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Roland Topor
Writing
Born: January 7, 1938
Paris, France
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
as Renfield
Sweet Movie
Swann in Love
as Biche
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
as Un émissaire du prince
Three Lives and Only One Death
as Bum #2
The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
as Le pochard
Topor and Me
as Self (Voice)
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
as Inspector Labelote
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
as Self
Ratataplan
as The Boss
