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