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Roland Topor

Writing Born Jan 7, 1938 Paris, France 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Apostrophes

as Self

Nulle part ailleurs

as Self
Film

Nosferatu the Vampyre

as Renfield

Full filmography

  • Apostrophes (1975) as Self
  • Midi trente (1972) as Self
  • Nulle part ailleurs (1987) as Self
  • Swann in Love (1984) as Biche
  • Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) as Renfield
  • Sweet Movie (1974)
  • Three Lives and Only One Death (1996) as Bum #2
  • Destins parallèles (1979)
  • Threshold of the Void (1974) as Homme dans le métro
  • Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1966) as Un émissaire du prince
  • The Ones That Got Away (1981) as The murderous fencer
  • The Satin Spider (1986) as Le médecin
  • Les vendredis d'Apostrophes (2015) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Making of 'Nosferatu' (1979) as Self
  • The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard (1975) as Le pochard
  • The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan (1975) as Inspector Labelote
  • Cartoon circus (1972) as Self
  • Italiques: Roland Topor (1974) as Self
  • Fantastic Laloux (2010) as Self
  • Ratataplan (1979) as The Boss
  • Le Cinéma au travail comme la mort (1997)
  • Topor and Me (2004) as Self (Voice)
  • Comment devenir cinéaste sans se prendre la tête (1995) as Maître Bessonet
  • He! Viva Dada (1965) as Self