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.

Most Famous Work

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Telecat

(1983) Creator

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The Tenant

(1976) Novel

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Fantastic Planet

(1973) Dialogue

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Palace

(1988) Writer

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Marquis

(1989) Writer

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The Troubles of Alfred

(1972) Writer

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De l'autre côté

(1989) Writer

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The Snails

(1966) Writer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2015	Self (archive footage)	Les vendredis d'Apostrophes 2015-11-06 Movie
2010	Himself	Fantastic Laloux 2010-12-08 Movie
2004	Self (Voice)	Topor and Me 2004-12-02 Movie
1997	N/A	Le Cinéma au travail comme la mort 1997-01-01 Movie
1987	Self	Nulle part ailleurs 1987-08-31 TV Show
1986	Le médecin	The Satin Spider 1986-03-26 Movie
1984	Biche	Swann in Love 1984-02-23 Movie
1981	The murderous fencer	Celles qu'on n'a pas eues 1981-02-25 Movie
1979	Self	The Making of 'Nosferatu' 1979-10-06 Movie
	Renfield	Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979-01-17 Movie
	Il boss	Ratataplan 1979-01-01 Movie
1975	Le pochard	The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard 1975-09-03 Movie
	Self	Apostrophes 1975-01-10 TV Show
1974	Self	Italiques: Roland Topor 1974-08-08 Movie
	N/A	Sweet Movie 1974-06-12 Movie
	Homme dans le métro	Threshold of the Void 1974-03-27 Movie
	Homme dans le métro (uncredited)	Threshold of the Void 1974-03-27 Movie
1972	Self	Midi trente 1972-03-06 TV Show
	Self	Cartoon circus 1972-01-01 Movie
1966	Un émissaire du prince	Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? 1966-10-21 Movie
1965	Self	He! Viva Dada 1965-09-05 Movie
	N/A	Destins parallèles Movie
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Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2019	Original Story	Portrait of Suzanne 2019-05-28 Movie
2012	Original Story	The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm 2012-01-11 Movie
2008	Writer	Batailles 2008-02-20 Movie
2005	Author	L'Hiver sous la table 2005-04-19 Movie
1990	Story	The Most Beautiful Breasts in the World 1990-10-27 Movie
1989	Writer	De l'autre côté 1989-05-19 TV Show
	Writer	Marquis 1989-04-26 Movie
1988	Writer	Palace 1988-10-29 TV Show
1986	Writer	La Galette du roi 1986-01-29 Movie
1983	Characters	Telecat 1983-10-03 TV Show
	Writer	Telecat 1983-10-03 TV Show
1979	Writer	The Hamburg Syndrome 1979-11-22 Movie
1976	Novel	The Tenant 1976-05-26 Movie
1975	Writer	The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard 1975-09-03 Movie
1973	Adaptation	Fantastic Planet 1973-12-01 Movie
	Dialogue	Fantastic Planet 1973-12-01 Movie
1972	Writer	The Troubles of Alfred 1972-03-01 Movie
1966	Writer	The Snails 1966-05-31 Movie
1965	Writer	He! Viva Dada 1965-09-05 Movie
1964	Writer	Dead Times 1964-12-01 Movie
	Original Story	Joko Movie
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Creator

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1983	Creator	Telecat 1983-10-03 TV Show
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Art

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1966	Draughtsman	The Snails 1966-05-31 Movie
1964	Draughtsman	Dead Times 1964-12-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv