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Michel Subor

Actor

Michel Subor

Born February 2, 1935 in Paris, FranceDied January 17, 202239 films

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.

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The Day of the Jackal posterFirst watchThe Day of the Jackal19737.5as OAS Terrorist in CarAn international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.View film

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Jules and Jim poster7.5Jules and Jim1962Beau Travail poster7.1Beau Travail2000Godard Mon Amour poster6.6Godard Mon Amour2017Topaz poster6.0Topaz1969Le Petit Soldat poster6.9Le Petit Soldat1963White Material poster6.7White Material2010The French Revolution poster7.5The French Revolution1989What's New Pussycat? poster5.9What's New Pussycat?1965

Filmography

39 films as actor
  1. 2022Le Soldat
  2. 2017Godard Mon AmourNarrator #4 (voice)
  3. 2013BastardsEdouard Laporte
  4. 2012Last WinterHélier
  5. 2010White MaterialHenri Vial
  6. 2005The IntruderLouis Trebor
  7. 2003Dear Hunter
  8. 2001Wild InnocenceChas
  9. 2000Beau TravailCommander Bruno Forestier
  10. 2000FidelityRupert MacRoi
  11. 2000Ainsi soit-ilBarroux
  12. 1997Un petit grain de folieAlexandre Pelozov
  13. 1989Braxton
  14. 1989The French RevolutionVadier
  15. 1988Der Mann im SalzMeister Zwanzigeisen
  16. 1985The Fourth PowerXavier Mareche
  17. 1985Secret PassageEnrique
  18. 1984StressPolice commissioner
  19. 1981Le pilonRoland Boileu
  20. 1980The RebelBeaufils
  21. 1979The Sewers of ParadiseBiki le Targuy
  22. 1977The AccuserBrignon
  23. 1973The Day of the JackalOAS Terrorist in Car
  24. 1969TopazFrançois Picard
  25. 1969Sadistic HallucinationsL'inspecteur
  26. 1966À nous deux, Paris!Patrick Cartier
  27. 1965Le RefluxHenri Person
  28. 1965The Queen of SpadesHerman
  29. 1965What's New Pussycat?Philippe
  30. 1964Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-MarcRoger
  31. 1964Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with FrançoiseRoger
  32. 1963Young Girls of Good FamiliesGerard LeGall
  33. 1963Le Petit SoldatBruno Forestier
  34. 1962Jules and JimRécitant / Narrator (voix)
  35. 1961Vacation in HellAndré
  36. 1961Please, Not Now!Alain Varnier
  37. 1959My Pal the GypsyBruno Pittuiti
  38. 1958Sunday EncounterUn élève du cours (uncredited)
  39. 1955Frou-FrouLe jeune homme au restaurant (uncredited)