Michel Subor
French actor (1935-2022) · France · On the map · Actors · Died at 86
Michel Subor was a French actor who gained initial fame with the starring role, Bruno Forestier, in Jean-Luc Godard's second feature, Le petit soldat (1960), but the French government banned it until 1963 because of its political content, touching on terrorism during the undeclared Algerian War.
Michel Subor is read about 59 times a day, in 18 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 23 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
War on BeastsSeries, Pierre Duruy2013
BastardsFilm, Edouard Laporte2010
White MaterialFilm, Henri Vial2003Dear HunterFilm1997
Un petit grain de folieFilm, Alexandre Pelozov1990
CounterstrikeSeries, Yuri1989
A Tale of Two CitiesSeries, Le père de Darnay1988
Der Mann im SalzFilm, Meister Zwanzigeisen1984
StressFilm, Police commissioner1980
The RebelFilm, Beaufils1977
The AccuserFilm, Brignon1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSeries1974
Un curé de chocSeries, Roger1970
MauregardSeries, Charles-Auguste
Scene of the CrimeSeries, 1970André1969
Sadistic HallucinationsFilm, L'inspecteur1964
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with FrançoiseFilm, Roger1962
Jules and JimFilm, Récitant / Narrator (voix)1959
My Pal the GypsyFilm, Bruno Pittuiti1956
CinépanoramaSeries1955
Frou-FrouFilm, Le jeune homme au restaurant (uncredited)1935Born2 February 1935People around Michel
Close ties
Claire Denis Directed Beau Travail and White Material
Jean-Louis Bertucelli Directed Docteur Françoise Gailland (1976)
Lila Kedrova Also in Les Égouts du paradis (1979)
André Cayatte Directed Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise (1964)
Jean-François Balmer Also in La Révolution française (1989)
Florence Loiret Caille Also in The Intruder and L'hiver dernier
Georges Delerue Wrote Jules and Jim and The Day of the Jackal
Robert Enrico Directed La Révolution française (1989)
Gérard Blain Directed The Rebel (1980)
José Giovanni Directed Les Égouts du paradis (1979)
Grégoire Colin Also in Beau Travail, The Intruder and Bastards
Henri Serre Also in Jules and Jim (1962)
Louiguy Wrote Frou-Frou (1955)
Raymond Gérôme Also in The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Richard T. Heffron Directed La Révolution française (1989)
Nicole Desailly Also in The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Alexandre Mnouchkine Produced La Révolution française (1989)
Alfred Hitchcock Directed Topaz (1970)
Louis de Funès Also in Frou-Frou and Mon pote le gitan
François Truffaut Produced Jules and Jim (1962)
Jean-Luc Godard Directed Le Petit Soldat (1963)
Claudia Cardinale Also in La Révolution française (1989)
Peter Ustinov Also in La Révolution française (1989)
Roger Vadim Directed Please, Not Now! (1961)
Known for
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The French Revolution 1989
The Day of the Jackal 1973
Jules and Jim 1962
Beau Travail 2000
Le Petit Soldat 1963
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
50 credits on file
Television 8
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
He acted in a couple of American films in the late 1960s including the role of Claude Jade's husband in Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz. In 1999, he once again played a character named Bruno Forestier in Beau Travail, a highly praised variation of Billy Budd. He would go on to make three more films with its director, Claire Denis.
