
David Suchet
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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.
Known for
Credits

Flushed Away (2006)
as Rita's Dad (voice)

The Bank Job (2008)
as Lew Vogel

American Assassin (2017)
as Director Stansfield

Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)
as Narrator (voice)

A Perfect Murder (1998)
as Mohamed Karaman

Executive Decision (1996)
as Nagi Hassan

Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
as Jacques Lafleur

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
as Buller

Effie Gray (2014)
as Mr. Ruskin

Flood (2007)
as DPM Campbell

Iron Eagle (1986)
as Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh

The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
as Mesterbein

Wing Commander (1999)
as Capt. Jason Sansky

Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
as Insp. Japp

Solomon (1997)
as Joab

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
as Clopin Trouillefou

Trenchcoat (1983)
as Inspector Stagnos

Foolproof (2003)
as Leo Gillette

The In-Laws (2003)
as Jean-Pierre Thibodoux

Being Poirot (2013)
as Narrator

The Missionary (1982)
as Corbett

RKO 281 (1999)
as Louis B. Mayer

A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
as John Barsad
Being Normal (1983)
as Bill

This Changed Everything (2016)
as Narrator

A Bear Named Winnie (2004)
as General Hallholland

Cause Célèbre (1987)
as T.J. O'Connor

David Suchet: People I Have Shot (2012)
as Self - Presenter

The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
as Alex

The Last Innocent Man (1987)
as Jonathan Gault
James Joyce's 'Ulysses' (1988)
as Leopold Bloom

To Kill a Priest (1988)
as Bishop

Victoria & Albert (2001)
as Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD

When the Whales Came (1989)
as Will

Peter Pan Goes Wrong (2016)
as Self (Narrator)

Live from Baghdad (2002)
as Naji Al-Hadithi

Red Monarch (1983)
as Beria

Deadly Voyage (1996)
as Vlachos

Dracula (2006)
as Abraham Van Helsing

Blott on the Landscape (1985)
Actor
Starring Sigmund Freud (2012)
Actor

Murrow (1986)
as William Shirer
Nobody Here But Us Chickens (1989)
Actor

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (1990)
as Narrator (voice)

The Stanford Prison Experiment (2002)
as Narrator (voice)

Poirot and More: A Retrospective (2024)
as Himself

Sabotage!! (2000)
as Napoleón

Diverted (2009)
as Samuel Stearn

The Phoenix and the Carpet (2004)
as The Phoenix (voice)

The Secret Agent (1992)
as Alfred Verloc

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016)
as Oberon

A World Apart (1988)
as Muller

Cruel Train (1995)
as Ruben Roberts

Sunday (1997)
as Oliver / Matthew Delacorta

The Jesus Storybook Bible (2011)
as Narrator
Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death (1990)
as Shakespeare

David Suchet on the Orient Express (2010)
as Himself - Presenter

The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet (2013)
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)

Maxwell (2007)
as Robert Maxwell

Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait (1990)
as Self

Der Fall Lucona (1993)
as Rudi Waltz
All My Sons (2011)
as Joe Keller
A Song for Europe (1985)
as Steve Dyer

The Trouble With Agatha Christie (1991)
as Self - Actor

Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story (2018)
as Self

Long Day's Journey Into Night (2014)
as James Tyrone

Act of God (2009)
as Dr. Benjamin Cisco

The Cause (1981)
as Reger

Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir (2023)
as Self

The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage (2015)
as Lady Bracknell
Separation (1990)
as Joe





