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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Topaz
as François Picard
1969
What's New Pussycat?
as Philippe
1965
The French Revolution
as Vadier
1989
Le Reflux
as Henri Person
1965
Beau Travail
as Commander Bruno Forestier
2000
Please, Not Now!
as Alain Varnier
1961
The Intruder
as Louis Trebor
2005
Le Petit Soldat
as Bruno Forestier
1963
Fidelity
as Rupert MacRoi
2000
Last Winter
as Hélier
2012
Stress
as Police commissioner
1984
Young Girls of Good Families
as Gerard LeGall
1963
Braxton
1989
Bastards
as Edouard Laporte
2013
The Queen of Spades
as Herman
1965
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
as Commander Bruno Forestier (archive footage)
2023
Der Mann im Salz
as Meister Zwanzigeisen
1988
Jules and Jim
as Récitant / Narrator (voix)
1962
The Sewers of Paradise
as Biki le Targuy
1979
The Rebel
as Beaufils
1980
