Acting
David Suchet
Acting · 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.
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The Au Pair
2025 · George
Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet
2025 · Self - Presenter
His Dark Materials
2019 · Kaisa (voice)
Press
2018 · George Emmerson
More Than Words
2018 · Self
Concorde
2017 · Self - Narrator
FilmAmerican Assassin
2017 · Director Stansfield
Decline and Fall
2017 · Dr Fagan
Urban Myths
2017 · Salvador Dali
FilmPeter Pan Goes Wrong
2016 · Self (Narrator)
FilmShakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016 · Oberon
FilmThe Importance of Being Earnest on Stage
2015 · Lady Bracknell
Capitaine Marleau
2015 · Herbert White
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Peter
2015 · Self - Presenter
FilmEffie Gray
2014 · Mr. Ruskin
FilmBeing Poirot
2013 · Self - Narrator
The Jesus Storybook Bible
2013 · Narrator
FilmThe Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet
2013 · Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. Paul
2012 · Self - Host
The Hollow Crown
2012 · Duke of York
Great Expectations
2011 · Mr. Jaggers
Hidden
2011 · Sir Nigel Fountain
Perspectives
2011
The Story of Jesus
2011 · Narrator
FilmThe Jesus Storybook Bible
2011 · Narrator
FilmDavid Suchet on the Orient Express
2010 · Himself - Presenter
Going Postal
2010 · Reacher Gilt
FilmDiverted
2009 · Samuel Stearn
FilmAct of God
2009 · Dr. Benjamin Cisco
Q&A
2008 · Self - Panellist
FilmThe Bank Job
2008 · Lew Vogel
FilmFlood
2007 · DPM Campbell
FilmMaxwell
2007 · Robert Maxwell
FilmDracula
2006 · Abraham Van Helsing
FilmArthur and the Invisibles
2006 · Narrator (voice)
FilmFlushed Away
2006 · Rita's Dad (voice)
The One Show
2006 · Self
Extinct
Extinct
2005
Doctor Who
2005 · The Landlord
FilmA Bear Named Winnie
2004 · General Hallholland
Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets
2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · Self
FilmThe Phoenix and the Carpet
2004 · The Phoenix (voice)
Henry VIII
2003 · Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
FilmFoolproof
2003 · Leo Gillette
FilmThe In-Laws
2003 · Jean-Pierre Thibodoux
FilmLive from Baghdad
2002 · Naji Al-Hadithi
NCS: Manhunt
2002 · DI John Borne
Richard & Judy
2001 · Self
The Way We Live Now
2001 · Augustus Melmotte
FilmVictoria & Albert
2001 · Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD
Murder in Mind
2001 · Edward Palmer
FilmSabotage!!
2000 · Napoleón
FilmRKO 281
1999 · Louis B. Mayer
FilmWing Commander
1999 · Capt. Jason Sansky
FilmA Perfect Murder
1998 · Mohamed Karaman
Seesaw
1998 · Morris Price
FilmSolomon
1997 · Joab
Solomon
1997 · Joab
The Phoenix and the Carpet
1997 · The Phoenix (voice)
FilmSunday
1997 · Oliver / Matthew Delacorta
FilmDeadly Voyage
1996 · Vlachos
Moses
1996 · Aaron
FilmExecutive Decision
1996 · Nagi Hassan
FilmCruel Train
1995 · Ruben Roberts
FilmDer Fall Lucona
1993 · Rudi Waltz
FilmThe Secret Agent
1992 · Alfred Verloc
The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent
1992 · Alfred Verloc
FilmThe Trouble With Agatha Christie
1991 · Self - Actor
FilmThe Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990 · Narrator (voice)
Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death
FilmBingo: Scenes of Money and Death
1990 · Shakespeare
Separation
FilmSeparation
1990 · Joe
4 Play
4 Play
1989 · Carver
FilmWhen the Whales Came
1989 · Will
Long Ago and Far Away
Long Ago and Far Away
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Hercule Poirot
FilmTo Kill a Priest
1988 · Bishop
FilmA World Apart
1988 · Muller
The Play on One
1988 · Joe
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988 · Leopold Bloom
The Dame Edna Experience
1987 · Self
FilmCause Célèbre
1987 · T.J. O'Connor
FilmHarry and the Hendersons
1987 · Jacques Lafleur
FilmThe Last Innocent Man
1987 · Jonathan Gault
FilmMurrow
1986 · William Shirer
FilmIron Eagle
1986 · Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985 · Dino Grandi
FilmThirteen at Dinner
1985 · Insp. Japp
Theatre Night
1985
FilmA Song for Europe
1985 · Steve Dyer
FilmBlott on the Landscape
1985
Blott on the Landscape
1985 · Blott
FilmThe Falcon and the Snowman
1985 · Alex
Screen Two
1985 · Vlachos
Oxbridge Blues
1984 · Colin
FilmThe Little Drummer Girl
1984 · Mesterbein
Freud
1984 · Sigmund Freud
Playing Shakespeare
1984
FilmGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984 · Buller
Master of the Game
1984 · André d'Usseau
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983 · Inspector Tsientsin
FilmRed Monarch
1983 · Beria
FilmTrenchcoat
1983 · Inspector Stagnos
FilmThe Missionary
1982 · Corbett
Timewatch
1982 · Self - Narrator (voice)
FilmThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982 · Clopin Trouillefou
American Playhouse
1982 · Edward Teller
FilmA Tale of Two Cities
1980 · John Barsad
Oppenheimer
1980 · Edward Teller
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Yves Drouard
An Audience with...
1978 · Self
The Professionals
1977 · Krivas
The Protectors
1972 · Detective
Play for Today
1970 · Reger
Public Eye
1965 · Martin Kulman
The BAFTA Awards
1949 · Self