David Suchet
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
A Perfect Murder
as Mohamed Karaman
1998
The Stanford Prison Experiment
as Narrator (voice)
2002
Thirteen at Dinner
as Insp. Japp
1985
Flushed Away
as Rita's Dad (voice)
2006
Flood
as DPM Campbell
2007
The Bank Job
as Lew Vogel
2008
Harry and the Hendersons
as Jacques Lafleur
1987
Live from Baghdad
as Naji Al-Hadithi
2002
Foolproof
as Leo Gillette
2003
Diverted
as Samuel Stearn
2009
RKO 281
as Louis B. Mayer
1999
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Clopin Trouillefou
1982
Sunday
as Oliver / Matthew Delacorta
1997
The Missionary
as Corbett
1982
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
as Narrator (voice)
1990
Red Monarch
as Beria
1983
Cause Célèbre
as T.J. O'Connor
1987
Sabotage!!
as Napoleón
2000
Effie Gray
as Mr. Ruskin
2014
Separation
as Joe
1990
TV Appearances
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Hercule Poirot
1989
Tales of the Unexpected
as Yves Drouard
1979
The Protectors
as Detective
1972
Richard & Judy
as Self
2001
The Protectors
as Leo
1972
Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets
2004
Extinct
2005
Going Postal
as Reacher Gilt
2010
The Way We Live Now
as Augustus Melmotte
2001
Oppenheimer
as Edward Teller
1980
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. Paul
as Self - Host
2012
Public Eye
as Martin Kulman
1965