David Suchet
English actor · United Kingdom · Actors · Born 1946 · age 80
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Something wrong?For a generation, he didn't just play Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot - he became the definitive version, holding the role across 24 years and fixing the fastidious Belgian detective in the public mind more completely than any actor before or since.
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His Dark MaterialsSeries, Kaisa (voice)2017
American AssassinFilm, Director Stansfield2015
Capitaine MarleauSeries, Herbert White2014
Effie GrayFilm, Mr. Ruskin2011Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward2010
Going PostalSeries, Reacher Gilt2009
DivertedFilm, Samuel Stearn2007
FloodFilm, DPM Campbell2006
The One ShowSeries2004
Who Do You Think You Are?Series
A Bear Named WinnieFilm, 2004General Hallholland2003Malice Domestic Poirot AwardAward2002
Live from BaghdadFilm, Naji Al-Hadithi1999
RKO 281Film, Louis B. Mayer1998
A Perfect MurderFilm, Mohamed Karaman1996
Deadly VoyageFilm, Vlachos1989
When the Whales CameFilm, Will1988
The Play on OneSeries, Joe1987
Cause CélèbreFilm, T.J. O'Connor1985
The Falcon and the SnowmanFilm, Alex1983
Reilly: Ace of SpiesSeries, Inspector Tsientsin
Red MonarchFilm, 1983Beria1980
A Tale of Two CitiesFilm, John Barsad1979
Tales of the UnexpectedSeries, Yves Drouard1972
The ProtectorsSeries, Detective1965
Public EyeSeries, Martin Kulman1946Born2 May 1946Also in Deutsch
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Filmography 40
AAAmerican Assassin
PWPeter Pan Goes Wrong
SRShakespeare Live! From the RSCEGEffie Gray
BPBeing PoirotDIDiverted
TJThe Bank JobFLFlood
FAFlushed Away
AIArthur and the Invisibles
DRDraculaAWA Bear Named Winnie
TLThe In-Laws
FOFoolproofLBLive from Baghdad
VAVictoria & Albert
WCWing CommanderRKRKO 281AMA Perfect Murder
SOSolomon
SUSunday
EDExecutive DecisionDVDeadly Voyage
TSThe Fool of the World and the Flying ShipWCWhen the Whales Came
TPTo Kill a Priest
AAA World Apart
HHHarry and the Hendersons
TMThe Last Innocent ManCCCause Célèbre
IEIron EagleTSThe Falcon and the Snowman
TDThirteen at Dinner
GAGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
TGThe Little Drummer Girl
TRTrenchcoatRMRed Monarch
TMThe Missionary
TDThe Hunchback of Notre DameACA Tale of Two Cities136 credits on file
Television 24
HMHis Dark Materials
UMUrban MythsCMCapitaine Marleau
TCThe Hollow Crown
GEGreat ExpectationsGPGoing Postal
QAQ&ATSThe One Show
DWDoctor WhoWAWho Do You Think You Are?
RJRichard & Judy
MMMurder in Mind
APAgatha Christie's PoirotTOThe Play on One
STScreen TwoRSReilly: Ace of Spies
APAmerican Playhouse
TITimewatchTUTales of the Unexpected
AWAn Audience with...
TPThe ProfessionalsTPThe Protectors
PTPlay for TodayPEPublic EyeAwards
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Born 2 May 1946, David Suchet built his career on stage first, earning nine Olivier Award nominations over decades of theatre work. Television brought wider notice: he played Edward Teller in Oppenheimer in 1980, then won RTS and BPG awards for Augustus Melmotte in The Way We Live Now in 2001. But it was Agatha Christie's Poirot, which he inhabited from 1989 to 2013, that made him internationally recognizable - a performance so committed it earned him a 1991 BAFTA nomination for Best Actor and turned him into the standard against which all other Poirots are measured. He was knighted for services to drama and charity.
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