Pierre Arditi
Acting Born Dec 1, 1944 Paris, France 217 credits
Biography
Pierre Arditi is a French film and stage actor born on December 1, 1944. He has primarily worked in French film and theater, but is also known in the Anglophone world for dubbing Christopher Reeve in the French-language version of the first three Superman movies. Arditi has won two César Awards, one in 1987 for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Mélo and another in 1994 for Best Actor in Smoking/No Smoking. He has often played romantic and womanizing roles, similar to those played by Marcello Mastroianni. Arditi has appeared in numerous films and stage productions throughout his career, which spans over five decades.
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Career overview
Pierre Arditi is a French film and stage actor. He has primarily worked in French film and theater. Arditi's acting style has often been compared to that of Marcello Mastroianni, as he frequently plays romantic and womanizing roles.
Arditi has received recognition for his performances, including two César Awards. In 1987, he won a César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in Mélo. He also won a César Award for Best Actor in 1994 for his role in Smoking/No Smoking.
Arditi's voice has been used in the French-language versions of the first three Superman movies, where he provided the voice of Christopher Reeve.
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Career timeline
Je me souviendrai... de presque toutUn petit air de bonheurVieillir et jouir sans entraves
MauditsSerge Lama, le dernier rappel25 ans de Laurent Gerra à la radioArditi et ceux qu'il aimeArditi et ceux qu'il aime · Author
9/12Christopher Reeve, Superman ForeverPanique au 31LapinOn a volé ma VF
Beau gesteAlphonseTout sauf l’ennuiLe premier venuFallait pas le dire !
Quelle époque !Mémoire troubleWhat Pauline Is Not Telling YouAlain Resnais, the AudaciousAdieu Paris
Le TartuffeThe AccusationLittle Nicholas' TreasureThe Grand Restaurant IIIMitterrand, président culturel
CompromisÀ la tribuneI Love You Coiffure
The TravellerLa Belle ÉpoqueQuand sort la recluseQuand sort la recluseSaint-Germain-des-Prés, un paradis perdu
Quelque chose a changéThe Summer HouseLe vieux juif Blonde
Vermeer: Beyond TimeMr & Mme AdelmanMémoires d'un condamné
Capitaine MarleauTop Gear FranceThe Sweet EscapeA Change of Heart
Comme s'il en pleuvait
Murders in...La Fleur de l'âge
La danse de l'albatrosGranny's FuneralYou Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
Blood of the VineBlood of the VineLa VéritéVivace
Sentiments provisoiresStreamfield, les carnets noirsJe ne vous oublierai jamaisFric, Krach et geule de bois : le roman de la criseRoses on Credit
C à vousLa Traversée du désirL'ÉloignementPark BenchesAu siècle de Maupassant, contes et nouvelles du XIXe
BataillesThe Great AlibiA Day at the MuseumTailleur pour damesCan You Keep a Secret?
Faisons un rêveOur Earthmen FriendsLes Liens du sang
Salut les Terriens !On n'est pas couchéPrivate Fears in Public PlacesAller-retour dans la journéeThe Big Apartment
The SeparationThe Perfume of the Lady in BlackOne Stays, the Other LeavesThe Courage to LoveJulie, chevalier de Maupin
Why (Not) Brazil?VictoireJulie, chevalier de MaupinThe First Time I Turned Twenty
The Car KeysThe Mystery of the Yellow RoomThe Carnival of the AnimalsNot on the LipsUne villa pour deux
Comme un coup de tonnerrePatron sur mesureUne Ferrari pour deuxJoyeuses Pâques
The ApartmentTout va bien c'est Noël!Sauveur GiordanoAn Unlikely CoupleRemembrance of Things to Come
ActorsLe dernier planRêver peut-êtreThe False ServantChacun chez soi
A Monkey's Tale
Vivement dimancheVivement dimanche prochainThe Count of Monte CristoTout le monde en parle« Art »
Gentlemen ChildrenUn et un font sixSame Old Song
Beaumarchais the ScoundrelMen, Women: A User's ManualUne clinique au soleil
Full Filmography
217 titles- Je me souviendrai... de presque tout (2026) as Le grand-père
- Un petit air de bonheur (2026)
- Vieillir et jouir sans entraves (2026) as Self - Actor / Comedian
- Maudits (2025) as Jacques
- Serge Lama, le dernier rappel (2025) as Self
- 25 ans de Laurent Gerra à la radio (2025) as Self : Guest
- Arditi et ceux qu'il aime (2025) as Self
- Arditi et ceux qu'il aime (2025) Author
- 9/12 (2024) as Bastien Rougeard
- Christopher Reeve, Superman Forever (2024) as Self - Narrator
- Panique au 31 (2024) as Pierre
- Lapin (2024) as Pierre
- On a volé ma VF (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Le Voyage en pyjama (2024) as Jules César
- Beau geste (2023) as Self
- Alphonse (2023) as Jacques Bisson
- Tout sauf l’ennui (2023) as Self
- Le premier venu (2023) as André
- Fallait pas le dire ! (2023)
- Clémenceau, la force d'aimer (2023) as Georges Clémenceau
- Quelle époque ! (2022) as Self - Guest
- Mémoire trouble (2022) as Pierre Garlat
- What Pauline Is Not Telling You (2022) as Bernard Borel
- Alain Resnais, the Audacious (2022) as Self
- Adieu Paris (2022) as Jacques
- Maestro(s) (2022) as François Dumar
- They Love Each Other... Well, Almost! (2022) as Martin
- Bacri, comme un air de famille (2022) as Self
- Le Tartuffe (2021) as Tartuffe
- The Accusation (2021) as Jean Farel
- Little Nicholas' Treasure (2021) as M. Moucheboume
- The Grand Restaurant III (2021) as The actor who rehearses
- Mitterrand, président culturel (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Compromis (2020) as Denis
- À la tribune (2020) as Self
- I Love You Coiffure (2020) as François Fleury (segment "Le Psychanalyste")
- The Traveller (2019) as Yann Cesnoz
- La Belle Époque (2019) as Pierre
- Quand sort la recluse (2019) as le docteur Cauvert
- Quand sort la recluse (2019) as le docteur Cauvert
- Saint-Germain-des-Prés, un paradis perdu (2019) as Self
- Quelque chose a changé (2018) as Louis-Régis Dupont-Moreau
- The Summer House (2018) as Jean
- Le vieux juif Blonde (2018)
- Vermeer: Beyond Time (2017) as Narrator (voice)
- Mr & Mme Adelman (2017) as Claude de Richemont
- Mémoires d'un condamné (2017) as Narrateur (Voice)
- Capitaine Marleau (2015) as Gilles Garin
- Top Gear France (2015) as Self - Guest
- The Sweet Escape (2015) as Fisherman who looks like Pierre Arditi
- A Change of Heart (2015) as Jean-Pierre Berthelot
- Comme s'il en pleuvait (2014) as Bruno
- Murders in... (2013) as Etienne Ronsard
- La Fleur de l'âge (2013) as Gaspard Dassonville
- La danse de l'albatros (2012) as Thierry
- Granny's Funeral (2012) as Le père d'Armand
- You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012) as Orphée #1
- Blood of the Vine (2011) as Benjamin Lebel
- Blood of the Vine (2011)
- La Vérité (2011) as Michel
- Vivace (2011) as Gilles Vasseur
- Sentiments provisoires (2010) as Marc
- Streamfield, les carnets noirs (2010) as the first
- Je ne vous oublierai jamais (2010) as Armand de La Frémerie
- Fric, Krach et geule de bois : le roman de la crise (2010) as Narrator
- Roses on Credit (2010) as M. Georges
- Together Is Too Much (2010) as Henri
- Being Fidel Castro (2010) as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
- C à vous (2009) as Self - Guest
- La Traversée du désir (2009) as Self
- L'Éloignement (2009) as Charles
- Park Benches (2009) as Mr. Borelly
- Au siècle de Maupassant, contes et nouvelles du XIXe (2009) as Méchinet
- Change of Plans (2009) as Henri
- Bambou (2009) as Reynald Van Nuyten
- You'll Miss Me (2009) as Marcel Hanri
- Batailles (2008)
- The Great Alibi (2008) as Henri Pages
- A Day at the Museum (2008) as Henri Province
- Tailleur pour dames (2008) as Moulineaux
- Can You Keep a Secret? (2008) as Pierre Grimaux
- Mitterrand à Vichy (2008) as Narrator (voice)
- Faisons un rêve (2007) as Lui
- Our Earthmen Friends (2007) as Le narrateur (voix)
- Les Liens du sang (2007) as Antoine Meyer
- Salut les Terriens ! (2006) as Self - Guest
- On n'est pas couché (2006) as Self - Guest
- Private Fears in Public Places (2006) as Lionel
- Aller-retour dans la journée (2006) as François Villedieu-Lacour
- The Big Apartment (2006) as Adrien
- The Separation (2005) as Aristide Briand
- The Perfume of the Lady in Black (2005) as Frédéric Larsan / Ballmeyer / Naja Bey
- One Stays, the Other Leaves (2005) as Alain
- The Courage to Love (2005) as Pierre
- Julie, chevalier de Maupin (2005) as Charles de Florensac
- Why (Not) Brazil? (2004) as le pédiatre
- Victoire (2004) as le père
- Julie, chevalier de Maupin (2004) as Charles de Florensac
- The First Time I Turned Twenty (2004) as Oncle Jérémy
- The Car Keys (2003) as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
- The Mystery of the Yellow Room (2003) as Inspecteur Frédéric Larsan
- The Carnival of the Animals (2003) as Présentateur
- Not on the Lips (2003) as Georges Valandray
- Une villa pour deux (2003) as François
- Comme un coup de tonnerre (2002) as Self
- Patron sur mesure (2002) as Philippe Roussel
- Une Ferrari pour deux (2002) as Vincent Saulnier
- Joyeuses Pâques (2002) as Stéphane
- The Apartment (2001) as Self - Guest
- Tout va bien c'est Noël! (2001) as Joachim
- Sauveur Giordano (2001) as Sauveur Giordano
- An Unlikely Couple (2001) as Thomas
- Remembrance of Things to Come (2001) as Narrator (voice)
- The Blue Island (2001) as Alexandre, Mellie's father
- Actors (2000) as Pierre Arditi
- Le dernier plan (2000) as Ludovic
- Rêver peut-être (2000)
- The False Servant (2000) as Trivelin
- Chacun chez soi (2000) as Pierre Bazeilles
- Les Enfants du printemps (2000) as Jean Charlet
- On n'est pas là pour s'aimer (2000) as Maxime Vergnaud
- A Monkey's Tale (1999) as Le Roi (Voice)
- Vivement dimanche (1998) as Self
- Vivement dimanche prochain (1998) as Self
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) as Gérard de Villefort
- Tout le monde en parle (1998)
- « Art » (1998) as Yvan
- Chance or Coincidence (1998) as Pierre Turi
- La passion du docteur Bergh (1998) as Bernard Letechin
- Let There Be Light! (1998) as La voix de Dieu l'invisible (voix seulement)
- Un amour de cousine (1998) as Pierre
- Gentlemen Children (1997) as Joseph / Pope
- Un et un font six (1997) as Paul Poirier
- Same Old Song (1997) as Claude
- Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996) as Narrateur (non crédité)
- Men, Women: A User's Manual (1996) as Professeur Lerner
- Une clinique au soleil (1996) as Bernard Letéchin
- L'Affaire Dreyfus (1995) as Col. Esterhazy
- The Horseman on the Roof (1995) as Monsieur Peyrolle
- Passeur d'enfants (1995) as Alex
- Couchettes express (1994) as Jack London (voice)
- Smoking (1993) as Toby Teasdale / Miles Coombes / Lionel Hepplewick / Joe Hepplewick
- Smoking / No Smoking (1993) as Toby Teasdale / Miles Coombes / Lionel Hepplewick / Joe Hepplewick
- The Little Apocalypse (1993) as Henri
- No Smoking (1993) as Toby Teasdale / Miles Coombes / Lionel Hepplewick / Joe Hepplewick
- Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles (1991) as Eric
- Les Clés du Paradis (1991) as Gaspard Cavaillac
- The Pleasure of Love (1991) as Guillaume de Burlador
- Duo (1990) as Michel
- La Femme et le Pantin (1990) as Mathieu
- Natalia (1989) as Paul Langlade
- Les Grandes Familles (1989) as Simon Lachaume
- Vanille fraise (1989) as Antoine Boulanger
- Radio corbeau (1989) as Duval, l'inspecteur
- Palace (1988) as Promoteur du billet de 500 francs
- Palace (1988) as L'homme qui aime un chœur
- Palace (1988) as L'homme qui se dispute avec sa femme
- Palace (1988) as Le client du Dream service
- Palace (1988) as L'homme à la boule de pétanque dans son potage
- Palace (1988) as Georges
- Poker (1988) as Duke
- Bonjour l'angoisse (1988) as Jean-Hugues Aymeric
- The Catwalk (1988) as Jean Nevers
- Sacrée soirée (1987) as Self
- Nulle part ailleurs (1987) as Self
- Matin Bonheur (1987) as Self
- Flag (1987) as Commissaire Pierre Tramoni
- The Little Coquette (1987) as Armand
- Velvet Paws (1987) as Poltergeist
- Engagements of the Heart (1987) as Jérôme
- Agent trouble (1987) as Stanislas
- Bordeaux, le cinéma pour mémoire (1987) as Voice
- La répétition ou L'amour puni (1986) as Héro
- Mélo (1986) as Pierre Belcroix
- Triple sec (1986)
- Un métier de seigneur (1986) as Cousin / Arvers
- Follow My Gaze (1986) as The publicist
- State of Grace (1986) as Jean-Marc Vannier-Buchet
- Télématin (1985) as Self
- Farewell Fred (1985) as La Grenouille
- Strictement personnel (1985) as Jean Cottard
- The Children (1985) as Le journaliste
- Tailleur pour dames (1985) as Moulineaux
- Love Unto Death (1984) as Simon Roche
- Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983) as Robert Dufresne
- The Secret of Mister L (1983) as Patrick Gemet
- Mademoiselle ma mère (1983) as Georges Letournel
- Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
- Nestor Burma, détective de choc (1982) as Lecuyer
- L'Épingle noire (1982)
- The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan (1982) as Emile Blondet
- Le Traité d'Auteuil (1981) as André
- Une sacrée famille (1981) as Gaston Brevannes
- Le rat noir d'amérique (1981) as Narrator
- L'Arme au bleu (1981) as Le Sergent-chef
- My American Uncle (1980) as Zambeaux, le représentant de la direction générale à Paris
- Heads or Tails (1980) as Pierre Larrieu
- Légitime défense (1980) as Bertrand
- Rape of Love (1978) as Julien
- La Femme rompue (1978) as Quillan
- Midi Première (1975) as Self
- Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self
- Le funambule (1974)
- Les Oiseaux de la lune (1974) as Inspector Grindot
- Blaise Pascal (1972) as Blaise Pascal
- Un mystère par jour (1970) as Michel Falgoux
- Last Leap (1970)
- L'illusion comique (1970) as Clindor
- The Adventures of Zadig (1970)
- Reportage sur un squelette ou Masques et bergamasques (1970) as Arlequin #1
- Alyse et Chloé (1970) as Le mage adepte du nombril
- L'Homme du Picardie (1968) as Lucien
- La 99ème Minute (1966)
- Les Cinq Dernières Minutes (1958) as Serge Machery
- L'École des femmes as Arnolphe
- Le raisin d'or as Baron Jean de Malbray
- A fixed idea by Paul Valéry as Moi
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Pierre Arditi best known for?
Pierre Arditi is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Un petit air de bonheur (2026), Friends of the family (1964), Beau geste (2023), They Love Each Other... Well, Almost! (2022).
When and where was Pierre Arditi born?
Pierre Arditi was born on December 1, 1944 in Paris, France.
How many credits does Pierre Arditi have?
Pierre Arditi has accumulated over 217 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1958 to 2026.
What is Pierre Arditi's background in cinema and television?
Pierre Arditi is a French film and stage actor born on December 1, 1944. He has primarily worked in French film and theater, but is also known in the Anglophone world for dubbing Christopher Reeve in the French-language version of the first three Superman movies. Arditi has won two César Awards, one in 1987 for Best Ac...
Pierre Arditi by the numbers
217credits
171films
46TV series
1958–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self — aged about 29
- Midi Première (1975) as Self — aged about 30
- The Apartment (2001) as Self - Guest — aged about 56
- Mr & Mme Adelman (2017) as Claude de Richemont — aged about 72
- L'Homme du Picardie (1968) as Lucien — aged about 23
- La Belle Époque (2019) as Pierre — aged about 74
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