Acting

David Suchet

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.

Movies & TV shows

80 credits

Doctor Who

2005 · The Landlord

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Play for Today

1970 · Reger

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989 · Hercule Poirot

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American Playhouse

1982 · Edward Teller

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American Playhouse

1982 · Joe

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The One Show

2006 · Self

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Richard & Judy

2001 · Self

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Screen Two

1985 · Vlachos

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His Dark Materials

2019 · Kaisa (voice)

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Tales of the Unexpected

1979 · Yves Drouard

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The Professionals

1977 · Krivas

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Timewatch

1982 · Self - Narrator (voice)

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An Audience with...

1978 · Self

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Who Do You Think You Are?

2004 · Self

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Q&A

2008 · Self - Panellist

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Flushed Away

2006 · Rita's Dad (voice)

The Hollow Crown

2012 · Duke of York

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The BAFTA Awards

1949 · Self

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MOVIE

The Bank Job

2008 · Lew Vogel

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Arthur and the Invisibles

2006 · Narrator (voice)

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American Assassin

2017 · Director Stansfield

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The Protectors

1972 · Detective

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The Protectors

1972 · Leo

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The Play on One

1988 · Joe

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A Perfect Murder

1998 · Mohamed Karaman

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Public Eye

1965 · Martin Kulman

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Capitaine Marleau

2015 · Herbert White

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Murder in Mind

2001 · Edward Palmer

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Urban Myths

2017 · Salvador Dali

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Executive Decision

1996 · Nagi Hassan

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Harry and the Hendersons

1987 · Jacques Lafleur

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Reilly: Ace of Spies

1983 · Inspector Tsientsin

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Great Expectations

2011 · Mr. Jaggers

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Going Postal

2010 · Reacher Gilt

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MOVIE

Iron Eagle

1986 · Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh

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MOVIE

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1984 · Buller

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The Falcon and the Snowman

1985 · Alex

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Perspectives

2011

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Master of the Game

1984 · André d'Usseau

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Oppenheimer

1980 · Edward Teller

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Decline and Fall

2017 · Dr Fagan

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Henry VIII

2003 · Thomas Wolsey

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No poster

Long Ago and Far Away

1989

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The Dame Edna Experience

1987 · Self

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Flood

2007 · DPM Campbell

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The In-Laws

2003 · Jean-Pierre Thibodoux

Oxbridge Blues

1984 · Colin

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The Way We Live Now

2001 · Augustus Melmotte

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Press

2018 · George Emmerson

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Theatre Night

1985

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Foolproof

2003 · Leo Gillette

Mussolini: The Untold Story

1985 · Dino Grandi

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The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

1988 · Leopold Bloom

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MOVIE

Wing Commander

1999 · Capt. Jason Sansky

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Playing Shakespeare

1984

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Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets

2004

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Moses

1996 · Aaron

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Freud

1984 · Sigmund Freud

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MOVIE

Effie Gray

2014 · Mr. Ruskin

MOVIE

RKO 281

1999 · Louis B. Mayer

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MOVIE

Thirteen at Dinner

1985 · Insp. Japp

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The Little Drummer Girl

1984 · Mesterbein

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Hidden

2011 · Sir Nigel Fountain

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4 Play

1989 · Carver

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The Au Pair

2025 · George

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Solomon

1997 · Joab

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Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet

2025 · Self - Presenter

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Blott on the Landscape

1985 · Blott

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Live from Baghdad

2002 · Naji Al-Hadithi

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1982 · Clopin Trouillefou

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Being Poirot

2013 · Self - Narrator

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The Missionary

1982 · Corbett

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Solomon

1997 · Joab

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David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Peter

2015 · Self - Presenter

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Deadly Voyage

1996 · Vlachos

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NCS: Manhunt

2002 · DI John Borne

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The Jesus Storybook Bible

2013 · Narrator

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Trenchcoat

1983 · Inspector Stagnos

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To Kill a Priest

1988 · Bishop

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A World Apart

1988 · Muller

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