Personal Info
Birthday
May 2, 1946
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Known For
Acting
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 Filmography (119)
6.6
The Au Pair
TV Series2025
8.0
Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet
TV Series2025
0.0
Poirot and More: A Retrospective
Movie2024
0.0
Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir
Movie2023
7.8
His Dark Materials
TV Series2019
7.0
Press
TV Series2018
0.0
Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
Movie2018
No Backdrop
0.0
More Than Words
TV Series2018
0.0
Concorde
TV Series2017
6.4
American Assassin
Movie2017
5.7
Decline and Fall
TV Series2017
7.4
Urban Myths
TV Series2017
7.5
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Movie2016
No Backdrop
0.0
This Changed Everything
Movie2016
7.2
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Movie2016
No Backdrop
9.0
The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage
Movie2015
6.1
Capitaine Marleau
TV Series2015
0.0
Doctor Who: The Fan Show
TV Series2015
No Backdrop
7.5
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Peter
TV Series2015
6.0
Effie Gray
Movie2014
0.0
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Movie2014
7.8
Being Poirot
Movie2013
No Backdrop
0.0
The Jesus Storybook Bible
TV Series2013
No Backdrop
7.5
The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet
Movie2013
No Backdrop
0.0
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. Paul
TV Series2012
7.4
The Hollow Crown
TV Series2012
No Backdrop
0.0
David Suchet: People I Have Shot
Movie2012
7.3
Great Expectations
TV Series2011
6.0
Hidden
TV Series2011
0.0
Perspectives
TV Series2011
No Backdrop
0.0
The Story of Jesus
TV Series2011
No Backdrop
10.0
The Jesus Storybook Bible
Movie2011
6.8
David Suchet on the Orient Express
Movie2010
7.2
Going Postal
TV Series2010
6.8
Diverted
Movie2009
No Backdrop
4.8
Act of God
Movie2009
3.2
Q&A
TV Series2008
6.9
The Bank Job
Movie2008
5.3
Flood
Movie2007
No Backdrop
6.0
Maxwell
Movie2007
5.6
Dracula
Movie2006
6.4
Arthur and the Invisibles
Movie2006
6.3
Flushed Away
Movie2006
4.4
The One Show
TV Series2006
7.6
Doctor Who
TV Series2005
6.7
A Bear Named Winnie
Movie2004
7.3
Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets
TV Series2004
7.0
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV Series2004
No Backdrop
7.0
The Phoenix and the Carpet
Movie2004
7.0
Henry VIII
TV Series2003
6.1
Foolproof
Movie2003
5.6
The In-Laws
Movie2003
6.7
Live from Baghdad
Movie2002
No Backdrop
0.0
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Movie2002
No Backdrop
7.5
NCS: Manhunt
TV Series2002
No Backdrop
3.4
Richard & Judy
TV Series2001
7.7
The Way We Live Now
TV Series2001
7.6
Victoria & Albert
Movie2001
8.3
Murder in Mind
TV Series2001
5.8
Sabotage!!
Movie2000
6.5
RKO 281
Movie1999
4.8
Wing Commander
Movie1999
6.5
A Perfect Murder
Movie1998
No Backdrop
8.0
Seesaw
TV Series1998
6.8
Solomon
Movie1997
No Backdrop
0.0
Solomon
TV Series1997
No Backdrop
0.0
The Phoenix and the Carpet
TV Series1997
5.0
Sunday
Movie1997
5.6
Deadly Voyage
Movie1996
6.9
Moses
TV Series1996
6.3
Executive Decision
Movie1996
4.3
Cruel Train
Movie1995
6.0
Der Fall Lucona
Movie1993
No Backdrop
8.5
The Secret Agent
Movie1992
No Backdrop
10.0
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
Movie1991
No Backdrop
8.1
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
Movie1990
0.0
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
Movie1990
6.4
When the Whales Came
Movie1989
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV Series1989
6.1
To Kill a Priest
Movie1988
6.4
A World Apart
Movie1988
6.0
The Play on One
TV Series1988
No Backdrop
8.0
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
TV Series1988
5.0
The Dame Edna Experience
TV Series1987
No Backdrop
5.6
Cause Célèbre
Movie1987
6.1
Harry and the Hendersons
Movie1987
5.3
The Last Innocent Man
Movie1987
No Backdrop
5.5
Murrow
Movie1986
5.6
Iron Eagle
Movie1986
5.3
Mussolini: The Untold Story
TV Series1985
5.8
Thirteen at Dinner
Movie1985
0.0
Theatre Night
TV Series1985
No Backdrop
8.4
Blott on the Landscape
Movie1985
7.5
Blott on the Landscape
TV Series1985
6.4
The Falcon and the Snowman
Movie1985
7.1
Screen Two
TV Series1985
No Backdrop
7.0
Oxbridge Blues
TV Series1984
5.6
The Little Drummer Girl
Movie1984
No Backdrop
5.0
Freud
TV Series1984
No Backdrop
9.7
Playing Shakespeare
TV Series1984
6.4
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Movie1984
6.2
Master of the Game
TV Series1984
7.0
Reilly: Ace of Spies
TV Series1983
5.4
Red Monarch
Movie1983
5.9
Trenchcoat
Movie1983
5.6
The Missionary
Movie1982
6.9
Timewatch
TV Series1982
5.8
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie1982
6.6
American Playhouse
TV Series1982
No Backdrop
0.0
The Cause
Movie1981
6.1
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie1980
6.7
Oppenheimer
TV Series1980
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
TV Series1979
5.3
An Audience with...
TV Series1978
7.6
The Professionals
TV Series1977
6.1
The Protectors
TV Series1972
6.6
Play for Today
TV Series1970
8.2
Public Eye
TV Series1965
10.0
The BAFTA Awards
TV Series1949