Michel Subor
Acting
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
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movieSang titre
2025
(archive footage) (uncredited)
tvWar on Beasts
2018
Pierre Duruy
movieGodard Mon Amour
2017
Narrator #4 (voice)
movieBastards
2013
Edouard Laporte
movieLast Winter
2012
Hélier
movieWhite Material
2010
Henri Vial
movieThe Intruder
2005
Louis Trebor
movieBeau Travail
2000
Commander Bruno Forestier
movieFidelity
2000
Rupert MacRoi
movieAinsi soit-il
2000
Barroux
movieUn petit grain de folie
1997
Alexandre Pelozov
tvA Tale of Two Cities
1989
Le père de Darnay
movieDer Mann im Salz
1988
Meister Zwanzigeisen
movieThe Fourth Power
1985
Xavier Mareche
movieSecret Passage
1985
Enrique
movieStress
1984
Police commissioner
movieLe pilon
1981
Roland Boileu
movieThe Rebel
1980
Beaufils
movieThe Sewers of Paradise
1979
Biki le Targuy
movieThe Accuser
1977
Brignon
movieThe Day of the Jackal
1973
OAS Terrorist in Car
tvMauregard
1970
Charles-Auguste
movieTopaz
1969
François Picard
movieSadistic Hallucinations
1969
L'inspecteur
movieÀ nous deux, Paris!
1966
Patrick Cartier
movieLe Reflux
1965
Henri Person
movieWhat's New Pussycat?
1965
Philippe
movieYoung Girls of Good Families
1963
Gerard LeGall
movieLe Petit Soldat
1963
Bruno Forestier
movieJules and Jim
1962
Récitant / Narrator (voix)
moviePlease, Not Now!
1961
Alain Varnier
movieMy Pal the Gypsy
1959
Bruno Pittuiti
movieSunday Encounter
1958
Un élève du cours (uncredited)
movieFrou-Frou
1955
Le jeune homme au restaurant (uncredited)
Crew1
movieStars at Noon
2022
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