Philip Arditti

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Philip Arditti
Born
Philip Ishak Arditti

1979 (age 44–45)
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Switzerland
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present

Philip Ishak Arditti is a Turkish-British theatre and television actor of Jewish Sephardic descent, famous for his role as Uday Hussein in the four episode House of Saddam television docudrama. He also appeared in the film Red 2, a sequel to 2010's Red. He was part of the team that founded the Arcola Theatre in London.

Early years[edit]

Arditti was born in Geneva in 1979 and grew up in Istanbul and moved to London in 1999. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2004.

Career[edit]

He began his TV and film career in some of British television's most popular series including Casualty, Spooks and Silent Witness. He also appeared in the British comedy drama film Happy-Go-Lucky.

His radio plays include Snow (adapted from the novel by Orhan Pamuk) and [1][permanent dead link]

In 2013, he appeared in Turkish television series Son and in the film Singing Women directed by Turkish film director Reha Erdem. In 2014 he appeared in the BBC/Sundance TV drama The Honourable Woman directed by Hugo Blick opposite Maggie Gyllenhaal where he played Saleh Al-Zahid.

In 2014, he played a goatherd in the Game of Thrones episode, The Laws of Gods and Men.

On the stage Arditti played Yossarian, the New York bomb aimer, in Joseph Heller's stage adaptation of his novel Catch-22 on a UK national tour directed by Rachel Chavkin.He is a regular performer at London's National Theatre, including roles in England People Very Nice (2009), Blood and Gifts (2010), Holy Rosenbergs (2011). In September 2017 he played Uri Savir in J.T. Rogers's stage play Oslo at the venue's Lyttelton auditorium, accompanying the production when it transferred to the West End in the following month.[1][2]

Filmography[edit]

Key
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Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Chopratown Ozdemir Ergun TV film
2006 Chicken Soup Khal Short film
Really Izzy
2008 Happy-Go-Lucky Flamenco Student
2009 Vidiotic Various TV film
2010 Brotherhood Rafiq Short film
2011 Women and Children Chris
2012 John Carter Spotter #2
Interview with a Hitman Kovacs
2013 Red 2 Arman
Şarkı Söyleyen Kadınlar Adem
Leave to Remain Iranian Psychiatrist
The Vatican Stefano Quadraggio TV film
2014 Born of War Khalid
Monsters: Dark Continent Khalil
Exodus: Gods and Kings Viceroy Hegep's Aide
2015 The Danish Girl Dr. McBride
National Theatre Live: As You Like It Oliver
2016 Inferno Professor (Istanbul)
Arrivals Mehdi
2017 National Theatre Live: Salome Caiaphus
Anchor and Hope Farid
2018 Arabian Nights Direct-to-video
The Jump Young Michael Short film
2019 Strange Cities Are Familiar Moataz Short film
TBC The Way of the Wind Hosea Post-production

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Casualty Nikos Siranidis Episode: "Who Knows Best"
2005 Spooks Louis Khurvin Episode: "The Sting"
2006 Caerdydd Arun
2007 The Whistleblowers Mehmet Kunac Episode: "Fit for Purpose"
2008 10 Days to War Haidar Episode: "Blowback"
House of Saddam Uday Hussein Miniseries, 4 episodes
Spooks: Code 9 Abid Malik 2 episodes
Silent Witness Melik Burak Episode: "Terror"
2009 Father & Son Suliman Miniseries, 3 episodes
2010 Five Days Dr. Adel Haydar Recurring role, 3 episodes
Accused Hamid Episode: "Frankie's Story"
Any Human Heart Senor Fernandez Episode: "Series 1, Episode 2"
2012 Above Suspicion George Peroz Episode: "Silent Scream"
Twenty Twelve Saleem Ahmed Episode: "Boycott"
New Tricks Mehtin Topal Episode: "Dead Poets"
Son Majid Maleki Series regular, 25 episodes
2013 Borgia Kasim Bey Episode: "The Time of Sweet Desires"
Da Vinci's Demons King Ferdinand Episode: "The Tower"
Strike Back Qassein Recurring role, 3 episodes
2014 Game of Thrones Goatherd Episode: "The Laws of Gods and Men"
The Honourable Woman Saleh Al-Zahid Series regular, 7 episodes
Ripper Street Ezra Marvell Episode: "Ashes and Diamonds"
2015 Spotless Veysel Episodes: "The Power of No" & "Fallowfield"
Humans Salim Sadik Episode: "Series 1, Episode 1"
Tyrant Episodes: "Desert Storm" & "Pax Abuddin"
2016 The Missing Khamis Episode: "The Turtle and the Stick"
2017 Vera John Greenhill Episode: "Broken Promise"
The White Princess Rodrigo de Puebla Miniseries, 2 episodes
2018 Kiss Me First Azul Miniseries, 5 episodes
Patrick Melrose Pierre Episode: "Bad News"
Black Earth Rising Colonel Colbert Episodes: "In Other News" & "The Forgiving Earth"
2019 Chimerica Young Frank Episode: "Kodak Ergo Sum"
Sanctuary Dr. Silva Series regular, 7 episodes
2021 Domina Primus Episodes: "Treason" & "Happiness"
No Return Rico Karvalci Post-production

Theatre[edit]

Year Title Role Venue Notes
2009 England People Very Nice Elmar Royal National Theatre, London
Rope Sabot Almeida Theatre, London
2010 Light Shining in Buckinghamshire Star Arcola Theatre, London
Blood and Gifts Saeed Royal National Theatre, London
2011 The Holy Rosenbergs Simon Royal National Theatre, London
Sixty-Six Books: The Strange Wife Hannah Bush Theatre, London
2013 Facts Khalid Finborough Theatre, London
2014 Catch-22 Yossarian Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne
2015 Who Cares Jonathon Royal Court Theatre, London
As You Like It Oliver de Boys Royal National Theatre, London
2016 Henry V Ancient Pistol Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London
2017 The Hunting Lodge Prince Unicorn Theatre, London
Salomé Caiaphas Royal National Theatre, London
Oslo Uri Savir Royal National Theatre, London
2019 Richard III Ensemble Shakespeare's Globe, London
Henry VI Ensemble Shakespeare's Globe, London
Henry V Ensemble Shakespeare's Globe, London
Henry IV Ensemble Shakespeare's Globe, London
2021 Copenhagen Werner Heisenberg Theatre Royal, Bath

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Philip Arditti". www.nationaltheatre.org.uk. National Theatre. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  2. ^ Billington, Michael (18 September 2017). "Oslo review – the political gets personal as tense peace talks are given epic sweep". The Guardian.

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