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Also known as Sir David Courtney Suchet

English actor

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David Suchet is a British male actor born on May 2, 1946, in Paddington. He began his professional work period in 1967 and is a citizen of the United Kingdom. Suchet received his education at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and the National Youth Theatre. He speaks English and follows the Anglican religion.

His career includes receiving the Commander of the Order of the British Empire and being made a Knight Bachelor. He has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Suchet has two children. Among his published works are *Travels with Agatha Christie*, the *NIV Audio Bible*, the *NIV Bible*, *John*, and *David Suchet's Bible Stories + Cass*.

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Film & TV

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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human
Given name
David
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Paddington
Occupation
actor
Languages spoken
English language
Religion
Anglicanism
Image
David Suchet.jpg
Number of children
2
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David Suchet
date of birth
1946-05-02
name in native language
David Suchet
start of work period
1967-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

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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