Portrait of Pierre Arditi

Pierre Arditi

Acting

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Arditi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: December 1, 1944

Place of Birth: Paris, France

Filmography

2025
Maudits

as Jacques

2024
Panique au 31

as Pierre

2024
Lapin

as Pierre

2024
On a volé ma VF

as Self (archive footage)

2024
Citoyens clandestins

as Bastien Rougeard

2024
Le Voyage en pyjama

as Jules César

2023
Clémenceau, la force d'aimer

as Georges Clémenceau

2023
Alphonse

as Jacques Bisson

2023
2023
Beau geste

as Self

2022
Maestro(s)

as François Dumar

2022
Mémoire trouble

as Pierre Garlat

2022
Adieu Paris

as Jacques

2021
The Accusation

as Jean Farel

2021
Little Nicholas' Treasure

as M. Moucheboume

2021
Le Tartuffe

as Tartuffe

2021
Mitterrand, président culturel

as Self (archive footage)

2021
The Grand Restaurant III

as The actor who rehearses

2020
I Love You Coiffure

as François Fleury (segment "Le Psychanalyste")

2020
2020
Compromis

as Denis

2019
2019
The Traveller

as Yann Cesnoz

2019
Quand sort la recluse

as le docteur Cauvert

2018
2018
Quelque chose a changé

as Louis-Régis Dupont-Moreau

2017
Mémoires d'un condamné

as Narrateur (Voice)

2017
Mr & Mme Adelman

as Claude de Richemont

2017
Vermeer: Beyond Time

as Narrator (voice)

2015
Capitaine Marleau

as Gilles Garin

2015
The Sweet Escape

as Fisherman who looks like Pierre Arditi

2015
A Change of Heart

as Jean-Pierre Berthelot

2015
Top Gear France

as Self - Guest

2013
La Fleur de l'âge

as Gaspard Dassonville

2013
Murders in...

as Etienne Ronsard

2012
Granny's Funeral

as Le père d'Armand

2011
La Vérité

as Michel

2011
Vivace

as Gilles Vasseur

2011
Blood of the Vine

as Benjamin Lebel

2010
Roses on Credit

as M. Georges

2010
Je ne vous oublierai jamais

as Armand de La Frémerie

2009
L'Éloignement

as Charles

2009
C à vous

as Self - Guest

2009
Park Benches

as Mr. Borelly

2009
Bambou

as Reynald Van Nuyten

2009
You'll Miss Me

as Marcel Hanri

2009
2008
A Day at the Museum

as Henri Province

2008
Can You Keep a Secret?

as Pierre Grimaux

2008
Tailleur pour dames

as Moulineaux

2008
The Great Alibi

as Henri Pages

2008
Mitterrand à Vichy

as Narrator (voice)

2007
Our Earthmen Friends

as Le narrateur (voix)

2006
2006
Aller-retour dans la journée

as François Villedieu-Lacour

2006
Salut les Terriens !

as Self - Guest

2006
On n'est pas couché

as Self - Guest

2005
The Separation

as Aristide Briand

2005
2005
2005
Julie, chevalier de Maupin

as Charles de Florensac

2004
Victoire

as le père

2004
2004
Why (Not) Brazil?

as le pédiatre

2004
Julie, chevalier de Maupin

as Charles de Florensac

2003
The Car Keys

as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent

2003
Not on the Lips

as Georges Valandray

2003
2003
The Mystery of the Yellow Room

as Inspecteur Frédéric Larsan

2003
2002
Une Ferrari pour deux

as Vincent Saulnier

2002
Joyeuses Pâques

as Stéphane

2001
2001
The Apartment

as Self - Guest

2001
Sauveur Giordano

as Sauveur Giordano

2001
The Blue Island

as Alexandre, Mellie's father

2001
2000
2000
Le dernier plan

as Ludovic

2000
2000
Actors

as Pierre Arditi

2000
2000
Chacun chez soi

as Pierre Bazeilles

1999
A Monkey's Tale

as Le Roi (Voice)

1998
« Art »

as Yvan

1998
1998
Chance or Coincidence

as Pierre Turi

1998
La passion du docteur Bergh

as Bernard Letechin

1998
The Count of Monte Cristo

as Gérard de Villefort

1998
Let There Be Light!

as La voix de Dieu l'invisible (voix seulement)

1997
Un et un font six

as Paul Poirier

1997
Same Old Song

as Claude

1997
Gentlemen Children

as Joseph / Pope

1996
Une clinique au soleil

as Bernard Letéchin

1996
Men, Women: A User's Manual

as Professeur Lerner

1996
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel

as Narrateur (non crédité)

1995
The Horseman on the Roof

as Monsieur Peyrolle

1995
L'Affaire Dreyfus

as Col. Esterhazy

1994
Couchettes express

as Jack London (voice)

1993
No Smoking

as Toby Teasdale / Miles Coombes / Lionel Hepplewick / Joe Hepplewick

1993
Smoking

as Toby Teasdale / Miles Coombes / Lionel Hepplewick / Joe Hepplewick

1993
Smoking / No Smoking

as Toby Teasdale / Miles Coombes / Lionel Hepplewick / Joe Hepplewick

1991
Les clés du Paradis

as Gaspard Cavaillac

1991
The Pleasure of Love

as Guillaume de Burlador

1990
1990
Duo

as Michel

1989
Vanille fraise

as Antoine Boulanger

1989
Les Grandes Familles

as Simon Lachaume

1989
Natalia

as Paul Langlade

1989
Radio corbeau

as Duval, l'inspecteur

1988
Palace

as Promoteur du billet de 500 francs

1988
Palace

as L'homme qui aime un chœur

1988
Palace

as L'homme qui se dispute avec sa femme

1988
Palace

as Le client du Dream service

1988
Palace

as L'homme à la boule de pétanque dans son potage

1988
Palace

as Georges

1988
Bonjour l'angoisse

as Jean-Hugues Aymeric

1988
Poker

as Duke

1988
The Catwalk

as Jean Nevers

1987
Velvet Paws

as Poltergeist

1987
Flag

as Commissaire Pierre Tramoni

1987
1987
Agent Trouble

as Stanislas

1987
1986
State of Grace

as Jean-Marc Vannier-Buchet

1986
Un métier de seigneur

as Cousin / Arvers

1986
Mélo

as Pierre Belcroix

1986
Follow My Gaze

as The publicist

1985
Strictement personnel

as Jean Cottard

1985
The Children

as Le journaliste

1985
Farewell Fred

as La Grenouille

1985
1984
Love Unto Death

as Simon Roche

1983
Mademoiselle ma mère

as Georges Letournel

1983
Life Is a Bed of Roses

as Robert Dufresne

1982
1981
L'Arme au bleu

as Le Sergent-chef

1981
Une sacrée famille

as Gaston Brevannes

1980
Heads or Tails

as Pierre Larrieu

1980
1980
My American Uncle

as Zambeaux, le représentant de la direction générale à Paris

1978
la femme rompue

as Quillan

1978
Rape of Love

as Julien

1975
1974
1974
Les Oiseaux de la lune

as Inspector Grindot

1972
Blaise Pascal

as Blaise Pascal

1970
Un mystère par jour

as Michel Falgoux

1970
Alyse et Chloé

as Le mage adepte du nombril

1968
1958
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Le raisin d'or

as Baron Jean de Malbray