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Michel Subor

Acting Born Feb 2, 1935 Paris, France 24 credits

Biography

Michel Subor (born Mischa Subotzki; February 2 1935 - January 17 2022) was a French actor who gained fame playing the lover of Brigitte Bardot's character in La Bride sur le Cou (1961). In Hollywood Subor starred in Clive Donner's What's New, Pussycat? (as lover Philippe) and in Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz (as Claude Jade's husband, the journalist François Picard). His most important role was his Bruno Forestier in Jean-Luc Godard's Le Petit Soldat, beside Anna Karina. He had a comeback in 1999 in Claire Denis's Beau Travail. His most recent movie was Claire Denis' Bastards in 2013.

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Full filmography

  • Scene of the Crime (1970) as André
  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
  • Cinépanorama (1956) as Self
  • Counterstrike (1990) as Yuri
  • The Day of the Jackal (1973) as OAS Terrorist in Car
  • Topaz (1969) as François Picard
  • Beau Travail (2000) as Commander Bruno Forestier
  • Un curé de choc (1974) as Roger
  • What's New Pussycat? (1965) as Philippe
  • A Tale of Two Cities (1989) as Le père de Darnay
  • The French Revolution (1989) as Vadier
  • Jules and Jim (1962) as Récitant / Narrator (voix)
  • Fidelity (2000) as Rupert MacRoi
  • Mauregard (1970) as Charles-Auguste
  • Godard Mon Amour (2017) as Narrator #4 (voice)
  • Bastards (2013) as Edouard Laporte
  • White Material (2010) as Henri Vial
  • War on Beasts (2018) as Pierre Duruy
  • Le Petit Soldat (1963) as Bruno Forestier
  • The Accuser (1977) as Brignon
  • Please, Not Now! (1961) as Alain Varnier
  • Sang titre (2025) as (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • The Intruder (2005) as Louis Trebor
  • Le Reflux (1965) as Henri Person