Acting · London, England, UK · Born May 2, 1946
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.
TVThe Au Pair
2025
as George
TVTravels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet
2025
as Self - Presenter
MoviePoirot and More: A Retrospective
2024
as Himself
MovieSeason of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir
2023
as Self
TVHis Dark Materials
2019
as Kaisa (voice)
TVPress
2018
as George Emmerson
MovieNear Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
2018
as Self
TVMore Than Words
2018
as Self
TVConcorde
2017
as Self - Narrator
MovieAmerican Assassin
2017
as Director Stansfield
TVDecline and Fall
2017
as Dr Fagan
TVUrban Myths
2017
as Salvador Dali
MoviePeter Pan Goes Wrong
2016
as Self (Narrator)
MovieThis Changed Everything
2016
as Narrator
MovieShakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Oberon
MovieThe Importance of Being Earnest on Stage
2015
as Lady Bracknell
TVCapitaine Marleau
2015
as Herbert White
TVDoctor Who: The Fan Show
2015
TVDavid Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Peter
2015
as Self - Presenter
MovieEffie Gray
2014
as Mr. Ruskin
MovieLong Day's Journey Into Night
2014
as James Tyrone
MovieBeing Poirot
2013
as Narrator
TVThe Jesus Storybook Bible
2013
as Narrator
MovieThe Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet
2013
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
TVDavid Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. Paul
2012
as Self - Host
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
TVThe Hollow Crown
2012
as Duke of York
MovieDavid Suchet: People I Have Shot
2012
as Self - Presenter
TVGreat Expectations
2011
as Mr. Jaggers
TVHidden
2011
as Sir Nigel Fountain
TVPerspectives
2011
TVThe Story of Jesus
2011
as Narrator
All My Sons
2011
as Joe Keller
MovieThe Jesus Storybook Bible
2011
as Narrator
MovieDavid Suchet on the Orient Express
2010
as Himself - Presenter
TVGoing Postal
2010
as Reacher Gilt
MovieDiverted
2009
as Samuel Stearn
MovieAct of God
2009
as Dr. Benjamin Cisco
TVQ&A
2008
as Self - Panellist
MovieThe Bank Job
2008
as Lew Vogel
MovieFlood
2007
as DPM Campbell
MovieMaxwell
2007
as Robert Maxwell
MovieDracula
2006
as Abraham Van Helsing
MovieArthur and the Invisibles
2006
as Narrator (voice)
MovieFlushed Away
2006
as Rita's Dad (voice)
TVThe One Show
2006
as Self
Extinct
2005
TVDoctor Who
2005
as The Landlord
MovieA Bear Named Winnie
2004
as General Hallholland
TVSpace Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets
2004
TVWho Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
MovieThe Phoenix and the Carpet
2004
as The Phoenix (voice)
TVHenry VIII
2003
as Thomas Wolsey
MovieFoolproof
2003
as Leo Gillette
MovieThe In-Laws
2003
as Jean-Pierre Thibodoux
MovieLive from Baghdad
2002
as Naji Al-Hadithi
MovieThe Stanford Prison Experiment
2002
as Narrator (voice)
TVNCS: Manhunt
2002
as DI John Borne
TVRichard & Judy
2001
as Self
TVThe Way We Live Now
2001
as Augustus Melmotte
MovieVictoria & Albert
2001
as Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD
TVMurder in Mind
2001
as Edward Palmer
MovieSabotage!!
2000
as Napoleón
MovieRKO 281
1999
as Louis B. Mayer
MovieWing Commander
1999
as Capt. Jason Sansky
MovieA Perfect Murder
1998
as Mohamed Karaman
TVSeesaw
1998
as Morris Price
MovieSolomon
1997
as Joab
TVSolomon
1997
as Joab
TVThe Phoenix and the Carpet
1997
as The Phoenix (voice)
MovieSunday
1997
as Oliver / Matthew Delacorta
MovieDeadly Voyage
1996
as Vlachos
TVMoses
1996
as Aaron
MovieExecutive Decision
1996
as Nagi Hassan
MovieCruel Train
1995
as Ruben Roberts
MovieDer Fall Lucona
1993
as Rudi Waltz
MovieThe Secret Agent
1992
as Alfred Verloc
MovieThe Trouble With Agatha Christie
1991
as Self - Actor
MovieThe Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990
as Narrator (voice)
MovieAgatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
1990
as Self
Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death
1990
as Shakespeare
Separation
1990
as Joe
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1989
4 Play
1989
as Carver
MovieWhen the Whales Came
1989
as Will
Long Ago and Far Away
1989
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Hercule Poirot
MovieTo Kill a Priest
1988
as Bishop
MovieA World Apart
1988
as Muller
TVThe Play on One
1988
as Joe
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
1988
as Leopold Bloom
TVThe Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Leopold Bloom
TVThe Dame Edna Experience
1987
as Self
MovieCause Célèbre
1987
as T.J. O'Connor
MovieHarry and the Hendersons
1987
as Jacques Lafleur
MovieThe Last Innocent Man
1987
as Jonathan Gault
MovieMurrow
1986
as William Shirer
MovieIron Eagle
1986
as Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
TVMussolini: The Untold Story
1985
as Dino Grandi
MovieThirteen at Dinner
1985
as Insp. Japp
TVTheatre Night
1985
A Song for Europe
1985
as Steve Dyer
MovieBlott on the Landscape
1985
TVBlott on the Landscape
1985
as Blott
MovieThe Falcon and the Snowman
1985
as Alex
TVScreen Two
1985
as Vlachos
TVOxbridge Blues
1984
as Colin
MovieThe Little Drummer Girl
1984
as Mesterbein
TVFreud
1984
as Sigmund Freud
TVPlaying Shakespeare
1984
MovieGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
as Buller
TVMaster of the Game
1984
as André d'Usseau
TVReilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Inspector Tsientsin
Being Normal
1983
as Bill
MovieRed Monarch
1983
as Beria
MovieTrenchcoat
1983
as Inspector Stagnos
MovieThe Missionary
1982
as Corbett
TVTimewatch
1982
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
as Clopin Trouillefou
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Edward Teller
MovieThe Cause
1981
as Reger
MovieA Tale of Two Cities
1980
as John Barsad
TVOppenheimer
1980
as Edward Teller
TVTales of the Unexpected
1979
as Yves Drouard
TVAn Audience with...
1978
as Self
TVThe Professionals
1977
as Krivas
TVThe Protectors
1972
as Detective
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Reger
TVPublic Eye
1965
as Martin Kulman
TVThe BAFTA Awards
1949
as Self
