David Suchet
May 2, 1946 (78 years old) in London, England, UK
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
- 2019 · The Goes Wrong Show as Self/ Narrator
- 2019 · His Dark Materials as Kaisa (voice)
- 2018 · Press as George Emmerson
- 2017 · American Assassin as Director Stansfield
- 2017 · Urban Myths as Salvador Dali
- 2015 · Capitaine Marleau as Herbert White
- 2014 · Effie Gray as Mr. Ruskin
- 2012 · The Hollow Crown as Duke of York
- 2011 · Great Expectations as Mr. Jaggers
- 2011 · Hidden as Sir Nigel Fountain
- 2011 · Perspectives as
- 2010 · Going Postal as Reacher Gilt
- 2008 · Q&A as Self - Panellist
- 2008 · The Bank Job as Lew Vogel
- 2007 · Flood as Deputy Prime Minister Campbell
- 2006 · Dracula as Abraham Van Helsing
- 2006 · Arthur and the Invisibles as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Flushed Away as Rita's Dad (voice)
- 2005 · Doctor Who as The Landlord
- 2004 · Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets as
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2003 · Henry VIII as Thomas Wolsey
- 2003 · Foolproof as Leo Gillette
- 2003 · The In-Laws as Jean-Pierre Thibodoux
- 2002 · Live from Baghdad as Naji Al-Hadithi
- 2002 · NCS: Manhunt as DI John Borne
- 2001 · Richard & Judy as Self
- 2001 · The Way We Live Now as Augustus Melmotte
- 2001 · Murder in Mind as Edward Palmer
- 2000 · RKO 281 as Louis B. Mayer
- 1999 · Wing Commander as Capt. Jason Sansky
- 1998 · A Perfect Murder as Mohamed Karaman
- 1997 · Solomon as Joab
- 1996 · Executive Decision as Nagi Hassan
- 1995 · Moses as Aaron
- 1989 · Long Ago and Far Away as
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Hercule Poirot
- 1988 · To Kill a Priest as Bishop
- 1988 · The Play on One as Joe
- 1988 · The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Leopold Bloom
- 1987 · The Dame Edna Experience as Self
- 1987 · Harry and the Hendersons as Jacques Lafleur
- 1986 · Iron Eagle as Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
- 1985 · Thirteen at Dinner as Insp. Japp
- 1985 · Theatre Night as
- 1985 · The Falcon and the Snowman as Alex
- 1984 · Oxbridge Blues as Colin
- 1984 · Playing Shakespeare as
- 1984 · Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes as Buller
- 1984 · Master of the Game as André d'Usseau
- 1983 · Reilly: Ace of Spies as Inspector Tsientsin
- 1982 · Timewatch as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Clopin Trouillefou
- 1980 · Oppenheimer as Edward Teller
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Yves Drouard
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1977 · The Professionals as Krivas
- 1972 · The Protectors as Detective
- 1972 · The Protectors as Leo
- 1970 · Play for Today as Reger
- 1965 · Public Eye as Martin Kulman
- Future · The Au Pair as George
- 2023 · Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir as Self
- 2023 · Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story as Himself
- 2018 · More Than Words as Self
- 2017 · Concorde as Self - Narrator
- 2017 · Decline and Fall as Dr. Fagan
- 2016 · Peter Pan Goes Wrong as Narrator
- 2016 · This Changed Everything as Narrator
- 2016 · Shakespeare Live! From the RSC as Oberon
- 2015 · The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage as Lady Bracknell
- 2015 · David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Peter as Himself - Presenter
- 2014 · Long Day's Journey Into Night as James Tyrone
- 2013 · Being Poirot as Narrator
- 2013 · The Jesus Storybook Bible as Narrator
- 2013 · The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. Paul as Self - Host
- 2012 · Starring Sigmund Freud as
- 2012 · David Suchet: People I Have Shot as Himself - Presenter
- 2011 · The Story of Jesus as Narrator
- 2011 · The Jesus Storybook Bible as Narrator
- 2011 · All My Sons as Joe Keller
- 2010 · David Suchet on the Orient Express as Himself - Presenter
- 2009 · Diverted as Samuel Stearn
- 2009 · Act of God as Dr. Benjamin Cisco
- 2007 · Maxwell as Robert Maxwell
- 2005 · Extinct as
- 2004 · A Bear Named Winnie as General Hallholland
- 2002 · The Stanford Prison Experiment as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Victoria & Albert as Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD
- 2000 · Sabotage!! as Napoleón
- 2000 · Poirot: Lord Edgware Dies as
- 1998 · Seesaw as Morris Price
- 1997 · The Phoenix and the Carpet as The Phoenix
- 1997 · Sunday as Oliver / Matthew Delacorta
- 1996 · Deadly Voyage as Vlachos
- 1996 · Moses as Aaron
- 1995 · Cruel Train as Ruben Roberts
- 1993 · Der Fall Lucona as Rudi Waltz
- 1992 · The Secret Agent as Alfred Verloc
- 1991 · The Trouble With Agatha Christie as Self - Actor
- 1990 · The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship as Narrator (voice)
- 1990 · Separation as Joe
- 1989 · Nobody Here But Us Chickens as
- 1989 · When the Whales Came as Will
- 1988 · A World Apart as Muller
- 1988 · James Joyce's 'Ulysses' as Leopold Bloom
- 1987 · Cause Célèbre as T.J. O'Connor
- 1987 · The Last Innocent Man as Jonathan Gault
- 1986 · Murrow as William Shirer
- 1985 · A Song for Europe as Steve Dyer
- 1985 · Blott on the Landscape as
- 1985 · Blott on the Landscape as
- 1984 · The Little Drummer Girl as Mesterbein
- 1984 · Freud as Freud
- 1983 · Being Normal as Bill
- 1983 · Red Monarch as Beria
- 1983 · Trenchcoat as Inspector Stagnos
- 1982 · The Missionary as Corbett
- 1980 · A Tale of Two Cities as John Barsad
- Future · Travels with Agatha with Sir David Suchet as Self
- 1981 · The Cause as Reger
- 1978 · Hercule Poirot as