David Suchet

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David Suchet

Acting 80 May 2, 1946

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 Augustu…

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A Perfect Murder

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

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Executive Decision

Executive Decision

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The One Show

The One Show

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Harry and the Hendersons

Harry and the Hendersons

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Play for Today

Play for Today

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    The Au Pair

    TV show George

  2. 2025
    Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet

    TV show Self - Presenter

  3. 2024
    Poirot and More: A Retrospective

    Movie Himself

  4. 2023
    Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir

    Movie Self

  5. 2019
    His Dark Materials

    TV show Kaisa (voice)

  6. 2018
    Press

    TV show George Emmerson

  7. 2018
    Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story

    Movie Self

  8. 2018
    More Than Words

    TV show Self

  9. 2017
    Concorde

    TV show Self - Narrator

  10. 2017
    American Assassin

    Movie Director Stansfield

  11. 2017
    Decline and Fall

    TV show Dr Fagan

  12. 2017
    Urban Myths

    TV show Salvador Dali

  13. 2016
    Peter Pan Goes Wrong

    Movie Self (Narrator)

  14. 2016
    This Changed Everything

    Movie Narrator

  15. 2016
    Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

    Movie Oberon

  16. 2015
    The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage

    Movie Lady Bracknell

More credits
  1. 2015
    Capitaine Marleau

    TV show Herbert White

  2. 2015
    David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Peter

    TV show Self - Presenter

  3. 2014
    Effie Gray

    Movie Mr. Ruskin

  4. 2014
    Long Day's Journey Into Night

    Movie James Tyrone

  5. 2013
    Being Poirot

    Movie Self - Narrator

  6. 2013
    The Jesus Storybook Bible

    TV show Narrator

  7. 2013
    The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet

    Movie Self - Host / Narrator (voice)

  8. 2012
    David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. Paul

    TV show Self - Host

  9. 2012
    Starring Sigmund Freud

    Movie

  10. 2012
    The Hollow Crown

    TV show Duke of York

  11. 2012
    David Suchet: People I Have Shot

    Movie Self - Presenter

  12. 2011
    Great Expectations

    TV show Mr. Jaggers

  13. 2011
    Hidden

    TV show Sir Nigel Fountain

  14. 2011
    Going Postal 2in1

    Movie Reacherové pozlátko

  15. 2011
    Perspectives

    TV show

  16. 2011
    The Story of Jesus

    TV show Narrator

  17. 2011
    All My Sons

    Movie Joe Keller

  18. 2011
    The Jesus Storybook Bible

    Movie Narrator

  19. 2010
    David Suchet on the Orient Express

    Movie Himself - Presenter

  20. 2010
    Going Postal

    TV show Reacher Gilt

  21. 2009
    Diverted

    Movie Samuel Stearn

  22. 2009
    Act of God

    Movie Dr. Benjamin Cisco

  23. 2008
    Q&A

    TV show Self - Panellist

  24. 2008
    The Bank Job

    Movie Lew Vogel