Michel Subor

Personal Info

Birthday

February 2, 1935

Day of Death

2022-01-17

(86 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

Joseph Michel Subotzky

Michel Subor

Biography

Michel Subor (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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michel Subor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Scene of the Crime

The Day of the Jackal

Counterstrike

Topaz

Please, Not Now!

Beau Travail

Godard Mon Amour

Un curé de choc

Filmography

2025
Sang titre
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
as Commander Bruno Forestier (archive footage)
2017
Godard Mon Amour
as Narrator #4 (voice)
2013
Bastards
as Edouard Laporte
2012
Last Winter
as Hélier
2010
White Material
as Henri Vial
2005
The Intruder
as Louis Trebor
2001
Wild Innocence
as Chas
2000
Beau Travail
as Commander Bruno Forestier
Fidelity
as Rupert MacRoi
Ainsi soit-il
as Barroux
1989
The French Revolution
as Vadier
1988
Der Mann im Salz
as Meister Zwanzigeisen
1985
The Fourth Power
as Xavier Mareche
Passage secret
as Enrique
1984
Stress
as Police commissioner
1981
Le pilon
as Roland Boileu
1980
The Rebel
as Beaufils
1979
The Sewers of Paradise
as Biki le Targuy
1977
The Accuser
as Brignon
1973
The Day of the Jackal
as OAS Terrorist in Car
1969
Topaz
as François Picard
Sadistic Hallucinations
as L'inspecteur
1966
À nous deux, Paris!
as Patrick Cartier
1965
Le Reflux
as Henri Person
The Queen of Spades
as Herman
What's New Pussycat?
as Philippe
1964
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
as Roger
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
as Roger
1963
Young Girls of Good Families
as Gerard LeGall
Le petit soldat
as Bruno Forestier
1962
Jules and Jim
as Récitant / Narrator (voix)
1961
Please, Not Now!
as Alain Varnier
1959
My Pal the Gypsy
as Bruno Pittuiti
1958
Sunday Encounter
as Un élève du cours (uncredited)
1955
Frou-Frou
as Le jeune homme au restaurant (uncredited)