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David Suchet

Acting Born May 2, 1946 London, England, UK 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Doctor Who

as The Landlord

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Hercule Poirot

Play for Today

as Reger

Full filmography

  • Doctor Who (2005) as The Landlord
  • Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) as Hercule Poirot
  • Play for Today (1970) as Reger
  • The One Show (2006) as Self
  • Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Yves Drouard
  • The Professionals (1977) as Krivas
  • His Dark Materials (2019) as Kaisa (voice)
  • Screen Two (1985) as Vlachos
  • Q&A (2008) as Self - Panellist
  • Richard & Judy (2001) as Self
  • An Audience with... (1978) as Self
  • Who Do You Think You Are? (2004) as Self
  • Flushed Away (2006) as Rita's Dad (voice)
  • American Assassin (2017) as Director Stansfield
  • The Hollow Crown (2012) as Duke of York
  • The Protectors (1972) as Detective
  • The Protectors (1972) as Leo
  • Public Eye (1965) as Martin Kulman
  • Capitaine Marleau (2015) as Herbert White
  • Murder in Mind (2001) as Edward Palmer
  • Timewatch (1982) as Self - Narrator (voice)
  • Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) as Narrator (voice)
  • Urban Myths (2017) as Salvador Dali
  • The Bank Job (2008) as Lew Vogel