Roland Topor
Known for WritingBorn 1938-01-07 — died 1997-04-16Paris, 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
Swann in Love
1984 · as Biche
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979 · as Renfield
Sweet Movie
1974
The Satin Spider
1986 · as Le médecin
Destins parallèles
1979
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
1979 · as Self
Three Lives and Only One Death
1996 · as Bum #2
Cartoon circus
1972 · as Self
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
2015 · as Self (archive footage)
Fantastic Laloux
2010 · as Self
The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
1975 · as Le pochard
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
1966 · as Un émissaire du prince
Le Cinéma au travail comme la mort
1997
Threshold of the Void
1974 · as Homme dans le métro
Topor and Me
2004 · as Self (Voice)
He! Viva Dada
1965 · as Self
The Ones That Got Away
1981 · as The murderous fencer
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975 · as Inspector Labelote