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.
Awards & recognition
- Knight Bachelor · 2020
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2011
- Malice Domestic Poirot Award · 2003
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 2000 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet
His Dark Materials
Being Poirot
The Way We Live Now
Doctor Who
Victoria & Albert
The Hollow Crown
The Professionals
Blott on the Landscape
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Peter
Great Expectations
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Going Postal
Press
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Who Do You Think You Are?
David Suchet on the Orient Express
Diverted
The Bank Job
Tales of the Unexpected
A Bear Named Winnie
Solomon
A Perfect Murder
RKO 281
American Assassin
Arthur and the Invisibles
A World Apart
The Falcon and the Snowman
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Flushed Away
Executive Decision
Captain Marleau
Foolproof
Harry and the Hendersons
A Tale of Two Cities
The Protectors
Hidden
Effie Gray
Trenchcoat
The In-Laws
Decline and Fall
Dracula
Iron Eagle
The Little Drummer Girl
Flood
Wing Commander
The One Show
This Changed Everything
Solomon