
25. Topor, Père et Fils (1993)
26. Ciné regards (1978) — Self