David Suchet
Biography
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
125
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-05-02 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Acting
2025
The Au Pair as George2025
Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet as Self - Presenter2023
Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story as Himself2023
Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir as Self2019
His Dark Materials as Kaisa (voice)2018
Press as George Emmerson2018
More Than Words as Self2017
Urban Myths as Salvador Dali2017
American Assassin as Director Stansfield2017
Decline and Fall as Dr. Fagan2017
Concorde as Self - Narrator2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC as Oberon2016
Peter Pan Goes Wrong as Narrator2016
This Changed Everything as Narrator2015
Capitaine Marleau as Herbert White2015
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Peter as Himself - Presenter2015
The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage as Lady Bracknell2014
Effie Gray as Mr. Ruskin2014
Long Day's Journey Into Night as James Tyrone2013
The Jesus Storybook Bible as Narrator2013
The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)2013
Being Poirot as Narrator2012
The Hollow Crown as Duke of York2012
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. Paul as Self - Host2012
Starring Sigmund Freud as Not available2012
David Suchet: People I Have Shot as Himself - Presenter2011
Great Expectations as Mr. Jaggers2011
Perspectives as Not available2011
Hidden as Sir Nigel Fountain2011
The Story of Jesus as Narrator2011
All My Sons as Joe Keller2011
The Jesus Storybook Bible as Narrator2010
Going Postal as Reacher Gilt2010
David Suchet on the Orient Express as Himself - Presenter2009
Diverted as Samuel Stearn2009
Act of God as Dr. Benjamin Cisco2008
Q&A as Self - Panellist2008
The Bank Job as Lew Vogel2007
Flood as Deputy Prime Minister Campbell2007
Maxwell as Robert Maxwell2006
The One Show as Self2006
Flushed Away as Rita's Dad (voice)2006
Arthur and the Invisibles as Narrator (voice)2006
Dracula as Abraham Van Helsing2005
Doctor Who as The Landlord2005
Extinct as Not available2004
Who Do You Think You Are? as Self2004
Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets as Not available2004
A Bear Named Winnie as General Hallholland2004
The Phoenix and the Carpet as The Phoenix (voice)2003
Henry VIII as Thomas Wolsey2003
Foolproof as Leo Gillette2003
The In-Laws as Jean-Pierre Thibodoux2002
NCS: Manhunt as DI John Borne2002
Live from Baghdad as Naji Al-Hadithi2002
The Stanford Prison Experiment as Narrator (voice)2001
Richard & Judy as Self2001
Murder in Mind as Edward Palmer2001
The Way We Live Now as Augustus Melmotte2001
Victoria & Albert as Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD2000
RKO 281 as Louis B. Mayer2000
Sabotage!! as Napoleón1999
Wing Commander as Capt. Jason Sansky1998
A Perfect Murder as Mohamed Karaman1998
Seesaw as Morris Price1997
Solomon as Joab1997
The Phoenix and the Carpet as The Phoenix1997
Solomon as Joab1997
Sunday as Oliver / Matthew Delacorta1996
Moses as Aaron1996
Executive Decision as Nagi Hassan1996
Deadly Voyage as Vlachos1995
Cruel Train as Ruben Roberts1993
Der Fall Lucona as Rudi Waltz1992
The Secret Agent as Alfred Verloc1991
The Trouble With Agatha Christie as Self - Actor1990
Separation as Joe1990
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship as Narrator (voice)1990
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait as Self1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot as Hercule Poirot1989
Long Ago and Far Away as Not available1989
When the Whales Came as Will1989
Nobody Here But Us Chickens as Not available1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Leopold Bloom1988
The Play on One as Joe1988
A World Apart as Muller1988
To Kill a Priest as Bishop1988
James Joyce's 'Ulysses' as Leopold Bloom1987
The Dame Edna Experience as Self1987
Harry and the Hendersons as Jacques Lafleur1987
Cause Célèbre as T.J. O'Connor1987
The Last Innocent Man as Jonathan Gault1986
Iron Eagle as Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh1986
Murrow as William Shirer1985
Theatre Night as Not available1985
Blott on the Landscape as Not available1985
The Falcon and the Snowman as Alex1985
Thirteen at Dinner as Insp. Japp1985
A Song for Europe as Steve Dyer1985
Blott on the Landscape as Not available1984
Playing Shakespeare as Not available1984
Master of the Game as André d'Usseau1984
Oxbridge Blues as Colin1984
Freud as Freud1984
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes as Buller1984
The Little Drummer Girl as Mesterbein1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies as Inspector Tsientsin1983
Red Monarch as Beria1983
Trenchcoat as Inspector Stagnos1983
Being Normal as Bill1982
Timewatch as Self - Narrator (voice)1982
The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Clopin Trouillefou1982
The Missionary as Corbett1981
The Cause as Reger1980
Oppenheimer as Edward Teller1980
A Tale of Two Cities as John Barsad1979
Tales of the Unexpected as Yves Drouard1978
An Audience with... as Self1977
The Professionals as Krivas1972
The Protectors as Detective1972
The Protectors as Leo1970
Play for Today as Reger1965
Public Eye as Martin Kulman1949
The BAFTA Awards as SelfCrew
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot Associate Producer