Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
2 maggio 1946 (80)
Place of birth
London, England, UK
Also known as
David Courtney Suchet · Дэвид Суше · 데이비드 수쳇 · دیوید سوشه
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.
Conosciuto per
8.2
Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Hercule Poirot
1989–2013
6.3
Film
Flushed Away
Rita's Dad (voice)
2006
6.4
Film
American Assassin
Director Stansfield
2017
6.3
Film
Executive Decision
Nagi Hassan
1996
5.6
Film
The In-Laws
Jean-Pierre Thibodoux
2003
6.4
Film
The Falcon and the Snowman
Alex
1985
7.3
Series
Great Expectations
Mr. Jaggers
2011
6.4
Film
Arthur and the Invisibles
Narrator (voice)
2006
7.2
Series
Going Postal
Reacher Gilt
2010
5.6
Film
Iron Eagle
Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
1986
6.8
Film
The Bank Job
Lew Vogel
2008
6.6
Film
A Perfect Murder
Mohamed Karaman
1998
6.4
Film
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Buller
1984
6.2
Series
Master of the Game
André d'Usseau
1984
8.0
Series
Long Ago and Far Away
1989–1992
7.0
Series
Henry VIII
Thomas Wolsey
2003
9.7
Series
Playing Shakespeare
1984
6.1
Film
Harry and the Hendersons
Jacques Lafleur
1987
5.3
Series
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Dino Grandi
1985
7.7
Series
The Way We Live Now
Augustus Melmotte
2001
6.9
Series
Moses
Aaron
1996
6.0
Series
Hidden
Sir Nigel Fountain
2011
7.5
Series
NCS: Manhunt
DI John Borne
2002
7.3
Series
Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets
2004
5.7
Series
Decline and Fall
Dr Fagan
2017
5.0
Series
Freud
Sigmund Freud
1984
6.6
Series
The Au Pair
George
2025
7.5
Series
Blott on the Landscape
Blott
1985
8.0
Series
Seesaw
Morris Price
1998
8.0
Series
Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet
Self - Presenter
2025–
7.5
Series
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Peter
Self - Presenter
2015
7.2
Film
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Oberon
2016
7.5
Film
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Self (Narrator)
2016
Acting credits 33 titles
Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet
as Self - Presenter
8.0
2025–
The Au Pair
as George
6.6
2025
Decline and Fall
as Dr Fagan
5.7
2017
American Assassin
as Director Stansfield
6.4
2017
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Oberon
7.2
2016
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
as Self (Narrator)
7.5
2016
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Peter
as Self - Presenter
7.5
2015
Hidden
as Sir Nigel Fountain
6.0
2011
Great Expectations
as Mr. Jaggers
7.3
2011
Going Postal
as Reacher Gilt
7.2
2010
The Bank Job
as Lew Vogel
6.8
2008
Arthur and the Invisibles
as Narrator (voice)
6.4
2006
Flushed Away
as Rita's Dad (voice)
6.3
2006
Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets
7.3
2004
Henry VIII
as Thomas Wolsey
7.0
2003
The In-Laws
as Jean-Pierre Thibodoux
5.6
2003
NCS: Manhunt
as DI John Borne
7.5
2002
The Way We Live Now
as Augustus Melmotte
7.7
2001
Seesaw
as Morris Price
8.0
1998
A Perfect Murder
as Mohamed Karaman
6.6
1998
Moses
as Aaron
6.9
1996
Executive Decision
as Nagi Hassan
6.3
1996
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Hercule Poirot
8.2
1989–2013
Long Ago and Far Away
8.0
1989–1992
Harry and the Hendersons
as Jacques Lafleur
6.1
1987
Iron Eagle
as Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
5.6
1986
Blott on the Landscape
as Blott
7.5
1985
Mussolini: The Untold Story
as Dino Grandi
5.3
1985
The Falcon and the Snowman
as Alex
6.4
1985
Freud
as Sigmund Freud
5.0
1984
Master of the Game
as André d'Usseau
6.2
1984
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Buller
6.4
1984
Playing Shakespeare
9.7
1984