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David Suchet, is an English actor, known for his work on British stage and television. He played Edward Teller in the TV serial Oppenheimer (1980) and received the RTS and BPG awards for his performance as Augustus Melmotte in the British serial The Way We Live Now (2001). International acclaim and recognition followed his performance as Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989–2013), for which he received a 1991 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) nomination.
Birth Name
David C. Suchet
Born
Thursday, 02 May 1946
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir | 2023 | |
| Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story | Himself / Self | 2023 |
| Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime | Self | 2021 |
| His Dark Materials | Kaisa | 2019 |
| Press | George Emmerson | 2018 |
| Concorde | Self - Narrator | 2017 |
| Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father | Self | 2017 |
| American Assassin | Director Stansfield | 2017 |
| Whovians | Self | 2017 |
| Decline and Fall | Dr. Fagan | 2017 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir | 2023 | |
| Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story | Himself / Self | 2023 |
| Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime | Self | 2021 |
| His Dark Materials | Kaisa | 2019 |
| Press | George Emmerson | 2018 |
| Concorde | Self - Narrator | 2017 |
| Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father | Self | 2017 |
| American Assassin | Director Stansfield | 2017 |
| Whovians | Self | 2017 |
| Decline and Fall | Dr. Fagan | 2017 |
| Urban Myths | Salvador Dali | 2017 |
| Luther V Rome: How a Hammer and Nail Changed the World | Narrator | 2017 |
| Peter Pan Goes Wrong | David / Narrator | 2016 |
| This Changed Everything | Narrator | 2016 |
| Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Oberon | 2016 |
| The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage | Lady Bracknell | 2015 |
| David Suchet: In the Footsteps of Saint Peter | Himself - Presenter | 2015 |
| Capitain Marleau | Herbert White | 2014 |
| Effie Gray | Mr. Ruskin | 2014 |
| Being Poirot | Self - Presenter / Narrator | 2013 |
| The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet | Self - Host / Narrator (voice) | 2013 |
| Crime Connections | Self / Hercule Poirot | 2012 |
| The Hollow Crown | Duke of York | 2012 |
| Life Before Death | Narrator | 2012 |
| Great Expectations | Jaggers / Mr. Jaggers | 2011 |
| Hidden | Sir Nigel Fountain | 2011 |
| The A to Z of Crime | Self / Hercule Poirot | 2011 |
| Perspectives | Self - Presenter / Narrator | 2011 |
| David Suchet on the Orient Express | Self / Hercule Poirot / Himself - Presenter | 2010 |
| Going Postal | Reacher Gilt | 2010 |
| Top of the Cops | Self / Hercule Poirot | 2009 |
| Diverted | Samuel Stearn | 2009 |
| Q&A | Self - Panellist | 2008 |
| The Bank Job | Lew Vogel | 2008 |
| Generation RX | Self - Narrator | 2008 |
| Flood | Deputy Prime Minister Campbell / DPM Campbell | 2007 |
| Maxwell | Robert Maxwell | 2007 |
| Dracula | Abraham Van Helsing | 2006 |
| Arthur and the Invisibles | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 2006 |
| Flushed Away | Rita's Dad (voice) / Rita's Dad | 2006 |
| The One Show | Self - Guest | 2006 |
| The Agatha Christie Code | Self | 2005 |
| Extinct | Self | 2005 |
| Doctor Who | Landlord | 2005 |
| A Bear Named Winnie | General Hallholland | 2004 |
| Space Odyssey: The Robot Pioneers | Narrator | 2004 |
| Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | 2004 |
| Henry VIII | Cardinal Thomas Wolsey | 2003 |
| Foolproof | Leo Gillette | 2003 |
| The In-Laws | Jean-Pierre Thibodoux | 2003 |
| Live from Baghdad | Naji Al-Hadithi | 2002 |
| Pinocchio | Narrator / Geppetto / Judge | 2002 |
| NCS Manhunt | DI John Borne | 2002 |
| The Way We Live Now | Augustus Melmotte | 2001 |
| Murder in Mind | Edward Palmer | 2001 |
| NCS: Manhunt | DI John Borne | 2001 |
| The 54th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 2000 |
| RKO 281 | Louis B. Mayer | 1999 |
| Loose Women | Himself | 1999 |
| Wing Commander | Capt. Jason Sansky | 1999 |
| A Perfect Murder | Mohamed Karaman | 1998 |
| Seesaw | Morris Price | 1998 |
| Sunday | Matthew Delacorta / Oliver | 1997 |
| Executive Decision | Nagi Hassan | 1996 |
| Cruel Train | Ruben Roberts | 1995 |
| Der Fall Lucona | Rudi Waltz | 1993 |
| The Secret Agent | Alfred Verloc | 1992 |
| The Secret Agent | Alfred Verloc | 1992 |
| The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 1990 |
| Nobody Here But Us Chickens | 1989 | |
| 4 Play | Carver (segment "More Than a Touch of Zen") | 1989 |
| When the Whales Came | Will | 1989 |
| Poirot | Hercule Poirot | 1989 |
| Once in a Life Time | Herman Glogauer | 1988 |
| A World Apart | Muller | 1988 |
| The Play on One | Joe | 1988 |
| To Kill A Priest | Bishop | 1988 |
| The Dame Edna Experience | Self - Guest | 1987 |
| Cause célèbre | T.J. O'Connor / T.J. O'Connor K.C. | 1987 |
| Harry and the Hendersons | Jacques Lafleur | 1987 |
| The Last Innocent Man | Jonathan Gault | 1987 |
| Iron Eagle | Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh / Minister of Defense | 1986 |
| Mussolini: The Untold Story | Dino Grandi | 1985 |
| Thirteen at Dinner | Inspector Japp / Insp. Japp | 1985 |
| A Song for Europe | Steve Dyer | 1985 |
| Blott on the Landscape | Blott | 1985 |
| The Falcon and the Snowman | Alex | 1985 |
| Gulag | Matvei | 1985 |
| Screen Two | Vlachos | 1985 |
| Oxbridge Blues | Colin | 1984 |
| The Little Drummer Girl | Mesterbein | 1984 |
| Freud | Dr. Sigmund Freud / Freud | 1984 |
| Aspel & Company | Self - Guest | 1984 |
| Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Buller | 1984 |
| Master of the Game | André d'Usseau | 1984 |
| Reilly: Ace of Spies | Inspector Tsientsin | 1983 |
| Red Monarch | Beria | 1983 |
| Trenchcoat | Inspector Stagnos | 1983 |
| The Missionary | Corbett | 1982 |
| Timewatch | Self - Narrator | 1982 |
| Playing Shakespeare | Self | 1982 |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Clopin Trouillefou | 1982 |
| A Tale of Two Cities | John Barsad | 1980 |
| Children In Need | Self | 1980 |
| Oppenheimer | Edward Teller | 1980 |
| Schiele in Prison | Gustav Klimt | 1980 |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Yves Drouard | 1979 |
| The South Bank Show | Self - Guest | 1978 |
| The Professionals | Krivas | 1977 |
| The Protectors | Det. at End / Leo | 1972 |
| Play for Today | Reger | 1970 |
| The Mating Machine | Henry | 1970 |
| Jackanory | 1965 | |
| Public Eye | Martin Kulman | 1965 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Poirot | 1989 |
