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David Suchet

Acting · Born May 2, 1946 · 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.

Movies with David Suchet

• Flushed Away (2006) — Rita's Dad (voice)
• The Bank Job (2008) — Lew Vogel
• American Assassin (2017) — Director Stansfield
• A Perfect Murder (1998) — Mohamed Karaman
• Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) — Narrator (voice)
• Executive Decision (1996) — Nagi Hassan
• Harry and the Hendersons (1987) — Jacques Lafleur
• Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) — Buller
• The In-Laws (2003) — Jean-Pierre Thibodoux
• Iron Eagle (1986) — Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
• Wing Commander (1999) — Capt. Jason Sansky
• The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) — Alex

TV shows with David Suchet

• Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) — Hercule Poirot
• American Playhouse (1982) — Edward Teller
• His Dark Materials (2019) — Kaisa (voice)
• Oppenheimer (1980) — Edward Teller
• Master of the Game (1984) — André d'Usseau
• Freud (1984) — Sigmund Freud
• Playing Shakespeare (1984)
• Blott on the Landscape (1985) — Blott