David Suchet
Known for Acting · 130 credits
- Born
- 1946-05-02 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- David Courtney Suchet · Дэвид Суше · 데이비드 수쳇 · دیوید سوشه
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
TV Shows (59)
Doctor Who
2005
as The Landlord
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Hercule Poirot
Play for Today
1970
as Reger
The One Show
2006
as Self
Screen Two
1985
as Vlachos
American Playhouse
1982
as Edward Teller / Joe
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Yves Drouard
Q&A
2008
as Self - Panellist
The Professionals
1977
as Krivas
Richard & Judy
2001
as Self
His Dark Materials
2019
as Kaisa (voice)
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Murder in Mind
2001
as Edward Palmer
The BAFTA Awards
1949
as Self
Timewatch
1982
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Public Eye
1965
as Martin Kulman
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
The Protectors
1972
as Detective / Leo
Capitaine Marleau
2015
as Herbert White
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Duke of York
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Inspector Tsientsin
The Play on One
1988
as Joe
Urban Myths
2017
as Salvador Dali
Great Expectations
2011
as Mr. Jaggers
Theatre Night
1985
Perspectives
2011
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Leopold Bloom
Going Postal
2010
as Reacher Gilt
The Way We Live Now
2001
as Augustus Melmotte
Henry VIII
2003
as Thomas Wolsey
Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985
as Dino Grandi
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Peter
2015
as Self - Presenter
Master of the Game
1984
as André d'Usseau
Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets
2004
Oxbridge Blues
1984
as Colin
Decline and Fall
2017
as Dr Fagan
The Dame Edna Experience
1987
as Self
Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet
2025
as Self - Presenter
4 Play
1989
as Carver
Playing Shakespeare
1984
Long Ago and Far Away
1989
Doctor Who: The Fan Show
2015
Oppenheimer
1980
as Edward Teller
Press
2018
as George Emmerson
Freud
1984
as Sigmund Freud
The Au Pair
2025
as George
Moses
1996
as Aaron
Blott on the Landscape
1985
as Blott
The Jesus Storybook Bible
2013
as Narrator
Hidden
2011
as Sir Nigel Fountain
NCS: Manhunt
2002
as DI John Borne
The Phoenix and the Carpet
1997
as The Phoenix (voice)
Solomon
1997
as Joab
Seesaw
1998
as Morris Price
More Than Words
2018
as Self
The Story of Jesus
2011
as Narrator
Extinct
2005
Concorde
2017
as Self - Narrator
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. Paul
2012
as Self - Host
Movies (71)
Flushed Away
2006
as Rita's Dad (voice)
American Assassin
2017
as Director Stansfield
Arthur and the Invisibles
2006
as Narrator (voice)
A Perfect Murder
1998
as Mohamed Karaman
The Bank Job
2008
as Lew Vogel
Executive Decision
1996
as Nagi Hassan
Harry and the Hendersons
1987
as Jacques Lafleur
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
as Buller
Effie Gray
2014
as Mr. Ruskin
Flood
2007
as DPM Campbell
The Little Drummer Girl
1984
as Mesterbein
Trenchcoat
1983
as Inspector Stagnos
Iron Eagle
1986
as Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
Thirteen at Dinner
1985
as Insp. Japp
Wing Commander
1999
as Capt. Jason Sansky
Solomon
1997
as Joab
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985
as Alex
The Last Innocent Man
1987
as Jonathan Gault
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
as Clopin Trouillefou
The Missionary
1982
as Corbett
Being Poirot
2013
as Narrator
Foolproof
2003
as Leo Gillette
A Tale of Two Cities
1980
as John Barsad
RKO 281
1999
as Louis B. Mayer
Live from Baghdad
2002
as Naji Al-Hadithi
David Suchet: People I Have Shot
2012
as Self - Presenter
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
1988
as Leopold Bloom
The In-Laws
2003
as Jean-Pierre Thibodoux
Deadly Voyage
1996
as Vlachos
Being Normal
1983
as Bill
When the Whales Came
1989
as Will
Cause Célèbre
1987
as T.J. O'Connor
Victoria & Albert
2001
as Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD
To Kill a Priest
1988
as Bishop
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
2016
as Self (Narrator)
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
A Bear Named Winnie
2004
as General Hallholland
Blott on the Landscape
1985
Red Monarch
1983
as Beria
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Oberon
A World Apart
1988
as Muller
Sabotage!!
2000
as Napoleón
The Phoenix and the Carpet
2004
as The Phoenix (voice)
This Changed Everything
2016
as Narrator
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1989
The Jesus Storybook Bible
2011
as Narrator
Dracula
2006
as Abraham Van Helsing
All My Sons
2011
as Joe Keller
Maxwell
2007
as Robert Maxwell
Diverted
2009
as Samuel Stearn
The Secret Agent
1992
as Alfred Verloc
Murrow
1986
as William Shirer
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990
as Narrator (voice)
The Stanford Prison Experiment
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
2018
as Self
Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death
1990
as Shakespeare
Cruel Train
1995
as Ruben Roberts
Poirot and More: A Retrospective
2024
as Himself
Sunday
1997
as Oliver / Matthew Delacorta
Der Fall Lucona
1993
as Rudi Waltz
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
1991
as Self - Actor
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
1990
as Self
Act of God
2009
as Dr. Benjamin Cisco
The Cause
1981
as Reger
The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet
2013
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
David Suchet on the Orient Express
2010
as Himself - Presenter
A Song for Europe
1985
as Steve Dyer
Long Day's Journey Into Night
2014
as James Tyrone
Separation
1990
as Joe
The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage
2015
as Lady Bracknell
Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir
2023
as Self
About David Suchet
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 televisi… With 130 credits spanning from 1949 to 2025, David Suchet has appeared in 71 films and 59 TV shows.
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Most Popular David Suchet Movies
- Flushed Away (2006) — as Rita's Dad (voice)
- American Assassin (2017) — as Director Stansfield
- Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) — as Narrator (voice)
- A Perfect Murder (1998) — as Mohamed Karaman
- The Bank Job (2008) — as Lew Vogel
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