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

Jules and Jim

as Récitant / Narrator (voix)

The Day of the Jackal

as OAS Terrorist in Car

Topaz

as François Picard

Godard Mon Amour

as Narrator #4 (voice)

Beau Travail

as Commander Bruno Forestier

Le Petit Soldat

as Bruno Forestier

What's New Pussycat?

as Philippe

White Material

as Henri Vial

Scene of the Crime

as André

Bastards

as Edouard Laporte