Roland Topor
Known for Writing
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.
Filmography
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979
as Renfield
Swann in Love
1984
as Biche
Three Lives and Only One Death
1996
as Bum #2
Sweet Movie
1974
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
1966
as Un émissaire du prince
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975
as Inspector Labelote
He! Viva Dada
1965
as Self
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
1979
as Self
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
2015
as Self (archive footage)
The Ones That Got Away
1981
as The murderous fencer
Topor, Père et Fils
1993
Threshold of the Void
1974
as Homme dans le métro
The Satin Spider
1986
as Le médecin
Destins parallèles
1979
Ratataplan
1979
as The Boss
Topor and Me
2004
as Self (Voice)
The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
1975
as Le pochard
Cartoon circus
1972
as Self
Fantastic Laloux
2010
as Self
Le Cinéma au travail comme la mort
1997