David Suchet

Known for: Acting

Born: 1946-05-02 (age 80)

From: London, England, UK

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 (131)

TV★ 6.6
The Au Pair
2025
as George
TV★ 8.0
Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet
2025
as Self - Presenter
MOVIE
Poirot and More: A Retrospective
2024
as Himself
MOVIE
Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir
2023
as Self
TV★ 7.8
His Dark Materials
2019
as Kaisa (voice)
TV★ 7.0
Press
2018
as George Emmerson
MOVIE
Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
2018
as Self
TV
More Than Words
2018
as Self
TV
Concorde
2017
as Self - Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.4
American Assassin
2017
as Director Stansfield
TV★ 5.7
Decline and Fall
2017
as Dr Fagan
TV★ 7.4
Urban Myths
2017
as Salvador Dali
MOVIE★ 7.5
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
2016
as Self (Narrator)
MOVIE
This Changed Everything
2016
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.2
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Oberon
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage
2015
as Lady Bracknell
TV★ 6.1
Capitaine Marleau
2015
as Herbert White
TV
Doctor Who: The Fan Show
2015
TV★ 7.5
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Peter
2015
as Self - Presenter
MOVIE★ 5.9
Effie Gray
2014
as Mr. Ruskin
MOVIE
Long Day's Journey Into Night
2014
as James Tyrone
MOVIE★ 7.7
Being Poirot
2013
as Narrator
TV
The Jesus Storybook Bible
2013
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet
2013
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
TV
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. Paul
2012
as Self - Host
MOVIE
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
TV★ 7.4
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Duke of York
MOVIE
David Suchet: People I Have Shot
2012
as Self - Presenter
TV★ 7.3
Great Expectations
2011
as Mr. Jaggers
TV★ 6.0
Hidden
2011
as Sir Nigel Fountain
TV
Perspectives
2011
TV
The Story of Jesus
2011
as Narrator
MOVIE
All My Sons
2011
as Joe Keller
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Jesus Storybook Bible
2011
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.8
David Suchet on the Orient Express
2010
as Himself - Presenter
TV★ 7.2
Going Postal
2010
as Reacher Gilt
MOVIE★ 6.8
Diverted
2009
as Samuel Stearn
MOVIE★ 4.8
Act of God
2009
as Dr. Benjamin Cisco
TV★ 3.2
Q&A
2008
as Self - Panellist
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Bank Job
2008
as Lew Vogel
MOVIE★ 5.3
Flood
2007
as DPM Campbell
MOVIE★ 6.0
Maxwell
2007
as Robert Maxwell
MOVIE★ 5.6
Dracula
2006
as Abraham Van Helsing
MOVIE★ 6.4
Arthur and the Invisibles
2006
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Flushed Away
2006
as Rita's Dad (voice)
TV★ 4.4
The One Show
2006
as Self
TV
Extinct
2005
TV★ 7.6
Doctor Who
2005
as The Landlord
MOVIE★ 6.7
A Bear Named Winnie
2004
as General Hallholland
TV★ 7.3
Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets
2004
TV★ 7.0
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Phoenix and the Carpet
2004
as The Phoenix (voice)
TV★ 7.0
Henry VIII
2003
as Thomas Wolsey
MOVIE★ 6.1
Foolproof
2003
as Leo Gillette
MOVIE★ 5.6
The In-Laws
2003
as Jean-Pierre Thibodoux
MOVIE★ 6.7
Live from Baghdad
2002
as Naji Al-Hadithi
MOVIE
The Stanford Prison Experiment
2002
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 7.5
NCS: Manhunt
2002
as DI John Borne
TV★ 3.4
Richard & Judy
2001
as Self
TV★ 7.7
The Way We Live Now
2001
as Augustus Melmotte
MOVIE★ 7.6
Victoria & Albert
2001
as Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD
TV★ 8.3
Murder in Mind
2001
as Edward Palmer
MOVIE★ 5.8
Sabotage!!
2000
as Napoleón
MOVIE★ 6.5
RKO 281
1999
as Louis B. Mayer
MOVIE★ 4.8
Wing Commander
1999
as Capt. Jason Sansky
MOVIE★ 6.6
A Perfect Murder
1998
as Mohamed Karaman
TV★ 8.0
Seesaw
1998
as Morris Price
MOVIE★ 6.8
Solomon
1997
as Joab
TV
Solomon
1997
as Joab
TV
The Phoenix and the Carpet
1997
as The Phoenix (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.0
Sunday
1997
as Oliver / Matthew Delacorta
MOVIE★ 5.6
Deadly Voyage
1996
as Vlachos
TV★ 6.9
Moses
1996
as Aaron
MOVIE★ 6.4
Executive Decision
1996
as Nagi Hassan
MOVIE★ 4.3
Cruel Train
1995
as Ruben Roberts
MOVIE★ 6.0
Der Fall Lucona
1993
as Rudi Waltz
MOVIE★ 8.5
The Secret Agent
1992
as Alfred Verloc
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
1991
as Self - Actor
MOVIE★ 8.1
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
1990
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death
1990
as Shakespeare
MOVIE★ 6.5
Separation
1990
as Joe
MOVIE
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1989
TV★ 7.0
4 Play
1989
as Carver
MOVIE★ 6.4
When the Whales Came
1989
as Will
TV★ 8.0
Long Ago and Far Away
1989
TV★ 8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Hercule Poirot
MOVIE★ 6.1
To Kill a Priest
1988
as Bishop
MOVIE★ 6.4
A World Apart
1988
as Muller
TV★ 6.0
The Play on One
1988
as Joe
MOVIE
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
1988
as Leopold Bloom
TV★ 8.0
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Leopold Bloom
TV★ 5.0
The Dame Edna Experience
1987
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.6
Cause Célèbre
1987
as T.J. O'Connor
MOVIE★ 6.1
Harry and the Hendersons
1987
as Jacques Lafleur
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Last Innocent Man
1987
as Jonathan Gault
MOVIE★ 5.5
Murrow
1986
as William Shirer
MOVIE★ 5.6
Iron Eagle
1986
as Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
TV★ 5.3
Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985
as Dino Grandi
MOVIE★ 5.8
Thirteen at Dinner
1985
as Insp. Japp
TV
Theatre Night
1985
MOVIE★ 5.3
A Song for Europe
1985
as Steve Dyer
MOVIE★ 8.4
Blott on the Landscape
1985
TV★ 7.5
Blott on the Landscape
1985
as Blott
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985
as Alex
TV★ 7.1
Screen Two
1985
as Vlachos
TV★ 7.0
Oxbridge Blues
1984
as Colin
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Little Drummer Girl
1984
as Mesterbein
TV★ 5.0
Freud
1984
as Sigmund Freud
TV★ 9.7
Playing Shakespeare
1984
MOVIE★ 6.4
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
as Buller
TV★ 6.2
Master of the Game
1984
as André d'Usseau
TV★ 7.0
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Inspector Tsientsin
MOVIE
Being Normal
1983
as Bill
MOVIE★ 5.4
Red Monarch
1983
as Beria
MOVIE★ 5.9
Trenchcoat
1983
as Inspector Stagnos
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Missionary
1982
as Corbett
TV★ 6.9
Timewatch
1982
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
as Clopin Trouillefou
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Edward Teller
MOVIE
The Cause
1981
as Reger
MOVIE★ 6.1
A Tale of Two Cities
1980
as John Barsad
TV★ 6.7
Oppenheimer
1980
as Edward Teller
TV★ 6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Yves Drouard
TV★ 5.3
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
TV★ 7.6
The Professionals
1977
as Krivas
TV★ 6.1
The Protectors
1972
as Detective
TV★ 6.6
Play for Today
1970
as Reger
TV★ 8.2
Public Eye
1965
as Martin Kulman
TV★ 10.0
The BAFTA Awards
1949
as Self
MOVIE
东方快车谋杀案
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as Hercule Poirot