Philip Arditti

Philip Arditti


in Geneva, Switzerland
Philip Arditti is a Swiss-Italian/Jewish Sephardic theatre and television actor, famous for his role as Uday Hussein in the four episode House of Saddam television docudrama.

Movies for Philip Arditti...

Title: No Return
Character: Rico Karvalci
Released: February 7, 2022
Type: TV
An idyllic family holiday to Turkey turns into a nightmare when 16 year old son is accused of a serious crime.
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Strange Cities Are Familiar
Title: Strange Cities Are Familiar
Character: Moataz
Released: September 26, 2019
Type: Movie
A political refugee living in London tries to get back to his home in Palestine to see his dying son.
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Title: Sanctuary
Character: Dr. Silva
Released: May 31, 2019
Type: TV
Hel receives an invitation to visit her estranged twin Siri at an exclusive residential sanatorium set against the idyllic setting of the Italian Alps. Tension soon rises when Hel refuses Siri’s plea for help in taking care of some business by swapping places with her for a few days. Much to her horror, Hel wakes up the next day to find Siri gone. She soon realizes that Siri isn’t coming back, and that the clinic is far from a place of recovery.
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Title: Black Earth Rising
Character: Colonel Colbert
Released: September 10, 2018
Type: TV
As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and brought to the UK. But the tragic shadow of her past proves impossible to escape.
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Title: Patrick Melrose
Character: Pierre
Released: May 12, 2018
Type: TV
A critical and often humorous look at the upper class, tracking the protagonist's harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse and, ultimately, toward recovery.
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Title: Kiss Me First
Character: Azul
Released: April 2, 2018
Type: TV
To escape reality 17-year-old Leila turns to a secret virtual paradise. Her real journey begins when this digital Eden turns dark.
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The Jump
Title: The Jump
Character: Young Michael
Released: March 2, 2018
Type: Movie
An astronaut braves a pioneering solo mission into deep space, leaving behind her loving husband. Through disjointed communications, she discovers her life on Earth has changed forever.
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Anchor and Hope
Title: Anchor and Hope
Character: Farid
Released: November 24, 2017
Type: Movie
Eva and Kat enjoy a carefree existence on their houseboat on a London canal. Until Eva's dream of becoming a mother is reignited by the death of their pet. Kat just wants to get a new cat. But when Kat's best friend, Roger, visits from Barcelona, they decide in a moment of drunkenness that he can be Eva's sperm donor. But what are the consequences for the lesbian couple, the biological father, the child and their relationships with one another?
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National Theatre Live: Salomé
Title: National Theatre Live: Salomé
Character: Caphius
Released: June 22, 2017
Type: Movie
An occupied desert nation. A radical from the wilderness on hunger strike. A girl whose mysterious dance will change the course of the world. This charged retelling turns the infamous biblical tale on its head, placing the girl we call Salomé at the centre of a revolution. Internationally acclaimed director Yaël Farber (Les Blancs, Hamlet) draws on multiple accounts to create her urgent, hypnotic production.
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Title: The White Princess
Character: Rodrido de Puebla
Released: April 16, 2017
Type: TV
The story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII. Based on the Philippa Gregory book of the same name.
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Inferno
Title: Inferno
Character: Professor (Istanbul)
Released: October 13, 2016
Type: Movie
After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.
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National Theatre Live: As You Like It
Title: National Theatre Live: As You Like It
Character: Oliver
Released: March 30, 2016
Type: Movie
With her father the Duke banished and in exile, Rosalind and her cousin Celia leave their lives in the court behind them and journey into the Forest of Arden. There, released from convention, Rosalind experiences the liberating rush of transformation. Disguising herself as a boy, she embraces a different way of living and falls spectacularly in love.
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The Danish Girl
Title: The Danish Girl
Character: Dr. McBride
Released: November 27, 2015
Type: Movie
When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks on a groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
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Title: Humans
Character: Salim Sadik
Released: June 14, 2015
Type: TV
In a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' - a highly-developed robotic servant that's so similar to a real human it's transforming the way we live.
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Exodus: Gods and Kings
Title: Exodus: Gods and Kings
Character: Viceroy Hegep's Aide
Released: December 3, 2014
Type: Movie
The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
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Monsters: Dark Continent
Title: Monsters: Dark Continent
Character: Khalil
Released: October 9, 2014
Type: Movie
Seven years on from the events of Monsters, and the ‘Infected Zones’ have spread worldwide. Humans have been knocked off the top of the food chain, with disparate communities struggling for survival. American soldiers are being sent abroad to protect US interests from the Monsters, but the war is far from being won.
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Title: The Honourable Woman
Character: Saleh Al-Zahid
Released: July 3, 2014
Type: TV
Nessa Stein, the daughter of a Zionist arms procurer who as a child witnessed his assassination. Now an adult, Nessa inherits her father's company and changes course from supplying arms to laying data cabling networks between Israel and the West Bank. Her efforts to reconcile the Israelis and Palestinians lands her an appointment to the House of Lords and creates an international political maelstrom.
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Singing Women
Title: Singing Women
Character: Adem
Released: September 10, 2013
Type: Movie
An island off the coast of Turkey is about to be evacuated due to a possible earthquake but its inhabitants have been stricken with a mysterious illness, consigning them to an uncertain fate.
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RED 2
Title: RED 2
Character: Arman
Released: July 18, 2013
Type: Movie
Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
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Title: Ripper Street
Character: Ezra Marvell
Released: December 30, 2012
Type: TV
A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel. Ripper Street explores the lives of characters trying to recover from the Ripper's legacy, from crimes that have not only irretrievably altered their lives, but the very fabric of their city. At the drama's heart our detectives try to bring a little light into the dark world they inhabit.
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John Carter
Title: John Carter
Character: Spotter #2
Released: March 7, 2012
Type: Movie
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
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Title: The End
Character: Majit/Majid
Released: January 9, 2012
Type: TV
After a plane crash, a devoted wife learns that her life and marriage is all a lie.
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Title: Vera
Character: John Greenhill
Released: May 1, 2011
Type: TV
A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.
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Title: Game of Thrones
Character: Goatherd
Released: April 17, 2011
Type: TV
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.
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Title: Twenty Twelve
Character: Saleem Ahmed
Released: March 14, 2011
Type: TV
A mock-documentary following the challenges - both personal and professional - faced by the team responsible for delivering the biggest show on Earth: the 2012 Olympics. From getting a busload of non-English speaking Brazilians from A to B, who to appoint to run the Cultural Olympiad and what to do when the much-vaunted wind turbines won't turn because there's no wind, it's all in a day's work for the men and women whose job it is to stage the greatest sporting event in the world.
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Title: Above Suspicion
Character: George Peroz
Released: January 4, 2009
Type: TV
Above Suspicion is a British TV series based on Lynda La Plante's novels Above Suspicion, The Red Dahlia, Deadly Intent and Silent Scream. It stars Kelly Reilly and Ciarán Hinds, and features the career of La Plante's latest heroine DC Anna Travis. The first series, Above Suspicion, was shown on the fourth and fifth of January 2009; the second series, Above Suspicion: The Red Dahlia, was shown on the fourth, fifth and sixth of January 2010. The third series, Above Suspicion: Deadly Intent, was shown on the third, fourth and fifth of January 2011. The fourth series, Above Suspicion – Silent Scream was shown on the ninth, sixteenth and twenty-third of January 2012; in a break from the previous broadcasts, which were broadcast on consecutive days, this latest tale was serialised weekly. ITV cancelled Above Suspicion on May 28, 2012.
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Title: House of Saddam
Character: Uday Hussein
Released: July 30, 2008
Type: TV
The intimate world of Saddam Hussein and his closest inner circle is in this gripping four-part drama that charts the rise and fall of one of the most significant political figures in recent history.
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Happy-Go-Lucky
Title: Happy-Go-Lucky
Character: Flamenco Student
Released: April 18, 2008
Type: Movie
A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.
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Title: Five Days
Character: Dr. Adel Haydar
Released: January 23, 2007
Type: TV
Thriller series which tracks five 24-hour periods in a police investigation.
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Title: Inspector Coliandro
Character: Hatai
Released: August 24, 2006
Type: TV
Italian police inspector Coliandro — an ignorant, boorish, but fundamentally kind-hearted oaf, whose entire worldview is informed by American cop movies — protects the good citizens of Bologna, routinely saving the day and foiling the plans of evildoers of all sorts by a combination of dumb luck and genuine bravery, while always falling hopelessly in love with the woman at the center of the case.
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Title: Spooks
Character: Louis Khurvin
Released: May 13, 2002
Type: TV
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.