Acting
David Suchet
Born 2 May 1946 in London, England, UK
132 credits
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
Acting 131
- 2025The Au PairSeriesGeorge
- 2025Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David SuchetSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2024Poirot and More: A RetrospectiveFilmHimself
- 2023Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle ChoirFilmSelf
- 2019His Dark MaterialsSeriesKaisa (voice)
- 2018PressSeriesGeorge Emmerson
- 2018Near Myth: The Oskar Knight StoryFilmSelf
- 2018More Than WordsSeriesSelf
- 2017American AssassinFilmDirector Stansfield
- 2017Urban MythsSeriesSalvador Dali
- 2017Decline and FallSeriesDr Fagan
- 2017ConcordeSeriesSelf - Narrator
- 2016Peter Pan Goes WrongFilmSelf (Narrator)
- 2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSCFilmOberon
- 2016This Changed EverythingFilmNarrator
- 2015Capitaine MarleauSeriesHerbert White
- 2015David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St PeterSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2015The Importance of Being Earnest on StageFilmLady Bracknell
- 2014Effie GrayFilmMr. Ruskin
- 2014Long Day's Journey Into NightFilmJames Tyrone
- 2013Being PoirotFilmSelf - Narrator
- 2013The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David SuchetFilmSelf - Host / Narrator (voice)
- 2013The Jesus Storybook BibleSeriesNarrator
- 2012The Hollow CrownSeriesDuke of York
- 2012Starring Sigmund FreudFilm
- 2012David Suchet: People I Have ShotFilmSelf - Presenter
- 2012David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. PaulSeriesSelf - Host
- 2011Great ExpectationsSeriesMr. Jaggers
- 2011HiddenSeriesSir Nigel Fountain
- 2011The Jesus Storybook BibleFilmNarrator
- 2011All My SonsFilmJoe Keller
- 2011Going Postal 2in1FilmReacherové pozlátko
- 2011PerspectivesSeries
- 2011The Story of JesusSeriesNarrator
- 2010Going PostalSeriesReacher Gilt
- 2010David Suchet on the Orient ExpressFilmHimself - Presenter
- 2009DivertedFilmSamuel Stearn
- 2009Act of GodFilmDr. Benjamin Cisco
- 2008The Bank JobFilmLew Vogel
- 2008Q&ASeriesSelf - Panellist
- 2007FloodFilmDPM Campbell
- 2007MaxwellFilmRobert Maxwell
- 2006Flushed AwayFilmRita's Dad (voice)
- 2006Arthur and the InvisiblesFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2006The One ShowSeriesSelf
- 2006DraculaFilmAbraham Van Helsing
- 2005Doctor WhoSeriesThe Landlord
- 2005ExtinctSeries
- 2004Who Do You Think You Are?SeriesSelf
- 2004Space Odyssey: Voyage to the PlanetsSeries
- 2004A Bear Named WinnieFilmGeneral Hallholland
- 2004The Phoenix and the CarpetFilmThe Phoenix (voice)
- 2004Space Odyssey: The Robot PioneersFilmNarrator
- 2003The In-LawsFilmJean-Pierre Thibodoux
- 2003FoolproofFilmLeo Gillette
- 2003Henry VIIISeriesCardinal Thomas Wolsey
- 2002Live from BaghdadFilmNaji Al-Hadithi
- 2002NCS: ManhuntSeriesDI John Borne
- 2002The Stanford Prison ExperimentFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2001Richard & JudySeriesSelf
- 2001Murder in MindSeriesEdward Palmer
- 2001The Way We Live NowSeriesAugustus Melmotte
- 2001Victoria & AlbertFilmBaron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD
- 2000Sabotage!!FilmNapoleón
- 1999Wing CommanderFilmCapt. Jason Sansky
- 1999RKO 281FilmLouis B. Mayer
- 1998A Perfect MurderFilmMohamed Karaman
- 1998SeesawSeriesMorris Price
- 1997SolomonFilmJoab
- 1997SundayFilmOliver / Matthew Delacorta
- 1997SolomonSeriesJoab
- 1997The Phoenix and the CarpetSeriesThe Phoenix (voice)
- 1996Executive DecisionFilmNagi Hassan
- 1996MosesSeriesAaron
- 1996Deadly VoyageFilmVlachos
- 1995Cruel TrainFilmRuben Roberts
- 1993Der Fall LuconaFilmRudi Waltz
- 1992The Secret AgentFilmAlfred Verloc
- 1992The Secret AgentSeriesAlfred Verloc
- 1991The Trouble With Agatha ChristieFilmSelf - Actor
- 1990The Fool of the World and the Flying ShipFilmNarrator (voice)
- 1990SeparationFilmJoe
- 1990Bingo: Scenes of Money and DeathFilmShakespeare
- 1990Agatha Christie - Unfinished PortraitFilmSelf
- 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotSeriesHercule Poirot
- 1989When the Whales CameFilmWill
- 1989Long Ago and Far AwaySeries
- 19894 PlaySeriesCarver
- 1989Nobody Here But Us ChickensFilm
- 1988To Kill a PriestFilmBishop
- 1988A World ApartFilmMuller
- 1988The Play on OneSeriesJoe
- 1988The Modern World: Ten Great WritersSeriesLeopold Bloom
- 1988James Joyce's 'Ulysses'FilmLeopold Bloom
- 1987Harry and the HendersonsFilmJacques Lafleur
- 1987The Dame Edna ExperienceSeriesSelf
- 1987The Last Innocent ManFilmJonathan Gault
- 1987Cause CélèbreFilmT.J. O'Connor
- 1986Iron EagleFilmMinister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
- 1986MurrowFilmWilliam Shirer
- 1985The Falcon and the SnowmanFilmAlex
- 1985Screen TwoSeriesVlachos
- 1985Thirteen at DinnerFilmInsp. Japp
- 1985Mussolini: The Untold StorySeriesDino Grandi
- 1985Blott on the LandscapeFilm
- 1985Blott on the LandscapeSeriesBlott
- 1985A Song for EuropeFilmSteve Dyer
- 1985Theatre NightSeries
- 1984Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the ApesFilmBuller
- 1984The Little Drummer GirlFilmMesterbein
- 1984Master of the GameSeriesAndré d'Usseau
- 1984Playing ShakespeareSeries
- 1984FreudSeriesSigmund Freud
- 1984Oxbridge BluesSeriesColin
- 1983Reilly: Ace of SpiesSeriesInspector Tsientsin
- 1983TrenchcoatFilmInspector Stagnos
- 1983Red MonarchFilmBeria
- 1983Being NormalFilmBill
- 1982American PlayhouseSeriesEdward Teller, Joe
- 1982TimewatchSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1982The MissionaryFilmCorbett
- 1982The Hunchback of Notre DameFilmClopin Trouillefou
- 1981The CauseFilmReger
- 1980OppenheimerSeriesEdward Teller
- 1980A Tale of Two CitiesFilmJohn Barsad
- 1979Tales of the UnexpectedSeriesYves Drouard
- 1978An Audience with...SeriesSelf
- 1977The ProfessionalsSeriesKrivas
- 1972The ProtectorsSeriesDetective, Leo
- 1970Play for TodaySeriesReger
- 1965Public EyeSeriesMartin Kulman
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