Person

David Suchet

Acting · Born 1946-05-02 · 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.

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  Doctor Who

  The Landlord

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  Agatha Christie's Poirot

  Hercule Poirot

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  Screen Two

  Vlachos

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  Play for Today

  Reger

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  The One Show

  Self

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  Tales of the Unexpected

  Yves Drouard

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  The Professionals

  Krivas

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  Richard & Judy

  Self

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  His Dark Materials

  Kaisa (voice)

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  Q&A

  Self - Panellist

• 2025The Au PairGeorge
• 2025Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David SuchetSelf - Presenter
• 2024Poirot and More: A RetrospectiveHimself
• 2023Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle ChoirSelf
• 2019His Dark MaterialsKaisa (voice)
• 2018PressGeorge Emmerson
• 2018Near Myth: The Oskar Knight StorySelf
• 2018More Than WordsSelf
• 2017ConcordeSelf - Narrator
• 2017American AssassinDirector Stansfield
• 2017Decline and FallDr Fagan
• 2017Urban MythsSalvador Dali
• 2016Peter Pan Goes WrongSelf (Narrator)
• 2016This Changed EverythingNarrator
• 2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSCOberon
• 2015The Importance of Being Earnest on StageLady Bracknell
• 2015Capitaine MarleauHerbert White
• 2015Doctor Who: The Fan Show
• 2015David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St PeterSelf - Presenter
• 2014Effie GrayMr. Ruskin
• 2014Long Day's Journey Into NightJames Tyrone
• 2013Being PoirotNarrator
• 2013The Jesus Storybook BibleNarrator
• 2013The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David SuchetSelf - Host / Narrator (voice)
• 2012David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. PaulSelf - Host
• 2012Starring Sigmund Freud
• 2012The Hollow CrownDuke of York
• 2012David Suchet: People I Have ShotSelf - Presenter
• 2011Great ExpectationsMr. Jaggers
• 2011HiddenSir Nigel Fountain
• 2011Perspectives
• 2011The Story of JesusNarrator
• 2011All My SonsJoe Keller
• 2011The Jesus Storybook BibleNarrator
• 2010David Suchet on the Orient ExpressHimself - Presenter
• 2010Going PostalReacher Gilt
• 2009DivertedSamuel Stearn
• 2009Act of GodDr. Benjamin Cisco
• 2008Q&ASelf - Panellist
• 2008The Bank JobLew Vogel
• 2007FloodDPM Campbell
• 2007MaxwellRobert Maxwell
• 2006DraculaAbraham Van Helsing
• 2006Arthur and the InvisiblesNarrator (voice)
• 2006Flushed AwayRita's Dad (voice)
• 2006The One ShowSelf
• 2005Extinct
• 2005Doctor WhoThe Landlord
• 2004A Bear Named WinnieGeneral Hallholland
• 2004Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets
• 2004Who Do You Think You Are?Self
• 2004The Phoenix and the CarpetThe Phoenix (voice)
• 2003Henry VIIIThomas Wolsey
• 2003FoolproofLeo Gillette
• 2003The In-LawsJean-Pierre Thibodoux
• 2002Live from BaghdadNaji Al-Hadithi
• 2002The Stanford Prison ExperimentNarrator (voice)
• 2002NCS: ManhuntDI John Borne
• 2001Richard & JudySelf
• 2001The Way We Live NowAugustus Melmotte
• 2001Victoria & AlbertBaron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD
• 2001Murder in MindEdward Palmer
• 2000Sabotage!!Napoleón
• 1999RKO 281Louis B. Mayer
• 1999Wing CommanderCapt. Jason Sansky
• 1998A Perfect MurderMohamed Karaman
• 1998SeesawMorris Price
• 1997SolomonJoab
• 1997SolomonJoab
• 1997The Phoenix and the CarpetThe Phoenix (voice)
• 1997SundayOliver / Matthew Delacorta
• 1996Deadly VoyageVlachos
• 1996MosesAaron
• 1996Executive DecisionNagi Hassan
• 1995Cruel TrainRuben Roberts
• 1993Der Fall LuconaRudi Waltz
• 1992The Secret AgentAlfred Verloc
• 1991The Trouble With Agatha ChristieSelf - Actor
• 1990The Fool of the World and the Flying ShipNarrator (voice)
• 1990Agatha Christie - Unfinished PortraitSelf
• 1990Bingo: Scenes of Money and DeathShakespeare
• 1990SeparationJoe
• 1989Nobody Here But Us Chickens
• 19894 PlayCarver
• 1989When the Whales CameWill
• 1989Long Ago and Far Away
• 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotHercule Poirot
• 1988To Kill a PriestBishop
• 1988A World ApartMuller
• 1988The Play on OneJoe
• 1988James Joyce's 'Ulysses'Leopold Bloom
• 1988The Modern World: Ten Great WritersLeopold Bloom
• 1987The Dame Edna ExperienceSelf
• 1987Cause CélèbreT.J. O'Connor
• 1987Harry and the HendersonsJacques Lafleur
• 1987The Last Innocent ManJonathan Gault
• 1986MurrowWilliam Shirer
• 1986Iron EagleMinister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
• 1985Mussolini: The Untold StoryDino Grandi
• 1985Thirteen at DinnerInsp. Japp
• 1985Theatre Night
• 1985A Song for EuropeSteve Dyer
• 1985Blott on the Landscape
• 1985Blott on the LandscapeBlott
• 1985The Falcon and the SnowmanAlex
• 1985Screen TwoVlachos
• 1984Oxbridge BluesColin
• 1984The Little Drummer GirlMesterbein
• 1984FreudSigmund Freud
• 1984Playing Shakespeare
• 1984Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the ApesBuller
• 1984Master of the GameAndré d'Usseau
• 1983Reilly: Ace of SpiesInspector Tsientsin
• 1983Being NormalBill
• 1983Red MonarchBeria
• 1983TrenchcoatInspector Stagnos
• 1982The MissionaryCorbett
• 1982TimewatchSelf - Narrator (voice)
• 1982The Hunchback of Notre DameClopin Trouillefou
• 1982American PlayhouseEdward Teller
• 1981The CauseReger
• 1980A Tale of Two CitiesJohn Barsad
• 1980OppenheimerEdward Teller
• 1979Tales of the UnexpectedYves Drouard
• 1978An Audience with...Self
• 1977The ProfessionalsKrivas
• 1972The ProtectorsDetective
• 1970Play for TodayReger
• 1965Public EyeMartin Kulman
• 1949The BAFTA AwardsSelf