David Suchet
Acting
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
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tvThe Au Pair
2025
George
tvTravels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet
2025
Self - Presenter
tvHis Dark Materials
2019
Kaisa (voice)
tvPress
2018
George Emmerson
tvConcorde
2017
Self - Narrator
movieAmerican Assassin
2017
Director Stansfield
tvDecline and Fall
2017
Dr Fagan
tvUrban Myths
2017
Salvador Dali
moviePeter Pan Goes Wrong
2016
Self (Narrator)
movieThis Changed Everything
2016
Narrator
movieThe Importance of Being Earnest on Stage
2015
Lady Bracknell
tvCapitaine Marleau
2015
Herbert White
tvDavid Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Peter
2015
Self - Presenter
movieEffie Gray
2014
Mr. Ruskin
movieLong Day's Journey Into Night
2014
James Tyrone
movieBeing Poirot
2013
Narrator
tvThe Jesus Storybook Bible
2013
Narrator
movieThe Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet
2013
Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
tvThe Hollow Crown
2012
Duke of York
movieDavid Suchet: People I Have Shot
2012
Self - Presenter
tvGreat Expectations
2011
Mr. Jaggers
tvHidden
2011
Sir Nigel Fountain
tvThe Story of Jesus
2011
Narrator
All My Sons
2011
Joe Keller
movieDavid Suchet on the Orient Express
2010
Himself - Presenter
tvGoing Postal
2010
Reacher Gilt
movieDiverted
2009
Samuel Stearn
movieAct of God
2009
Dr. Benjamin Cisco
tvQ&A
2008
Self - Panellist
movieThe Bank Job
2008
Lew Vogel
movieFlood
2007
DPM Campbell
movieMaxwell
2007
Robert Maxwell
movieDracula
2006
Abraham Van Helsing
movieArthur and the Invisibles
2006
Narrator (voice)
movieFlushed Away
2006
Rita's Dad (voice)
tvDoctor Who
2005
The Landlord
movieA Bear Named Winnie
2004
General Hallholland
movieThe Phoenix and the Carpet
2004
The Phoenix (voice)
tvHenry VIII
2003
Thomas Wolsey
movieFoolproof
2003
Leo Gillette
movieThe In-Laws
2003
Jean-Pierre Thibodoux
movieLive from Baghdad
2002
Naji Al-Hadithi
movieThe Stanford Prison Experiment
2002
Narrator (voice)
tvNCS: Manhunt
2002
DI John Borne
tvThe Way We Live Now
2001
Augustus Melmotte
movieVictoria & Albert
2001
Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD
tvMurder in Mind
2001
Edward Palmer
movieSabotage!!
2000
Napoleón
movieRKO 281
1999
Louis B. Mayer
movieWing Commander
1999
Capt. Jason Sansky
movieA Perfect Murder
1998
Mohamed Karaman
tvSeesaw
1998
Morris Price
movieSolomon
1997
Joab
tvSolomon
1997
Joab
tvThe Phoenix and the Carpet
1997
The Phoenix (voice)
movieSunday
1997
Oliver / Matthew Delacorta
movieDeadly Voyage
1996
Vlachos
tvMoses
1996
Aaron
movieExecutive Decision
1996
Nagi Hassan
movieCruel Train
1995
Ruben Roberts
movieDer Fall Lucona
1993
Rudi Waltz
movieThe Secret Agent
1992
Alfred Verloc
movieThe Trouble With Agatha Christie
1991
Self - Actor
movieThe Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990
Narrator (voice)
4 Play
1989
Carver
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Hercule Poirot
movieA World Apart
1988
Muller
tvThe Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
Leopold Bloom
movieCause Célèbre
1987
T.J. O'Connor
movieHarry and the Hendersons
1987
Jacques Lafleur
movieThe Last Innocent Man
1987
Jonathan Gault
movieMurrow
1986
William Shirer
movieIron Eagle
1986
Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
tvMussolini: The Untold Story
1985
Dino Grandi
movieThirteen at Dinner
1985
Insp. Japp
tvScreen Two
1985
Vlachos
tvOxbridge Blues
1984
Colin
movieThe Little Drummer Girl
1984
Mesterbein
tvFreud
1984
Sigmund Freud
tvMaster of the Game
1984
André d'Usseau
tvReilly: Ace of Spies
1983
Inspector Tsientsin
movieRed Monarch
1983
Beria
movieTrenchcoat
1983
Inspector Stagnos
movieThe Missionary
1982
Corbett
tvTimewatch
1982
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
Clopin Trouillefou
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Edward Teller / Joe
movieThe Cause
1981
Reger
movieA Tale of Two Cities
1980
John Barsad
tvOppenheimer
1980
Edward Teller
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979
Yves Drouard
tvThe Professionals
1977
Krivas
tvThe Protectors
1972
Detective / Leo
tvPlay for Today
1970
Reger
tvPublic Eye
1965
Martin Kulman
movie东方快车谋杀案
Hercule Poirot
Crew1
Production1
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Associate Producer