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