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.

Known For

Flushed Away

as Rita's Dad (voice)

Doctor Who

as The Landlord

American Assassin

as Director Stansfield

Arthur and the Invisibles

as Narrator (voice)

The Bank Job

as Lew Vogel

His Dark Materials

as Kaisa (voice)

A Perfect Murder

as Mohamed Karaman

Executive Decision

as Nagi Hassan

Harry and the Hendersons

as Jacques Lafleur

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Hercule Poirot