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David Suchet

Acting 80 years old London, England, UK ★ 1.7
Born: May 2, 1946

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.

Filmography

Acting Credits (128)

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

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