Pierre Arditi

Personal context

Summary

Pierre Arditi is a French actor whose six-decade career spans film, television, and theatre. He is known for a long collaboration with director Alain Resnais, including Mélo and Smoking/No Smoking, and for acclaimed stage work. Arditi has described himself as a former Trotskyist and a longtime man of the left, while saying he voted for Jacques Chirac and Emmanuel Macron; he later criticized the New Popular Front and publicly opposed “woke” currents and inclusive writing. His public record includes political commentary, but no sustained identity-focused advocacy or DEI work.