File:David_Suchet.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
OverviewAI-generated
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*.
Synthesized by Vinony from 33 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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
via TMDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Paddington
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- National Youth Theatre
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Image
- David Suchet.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
Show 6 more facts
- Commons category
- David Suchet
- date of birth
- 1946-05-02
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
- name in native language
- David Suchet
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- social media followers
- 71717
Sources (8)
via Wikidata · CC0
~15 min read
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “David Suchet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.