
David Suchet
Born: 1946-05-02
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
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.
Known For

Peter Pan Goes Wrong
2016★ 7.5

Flushed Away
2006★ 6.3

Arthur and the Invisibles
2006★ 6.4

The Bank Job
2008★ 6.8

A Perfect Murder
1998★ 6.5

Maxwell
2007★ 6.0

American Assassin
2017★ 6.4

Dracula
2006★ 5.6

Wing Commander
1999★ 4.8

RKO 281
1999★ 6.4

Flood
2007★ 5.3

Iron Eagle
1986★ 5.6

Harry and the Hendersons
1987★ 6.1

Cause Célèbre
1987★ 5.2

Sabotage!!
2000★ 5.5

Foolproof
2003★ 6.1

Executive Decision
1996★ 6.3

Thirteen at Dinner
1985★ 5.7

When the Whales Came
1989★ 6.3

Sunday
1997★ 4.8

Red Monarch
1983★ 5.0

The Missionary
1982★ 5.5

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984★ 6.4

Trenchcoat
1983★ 5.7

The In-Laws
2003★ 5.6

The Jesus Storybook Bible
2011★ 10.0

Der Fall Lucona
1993★ 5.0

Solomon
1997★ 6.7

The Falcon and the Snowman
1985★ 6.4

Moses
1995★ 8.0

A World Apart
1988★ 6.3

A Tale of Two Cities
1980★ 5.7

Effie Gray
2014★ 5.9

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016★ 7.2

David Suchet: People I Have Shot
2012★ 0.0

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982★ 5.7

The Little Drummer Girl
1984★ 5.4

Live from Baghdad
2002★ 6.7

Victoria & Albert
2001★ 7.6

A Bear Named Winnie
2004★ 6.5

The Stanford Prison Experiment
2002★ 0.0

To Kill a Priest
1988★ 6.0

Being Poirot
2013★ 7.7

Deadly Voyage
1996★ 5.4

More Than Words
2018★ 8.0

Cruel Train
1995★ 3.3

The Secret Agent
1992★ 8.0

Long Day's Journey Into Night
2014★ 0.0

Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
1990★ 0.0

This Changed Everything
2016★ 0.0

The Phoenix and the Carpet
1997★ 0.0

Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
2023★ 0.0

Diverted
2009★ 6.8

The Trouble With Agatha Christie
1991★ 10.0

Blott on the Landscape
1985★ 8.8

David Suchet on the Orient Express
2010★ 6.8

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990★ 8.1

The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage
2015★ 9.0

The Cause
1981★ 0.0

Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir
2023★ 0.0

Poirot and More: A Retrospective
2024★ 0.0

The Last Innocent Man
1987★ 4.9

Act of God
2009★ 4.8

Murrow
1986★ 5.0

The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet
2013★ 7.5