Philip Arditti | |
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Born | Philip Ishak Arditti 1979 (age 44–45) |
Citizenship | United Kingdom Switzerland |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2004–present |
Philip Ishak Arditti is a Turkish theatre and television actor 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.
Arditti was born in Geneva in 1979 of Italian and Turkish Jewish Sephardic descent, and grew up in Istanbul and moved to London in 1999. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2004.
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 [ 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]
† | Denotes productions that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 | |
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