
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)

American Assassin (2017)
as Director Stansfield

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

The Bank Job (2008)
as Lew Vogel

A Perfect Murder (1998)
as Mohamed Karaman

Executive Decision (1996)
as Nagi Hassan

Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
as Jacques Lafleur

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

Flood (2007)
as DPM Campbell

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

Foolproof (2003)
as Leo Gillette

The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
as Alex

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

Wing Commander (1999)
as Capt. Jason Sansky

Effie Gray (2014)
as Mr. Ruskin

Solomon (1997)
as Joab

Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
as Insp. Japp

RKO 281 (1999)
as Louis B. Mayer

Live from Baghdad (2002)
as Naji Al-Hadithi

A World Apart (1988)
as Muller

A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
as John Barsad

The Missionary (1982)
as Corbett

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
as Clopin Trouillefou

The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
as Mesterbein

Cruel Train (1995)
as Ruben Roberts

Cause Célèbre (1987)
as T.J. O'Connor

Red Monarch (1983)
as Beria

Dracula (2006)
as Abraham Van Helsing

Deadly Voyage (1996)
as Vlachos

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

To Kill a Priest (1988)
as Bishop

Act of God (2009)
as Dr. Benjamin Cisco

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016)
as Oberon
All My Sons (2011)
as Joe Keller

A Bear Named Winnie (2004)
as General Hallholland

Trenchcoat (1983)
as Inspector Stagnos

The Cause (1981)
as Reger

Der Fall Lucona (1993)
as Rudi Waltz

Sabotage!! (2000)
as Napoleón

When the Whales Came (1989)
as Will

Murrow (1986)
as William Shirer

The Secret Agent (1992)
as Alfred Verloc

Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story (2018)
as Self

Being Poirot (2013)
as Narrator
Being Normal (1983)
as Bill

The Last Innocent Man (1987)
as Jonathan Gault

Maxwell (2007)
as Robert Maxwell

Diverted (2009)
as Samuel Stearn

Sunday (1997)
as Oliver / Matthew Delacorta
Starring Sigmund Freud (2012)
Actor

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

Peter Pan Goes Wrong (2016)
as Self (Narrator)
Separation (1990)
as Joe
Nobody Here But Us Chickens (1989)
Actor

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

The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet (2013)
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
James Joyce's 'Ulysses' (1988)
as Leopold Bloom

Poirot and More: A Retrospective (2024)
as Himself
Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death (1990)
as Shakespeare

This Changed Everything (2016)
as Narrator

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

Blott on the Landscape (1985)
Actor

David Suchet on the Orient Express (2010)
as Himself - Presenter
A Song for Europe (1985)
as Steve Dyer

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

Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait (1990)
as Self

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

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

Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir (2023)
as Self

The Jesus Storybook Bible (2011)
as Narrator

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





