David Suchet

David Suchet

Known for
Acting
Born
May 2, 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
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

Filmography

2025
Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet poster

Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet

TV · as Self - Presenter · 5 eps

2025
The Au Pair poster

The Au Pair

TV · as George · 4 eps

2024
Poirot and More: A Retrospective poster

Poirot and More: A Retrospective

Movie · as Himself

2023
Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir poster

Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir

Movie · as Self

2019
His Dark Materials poster

His Dark Materials

TV · as Kaisa (voice) · 7 eps

2018
Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story poster

Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story

Movie · as Self

2018
Press poster

Press

TV · as George Emmerson · 3 eps

2018
More Than Words poster

More Than Words

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2017
American Assassin poster

American Assassin

Movie · as Director Stansfield

2017
Concorde poster

Concorde

TV · as Self - Narrator · 2 eps

2017
Urban Myths poster

Urban Myths

TV · as Salvador Dali · 1 ep

2017
Decline and Fall poster

Decline and Fall

TV · as Dr Fagan · 3 eps

2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC poster

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Movie · as Oberon

2016
Peter Pan Goes Wrong poster

Peter Pan Goes Wrong

Movie · as Self (Narrator)

2016
This Changed Everything poster

This Changed Everything

Movie · as Narrator

2015
The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage poster

The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage

Movie · as Lady Bracknell

2015
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Peter poster

David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Peter

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

2015
Capitaine Marleau poster

Capitaine Marleau

TV · as Herbert White · 1 ep

2014
Effie Gray poster

Effie Gray

Movie · as Mr. Ruskin

2014
Long Day's Journey Into Night poster

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Movie · as James Tyrone

2013
The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet poster

The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet

Movie · as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)

2013
Being Poirot poster

Being Poirot

Movie · as Self - Narrator

2013
The Jesus Storybook Bible poster

The Jesus Storybook Bible

TV · as Narrator · 44 eps

2012
Starring Sigmund Freud

Starring Sigmund Freud

Movie

2012
David Suchet: People I Have Shot poster

David Suchet: People I Have Shot

Movie · as Self - Presenter

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

David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. Paul

TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps

2012
The Hollow Crown poster

The Hollow Crown

TV · as Duke of York · 1 ep

2011
The Jesus Storybook Bible poster

The Jesus Storybook Bible

Movie · as Narrator

2011
All My Sons poster

All My Sons

Movie · as Joe Keller

2011
Going Postal 2in1 poster

Going Postal 2in1

Movie · as Reacherové pozlátko

2011
Great Expectations poster

Great Expectations

TV · as Mr. Jaggers · 3 eps

2011
Hidden poster

Hidden

TV · as Sir Nigel Fountain · 4 eps

2011
Perspectives poster

Perspectives

TV · 2 eps

2011
The Story of Jesus poster

The Story of Jesus

TV · as Narrator · 2 eps

2010
David Suchet on the Orient Express poster

David Suchet on the Orient Express

Movie · as Himself - Presenter

2010
Going Postal poster

Going Postal

TV · as Reacher Gilt · 2 eps

2009
Diverted poster

Diverted

Movie · as Samuel Stearn

2009
Act of God poster

Act of God

Movie · as Dr. Benjamin Cisco

2008
The Bank Job poster

The Bank Job

Movie · as Lew Vogel

2008
Q&A poster

Q&A

TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep

2007
Flood poster

Flood

Movie · as DPM Campbell

2007
Maxwell poster

Maxwell

Movie · as Robert Maxwell

2006
Flushed Away poster

Flushed Away

Movie · as Rita's Dad (voice)

2006
Dracula poster

Dracula

Movie · as Abraham Van Helsing

2006
Arthur and the Invisibles poster

Arthur and the Invisibles

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2006
Agatha Christie Poirot After the Funeral poster

Agatha Christie Poirot After the Funeral

Movie · as Hercule Poirot

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Extinct

Extinct

TV · 5 eps

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as The Landlord · 1 ep

2004
A Bear Named Winnie poster

A Bear Named Winnie

Movie · as General Hallholland

2004
The Phoenix and the Carpet poster

The Phoenix and the Carpet

Movie · as The Phoenix (voice)

2004
Space Odyssey: The Robot Pioneers poster

Space Odyssey: The Robot Pioneers

Movie · as Narrator

2004
Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets poster

Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets

TV · 2 eps

2004
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Foolproof poster

Foolproof

Movie · as Leo Gillette

2003
The In-Laws poster

The In-Laws

Movie · as Jean-Pierre Thibodoux

2003
Henry VIII poster

Henry VIII

TV · as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey · 2 eps

2002
The Stanford Prison Experiment poster

The Stanford Prison Experiment

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2002
Live from Baghdad poster

Live from Baghdad

Movie · as Naji Al-Hadithi

2002
NCS: Manhunt poster

NCS: Manhunt

TV · as DI John Borne · 6 eps

2001
Victoria & Albert poster

Victoria & Albert

Movie · as Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD

2001
Richard & Judy poster

Richard & Judy

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
The Way We Live Now poster

The Way We Live Now

TV · as Augustus Melmotte · 4 eps

2001
Murder in Mind poster

Murder in Mind

TV · as Edward Palmer · 1 ep

2000
Sabotage!! poster

Sabotage!!

Movie · as Napoleón

1999
RKO 281 poster

RKO 281

Movie · as Louis B. Mayer

1999
Wing Commander poster

Wing Commander

Movie · as Capt. Jason Sansky

1998
A Perfect Murder poster

A Perfect Murder

Movie · as Mohamed Karaman

1998
Seesaw poster

Seesaw

TV · as Morris Price · 3 eps

1997
Sunday poster

Sunday

Movie · as Oliver / Matthew Delacorta

1997
Solomon poster

Solomon

Movie · as Joab

1997
Solomon poster

Solomon

TV · as Joab · 2 eps

1997
The Phoenix and the Carpet poster

The Phoenix and the Carpet

TV · as The Phoenix (voice) · 6 eps

1996
Executive Decision poster

Executive Decision

Movie · as Nagi Hassan

1996
Deadly Voyage poster

Deadly Voyage

Movie · as Vlachos

1996
Moses poster

Moses

TV · as Aaron · 2 eps

1995
Cruel Train poster

Cruel Train

Movie · as Ruben Roberts

1993
Der Fall Lucona poster

Der Fall Lucona

Movie · as Rudi Waltz

1992
The Secret Agent poster

The Secret Agent

Movie · as Alfred Verloc

1992
The Secret Agent

The Secret Agent

TV · as Alfred Verloc · 3 eps

1991
The Trouble With Agatha Christie poster

The Trouble With Agatha Christie

Movie · as Self - Actor

1990
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship poster

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1990
Separation

Separation

Movie · as Joe

1990
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait poster

Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait

Movie · as Self

1990
Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death

Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death

Movie · as Shakespeare

1989
Nobody Here But Us Chickens

Nobody Here But Us Chickens

Movie

1989
When the Whales Came poster

When the Whales Came

Movie · as Will

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Hercule Poirot · 70 eps

1989
Long Ago and Far Away

Long Ago and Far Away

TV · 3 eps

1989
4 Play

4 Play

TV · as Carver · 1 ep

1988
To Kill a Priest poster

To Kill a Priest

Movie · as Bishop

1988
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'

James Joyce's 'Ulysses'

Movie · as Leopold Bloom

1988
A World Apart poster

A World Apart

Movie · as Muller

1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers poster

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

TV · as Leopold Bloom · 1 ep

1988
The Play on One poster

The Play on One

TV · as Joe · 1 ep

1987
Harry and the Hendersons poster

Harry and the Hendersons

Movie · as Jacques Lafleur

1987
Cause Célèbre poster

Cause Célèbre

Movie · as T.J. O'Connor

1987
The Last Innocent Man poster

The Last Innocent Man

Movie · as Jonathan Gault

1987
The Dame Edna Experience poster

The Dame Edna Experience

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1986
Murrow poster

Murrow

Movie · as William Shirer

1986
Iron Eagle poster

Iron Eagle

Movie · as Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh

1985
Thirteen at Dinner poster

Thirteen at Dinner

Movie · as Insp. Japp

1985
Blott on the Landscape poster

Blott on the Landscape

Movie

1985
The Falcon and the Snowman poster

The Falcon and the Snowman

Movie · as Alex

1985
A Song for Europe poster

A Song for Europe

Movie · as Steve Dyer

1985
Blott on the Landscape poster

Blott on the Landscape

TV · as Blott · 6 eps

1985
Theatre Night poster

Theatre Night

TV · as William Shakespeare · 1 ep

1985
Mussolini: The Untold Story poster

Mussolini: The Untold Story

TV · as Dino Grandi · 4 eps

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Vlachos · 1 ep

1984
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes poster

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Movie · as Buller

1984
The Little Drummer Girl poster

The Little Drummer Girl

Movie · as Mesterbein

1984
Oxbridge Blues poster

Oxbridge Blues

TV · as Colin · 2 eps

1984
Freud poster

Freud

TV · as Sigmund Freud · 6 eps

1984
Master of the Game poster

Master of the Game

TV · as André d'Usseau · 9 eps

1984
Playing Shakespeare poster

Playing Shakespeare

TV · 9 eps

1983
Red Monarch poster

Red Monarch

Movie · as Beria

1983
Trenchcoat poster

Trenchcoat

Movie · as Inspector Stagnos

1983
Being Normal

Being Normal

Movie · as Bill

1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies poster

Reilly: Ace of Spies

TV · as Inspector Tsientsin · 1 ep

1982
The Hunchback of Notre Dame poster

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Movie · as Clopin Trouillefou

1982
The Missionary poster

The Missionary

Movie · as Corbett

1982
Timewatch poster

Timewatch

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Edward Teller, Joe · 6 eps

1981
The Cause poster

The Cause

Movie · as Reger

1980
A Tale of Two Cities poster

A Tale of Two Cities

Movie · as John Barsad

1980
Oppenheimer poster

Oppenheimer

TV · as Edward Teller · 6 eps

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Yves Drouard · 1 ep

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
The Professionals poster

The Professionals

TV · as Krivas · 1 ep

1972
The Protectors poster

The Protectors

TV · as Detective, Leo · 1 ep

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Reger · 1 ep

1965
Public Eye poster

Public Eye

TV · as Martin Kulman · 1 ep

1949
The BAFTA Awards poster

The BAFTA Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep