Person
Michel Subor
Acting · 1935–2022 · Paris, France
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.
Known for
Scene of the Crime
André
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Cinépanorama
Self
Counterstrike
Yuri
The Day of the Jackal
OAS Terrorist in Car
Un curé de choc
Roger
Topaz
François Picard
The French Revolution
Vadier
White Material
Henri Vial
Beau Travail
Commander Bruno Forestier
Filmography
- 2025Sang titre(archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022Stars at NoonIn Memory Of
- 2018War on BeastsPierre Duruy
- 2017Godard Mon AmourNarrator #4 (voice)
- 2013BastardsEdouard Laporte
- 2012Last WinterHélier
- 2012The Bardot mystery
- 2010White MaterialHenri Vial
- 2005The IntruderLouis Trebor
- 2003Dear Hunter
- 2001Wild InnocenceChas
- 2000Beau TravailCommander Bruno Forestier
- 2000FidelityRupert MacRoi
- 2000Ainsi soit-ilBarroux
- 1997Un petit grain de folieAlexandre Pelozov
- 1990CounterstrikeYuri
- 1989Braxton
- 1989A Tale of Two CitiesLe père de Darnay
- 1989The French RevolutionVadier
- 1988Der Mann im SalzMeister Zwanzigeisen
- 1985The Fourth PowerXavier Mareche
- 1985Secret PassageEnrique
- 1984StressPolice commissioner
- 1981Le pilonRoland Boileu
- 1980The RebelBeaufils
- 1979The Sewers of ParadiseBiki le Targuy
- 1977The AccuserBrignon
- 1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf
- 1974Un curé de chocRoger
- 1973The Day of the JackalOAS Terrorist in Car
- 1970Scene of the CrimeAndré
- 1970MauregardCharles-Auguste
- 1969TopazFrançois Picard
- 1969Sadistic HallucinationsL'inspecteur
- 1966À nous deux, Paris!Patrick Cartier
- 1965Le RefluxHenri Person
- 1965The Queen of SpadesHerman
- 1965What's New Pussycat?Philippe
- 1964Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-MarcRoger
- 1964Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with FrançoiseRoger
- 1963Young Girls of Good FamiliesGerard LeGall
- 1963Le Petit SoldatBruno Forestier
- 1962Jules and JimRécitant / Narrator (voix)
- 1961Vacation in HellAndré
- 1961Please, Not Now!Alain Varnier
- 1959My Pal the GypsyBruno Pittuiti
- 1958Sunday EncounterUn élève du cours (uncredited)
- 1956CinépanoramaSelf
- 1955Frou-FrouLe jeune homme au restaurant (uncredited)
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