Roland Topor

Biography

Roland Topor was a French illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, painter, novelist, playwright, film and TV writer, filmmaker and actor, known for the surreal nature of his work. He gained notoriety as one of the home cartoonists of the subversive French magazine Hara-Kiri, renamed later Charlie-Hebdo.

Roland Topor wrote the novel The Tenant (Le Locataire chimérique, 1964), which was adapted to film by Roman Polanski in 1976. The Tenant is the story of a Parisian of Polish descent, a chilling exploration of alienation and identity, asking disturbing questions about how we define ourselves.

Known For

Nosferatu the Vampyre
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Topor and Me
Topor and Me
The Satin Spider
The Satin Spider
Cartoon circus
Cartoon circus
Destins parallèles
Destins parallèles
Italiques: Roland Topor
Italiques: Roland Topor
The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard

Filmography

2015 Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
as Self (archive footage)
2010 Fantastic Laloux
as Self
2004 Topor and Me
as Self (Voice)
1997 Le Cinéma au travail comme la mort
as
1996 Three Lives and Only One Death
as Bum #2
1993 Topor, Père et Fils
as
1987 Nulle part ailleurs
as Self
1986 The Satin Spider
as Le médecin
1984 Swann in Love
as Biche
1981 The Ones That Got Away
as The murderous fencer
1979 The Making of 'Nosferatu'
as Self
1979 Nosferatu the Vampyre
as Renfield
1979 Destins parallèles
as
1979 Ratataplan
as The Boss
1975 The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
as Le pochard
1975 The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
as Inspector Labelote
1975 Apostrophes
as Self
1974 Italiques: Roland Topor
as Self
1974 Sweet Movie
as
1974 Threshold of the Void
as Homme dans le métro