Acting

Michel Subor

Born 1935-02-02 · Paris, France

Died 2022-01-17

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.

Credits

Newest first

Sang titre
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Stars at Noon
In Memory Of
2022
Le Soldat
2022
War on Beasts
as Pierre Duruy
2018
Godard Mon Amour
as Narrator #4 (voice)
2017
Bastards
as Edouard Laporte
2013
Last Winter
as Hélier
2012
The Bardot mystery
2012
White Material
as Henri Vial
2010
The Intruder
as Louis Trebor
2005
Dear Hunter
2003
In the Darkness of Time
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Wild Innocence
as Chas
2001
Beau Travail
as Commander Bruno Forestier
2000
Fidelity
as Rupert MacRoi
2000
Ainsi soit-il
as Barroux
2000
Un petit grain de folie
as Alexandre Pelozov
1997
Counterstrike
as Yuri
1990
Braxton
1989
A Tale of Two Cities
as Le père de Darnay
1989
The French Revolution
as Vadier
1989
Der Mann im Salz
as Meister Zwanzigeisen
1988
The Fourth Power
as Xavier Mareche
1985
Secret Passage
as Enrique
1985
Stress
as Police commissioner
1984
Le pilon
as Roland Boileu
1981
The Rebel
as Beaufils
1980
The Sewers of Paradise
as Biki le Targuy
1979
The Accuser
as Brignon
1977
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
Un curé de choc
as Roger
1974
The Day of the Jackal
as OAS Terrorist in Car
1973
Scene of the Crime
as André
1970
Mauregard
as Charles-Auguste
1970
Topaz
as François Picard
1969
Sadistic Hallucinations
as L'inspecteur
1969
À nous deux, Paris!
as Patrick Cartier
1966
Le Reflux
as Henri Person
1965
The Queen of Spades
as Herman
1965
What's New Pussycat?
as Philippe
1965
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
as Roger
1964
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
as Roger
1964
Young Girls of Good Families
as Gerard LeGall
1963
Le Petit Soldat
as Bruno Forestier
1963
Jules and Jim
as Récitant / Narrator (voix)
1962
Vacation in Hell
as André
1961
Please, Not Now!
as Alain Varnier
1961
My Pal the Gypsy
as Bruno Pittuiti
1959
Sunday Encounter
as Un élève du cours (uncredited)
1958
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
Frou-Frou
as Le jeune homme au restaurant (uncredited)
1955