Pierre Arditi
| Pierre Arditi | |
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 Pierre Arditi in 2009 |
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| Born | Pierre Marie Denis Arditi1 1 December 1944 (age 67) Paris |
| Occupation | actor |
| Partner | Évelyne Bouix |
| Awards |
1987 Molière – Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1987 7 d'Or – Best Actor |
Pierre Arditi was born on 1 December 1944 in Paris, child of the French painter Georges Arditi (fr), from Marseille, and a Belgian mother. He is an award-winning French film and stage actor. He is the brother of French actress Catherine Arditi.
Being born before 1967 from a Belgian mother married to a foreign citizen, he is a famous example of non-transmission of Belgian citizenship by mother's blood.
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 2002.1 He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre national du Mérite on 7 April 1994,2 and promoted Officier (Officer) in 2005.2
Selected filmography
- Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)
- The Children (1984)
- Agent trouble (1987)
- Natalia (1988)
- The Little Apocalypse (1993)
- The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
- Chance or Coincidence (1998)
- False Servant (2000)
- Private Fears in Public Places (2006)
- Our Earthmen Friends (2007)
- You Haven't Seen Anything Yet (2012)
Notes
- ^ a b "Décret du 31 décembre 2001 portant promotion et nomination". JORF 2002 (1): 9. January 01-2002. PREX0105272D. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=PREX0105272D. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ a b "Décret du 14 novembre 2005 portant promotion et nomination". JORF 2005 (265): 17793. 2005-11-15. PREX0508812D. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=PREX0508812D. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
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