David Suchet

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

Doctor Who

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Play for Today

The One Show

Tales of the Unexpected

The Professionals

His Dark Materials

Screen Two

All Movies (71)

• Poirot and More: A Retrospective2024 · as Himself
• Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir2023 · as Self
• Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story2018 · as Self
• American Assassin2017 · as Director Stansfield
• Peter Pan Goes Wrong2016 · as Self (Narrator)
• This Changed Everything2016 · as Narrator
• Shakespeare Live! From the RSC2016 · as Oberon
• The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage2015 · as Lady Bracknell
• Effie Gray2014 · as Mr. Ruskin
• Long Day's Journey Into Night2014 · as James Tyrone
• Being Poirot2013 · as Narrator
• The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet2013 · as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
• Starring Sigmund Freud2012
• David Suchet: People I Have Shot2012 · as Self - Presenter
• All My Sons2011 · as Joe Keller
• The Jesus Storybook Bible2011 · as Narrator
• David Suchet on the Orient Express2010 · as Himself - Presenter
• Diverted2009 · as Samuel Stearn
• Act of God2009 · as Dr. Benjamin Cisco
• The Bank Job2008 · as Lew Vogel
• Flood2007 · as DPM Campbell
• Maxwell2007 · as Robert Maxwell
• Dracula2006 · as Abraham Van Helsing
• Arthur and the Invisibles2006 · as Narrator (voice)
• Flushed Away2006 · as Rita's Dad (voice)
• A Bear Named Winnie2004 · as General Hallholland
• The Phoenix and the Carpet2004 · as The Phoenix (voice)
• Foolproof2003 · as Leo Gillette
• The In-Laws2003 · as Jean-Pierre Thibodoux
• Live from Baghdad2002 · as Naji Al-Hadithi
• The Stanford Prison Experiment2002 · as Narrator (voice)
• Victoria & Albert2001 · as Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD
• Sabotage!!2000 · as Napoleón
• RKO 2811999 · as Louis B. Mayer
• Wing Commander1999 · as Capt. Jason Sansky
• A Perfect Murder1998 · as Mohamed Karaman
• Solomon1997 · as Joab
• Sunday1997 · as Oliver / Matthew Delacorta
• Deadly Voyage1996 · as Vlachos
• Executive Decision1996 · as Nagi Hassan
• Cruel Train1995 · as Ruben Roberts
• Der Fall Lucona1993 · as Rudi Waltz
• The Secret Agent1992 · as Alfred Verloc
• The Trouble With Agatha Christie1991 · as Self - Actor
• The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship1990 · as Narrator (voice)
• Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait1990 · as Self
• Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death1990 · as Shakespeare
• Separation1990 · as Joe
• Nobody Here But Us Chickens1989
• When the Whales Came1989 · as Will
• To Kill a Priest1988 · as Bishop
• A World Apart1988 · as Muller
• James Joyce's 'Ulysses'1988 · as Leopold Bloom
• Cause Célèbre1987 · as T.J. O'Connor
• Harry and the Hendersons1987 · as Jacques Lafleur
• The Last Innocent Man1987 · as Jonathan Gault
• Murrow1986 · as William Shirer
• Iron Eagle1986 · as Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
• Thirteen at Dinner1985 · as Insp. Japp
• A Song for Europe1985 · as Steve Dyer
• Blott on the Landscape1985
• The Falcon and the Snowman1985 · as Alex
• The Little Drummer Girl1984 · as Mesterbein
• Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes1984 · as Buller
• Being Normal1983 · as Bill
• Red Monarch1983 · as Beria
• Trenchcoat1983 · as Inspector Stagnos
• The Missionary1982 · as Corbett
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame1982 · as Clopin Trouillefou
• The Cause1981 · as Reger
• A Tale of Two Cities1980 · as John Barsad

All TV Shows (58)

• The Au Pair2025 · as George
• Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet2025 · as Self - Presenter
• His Dark Materials2019 · as Kaisa (voice)
• Press2018 · as George Emmerson
• More Than Words2018 · as Self
• Concorde2017 · as Self - Narrator
• Decline and Fall2017 · as Dr Fagan
• Urban Myths2017 · as Salvador Dali
• Capitaine Marleau2015 · as Herbert White
• Doctor Who: The Fan Show2015
• David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Peter2015 · as Self - Presenter
• The Jesus Storybook Bible2013 · as Narrator
• David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. Paul2012 · as Self - Host
• The Hollow Crown2012 · as Duke of York
• Great Expectations2011 · as Mr. Jaggers
• Hidden2011 · as Sir Nigel Fountain
• Perspectives2011
• The Story of Jesus2011 · as Narrator
• Going Postal2010 · as Reacher Gilt
• Q&A2008 · as Self - Panellist
• The One Show2006 · as Self
• Extinct2005
• Doctor Who2005 · as The Landlord
• Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets2004
• Who Do You Think You Are?2004 · as Self
• Henry VIII2003 · as Thomas Wolsey
• NCS: Manhunt2002 · as DI John Borne
• Richard & Judy2001 · as Self
• The Way We Live Now2001 · as Augustus Melmotte
• Murder in Mind2001 · as Edward Palmer
• Seesaw1998 · as Morris Price
• Solomon1997 · as Joab
• The Phoenix and the Carpet1997 · as The Phoenix (voice)
• Moses1996 · as Aaron
• Long Ago and Far Away1989
• Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Hercule Poirot
• The Play on One1988 · as Joe
• The Modern World: Ten Great Writers1988 · as Leopold Bloom
• The Dame Edna Experience1987 · as Self
• Mussolini: The Untold Story1985 · as Dino Grandi
• Theatre Night1985
• Blott on the Landscape1985 · as Blott
• Screen Two1985 · as Vlachos
• Oxbridge Blues1984 · as Colin
• Freud1984 · as Sigmund Freud
• Playing Shakespeare1984
• Master of the Game1984 · as André d'Usseau
• Reilly: Ace of Spies1983 · as Inspector Tsientsin
• Timewatch1982 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Oppenheimer1980 · as Edward Teller
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Yves Drouard
• An Audience with...1978 · as Self
• The Professionals1977 · as Krivas
• The Protectors1972 · as Detective
• The Protectors1972 · as Leo
• Play for Today1970 · as Reger
• Public Eye1965 · as Martin Kulman
• The BAFTA Awards1949 · as Self