Philip Arditti

Philip Arditti
Born	Philip Ishak Arditti 1979 (age 44–45) Geneva, Switzerland
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.

Early years

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.

Career

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]

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.

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes productions that have not yet been released

Film

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

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

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

External links

• Official website
• Philip Arditti at IMDb