Michel Subor
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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The Day of the Jackal
as OAS Terrorist in Car
1973
Topaz
as François Picard
1969
Beau Travail
as Commander Bruno Forestier
2000
What's New Pussycat?
as Philippe
1965
Jules and Jim
as Récitant / Narrator (voix)
1962
The French Revolution
as Vadier
1989
Godard Mon Amour
as Narrator #4 (voice)
2017
Fidelity
as Rupert MacRoi
2000
White Material
as Henri Vial
2010
Please, Not Now!
as Alain Varnier
1961
Le Petit Soldat
as Bruno Forestier
1963
The Rebel
as Beaufils
1980
Bastards
as Edouard Laporte
2013
The Bardot mystery
2012
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
as Roger
1964
The Sewers of Paradise
as Biki le Targuy
1979
Frou-Frou
as Le jeune homme au restaurant (uncredited)
1955
In the Darkness of Time
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
The Fourth Power
as Xavier Mareche
1985
Sunday Encounter
as Un élève du cours (uncredited)
1958
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
as Roger
1964
The Intruder
as Louis Trebor
2005
Le Reflux
as Henri Person
1965
Sang titre
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Der Mann im Salz
as Meister Zwanzigeisen
1988
The Queen of Spades
as Herman
1965
Wild Innocence
as Chas
2001
Un petit grain de folie
as Alexandre Pelozov
1997
My Pal the Gypsy
as Bruno Pittuiti
1959
Vacation in Hell
as André
1961
À nous deux, Paris!
as Patrick Cartier
1966
The Accuser
as Brignon
1977
Last Winter
as Hélier
2012
Young Girls of Good Families
as Gerard LeGall
1963
Stress
as Police commissioner
1984
Sadistic Hallucinations
as L'inspecteur
1969
L'Oreille absolue
as Yves Cardec
1972
Le pilon
as Roland Boileu
1981
Dear Hunter
2003
Secret Passage
as Enrique
1985
Braxton
1989
Ainsi soit-il
as Barroux
2000
