
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)

The Bank Job (2008)
as Lew Vogel

American Assassin (2017)
as Director Stansfield

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

A Perfect Murder (1998)
as Mohamed Karaman

Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
as Jacques Lafleur

Executive Decision (1996)
as Nagi Hassan

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
as Buller

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

The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
as Alex

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

Wing Commander (1999)
as Capt. Jason Sansky

Flood (2007)
as DPM Campbell

Foolproof (2003)
as Leo Gillette

Effie Gray (2014)
as Mr. Ruskin

Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
as Insp. Japp

The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
as Mesterbein

RKO 281 (1999)
as Louis B. Mayer

Solomon (1997)
as Joab

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
as Clopin Trouillefou

Live from Baghdad (2002)
as Naji Al-Hadithi

Deadly Voyage (1996)
as Vlachos

Being Poirot (2013)
as Self - Narrator

All My Sons (2011)
as Joe Keller

A Bear Named Winnie (2004)
as General Hallholland

When the Whales Came (1989)
as Will

Trenchcoat (1983)
as Inspector Stagnos

The Missionary (1982)
as Corbett

Red Monarch (1983)
as Beria

A World Apart (1988)
as Muller

Dracula (2006)
as Abraham Van Helsing

A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
as John Barsad

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

To Kill a Priest (1988)
as Bishop

Cause Célèbre (1987)
as T.J. O'Connor

Act of God (2009)
as Dr. Benjamin Cisco

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016)
as Oberon
Starring Sigmund Freud (2012)
Actor

The Last Innocent Man (1987)
as Jonathan Gault

Cruel Train (1995)
as Ruben Roberts

Diverted (2009)
as Samuel Stearn

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

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

Blott on the Landscape (1985)
Actor

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

The Secret Agent (1992)
as Alfred Verloc

Der Fall Lucona (1993)
as Rudi Waltz
Being Normal (1983)
as Bill

The Cause (1981)
as Reger

Sabotage!! (2000)
as Napoleón

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

Maxwell (2007)
as Robert Maxwell

Murrow (1986)
as William Shirer

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

This Changed Everything (2016)
as Narrator

Sunday (1997)
as Oliver / Matthew Delacorta

Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait (1990)
as Self
James Joyce's 'Ulysses' (1988)
as Leopold Bloom

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

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

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

A Song for Europe (1985)
as Steve Dyer

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

Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story (2018)
as Self
Nobody Here But Us Chickens (1989)
Actor

Poirot and More: A Retrospective (2024)
as Himself

Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir (2023)
as Self
Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death (1990)
as Shakespeare

Long Day's Journey Into Night (2014)
as James Tyrone
Separation (1990)
as Joe

The Jesus Storybook Bible (2011)
as Narrator





