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