David Suchet

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-05-02 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

David Suchet

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.

Acting

1998

A Perfect Murder

as Mohamed Karaman

2002

1985

Thirteen at Dinner

as Insp. Japp

2006

Flushed Away

as Rita's Dad (voice)

2007

Flood

as Deputy Prime Minister Campbell

2008

The Bank Job

as Lew Vogel

1987

Harry and the Hendersons

as Jacques Lafleur

2002

Live from Baghdad

as Naji Al-Hadithi

2003

Foolproof

as Leo Gillette

2009

Diverted

as Samuel Stearn

2000

RKO 281

as Louis B. Mayer

1982

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Clopin Trouillefou

1997

Sunday

as Oliver / Matthew Delacorta

1982

The Missionary

as Corbett

1983

Red Monarch

as Beria

1987

Cause Célèbre

as T.J. O'Connor

2000

Sabotage!!

as Napoleón

2014

Effie Gray

as Mr. Ruskin

1990

2001

Victoria & Albert

as Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD

2006

Dracula

as Abraham Van Helsing

1987

The Last Innocent Man

as Jonathan Gault

2009

Act of God

as Dr. Benjamin Cisco

1995

Cruel Train

as Ruben Roberts

1983

Trenchcoat

as Inspector Stagnos

1996

Executive Decision

as Nagi Hassan

1993

Der Fall Lucona

as Rudi Waltz

1983

1988

2018

1996

Deadly Voyage

as Vlachos

2013

The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet

as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)

1985

A Song for Europe

as Steve Dyer

2004

A Bear Named Winnie

as General Hallholland

1999

Wing Commander

as Capt. Jason Sansky

1986

Murrow

as William Shirer

2007

Maxwell

as Robert Maxwell

2016

1988

James Joyce's 'Ulysses'

as Leopold Bloom

2017

American Assassin

as Director Stansfield

2003

The In-Laws

as Jean-Pierre Thibodoux

1980

A Tale of Two Cities

as John Barsad

1988

A World Apart

as Muller

1984

2010

2006

Arthur and the Invisibles

as Narrator (voice)

2013

Being Poirot

as Narrator

2012

2011

All My Sons

as Joe Keller

1986

Iron Eagle

as Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh

1981

The Cause

as Reger

1997

Solomon

as Joab

1992

The Secret Agent

as Alfred Verloc

2004

The Phoenix and the Carpet

as The Phoenix (voice)

2000

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