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.

Known for

★6.3

Flushed Away

2006

★7.6

Doctor Who

2005

★6.4

American Assassin

2017

★6.9

The Bank Job

2008

★7.8

His Dark Materials

2019

★6.5

A Perfect Murder

1998

★6.3

Executive Decision

1996

★6.1

Harry and the Hendersons

1987

★8.2

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

★6.4

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1984

★5.6

Iron Eagle

1986

★5.6

The In-Laws

2003

★4.8

Wing Commander

1999

★7.2

Going Postal

2010

★6.1

Foolproof

2003

★6.0

Effie Gray

2014

★6.4

The Falcon and the Snowman

1985

★5.3

Flood

2007

★7.3

Great Expectations

2011

★6.5

RKO 281

1999

★5.9

Thirteen at Dinner

1985

★7.4

The Hollow Crown

2012

★6.7

Live from Baghdad

2002

★5.6

The Missionary

1982