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

The Au Pair
George · (4 episodes)
2025

Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet
Self - Presenter · (5 episodes)
2025

Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir
Self
2023

Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
Self
2023

His Dark Materials
Kaisa (voice) · (7 episodes)
2019

Press
George Emmerson · (6 episodes)
2018

More Than Words
Self
2018

Concorde
Self - Narrator · (2 episodes)
2017

American Assassin
Director Stansfield
2017

Decline and Fall
Dr. Fagan · (3 episodes)
2017

Urban Myths
Salvador Dali · (1 episode)
2017

Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Narrator
2016

This Changed Everything
Narrator
2016

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Oberon
2016

The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage
Lady Bracknell
2015

Capitaine Marleau
Herbert White · (1 episode)
2015

David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Peter
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
2015

Effie Gray
Mr. Ruskin
2014

Long Day's Journey Into Night
James Tyrone
2014

Being Poirot
Narrator
2013

The Jesus Storybook Bible
Narrator · (44 episodes)
2013

The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet
Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
2013

David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. Paul
Self - Host · (2 episodes)
2012
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012

The Hollow Crown
Duke of York · (1 episode)
2012

David Suchet: People I Have Shot
Self - Presenter
2012

Great Expectations
Mr. Jaggers · (3 episodes)
2011

Hidden
Sir Nigel Fountain · (4 episodes)
2011

Perspectives
(2 episodes)
2011

The Story of Jesus
Narrator · (2 episodes)
2011

The Jesus Storybook Bible
Narrator
2011

All My Sons
Joe Keller
2011

David Suchet on the Orient Express
Himself - Presenter
2010

Going Postal
Reacher Gilt · (2 episodes)
2010

Diverted
Samuel Stearn
2009

Act of God
Dr. Benjamin Cisco
2009

Q&A
Self - Panellist · (1 episode)
2008

The Bank Job
Lew Vogel
2008

Flood
Deputy Prime Minister Campbell
2007

Maxwell
Robert Maxwell
2007

Dracula
Abraham Van Helsing
2006

Arthur and the Invisibles
Narrator (voice)
2006

Flushed Away
Rita's Dad (voice)
2006

The One Show
Self · (1 episode)
2006
Extinct
(5 episodes)
2005

Doctor Who
The Landlord · (1 episode)
2005

A Bear Named Winnie
General Hallholland
2004

Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets
(2 episodes)
2004

Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · (1 episode)
2004

The Phoenix and the Carpet
The Phoenix (voice)
2004

Henry VIII
Thomas Wolsey · (2 episodes)
2003

Foolproof
Leo Gillette
2003

The In-Laws
Jean-Pierre Thibodoux
2003

Live from Baghdad
Naji Al-Hadithi
2002

The Stanford Prison Experiment
Narrator (voice)
2002

NCS: Manhunt
DI John Borne · (6 episodes)
2002

Richard & Judy
Self · (1 episode)
2001

The Way We Live Now
Augustus Melmotte · (4 episodes)
2001

Victoria & Albert
Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD
2001

Murder in Mind
Edward Palmer · (1 episode)
2001

Sabotage!!
Napoleón
2000

RKO 281
Louis B. Mayer
2000

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Hercule Poirot
2000

Wing Commander
Capt. Jason Sansky
1999

A Perfect Murder
Mohamed Karaman
1998

Seesaw
Morris Price · (3 episodes)
1998

Solomon
Joab
1997

Solomon
Joab · (2 episodes)
1997

The Phoenix and the Carpet
The Phoenix · (6 episodes)
1997

Sunday
Oliver / Matthew Delacorta
1997

Deadly Voyage
Vlachos
1996

Moses
Aaron · (2 episodes)
1996

Executive Decision
Nagi Hassan
1996

Cruel Train
Ruben Roberts
1995

Der Fall Lucona
Rudi Waltz
1993

The Secret Agent
Alfred Verloc
1992

The Trouble With Agatha Christie
Self - Actor
1991

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
Narrator (voice)
1990

Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
Self
1990
Separation
Joe
1990
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1989

When the Whales Came
Will
1989
Long Ago and Far Away
(3 episodes)
1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Hercule Poirot · (70 episodes)
1989

To Kill a Priest
Bishop
1988

A World Apart
Muller
1988

The Play on One
Joe · (1 episode)
1988
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
Leopold Bloom
1988

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Leopold Bloom · (1 episode)
1988

The Dame Edna Experience
Self · (1 episode)
1987

Cause Célèbre
T.J. O'Connor
1987

Harry and the Hendersons
Jacques Lafleur
1987

The Last Innocent Man
Jonathan Gault
1987

Murrow
William Shirer
1986

Iron Eagle
Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
1986

Thirteen at Dinner
Insp. Japp
1985
Theatre Night
(1 episode)
1985
A Song for Europe
Steve Dyer
1985

Blott on the Landscape
1985

Blott on the Landscape
Blott · (6 episodes)
1985

The Falcon and the Snowman
Alex
1985

Oxbridge Blues
Colin · (2 episodes)
1984

The Little Drummer Girl
Mesterbein
1984

Freud
Freud · (6 episodes)
1984

Playing Shakespeare
(9 episodes)
1984

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

Master of the Game
André d'Usseau · (9 episodes)
1984

Reilly: Ace of Spies
Inspector Tsientsin · (1 episode)
1983
Being Normal
Bill
1983

Red Monarch
Beria
1983

Trenchcoat
Inspector Stagnos
1983

The Missionary
Corbett
1982

Timewatch
Self - Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1982

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Clopin Trouillefou
1982

The Cause
Reger
1981

A Tale of Two Cities
John Barsad
1980

Oppenheimer
Edward Teller · (7 episodes)
1980

Tales of the Unexpected
Yves Drouard · (1 episode)
1979

An Audience with...
Self · (1 episode)
1978

The Professionals
Krivas · (1 episode)
1977

The Protectors
Detective · (1 episode)
1972

The Protectors
Leo · (1 episode)
1972

Play for Today
Reger · (1 episode)
1970

Public Eye
Martin Kulman · (1 episode)
1965

The BAFTA Awards
Self · (1 episode)
1949