
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)

American Assassin (2017)
as Director Stansfield

The Bank Job (2008)
as Lew Vogel

A Perfect Murder (1998)
as Mohamed Karaman

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

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

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

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

Wing Commander (1999)
as Capt. Jason Sansky

Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
as Insp. Japp

Flood (2007)
as DPM Campbell

Effie Gray (2014)
as Mr. Ruskin

The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
as Alex

Going Postal 2in1 (2011)
as Reacherové pozlátko

The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
as Mesterbein

To Kill a Priest (1988)
as Bishop

A Bear Named Winnie (2004)
as General Hallholland

Solomon (1997)
as Joab

Live from Baghdad (2002)
as Naji Al-Hadithi

Foolproof (2003)
as Leo Gillette

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
as Clopin Trouillefou

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016)
as Oberon

The Last Innocent Man (1987)
as Jonathan Gault

RKO 281 (1999)
as Louis B. Mayer

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

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

When the Whales Came (1989)
as Will

A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
as John Barsad

Trenchcoat (1983)
as Inspector Stagnos

The Missionary (1982)
as Corbett

The Secret Agent (1992)
as Alfred Verloc

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

Red Monarch (1983)
as Beria
Nobody Here But Us Chickens (1989)
Actor

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

A World Apart (1988)
as Muller

Cause Célèbre (1987)
as T.J. O'Connor

Deadly Voyage (1996)
as Vlachos

Being Poirot (2013)
as Self - Narrator
James Joyce's 'Ulysses' (1988)
as Leopold Bloom

Der Fall Lucona (1993)
as Rudi Waltz

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

Cruel Train (1995)
as Ruben Roberts

Blott on the Landscape (1985)
Actor
Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death (1990)
as Shakespeare

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

Dracula (2006)
as Abraham Van Helsing

Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait (1990)
as Self
Being Normal (1983)
as Bill

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

Act of God (2009)
as Dr. Benjamin Cisco

Diverted (2009)
as Samuel Stearn

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

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

Maxwell (2007)
as Robert Maxwell
Starring Sigmund Freud (2012)
Actor

A Song for Europe (1985)
as Steve Dyer

The Jesus Storybook Bible (2011)
as Narrator

Murrow (1986)
as William Shirer

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

Poirot and More: A Retrospective (2024)
as Himself

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

Sabotage!! (2000)
as Napoleón

All My Sons (2011)
as Joe Keller

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

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

This Changed Everything (2016)
as Narrator

The Cause (1981)
as Reger

Sunday (1997)
as Oliver / Matthew Delacorta

Space Odyssey: The Robot Pioneers (2004)
as Narrator
Separation (1990)
as Joe





