Pierre Arditi is a French actor born in Paris on 1 December 1944. In his career spanning over sixty years, he has worked in theatre, cinema and television; He is widely remembered for his long partnership with director Alain Resnais.
From stage to cinema
His father, Georges Arditi, was a painter and theater decorator; Actress Catherine Arditi is also his sister. His sister's encouragement was effective in his turning to acting. After studying at Tania Balachova's drama school, she made her stage debut in Lyon in 1965, in a play by Jacques Audiberti. His first major work in cinema was Yannick Bellon's 1978 film L'Amour violรฉ.
He crossed paths with Resnais with Monรฉcle d'Amรฉrique (1980). This was followed by La vie est un roman (1983), L'Amour ร mort (1984) and Mรฉlo (1986). His role in Mรฉlo earned him a Cรฉsar for best supporting actor in 1987. Smoking / No Smoking (1993), a double production shot by the director with the same cast, brought him the Cรฉsar for best actor in 1994.
In the following years, he took part in many of Resnais' films and became one of the permanent names in the director's acting group.
Theater and television
Arditi, who never left the stage, received the Moliรจre award in 1987 for her performance in Jean Anouilh's play La Rรฉpรฉtition ou l'Amour puni. He also took the leading role in long-term works on television: Passeur d'enfants (1994โ2000), Sauveur Giordano (2001โ2012) and Le Sang de la vigne (2011โ2016), set in the world of viticulture, are among them. He also worked in French dubbing; He was the French voice of Christopher Reeve in the Superman movies.
For his contributions in the field of arts, he was honored with the National Order of Merit in 1994 and the Lรฉgion d'honneur in 2002. Arditi, who continues to appear on stage in his eighties, is considered one of the most familiar faces of French theater and cinema.