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
| Birth Location | London, England, UK |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946-05-02 |
Movies
2023
Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
as Himself
2023
More Than Words
as Self
2018
American Assassin
as Director Stansfield
2017
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
as Narrator
2016
This Changed Everything
as Narrator
2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Oberon
2016
The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage
as Lady Bracknell
2015
Effie Gray
as Mr. Ruskin
2014
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as James Tyrone
2014
Being Poirot
as Narrator
2013
The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
2013
David Suchet: People I Have Shot
as Himself - Presenter
2012
The Jesus Storybook Bible
as Narrator
2011
All My Sons
as Joe Keller
2011
David Suchet on the Orient Express
as Himself - Presenter
2010
Diverted
as Samuel Stearn
2009
Act of God
as Dr. Benjamin Cisco
2009
The Bank Job
as Lew Vogel
2008
Flood
as Deputy Prime Minister Campbell
2007
Maxwell
as Robert Maxwell
2007
Dracula
as Abraham Van Helsing
2006
Arthur and the Invisibles
as Narrator (voice)
2006
Flushed Away
as Rita's Dad (voice)
2006
A Bear Named Winnie
as General Hallholland
2004
Foolproof
as Leo Gillette
2003
The In-Laws
as Jean-Pierre Thibodoux
2003
Live from Baghdad
as Naji Al-Hadithi
2002
The Stanford Prison Experiment
as Narrator (voice)
2002
Victoria & Albert
as Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD
2001
Sabotage!!
as Napoleón
2000
RKO 281
as Louis B. Mayer
2000
Wing Commander
as Capt. Jason Sansky
1999
A Perfect Murder
as Mohamed Karaman
1998
Solomon
as Joab
1997
Sunday
as Oliver / Matthew Delacorta
1997
Deadly Voyage
as Vlachos
1996
Executive Decision
as Nagi Hassan
1996
Moses
as Aaron
1995
Cruel Train
as Ruben Roberts
1995
Der Fall Lucona
as Rudi Waltz
1993
The Secret Agent
as Alfred Verloc
1992
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
as Self - Actor
1991
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
as Narrator (voice)
1990
Separation
as Joe
1990
When the Whales Came
as Will
1989
To Kill a Priest
as Bishop
1988
A World Apart
as Muller
1988
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
as Leopold Bloom
1988
Cause célèbre
as T.J. O'Connor
1987
Harry and the Hendersons
as Jacques Lafleur
1987
The Last Innocent Man
as Jonathan Gault
1987
Murrow
as William Shirer
1986
Iron Eagle
as Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
1986
Thirteen at Dinner
as Insp. Japp
1985
A Song for Europe
as Steve Dyer
1985
The Falcon and the Snowman
as Alex
1985
The Little Drummer Girl
as Mesterbein
1984
1984
Being Normal
as Bill
1983
Red Monarch
as Beria
1983
Trenchcoat
as Inspector Stagnos
1983
The Missionary
as Corbett
1982
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Clopin Trouillefou
1982
The Cause
as Reger
1981
A Tale of Two Cities
as John Barsad
1980