David Suchet
May 02, 1946 (79 years old) in 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.
Known For
Doctor Who
The Landlord
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Hercule Poirot
Play for Today
Reger
His Dark Materials
Kaisa (voice)
Iron Eagle
Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
The Professionals
Krivas
Flushed Away
Rita's Dad (voice)
Tales of the Unexpected
Yves Drouard
The Missionary
Corbett
Red Monarch
Beria
Credits
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The Au Pair 2025George★ 6.5 -
Self - Presenter★ 8 -
Himself★ NR -
Self★ NR -
Self★ NR -
His Dark Materials 2019Kaisa (voice)★ 7.9 -
Press 2018George Emmerson★ 6.9 -
More Than Words 2018Self★ 8 -
Concorde 2017Self - Narrator★ NR -
American Assassin 2017Director Stansfield★ 6.4 -
Decline and Fall 2017Dr. Fagan★ 5.6 -
Urban Myths 2017Salvador Dali★ 7.4 -
Peter Pan Goes Wrong 2016Narrator★ 7.5 -
Narrator★ NR -
Oberon★ 7.2 -
Lady Bracknell★ 9 -
Capitaine Marleau 2015Herbert White★ 6 -
Self - Presenter★ 8 -
Effie Gray 2014Mr. Ruskin★ 5.9 -
James Tyrone★ NR -
Being Poirot 2013Narrator★ 7.9 -
Self - Host / Narrator (voice)★ 7.5 -
Self - Host★ NR -
★ NR -
The Hollow Crown 2012Duke of York★ 7.4 -
Self - Presenter★ NR -
Great Expectations 2011Mr. Jaggers★ 7.3 -
Hidden 2011Sir Nigel Fountain★ 6.2 -
Perspectives 2011★ NR -
The Story of Jesus 2011Narrator★ NR -
Narrator★ 10 -
All My Sons 2011Joe Keller★ NR
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Hercule Poirot★ NR -
Himself - Presenter★ 6.8 -
Going Postal 2010Reacher Gilt★ 7.2 -
Diverted 2009Samuel Stearn★ 6.8 -
Act of God 2009Dr. Benjamin Cisco★ 4.8 -
The Bank Job 2008Lew Vogel★ 6.8 -
Flood 2007Deputy Prime Minister Campbell★ 5.3 -
Maxwell 2007Robert Maxwell★ 6 -
Inundación 2007★ NR -
Dracula 2006Abraham Van Helsing★ 5.6 -
Narrator (voice)★ 6.4 -
Flushed Away 2006Rita's Dad (voice)★ 6.3 -
Extinct 2005★ NR
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Doctor Who 2005The Landlord★ 7.6 -
A Bear Named Winnie 2004General Hallholland★ 6.5 -
★ 7 -
Self★ 6.7 -
Henry VIII 2003Thomas Wolsey★ 6.8 -
Foolproof 2003Leo Gillette★ 6.1 -
The In-Laws 2003Jean-Pierre Thibodoux★ 5.6 -
Live from Baghdad 2002Naji Al-Hadithi★ 6.7 -
Narrator (voice)★ NR -
NCS: Manhunt 2002DI John Borne★ 5 -
The Way We Live Now 2001Augustus Melmotte★ 7.8 -
Victoria & Albert 2001Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD★ 7.6 -
Murder in Mind 2001Edward Palmer★ 8.4 -
Sabotage!! 2000Napoleón★ 5.5 -
RKO 281 2000Louis B. Mayer★ 6.4 -
Wing Commander 1999Capt. Jason Sansky★ 4.8 -
A Perfect Murder 1998Mohamed Karaman★ 6.5 -
Seesaw 1998Morris Price★ NR -
Solomon 1997Joab★ 6.7 -
The Phoenix (voice)★ NR -
Sunday 1997Oliver / Matthew Delacorta★ 4.8 -
Deadly Voyage 1996Vlachos★ 5.4 -
Moïse 1996Aaron★ NR -
Executive Decision 1996Nagi Hassan★ 6.3 -
Cruel Train 1995Ruben Roberts★ 3.3 -
Moses 1995Aaron★ 8 -
Der Fall Lucona 1993Rudi Waltz★ 5 -
The Secret Agent 1992Alfred Verloc★ 8 -
Self - Actor★ 10 -
Narrator (voice)★ 8.1 -
Self★ NR -
Shakespeare★ NR
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Separation 1990Joe★ 6
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★ NR
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When the Whales Came 1989Will★ 6.3 -
★ 9
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Hercule Poirot★ 8.2 -
To Kill a Priest 1988Bishop★ 6 -
A World Apart 1988Muller★ 6.3 -
The Play on One 1988Joe★ 6 -
Leopold Bloom★ NR
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Leopold Bloom★ NR -
Self★ 4 -
Cause Célèbre 1987T.J. O'Connor★ 5.2 -
Jacques Lafleur★ 6.1 -
Jonathan Gault★ 4.9 -
Murrow 1986William Shirer★ 5 -
Iron Eagle 1986Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh★ 5.6 -
Dino Grandi★ 4.8 -
Thirteen at Dinner 1985Insp. Japp★ 5.7 -
Theatre Night 1985★ NR
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A Song for Europe 1985Steve Dyer★ 3.5
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★ 8.8 -
Alex★ 6.4 -
Oxbridge Blues 1984Colin★ 5 -
Mesterbein★ 5.4 -
Freud 1984Freud★ 3 -
Playing Shakespeare 1984★ 10 -
Buller★ 6.4 -
Master of the Game 1984André d'Usseau★ 5.9 -
Reilly: Ace of Spies 1983Inspector Tsientsin★ 7 -
Being Normal 1983Bill★ NR
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Red Monarch 1983Beria★ 5 -
Trenchcoat 1983Inspector Stagnos★ 5.7 -
The Missionary 1982Corbett★ 5.5 -
Timewatch 1982Self - Narrator (voice)★ 6.9 -
Clopin Trouillefou★ 5.7 -
The Cause 1981Reger★ NR -
A Tale of Two Cities 1980John Barsad★ 5.7 -
Oppenheimer 1980Edward Teller★ 6.5 -
Yves Drouard★ 6.7 -
The Professionals 1977Krivas★ 7.5 -
The Protectors 1972Detective★ 5.6 -
Play for Today 1970Reger★ 6.3 -
Public Eye 1965Martin Kulman★ 7.8 -
The BAFTA Awards 1949Self★ 10