# Pierre Arditi

Pierre Arditi (born 1 December 1944) is a French actor, whose career in film, stage, and television has spanned six decades. He is known for his collaboration with director Alain Resnais in nine films, including Mélo (1986) and Smoking/No Smoking (1993), both of which earned him a César Award. He also won a Molière Award in 1987.

## Life and career

Born in Paris, his father was the painter Georges Arditi, from Marseille of Jewish descent, and his mother Yvonne Leblicq was Belgian from Brussels.
In 1987 he won a César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in Mélo, and in 1994, a César Award for Best Actor for his role in Smoking/No Smoking.
Although his work has primarily been in French film and theater, Arditi is known in the Anglophone world as the French voice of Christopher Reeve. Arditi dubbed Christopher Reeve on the French-language version of the three first Superman films by Richard Donner and Richard Lester. Because of the added footage in the DVD Special Edition of Donner's Superman, the film had to be re-dubbed with a different voice actor. He also provided the French voice for Reeve in the comedy/whodunit Deathtrap. He was the voice of the documentary series Untamed Africa, written and produced by Frederic Lepage.
He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur in 2002. He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre national du Mérite on 7 April 1994, and promoted Officier (Officer) in 2005.
He is the brother of French actress Catherine Arditi.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1967 | En votre âme et conscience | Antoine Jobard | Jean Bertho | TV series (1 Episode) |
| 1968 | L'homme du Picardie | Lucien | Jacques Ertaud | TV series |
| 1969 | Allô police | Alfredo | Adonis A. Kyrou | TV series (1 Episode) |
| 1969 | S.O.S. fréquence 17 | | Christian-Jaque | TV series (1 Episode) |
| 1969 | Thibaud | Ben Yacoub | Henri Colpi | TV series (1 Episode) |
| 1969 | Judith | Ephraïm | Robert Maurice | TV movie |
| 1970 | Reportage sur un squelette ou Masques et bergamasques | Arlequin | Michel Mitrani | TV movie |
| 1970 | L'illusion comique | Clindor | Robert Maurice | TV movie |
| 1970 | Last Leap | | Édouard Luntz | |
| 1970 | Alyse et Chloé | The mage | René Gainville | |
| 1970 | Les dossiers du professeur Morgan | | | TV series (1 Episode) |
| 1970 | Madame Filoumé | Michel | Jeannette Hubert | TV movie |
| 1970 | Les aventures de Zadig | | Claude-Jean Bonnardot | TV movie |
| 1971 | Face aux Lancaster | John | Adonis A. Kyrou | TV series |
| 1971 | Le bouton de rose | Jules | François Gir | TV movie |
| 1972 | Blaise Pascal | Blaise Pascal | Roberto Rossellini | TV movie |
| 1972 | Paix à ses cendres | Ivanito | Guy Lessertisseur | TV movie |
| 1972 | Albert Einstein | Academy of Olympia's member | Gérard Chouchan | TV movie |
| 1973 | Jeanne d'Arc | Evrard | Yves-André Hubert | TV movie |
| 1973 | Le noctambule | Snervalin | Philippe Arnal | TV movie |
| 1973 | L'étang de la Breure | Gilles | Claude Grinberg | TV series |
| 1974 | Eugène Sue | Ernest Legouvé | Jacques Nahum | TV movie |
| 1974 | Amoureuse Joséphine | Napoléon Bonaparte | Guy Lessertisseur | TV movie |
| 1974 | Les oiseaux de lune | Inspector Grindot | André Barsacq | TV movie |
| 1974 | Le pain noir | | Serge Moati | TV Mini-Series |
| 1974 | Léo Burckart et les étudiants | Diego | Jeannette Hubert | TV movie |
| 1974 | Le funambule | Claude Billot | Serge Poljinsky | |
| 1975 | Les exilés | Robert | Guy Lessertisseur | TV movie |
| 1977 | Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | Serge Machery | Guy Lessertisseur | TV series (1 Episode) |
| 1977 | La lettre écarlate | Arthur Dimmesdale | Marcel Cravenne | TV movie |
| 1977 | L'inspecteur mène l'enquête | | | TV series (1 Episode) |
| 1978 | L'amour violé | Julien | Yannick Bellon | |
| 1978 | Cinéma 16 | Quillan | Josée Dayan | TV series (1 Episode) |
| 1978 | Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 | | Guy Séligmann | TV series (1 Episode) |
| 1979 | Les dossiers de l'écran | Levavasseur | Maurice Frydland | TV series (1 Episode) |
| 1980 | My American Uncle | Zambeaux | Alain Resnais | |
| 1980 | Légitime défense | The friend | Claude Grinberg | TV movie |
| 1980 | Pile ou face | Pierre Larrieu | Robert Enrico | |
| 1980 | Les amours des années folles | Roland | Dominique Giuliani | TV series (1 Episode) |
| 1980 | Vernissage | Ferdinand | Edouard Logereau | TV movie |
| 1980 | Audience | Ferdinand | Edouard Logereau | TV movie |
| 1981 | Le serment d'Heidelberg | M. Noblecourt | André Farwagi | TV movie |
| 1981 | L'arme au bleu | The Sergeant | Maurice Frydland | TV movie |
| 1981 | Mon meilleur Noël | The psychiatrist | Jean-Pierre Marchand | TV series (1 Episode) |
| 1981 | Le rat noir d'amérique | Narrator | Jérôme Enrico | Short |
| 1981–83 | Au théâtre ce soir | Various | Pierre Sabbagh & Georges Folgoas | TV series (4 Episodes) |
| 1982 | Conrad Killian, le fou du désert | Chasseloup-Laubat | Jean-Paul Trébouet | TV series |
| 1982 | Malesherbes, avocat du roi | Desèze | Yves-André Hubert | TV movie |
| 1982 | Nestor Burma, détective de choc | Lecuyer | Jean-Luc Miesch | |
| 1982 | Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan | Emile Blondet | Jacques Deray | TV movie |
| 1982 | Mozart [fr] | | Marcel Bluwal | TV Mini-Series |
| 1982 | Les dossiers de l'écran | Verlet | Maurice Frydland | TV series (1 Episode) |
| 1982 | L'épingle noire | Damien | Maurice Frydland | TV Mini-Series |
| 1983 | Life Is a Bed of Roses | Robert Dufresne | Alain Resnais | |
| 1983 | Le secret de monsieur L | Patrick Gemet | Pierre Zucca | TV movie |
| 1983 | Jusqu'à la nuit | Renaud | Didier Martiny | |
| 1984 | Swann in Love | Charles Swann's voice | Volker Schlöndorff | |
| 1984 | Femmes de personne | Patric | Christopher Frank | |
| 1984 | Pauline ou l'écume de la mer | Éric Bentz | Patrick Bureau | TV movie |
| 1984 | L'Amour à mort | Simon Roche | Alain Resnais | |
| 1985 | The Children | The journalist | Marguerite Duras | |
| 1985 | Adieu Blaireau | La Grenouille | Bob Decout | |
| 1985 | L'homme de pouvoir | Pierre Cerf-Lebrun | Maurice Frydland | TV movie |
| 1985 | Strictement personnel | Jean Cottard | Pierre Jolivet | |
| 1985 | Une vie comme je veux | François | Jean-Jacques Goron | TV movie |
| 1985 | À coeur perdu | | Patricia Valeix | Short |
| 1986 | Suivez mon regard | The publicist | Jean Curtelin | |
| 1986 | Mélo | Pierre Belcroix | Alain Resnais | César Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1986 | Un métier du seigneur | Arvers | Édouard Molinaro | TV movie |
| 1986 | State of Grace | Jean-Marc Vannier-Buchet | Jacques Rouffio | |
| 1986 | Triple sec | | Yves Thomas | Short |
| 1987 | Monsieur Benjamin | Georges | Marie-Hélène Rebois | TV movie |
| 1987 | Tailleur pour dames | Doctor Moulineaux | Yannick Andréi | TV movie |
| 1987 | Poker | Duke | Catherine Corsini | |
| 1987 | La petite allumeuse | Armand | Danièle Dubroux | |
| 1987 | Agent trouble | Stanislas Gautier | Jean-Pierre Mocky | |
| 1987 | Flag | Commissioner Pierre Tramoni | Jacques Santi | |
| 1987 | Pattes de velours | Poltergeist | Nelly Kaplan | TV movie |
| 1987 | De guerre lasse [fr] | Jérôme | Robert Enrico | |
| 1988 | La passerelle | Jean Nevers | Jean-Claude Sussfeld | |
| 1988 | Natalia | Paul Langlade | Bernard Cohn | |
| 1988 | Bonjour l'angoisse | Jean-Hugues Aymeric | Pierre Tchernia | |
| 1988 | L'éloignement | Charles | Yves-André Hubert | TV movie |
| 1989 | Radio Corbeau | Inspector Julien Duval | Yves Boisset | |
| 1989 | Palace | Réclame | Jean-Michel Ribes | TV series (1 Episode) |
| 1989 | Condorcet | Marquis de Condorcet | Michel Soutter | TV Mini-Series |
| 1989 | Vanille fraise | Antoine Boulanger | Gérard Oury | |
| 1989 | Les grandes familles | Simon Lachaume | Édouard Molinaro | TV Mini-Series |
| 1990 | Duo | Michel | Claude Santelli | TV movie |
| 1990 | Le pont du silence | Narrator | Martine Bureau | Short |
| 1991 | Plaisir d'amour | Guillaume de Burlador | Nelly Kaplan | |
| 1991 | Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles | Eric | Bernard Murat | TV movie |
| 1991 | Largo desolato | Léopold | Agnieszka Holland | TV movie |
| 1991 | Les clés du paradis | Gaspard Cavaillac | Philippe de Broca | |
| 1992 | The Shadow [fr] | Lavigne | Claude Goretta | |
| 1992 | La grande collection | Mathieu | Mario Camus | TV series (1 Episode) |
| 1993 | The Little Apocalypse | Henri | Costa-Gavras | |
| 1993 | Ma petite Mimi | Geoffroy Lemaroyer | Roger Kahane | TV movie |
| 1993 | Smoking/No Smoking | Various | Alain Resnais | César Award for Best Actor Flaiano Prize for Best Foreign Actor |
| 1994 | Le raisin d'or | Baron Jean de Malbray | Joël Séria | TV movie |
| 1994 | Couchettes express | Jack London's voice | Luc Béraud | TV movie |
| 1995 | Une femme dans mon coeur | Christian Delarive | Gérard Marx | TV movie |
| 1995 | L'affaire Dreyfus | Col. Esterhazy | Yves Boisset | TV movie |
| 1995 | The Horseman on the Roof | Monsieur Peyrolle | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | |
| 1995–2000 | Passeur d'enfants | Alex | Franck Apprederis | TV series (9 Episodes) |
| 1996 | Beaumarchais | Narrator | Édouard Molinaro | |
| 1996 | Unpredictable Nature of the River | Henri de Breuil | Bernard Giraudeau | |
| 1996 | Faisons un rêve | Him | Jean-Michel Ribes | TV movie |
| 1996 | La peau du chat | Georges | Jacques Otmezguine | TV movie |
| 1996 | Men, Women: A User's Manual | Lerner | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1996 | J'ai deux amours | Bertrand | Caroline Huppert | TV movie |
| 1996 | Le parfum de Jeannette | Charles | Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | TV movie |
| 1996 | La passion du docteur Bergh | Bernard Letechin | Josée Dayan | TV movie |
| 1997 | Le prix de l'espoir | Pierre Manin | Josée Yanne | TV movie |
| 1997 | L'amour dans le désordre | Guillaume | Élisabeth Rappeneau | TV movie |
| 1997 | Messieurs les enfants | Joseph Piritzkt / Pope Piritzky | Pierre Boutron | |
| 1997 | Same Old Song | Claude Lalande | Alain Resnais | |
| 1997 | Quand le chat sourit | | Sabine Azéma | TV movie |
| 1997 | L'enfant d'Israel | | Franck Apprederis | TV movie |
| 1997–2000 | Un et un font six | Paul | Franck Apprederis & Jean-Pierre Vergne | TV series (8 Episodes) |
| 1998 | Week-end! | Julien | Arnaud Sélignac | TV movie |
| 1998 | Que la lumière soit | The invisible God | Arthur Joffé | |
| 1998 | Chance or Coincidence | Pierre Turi | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1998 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Villefort | Josée Dayan | TV Mini-Series |
| 1998 | Un amour de cousine | Pierre | Pierre Joassin | TV movie |
| 1998 | Art | Yvan | Yves-André Hubert | TV movie |
| 1999 | Un chat dans la gorge | Georges | Jacques Otmezguine | |
| 1999 | A Monkey's Tale | The King | Jean-François Laguionie | |
| 1999 | Les quatre-ving-unards | | Marco Pico | TV Mini-Series |
| 2000 | False Servant | Trivelin | Benoît Jacquot | |
| 2000 | Les Acteurs | Himself | Bertrand Blier | |
| 2000 | Les enfants du printemps | Jean Charlet | Marco Pico | TV Mini-Series |
| 2000 | Le dernier plan | Ludovic | Benoît Peeters | |
| 2000 | On n'est pas là pour s'aimer | Maxime Vergnaud | Daniel Janneau | TV movie |
| 2000 | Chacun chez soi | Pierre | Élisabeth Rappeneau | TV movie |
| 2001 | Un couple modèle | Thomas | Charlotte Brandström | TV movie |
| 2001 | L'île bleue | Alexandre | Nadine Trintignant | TV movie |
| 2001 | Jalousie | Mathieu | Marco Pauly | TV movie |
| 2001 | Tout va bien c'est Noël! | Joachim | Laurent Dussaux | TV movie |
| 2001–08 | Sauveur Giordano | Sauveur Giordano | Various | TV series (16 Episodes) |
| 2002 | Patron sur mesure | Philippe Roussel | Stéphane Clavier | TV movie |
| 2002 | Une Ferrari pour deux | Vincent Saulnier | Charlotte Brandström | TV movie |
| 2002 | Le voeu | Narrator | David Alaux & Eric Tosti | Short |
| 2003 | The Mystery of the Yellow Room | Inspector Frédéric Larsan | Bruno Podalydès | |
| 2003 | Une villa pour deux | François | Charlotte Brandström | TV movie |
| 2003 | Not on the Lips | Georges Valandray | Alain Resnais | |
| 2003 | The Car Keys | Himself | Laurent Baffie | |
| 2004 | Du côté de chez Marcel | Himself | Dominique Ladoge | TV movie |
| 2004 | L'insaisissable | Maxime Kovacs | Élisabeth Rappeneau | TV movie |
| 2004 | Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil | The pediatrician | Laetitia Masson | |
| 2004 | Julie, chevalier de Maupin | Charles de Florensac | Charlotte Brandström | TV movie |
| 2004 | The First Time I Turned Twenty | Uncle Jérémy | Lorraine Lévy | |
| 2004 | Victoire | The father | Stéphanie Murat | |
| 2005 | L'un reste, l'autre part | Alain | Claude Berri | |
| 2005 | Le courage d'aimer | Pierre | Claude Lelouch | |
| 2005 | The Perfume of the Lady in Black | Frédéric Larsan | Bruno Podalydès | |
| 2005 | La séparation | Aristide Briand | François Hanss | TV movie |
| 2006 | Our Earthmen Friends | Narrator | Bernard Werber | |
| 2006 | Private Fears in Public Places | Lionel | Alain Resnais | |
| 2006 | Le grand appartement | Adrien | Pascal Thomas | |
| 2006 | Aller-retour dans la journée | François Villedieu-Lacour | Pierre Sisser | TV movie |
| 2006 | Coup de sang | Pierre Valois | Jean Marboeuf | |
| 2007 | Les liens du sang | Antoine Meyer | Régis Musset | TV movie |
| 2007 | Faisons un rêve | Him | Bernard Murat | TV movie |
| 2008 | Mitterrand à Vichy | Narrator | Serge Moati | TV movie |
| 2008 | The Great Alibi | Senator Henri Pages | Pascal Bonitzer | |
| 2008 | Tailleur pour dames | Moulineaux | Bernard Murat | TV movie |
| 2008 | Tu peux garder un secret? | Pierre Grimaux | Alexandre Arcady | |
| 2008 | Musée haut, musée bas | Henri Province | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| 2009 | Change of Plans | Henri | Danièle Thompson | |
| 2009 | L'éloignement | Charles | Emmanuel Murat | TV movie |
| 2009 | Je vais te manquer | Marcel Hanri | Amanda Sthers | |
| 2009 | Park Benches | M. Borelly | Bruno Podalydès | |
| 2009 | Bambou | Reynald Van Nuyten | Didier Bourdon | |
| 2009 | Au siècle de Maupassant | Méchinet | Claude Chabrol | TV series (1 Episode) |
| 2010 | Sentiments provisoires | Marc | | TV movie |
| 2010 | Ensemble, c'est trop | Henri | Léa Fazer | |
| 2010 | Le grand restaurant | A client | Gérard Pullicino | TV movie |
| 2010 | Les fausses confidences | Dubois | Don Kent | TV movie |
| 2010 | Je ne vous oublierai jamais | Armand de La Frémerie | Pascal Kané | |
| 2010 | Roses à crédit | Monsieur Georges | Amos Gitai | |
| 2010 | Les méchantes | Claude | Philippe Monnier | TV movie |
| 2010 | Vivace | Gilles Vasseur | Pierre Boutron | TV movie |
| 2010 | Streamfield, les carnets noirs | The first | Jean-Luc Miesch | |
| 2011 | La vérité | Michel | Vitold Krysinsky | TV movie |
| 2011–2017 | Le sang de la vigne | Benjamin Lebel | Various | TV series (22 Episodes) |
| 2012 | La danse de l'albatros | Thierry | Nathan Miller | TV movie |
| 2012 | Granny's Funeral | Armand's father | Bruno Podalydès | |
| 2012 | You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet | Orphée | Alain Resnais | |
| 2012 | La fleur de l'âge | Gaspard Dassonville | Nick Quinn | |
| 2014 | Coup de coeur | Jean-Pierre Berthelot | Dominique Ladoge | TV movie |
| 2015 | The Sweet Escape | The fisherman | Bruno Podalydès | |
| 2017 | Capitaine Marleau | Gilles Garin | Josée Dayan | TV series (1 Episode) |
| 2018 | The Summer House | Jean | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | |
| 2019 | La Belle Époque | | Nicolas Bedos | |
| 2021 | The Accusation | Jean Farel | Yvan Attal | |