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David Suchet

David Suchet

Born: 1946-05-02 • 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
Poirot and More: A Retrospective poster
Poirot and More: A Retrospective
2024 • Himself
Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir poster
Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir
2023 • Self
Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story poster
Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
2018 • Self
More Than Words poster
More Than Words
2018 • Self
American Assassin poster
American Assassin
2017 • Director Stansfield
Peter Pan Goes Wrong poster
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
2016 • Self (Narrator)
This Changed Everything poster
This Changed Everything
2016 • Narrator
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC poster
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016 • Oberon
The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage poster
The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage
2015 • Lady Bracknell
Effie Gray poster
Effie Gray
2014 • Mr. Ruskin
Long Day's Journey Into Night poster
Long Day's Journey Into Night
2014 • James Tyrone
Being Poirot poster
Being Poirot
2013 • Narrator
The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet poster
The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet
2013 • Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
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Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
David Suchet: People I Have Shot poster
David Suchet: People I Have Shot
2012 • Self - Presenter
The Jesus Storybook Bible poster
The Jesus Storybook Bible
2011 • Narrator
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All My Sons
2011 • Joe Keller
David Suchet on the Orient Express poster
David Suchet on the Orient Express
2010 • Himself - Presenter
Diverted poster
Diverted
2009 • Samuel Stearn
Act of God poster
Act of God
2009 • Dr. Benjamin Cisco
The Bank Job poster
The Bank Job
2008 • Lew Vogel
Flood poster
Flood
2007 • DPM Campbell
Maxwell poster
Maxwell
2007 • Robert Maxwell
Dracula poster
Dracula
2006 • Abraham Van Helsing
Arthur and the Invisibles poster
Arthur and the Invisibles
2006 • Narrator (voice)
Flushed Away poster
Flushed Away
2006 • Rita's Dad (voice)
A Bear Named Winnie poster
A Bear Named Winnie
2004 • General Hallholland
The Phoenix and the Carpet poster
The Phoenix and the Carpet
2004 • The Phoenix (voice)
Foolproof poster
Foolproof
2003 • Leo Gillette
The In-Laws poster
The In-Laws
2003 • Jean-Pierre Thibodoux
Live from Baghdad poster
Live from Baghdad
2002 • Naji Al-Hadithi
The Stanford Prison Experiment poster
The Stanford Prison Experiment
2002 • Narrator (voice)
Victoria & Albert poster
Victoria & Albert
2001 • Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD
Sabotage!! poster
Sabotage!!
2000 • Napoleón
RKO 281 poster
RKO 281
1999 • Louis B. Mayer
Wing Commander poster
Wing Commander
1999 • Capt. Jason Sansky
A Perfect Murder poster
A Perfect Murder
1998 • Mohamed Karaman
Solomon poster
Solomon
1997 • Joab
Sunday poster
Sunday
1997 • Oliver / Matthew Delacorta
Deadly Voyage poster
Deadly Voyage
1996 • Vlachos
Executive Decision poster
Executive Decision
1996 • Nagi Hassan
Cruel Train poster
Cruel Train
1995 • Ruben Roberts
Moses poster
Moses
1995 • Aaron
Der Fall Lucona poster
Der Fall Lucona
1993 • Rudi Waltz
The Secret Agent poster
The Secret Agent
1992 • Alfred Verloc
The Trouble With Agatha Christie poster
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
1991 • Self - Actor
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship poster
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990 • Narrator (voice)
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait poster
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
1990 • Self
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Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death
1990 • Shakespeare
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Separation
1990 • Joe
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Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1989
When the Whales Came poster
When the Whales Came
1989 • Will
To Kill a Priest poster
To Kill a Priest
1988 • Bishop
A World Apart poster
A World Apart
1988 • Muller
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James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
1988 • Leopold Bloom
Cause Célèbre poster
Cause Célèbre
1987 • T.J. O'Connor
Harry and the Hendersons poster
Harry and the Hendersons
1987 • Jacques Lafleur
The Last Innocent Man poster
The Last Innocent Man
1987 • Jonathan Gault
Murrow poster
Murrow
1986 • William Shirer
Iron Eagle poster
Iron Eagle
1986 • Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
Thirteen at Dinner poster
Thirteen at Dinner
1985 • Insp. Japp
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A Song for Europe
1985 • Steve Dyer
Blott on the Landscape poster
Blott on the Landscape
1985
The Falcon and the Snowman poster
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985 • Alex
The Little Drummer Girl poster
The Little Drummer Girl
1984 • Mesterbein
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes poster
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984 • Buller
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Being Normal
1983 • Bill
Red Monarch poster
Red Monarch
1983 • Beria
Trenchcoat poster
Trenchcoat
1983 • Inspector Stagnos
The Missionary poster
The Missionary
1982 • Corbett
The Hunchback of Notre Dame poster
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982 • Clopin Trouillefou
The Cause poster
The Cause
1981 • Reger
A Tale of Two Cities poster
A Tale of Two Cities
1980 • John Barsad