David Suchet
Known for acting · Born 2 May 1946 · 80 · London, England, UK
133 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
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
A Perfect Murder
1998
Iron Eagle
1986
His Dark Materials
2019
Thirteen at Dinner
1985
Flushed Away
2006
Wing Commander
1999
American Assassin
2017
Arthur and the Invisibles
2006
The Jesus Storybook Bible
2013
Foolproof
2003
Dracula
2006
Acting (132)
2025The Au PairGeorge · 4 episodesSeries
2025Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David SuchetSelf - Presenter · 5 episodesSeries
2024Poirot and More: A RetrospectiveHimselfFilm
2023Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle ChoirSelfFilm
2019His Dark MaterialsKaisa (voice) · 7 episodesSeries
2018PressGeorge Emmerson · 3 episodesSeries
2018Near Myth: The Oskar Knight StorySelfFilm
2018More Than WordsSelf · 4 episodesSeries
2017American AssassinDirector StansfieldFilm
2017Urban MythsSalvador DaliSeries
2017Decline and FallDr Fagan · 3 episodesSeries
2017ConcordeSelf - Narrator · 2 episodesSeries
2016Peter Pan Goes WrongSelf (Narrator)Film
2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSCOberonFilm
2016This Changed EverythingNarratorFilm
2015Capitaine MarleauHerbert WhiteSeries
2015The Importance of Being Earnest on StageLady BracknellFilm
2015David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St PeterSelf - Presenter · 2 episodesSeries
2014Effie GrayMr. RuskinFilm
2014Long Day's Journey Into NightJames TyroneFilm
2013Being PoirotSelf - NarratorFilm
2013The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David SuchetSelf - Host / Narrator (voice)Film
2013The Jesus Storybook BibleNarrator · 44 episodesSeries
2012The Hollow CrownDuke of YorkSeries
2012Starring Sigmund FreudFilm
2012David Suchet: People I Have ShotSelf - PresenterFilm
2012David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. PaulSelf - Host · 2 episodesSeries
2011Great ExpectationsMr. Jaggers · 3 episodesSeries
2011HiddenSir Nigel Fountain · 4 episodesSeries
2011The Jesus Storybook BibleNarratorFilm
2011All My SonsJoe KellerFilm
2011Going Postal 2in1Reacherové pozlátkoFilm
2011Perspectives · 2 episodesSeries
2011The Story of JesusNarrator · 2 episodesSeries
2010Going PostalReacher Gilt · 2 episodesSeries
2010David Suchet on the Orient ExpressHimself - PresenterFilm
2009DivertedSamuel StearnFilm
2009Act of GodDr. Benjamin CiscoFilm
2008The Bank JobLew VogelFilm
2008Q&ASelf - PanellistSeries
2007FloodDPM CampbellFilm
2007MaxwellRobert MaxwellFilm
2006Flushed AwayRita's Dad (voice)Film
2006Arthur and the InvisiblesNarrator (voice)Film
2006DraculaAbraham Van HelsingFilm
2006The One ShowSelfSeries
2005Doctor WhoThe LandlordSeries
2005Extinct · 5 episodesSeries
2004A Bear Named WinnieGeneral HallhollandFilm
2004Who Do You Think You Are?SelfSeries
2004Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets · 2 episodesSeries
2004The Phoenix and the CarpetThe Phoenix (voice)Film
2004Space Odyssey: The Robot PioneersNarratorFilm
2003The In-LawsJean-Pierre ThibodouxFilm
2003FoolproofLeo GilletteFilm
2003Henry VIIICardinal Thomas Wolsey · 2 episodesSeries
2002Live from BaghdadNaji Al-HadithiFilm
2002NCS: ManhuntDI John Borne · 6 episodesSeries
2002The Stanford Prison ExperimentNarrator (voice)Film
2001The Way We Live NowAugustus Melmotte · 4 episodesSeries
2001Victoria & AlbertBaron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MDFilm
2001Richard & JudySelfSeries
2001Murder in MindEdward PalmerSeries
2000Sabotage!!NapoleónFilm
1999Wing CommanderCapt. Jason SanskyFilm
1999RKO 281Louis B. MayerFilm
1998A Perfect MurderMohamed KaramanFilm
1998SeesawMorris Price · 3 episodesSeries
1997SolomonJoabFilm
1997SundayOliver / Matthew DelacortaFilm
1997SolomonJoab · 2 episodesSeries
1997The Phoenix and the CarpetThe Phoenix (voice) · 6 episodesSeries
1996Executive DecisionNagi HassanFilm
1996Deadly VoyageVlachosFilm
1996MosesAaron · 2 episodesSeries
1995Cruel TrainRuben RobertsFilm
1993Der Fall LuconaRudi WaltzFilm
1992The Secret AgentAlfred VerlocFilm
1992The Secret AgentAlfred Verloc · 3 episodesSeries
1991The Trouble With Agatha ChristieSelf - ActorFilm
1990The Fool of the World and the Flying ShipNarrator (voice)Film
1990SeparationJoeFilm
1990Bingo: Scenes of Money and DeathShakespeareFilm
1990Agatha Christie - Unfinished PortraitSelfFilm
1989Agatha Christie's PoirotHercule Poirot · 70 episodesSeries
1989When the Whales CameWillFilm
1989Long Ago and Far Away · 3 episodesSeries
19894 PlayCarverSeries
1989Nobody Here But Us ChickensFilm
1988A World ApartMullerFilm
1988To Kill a PriestBishopFilm
1988The Play on OneJoeSeries
1988The Modern World: Ten Great WritersLeopold BloomSeries
1988James Joyce's 'Ulysses'Leopold BloomFilm
1987Harry and the HendersonsJacques LafleurFilm
1987The Last Innocent ManJonathan GaultFilm
1987Cause CélèbreT.J. O'ConnorFilm
1987The Dame Edna ExperienceSelfSeries
1986Iron EagleMinister of Defense Col. Akir NakeshFilm
1986MurrowWilliam ShirerFilm
1985The Falcon and the SnowmanAlexFilm
1985Thirteen at DinnerInsp. JappFilm
1985Mussolini: The Untold StoryDino Grandi · 4 episodesSeries
1985Screen TwoVlachosSeries
1985Blott on the LandscapeFilm
1985A Song for EuropeSteve DyerFilm
1985Blott on the LandscapeBlott · 6 episodesSeries
1985Theatre NightSeries
1984Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the ApesBullerFilm
1984The Little Drummer GirlMesterbeinFilm
1984Master of the GameAndré d'Usseau · 9 episodesSeries
1984FreudSigmund Freud · 6 episodesSeries
1984Playing Shakespeare · 9 episodesSeries
1984Oxbridge BluesColin · 2 episodesSeries
1983Reilly: Ace of SpiesInspector TsientsinSeries
1983TrenchcoatInspector StagnosFilm
1983Red MonarchBeriaFilm
1983Being NormalBillFilm
1982The MissionaryCorbettFilm
1982The Hunchback of Notre DameClopin TrouillefouFilm
1982TimewatchSelf - Narrator (voice)Series
1982American PlayhouseEdward Teller · 6 episodes, JoeSeries
1981The CauseRegerFilm
1980A Tale of Two CitiesJohn BarsadFilm
1980OppenheimerEdward Teller · 6 episodesSeries
1979Tales of the UnexpectedYves DrouardSeries
1978An Audience with...SelfSeries
1977The ProfessionalsKrivasSeries
1972The ProtectorsDetective, LeoSeries
1970Play for TodayRegerSeries
1965Public EyeMartin KulmanSeries
1949The BAFTA AwardsSelfSeries
Crew (1)
2024Poirot and More: A RetrospectiveCreatorFilm