Biography
Philip Arditti is a Turkish-British actor working in theatre, television and film. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2004, and has appeared in productions at the National Theatre and other major UK venues. He has also worked in Turkey and Italy and is trilingual in English, Turkish and French.
Arditti first became known for playing Uday Hussein in the 2008 BBC/HBO miniseries House of Saddam. Subsequent television roles include appearances in Game of Thrones (2014), The Honourable Woman (2014), Humans (2015) and The Day of the Jackal (2024). Film credits include Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), RED 2 (2013), Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), The Danish Girl (2015) and Inferno (2016). He was part of the founding team of the Arcola Theatre in London.
