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David Suchet

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Also known as Sir David Courtney Suchet

English actor

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David Suchet is an English actor known for his extensive career in theatre, television, and film. He is particularly famous for his long-running role as the detective Hercule Poirot in the television adaptation of Agatha Christie's stories, which made him one of the most recognized actors in British television.

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Person · Open Library

Works
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  • Travels with Agatha Christie
  • NIV Audio Bible
  • NIV Bible
  • John
  • David Suchet David Suchet's Bible Stories + Cass

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Film & TV

Acting · London, England, UK

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…

Known for

  • Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet — Self - Presenter2025
  • The Au Pair — George2025
  • Poirot and More: A Retrospective — Himself2024
  • Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir — Self2023
  • His Dark Materials — Kaisa (voice)2019
  • Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story — Self2018
  • Press — George Emmerson2018
  • More Than Words — Self2018
  • American Assassin — Director Stansfield2017
  • Concorde — Self - Narrator2017

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1946-05-02

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David Suchet
date of birth
1946-05-02
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start of work period
1967-00-00
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Sir David Courtney Suchet (/ˈsuːʃeɪ/ SOO-shay; born 2 May 1946) is an English actor. He is known for his work on stage and in television. He portrayed Edward Teller in the television 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 Television Award for Best Actor nomination.

A prolific stage actor, Suchet has been nominated for nine Olivier Awards and a Tony Award.

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