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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 1, 1944
Place of Birth:
Paris, France
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Pierre Arditi
Biography
Pierre Arditi (born 1 December 1944) is an award-winning French film and stage actor. He is the brother of French actress Catherine Arditi.
He has often played romantic, womanizing roles, similar to those played by Marcello Mastroianni.
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 movies by Richard Donner and Richard Lester (See the French Wikipedia article on Pierre Arditi for more information). Because of the added footage in the DVD Special Edition of Donner's Superman, the movie had to be re-dubbed with a different voice actor, much to the chagrin of the generation of moviegoers who had grown up with the original soundtrack and identified Superman's voice with Arditi's. He also provided the French voice for Reeve in the comedy/whodunit Deathtrap. Finally, he was the voice of the documentary serie 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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Maudits | Jacques |
| 2024 | Le Voyage en pyjama | Jules César |
| 2024 | On a volé ma VF | Self (archive footage) |
| 2024 | Christopher Reeve, Superman Forever | Self - Narrator |
| 2024 | Lapin | |
| 2023 | Fallait pas le dire ! | |
| 2023 | Clémenceau, la force d'aimer | Georges Clémenceau |
| 2023 | Tout sauf l’ennui | Pierre Arditi |
| 2023 | Le premier venu | André |
| 2022 | Adieu Paris | Jacques |
| 2022 | Mémoire trouble | Pierre Garlat |
| 2022 | They Love Each Other... Well, Almost! | Martin |
| 2022 | Maestro(s) | François |
| 2022 | Alain Resnais, l'audacieux | Self |
| 2022 | Bacri, comme un air de famille | Self |
| 2021 | Le Tartuffe | Tartuffe |
| 2021 | Little Nicholas' Treasure | M. Moucheboume |
| 2021 | The Accusation | Jean Farel |
| 2021 | The Grand Restaurant III | The actor who rehearses |
| 2021 | Mitterrand, président culturel | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Compromis | Denis |
| 2020 | I Love You Coiffure | François Fleury (segment "Le Psychanalyste") |
| 2019 | Quand sort la recluse | le docteur Cauvert |
| 2019 | Velvet Paws | Poltergeist |
| 2019 | La Belle Époque | Pierre |
| 2019 | Saint-Germain-des-Prés, un paradis perdu | Self |
| 2018 | Quelque chose a changé | Louis-Régis Dupont-Moreau |
| 2018 | The Summer House | Jean |
| 2017 | Mr & Mme Adelman | Claude de Richemont |
| 2017 | Mémoires d'un condamné | Narrateur (Voice) |
| 2017 | Vermeer: Beyond Time | Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | The Sweet Escape | Fisherman who looks like Pierre Arditi |
| 2015 | A Change of Heart | Jean-Pierre Berthelot |
| 2014 | Comme s'il en pleuvait | Bruno |
| 2013 | La Fleur de l'âge | Gaspard Dassonville |
| 2012 | You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet | Orphée #1 |
| 2012 | Granny's Funeral | Le père d'Armand |
| 2012 | La danse de l'albatros | Thierry |
| 2011 | D'un film à l'autre | Self (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Vivace | Gilles Vasseur |
| 2011 | La Vérité | Michel |
| 2010 | Together Is Too Much | Henri |
| 2010 | Roses à crédit | M. Georges |
| 2010 | Being Fidel Castro | Récitant / Narrator (voice) |
| 2010 | Fric, Krach et geule de bois : le roman de la crise | Narrator |
| 2010 | Sentiments provisoires | Marc |
| 2010 | Streamfield, les carnets noirs | the first |
| 2010 | Je ne vous oublierai jamais | Armand de La Frémerie |
| 2009 | Change of Plans | Henri |
| 2009 | Bambou | Reynald Van Nuyten |
| 2009 | Park Benches | Mr. Borelly |
| 2009 | You'll Miss Me | Marcel Hanri |
| 2009 | La Traversée du désir | Self |
| 2009 | L'Éloignement | Charles |
| 2008 | The Great Alibi | Henri Pages |
| 2008 | Can You Keep a Secret? | Pierre Grimaux |
| 2008 | A Day at the Museum | Henri Province |
| 2008 | Mitterrand à Vichy | Narrator (voice) |
| 2008 | Batailles | |
| 2008 | Tailleur pour dames | Moulineaux |
| 2007 | Our Earthmen Friends | Le narrateur (voix) |
| 2007 | Faisons un rêve | Lui |
| 2007 | Les Liens du sang | Antoine Meyer |
| 2006 | Private Fears in Public Places | Lionel |
| 2006 | The Big Apartment | Adrien |
| 2006 | Aller-retour dans la journée | François Villedieu-Lacour |
| 2005 | The Perfume of the Lady in Black | Frédéric Larsan |
| 2005 | The Courage to Love | Pierre |
| 2005 | One Stays, the Other Leaves | Alain |
| 2005 | Julie, chevalier de Maupin | Charles de Florensac |
| 2005 | The Separation | Aristide Briand |
| 2004 | The First Time I Turned Twenty | Oncle Jérémy |
| 2004 | Why (Not) Brazil? | le pédiatre |
| 2004 | Victoire | le père |
| 2003 | Not on the Lips | Georges Valandray |
| 2003 | The Car Keys | Actor who refuses to film with Laurent |
| 2003 | The Carnival of the Animals | Présentateur |
| 2003 | The Mystery of the Yellow Room | Inspecteur Frédéric Larsan |
| 2003 | Une villa pour deux | François |
| 2002 | Une Ferrari pour deux | Vincent Saulnier |
| 2002 | Joyeuses Pâques | Stéphane |
| 2002 | Patron sur mesure | Philippe Roussel |
| 2001 | An Unlikely Couple | Thomas |
| 2001 | The Blue Island | Alexandre, Mellie's father |
| 2001 | Tout va bien c'est Noël! | Joachim |
| 2001 | Remembrance of Things to Come | Narrator (voice) |
| 2000 | Actors | Pierre Arditi |
| 2000 | The False Servant | Trivelin |
| 2000 | On n'est pas là pour s'aimer | Maxime Vergnaud |
| 2000 | Chacun chez soi | Pierre Bazeilles |
| 2000 | Le dernier plan | Ludovic |
| 2000 | Rêver peut-être | |
| 1999 | A Monkey's Tale | Le Roi (Voice) |
| 1998 | « Art » | Yvan |
| 1998 | Chance or Coincidence | Pierre Turi |
| 1998 | Let There Be Light! | La voix de Dieu l'invisible (voix seulement) |
| 1998 | Un amour de cousine | |
| 1998 | La passion du docteur Bergh | Bernard Letechin |
| 1997 | Same Old Song | Claude |
| 1997 | Gentlemen Children | Joseph / Pope |
| 1996 | Men, Women: A User's Manual | Professeur Lerner |
| 1996 | Beaumarchais the Scoundrel | Narrateur (non crédité) |
| 1996 | Une clinique au soleil | Bernard Letéchin |
| 1995 | The Horseman on the Roof | Monsieur Peyrolle |
| 1995 | L'Affaire Dreyfus | Col. Esterhazy |
| 1994 | Couchettes express | Jack London (voice) |
| 1993 | Smoking / No Smoking | Toby Teasdale / Miles Coombes / Lionel Hepplewick / Joe Hepplewick |
| 1993 | The Little Apocalypse | Henri |
| 1993 | Smoking | Toby Teasdale / Miles Coombes / Lionel Hepplewick / Joe Hepplewick |
| 1993 | No Smoking | Toby Teasdale / Miles Coombes / Lionel Hepplewick / Joe Hepplewick |
| 1991 | Les clés du Paradis | Gaspard Cavaillac |
| 1991 | The Pleasure of Love | Guillaume de Burlador |
| 1991 | Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles | Eric |
| 1990 | Duo | Michel |
| 1990 | La Femme et le Pantin | Mathieu |
| 1989 | Radio corbeau | Duval, l'inspecteur |
| 1989 | Vanille fraise | Antoine Boulanger |
| 1989 | Natalia | Paul Langlade |
| 1988 | Bonjour l'angoisse | Jean-Hugues Aymeric |
| 1988 | Poker | Duke |
| 1988 | The Catwalk | Jean Nevers |
| 1987 | Agent Trouble | Stanilas |
| 1987 | The Little Coquette | Armand |
| 1987 | Flag | Commissaire Pierre Tramoni |
| 1987 | Engagements of the Heart | Jérôme |
| 1986 | Mélo | Pierre Belcroix |
| 1986 | Triple sec | |
| 1986 | State of Grace | Jean-Marc Vannier-Buchet |
| 1986 | La répétition ou L'amour puni | Héro |
| 1986 | Follow My Gaze | The publicist |
| 1986 | Un métier de seigneur | Cousin / Arvers |
| 1985 | Strictement personnel | Jean Cottard |
| 1985 | The Children | Le journaliste |
| 1985 | Tailleur pour dames | Moulineaux |
| 1985 | Farewell Fred | La Grenouille |
| 1984 | Love Unto Death | Simon Roche |
| 1983 | Mademoiselle ma mère | Georges Letournel |
| 1983 | Life Is a Bed of Roses | Robert Dufresne |
| 1983 | Le secret de monsieur L | Patrick Gemet |
| 1982 | The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan | Emile Blondet |
| 1982 | Nestor Burma, détective de choc | Lecuyer |
| 1981 | L'Arme au bleu | Le Sergent-chef |
| 1981 | Le rat noir d'amérique | Narrator |
| 1981 | Le Traité d'Auteuil | André |
| 1981 | Une sacrée famille | Gaston Brevannes |
| 1980 | Heads or Tails | Pierre Larrieu |
| 1980 | My American Uncle | Zambeaux, le représentant de la direction générale à Paris |
| 1980 | Légitime défense | Bertrand |
| 1978 | Rape of Love | Julien |
| 1978 | la femme rompue | |
| 1974 | Les Oiseaux de la lune | Inspector Grindot |
| 1974 | Le funambule | |
| 1972 | Blaise Pascal | Blaise Pascal |
| 1970 | Alyse et Chloé | Le mage adepte du nombril |
| 1970 | L'illusion comique | Clindor |
| 1970 | Last Leap | |
| 1970 | The Adventures of Zadig | |
| 1970 | Reportage sur un squelette ou Masques et bergamasques | Arlequin #1 |
| 1966 | La 99ème Minute | |
| Le vieux juif Blonde | ||
| A fixed idea by Paul Valéry | Moi | |
| L'École des femmes | Arnolphe | |
| Le raisin d'or | Baron Jean de Malbray | |
| Un p'tit air de bonheur |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Citoyens clandestins | Bastien Rougeard |
| 2024 | Panique au 31 | Pierre |
| 2023 | Alphonse | Jacques Bisson |
| 2023 | Beau geste | Self |
| 2022 | What Pauline Is Not Telling You | Bernard Borel |
| 2020 | À la tribune | Self |
| 2019 | The Traveller | Yann Cesnoz |
| 2015 | Capitaine Marleau | Gilles Garin |
| 2015 | Top Gear France | Self - Guest |
| 2013 | Murders in... | Etienne Ronsard |
| 2011 | Blood of the Vine | Benjamin Lebel |
| 2011 | Blood of the Vine | |
| 2009 | C à vous | Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Au siècle de Maupassant, contes et nouvelles du XIXe | Méchinet |
| 2006 | Salut les Terriens ! | Self - Guest |
| 2006 | On n'est pas couché | Self - Guest |
| 2004 | Julie, chevalier de Maupin | Charles de Florensac |
| 2001 | Sauveur Giordano | Sauveur Giordano |
| 2001 | As An Aside | Self - Guest |
| 2000 | Les enfants du printemps | Jean Charlet |
| 1998 | Tout le monde en parle | Self |
| 1998 | Vivement dimanche prochain | Self |
| 1998 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Gérard de Villefort |
| 1998 | Vivement dimanche | Self |
| 1997 | Un et un font six | Paul Poirier |
| 1995 | Passeur d'enfants | Alex |
| 1989 | Les Grandes Familles | Simon Lachaume |
| 1988 | Palace | L'homme qui aime un chœur |
| 1988 | Palace | L'homme qui se dispute avec sa femme |
| 1988 | Palace | Promoteur du billet de 500 francs |
| 1988 | Palace | Le client du Dream service |
| 1988 | Palace | L'homme à la boule de pétanque dans son potage |
| 1988 | Palace | Georges |
| 1987 | Nulle part ailleurs | Self |
| 1987 | Matin Bonheur | Self |
| 1987 | Sacrée soirée | Self |
| 1985 | Télématin | Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self |
| 1975 | Midi Première | Self |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self |
| 1970 | Un mystère par jour | Michel Falgoux |
| 1968 | L'Homme du Picardie | Lucien |
| 1958 | Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | Serge Machery |