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David Suchet
David Suchet

David Suchet

ActingBorn May 2, 1946 (age 80)London, England, UK

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.

Filmography

2025
The Au Pair

as George

TV
2019
His Dark Materials

as Kaisa (voice)

TV
2018
Press

as George Emmerson

TV
2018TV
2017
Concorde

as Self - Narrator

TV
2017
American Assassin

as Director Stansfield

Movie
2017
Decline and Fall

as Dr Fagan

TV
2017
Urban Myths

as Salvador Dali

TV
2016
Peter Pan Goes Wrong

as Self (Narrator)

Movie
2016Movie
2015
Capitaine Marleau

as Herbert White

TV
2014
Effie Gray

as Mr. Ruskin

Movie
2014Movie
2013
Being Poirot

as Narrator

Movie
2013TV
2013
The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet

as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)

Movie
2012
The Hollow Crown

as Duke of York

TV
2012Movie
2011
Great Expectations

as Mr. Jaggers

TV
2011
Hidden

as Sir Nigel Fountain

TV
2011TV
2011
All My Sons

as Joe Keller

Movie
2011Movie
2010Movie
2010
Going Postal

as Reacher Gilt

TV
2009
Diverted

as Samuel Stearn

Movie
2009
Act of God

as Dr. Benjamin Cisco

Movie
2008
Q&A

as Self - Panellist

TV
2008
The Bank Job

as Lew Vogel

Movie
2007
Flood

as DPM Campbell

Movie
2007
Maxwell

as Robert Maxwell

Movie
2006
Dracula

as Abraham Van Helsing

Movie
2006
Arthur and the Invisibles

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2006
Flushed Away

as Rita's Dad (voice)

Movie
2006TV
2005TV
2005
Doctor Who

as The Landlord

TV
2004
A Bear Named Winnie

as General Hallholland

Movie
2004
The Phoenix and the Carpet

as The Phoenix (voice)

Movie
2003
Henry VIII

as Thomas Wolsey

TV
2003
Foolproof

as Leo Gillette

Movie
2003
The In-Laws

as Jean-Pierre Thibodoux

Movie
2002
Live from Baghdad

as Naji Al-Hadithi

Movie
2002Movie
2002
NCS: Manhunt

as DI John Borne

TV
2001TV
2001
The Way We Live Now

as Augustus Melmotte

TV
2001
Victoria & Albert

as Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD

Movie
2001
Murder in Mind

as Edward Palmer

TV
2000
Sabotage!!

as Napoleón

Movie
1999
RKO 281

as Louis B. Mayer

Movie
1999
Wing Commander

as Capt. Jason Sansky

Movie
1998
A Perfect Murder

as Mohamed Karaman

Movie
1998
Seesaw

as Morris Price

TV
1997
Solomon

as Joab

Movie
1997
Solomon

as Joab

TV
1997
The Phoenix and the Carpet

as The Phoenix (voice)

TV
1997
Sunday

as Oliver / Matthew Delacorta

Movie
1996
Deadly Voyage

as Vlachos

Movie
1996
Moses

as Aaron

TV
1996
Executive Decision

as Nagi Hassan

Movie
1995
Cruel Train

as Ruben Roberts

Movie
1993
Der Fall Lucona

as Rudi Waltz

Movie
1992
The Secret Agent

as Alfred Verloc

Movie
1991Movie
1990Movie
1990Movie
1990Movie
1989Movie
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Hercule Poirot

TV
1988Movie
1988
A World Apart

as Muller

Movie
1988TV
1988
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'

as Leopold Bloom

Movie
1987
Cause Célèbre

as T.J. O'Connor

Movie
1987
Harry and the Hendersons

as Jacques Lafleur

Movie
1987
The Last Innocent Man

as Jonathan Gault

Movie
1986
Murrow

as William Shirer

Movie
1986
Iron Eagle

as Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh

Movie
1985TV
1985
Thirteen at Dinner

as Insp. Japp

Movie
1985
A Song for Europe

as Steve Dyer

Movie
1985
Screen Two

as Vlachos

TV
1984TV
1984Movie
1984
Freud

as Sigmund Freud

TV
1984
Master of the Game

as André d'Usseau

TV
1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Inspector Tsientsin

TV
1983Movie
1983
Red Monarch

as Beria

Movie
1983
Trenchcoat

as Inspector Stagnos

Movie
1982
The Missionary

as Corbett

Movie
1982
Timewatch

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
1982
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Clopin Trouillefou

Movie
1981
The Cause

as Reger

Movie
1980
A Tale of Two Cities

as John Barsad

Movie
1980
Oppenheimer

as Edward Teller

TV
1979TV
1978TV
1977TV
1972
The Protectors

as Detective

TV
1972TV
1970TV
1965
Public Eye

as Martin Kulman

TV
1949TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMay 2, 1946
Place of BirthLondon, England, UK
Popularity1.7
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