ACTOR
David Suchet
Known for Doctor Who · Agatha Christie's Poirot · The One Show
David Suchet, OBE, CBE (born 2 May 1946), is an English actor, known for his work on British television. He is recognized for his RTS- and BPG award-winning performance as Augustus Melmotte in the 2001 British TV mini-drama “The Way We Live Now”, alongside Matthew Macfadyen and Paloma Baeza, and a 1991 British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) nomination. He is known for his role as Agatha Christie's great detective Hercule Poirot in…
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- Born
- May 2, 1946
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Known For
- Acting
Biography
David Suchet, OBE, CBE (born 2 May 1946), is an English actor, known for his work on British television. He is recognized for his RTS- and BPG award-winning performance as Augustus Melmotte in the 2001 British TV mini-drama “The Way We Live Now”, alongside Matthew Macfadyen and Paloma Baeza, and a 1991 British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) nomination. He is known for his role as Agatha Christie's great detective Hercule Poirot in the long-running British TV dramatic series “Poirot”. Suchet's older brother, John Suchet, is a British television presenter and newsreader.
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Known For
Filmography
Movies
A Tale of Two CitiesJohn Barsad
1980
The CauseReger
1981
The Hunchback of Notre DameClopin Trouillefou
1982
The MissionaryCorbett
1982BN
Being NormalBill
1983
Red MonarchBeria
1983
TrenchcoatInspector Stagnos
1983
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the ApesBuller
1984
The Little Drummer GirlMesterbein
1984
A Song for EuropeSteve Dyer
1985
Blott on the Landscape
1985
The Falcon and the SnowmanAlex
1985
Thirteen at DinnerInsp. Japp
1985
Iron EagleMinister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
1986
MurrowWilliam Shirer
1986
Cause CélèbreT.J. O'Connor
1987
Harry and the HendersonsJacques Lafleur
1987
The Last Innocent ManJonathan Gault
1987
A World ApartMuller
1988JJ
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'Leopold Bloom
1988
To Kill a PriestBishop
1988NH
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1989
When the Whales CameWill
1989
Agatha Christie - Unfinished PortraitSelf
1990BS
Bingo: Scenes of Money and DeathShakespeare
1990S
SeparationJoe
1990
The Fool of the World and the Flying ShipNarrator (voice)
1990
The Trouble With Agatha ChristieSelf - Actor
1991
The Secret AgentAlfred Verloc
1992
Der Fall LuconaRudi Waltz
1993
Cruel TrainRuben Roberts
1995
Deadly VoyageVlachos
1996
Executive DecisionNagi Hassan
1996
SolomonJoab
1997
SundayOliver / Matthew Delacorta
1997
A Perfect MurderMohamed Karaman
1998
RKO 281Louis B. Mayer
1999
Wing CommanderCapt. Jason Sansky
1999
Sabotage!!Napoleón
2000
Victoria & AlbertBaron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD
2001
Live from BaghdadNaji Al-Hadithi
2002
The Stanford Prison ExperimentNarrator (voice)
2002
FoolproofLeo Gillette
2003
The In-LawsJean-Pierre Thibodoux
2003
A Bear Named WinnieGeneral Hallholland
2004
Space Odyssey: The Robot PioneersNarrator
2004
The Phoenix and the CarpetThe Phoenix (voice)
2004
Arthur and the InvisiblesNarrator (voice)
2006
DraculaAbraham Van Helsing
2006
Flushed AwayRita's Dad (voice)
2006
FloodDPM Campbell
2007
MaxwellRobert Maxwell
2007
The Bank JobLew Vogel
2008
Act of GodDr. Benjamin Cisco
2009
DivertedSamuel Stearn
2009
David Suchet on the Orient ExpressHimself - Presenter
2010
All My SonsJoe Keller
2011
Going Postal 2in1Reacherové pozlátko
2011
The Jesus Storybook BibleNarrator
2011
David Suchet: People I Have ShotSelf - Presenter
2012SS
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
Being PoirotSelf - Narrator
2013
The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David SuchetSelf - Host / Narrator (voice)
2013
Effie GrayMr. Ruskin
2014
Long Day's Journey Into NightJames Tyrone
2014
The Importance of Being Earnest on StageLady Bracknell
2015
Peter Pan Goes WrongSelf (Narrator)
2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSCOberon
2016
This Changed EverythingNarrator
2016
American AssassinDirector Stansfield
2017
Near Myth: The Oskar Knight StorySelf
2018
Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle ChoirSelf
2023
Poirot and More: A RetrospectiveHimself
2024Poirot and More: A RetrospectiveCreator
2024Television
The BAFTA AwardsSelf · 1 eps
1949
Public EyeMartin Kulman · 1 eps
1965
Play for TodayReger · 1 eps
1970
The ProtectorsDetective · 1 eps
1972The ProtectorsLeo · 1 eps
1972
The ProfessionalsKrivas · 1 eps
1977
An Audience with...Self · 1 eps
1978
Tales of the UnexpectedYves Drouard · 1 eps
1979
OppenheimerEdward Teller · 6 eps
1980
American PlayhouseEdward Teller · 6 eps
1982American PlayhouseJoe · 1 eps
1982
TimewatchSelf - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
1982
Reilly: Ace of SpiesInspector Tsientsin · 1 eps
1983
FreudSigmund Freud · 6 eps
1984
Master of the GameAndré d'Usseau · 9 eps
1984
Oxbridge BluesColin · 2 eps
1984
Playing Shakespeare9 eps
1984
Blott on the LandscapeBlott · 6 eps
1985
Mussolini: The Untold StoryDino Grandi · 4 eps
1985
Screen TwoVlachos · 1 eps
1985
Theatre NightWilliam Shakespeare · 1 eps
1985
The Dame Edna ExperienceSelf · 1 eps
1987
The Modern World: Ten Great WritersLeopold Bloom · 1 eps
1988
The Play on OneJoe · 1 eps
19884P
4 PlayCarver · 1 eps
1989
Agatha Christie's PoirotHercule Poirot · 70 eps
1989LA
Long Ago and Far Away3 eps
1989TS
The Secret AgentAlfred Verloc · 3 eps
1992
MosesAaron · 2 eps
1996
SolomonJoab · 2 eps
1997
The Phoenix and the CarpetThe Phoenix (voice) · 6 eps
1997
SeesawMorris Price · 3 eps
1998
Murder in MindEdward Palmer · 1 eps
2001
Richard & JudySelf · 1 eps
2001
The Way We Live NowAugustus Melmotte · 4 eps
2001
NCS: ManhuntDI John Borne · 6 eps
2002
Henry VIIICardinal Thomas Wolsey · 2 eps
2003
Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets2 eps
2004
Who Do You Think You Are?Self · 1 eps
2004
Doctor WhoThe Landlord · 1 eps
2005E
Extinct5 eps
2005
The One ShowSelf · 1 eps
2006
Q&ASelf - Panellist · 1 eps
2008
Going PostalReacher Gilt · 2 eps
2010
Great ExpectationsMr. Jaggers · 3 eps
2011
HiddenSir Nigel Fountain · 4 eps
2011
Perspectives2 eps
2011
The Story of JesusNarrator · 2 eps
2011
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. PaulSelf - Host · 2 eps
2012
The Hollow CrownDuke of York · 1 eps
2012
The Jesus Storybook BibleNarrator · 44 eps
2013
Capitaine MarleauHerbert White · 1 eps
2015
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St PeterSelf - Presenter · 2 eps
2015
ConcordeSelf - Narrator · 2 eps
2017
Decline and FallDr Fagan · 3 eps
2017
Urban MythsSalvador Dali · 1 eps
2017
More Than WordsSelf · 4 eps
2018
PressGeorge Emmerson · 3 eps
2018
His Dark MaterialsKaisa (voice) · 7 eps
2019
The Au PairGeorge · 4 eps
2025
Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David SuchetSelf - Presenter · 5 eps
2025Photos
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