Roland Topor
Born
January 7, 1938
Died
April 16, 1997 (59 years old)
Known For
Writing
Place of Birth
Paris, 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
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
Self (archive footage)
2015
Fantastic Laloux
Self
2010
Topor and Me
Self (Voice)
2004
Le Cinéma au travail comme la mort
1997
Three Lives and Only One Death
Bum #2
1996
Topor, Père et Fils
1993
Nulle part ailleurs
Self · (1 episode)
1987
The Satin Spider
Le médecin
1986
Swann in Love
Biche
1984
The Ones That Got Away
The murderous fencer
1981
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
Self
1979
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Renfield
1979
Destins parallèles
1979
Ratataplan
The Boss
1979
The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
Le pochard
1975
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
Inspector Labelote
1975
Apostrophes
Self · (2 episodes)
1975
Italiques: Roland Topor
Self
1974
Sweet Movie
1974
Threshold of the Void
Homme dans le métro
1974
Midi trente
Self · (1 episode)
1972
Cartoon circus
Self
1972
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
Un émissaire du prince
1966
He! Viva Dada
Self
1965