Highest rated as cast or director
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · 13 Seasons
RKO 281
1999
Great Expectations
2011 · 1 Season
Foolproof
2003
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.
Acted in 91
2020s
- 2025
The Au Pair
George · 4 episodes
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Oberon
- 2015
The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage
Lady Bracknell
- 2014
Long Day's Journey Into Night
James Tyrone
- 2012
- 2011
Hidden
Sir Nigel Fountain · 4 episodes
Going Postal 2in1
Reacherové pozlátko
Perspectives
TV
All My Sons
Joe Keller
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
Diverted
Samuel Stearn
Act of God
Dr. Benjamin Cisco
- 2008
- 2007
Maxwell
Robert Maxwell
- 2006
Dracula
Abraham Van Helsing
- 2005
- 2004
Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets
TV
The Phoenix and the Carpet
The Phoenix (voice)
- 2003
Henry VIII
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey · 2 episodes
- 2002
Live from Baghdad
Naji Al-Hadithi
NCS: Manhunt
DI John Borne · 6 episodes
- 2001
The Way We Live Now
Augustus Melmotte · 4 episodes
Victoria & Albert
Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD
- 2000
Sabotage!!
Napoleón
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
Seesaw
Morris Price · 3 episodes
- 1997
Solomon
Joab · 2 episodes
The Phoenix and the Carpet
The Phoenix (voice) · 6 episodes
Sunday
Oliver / Matthew Delacorta
- 1996
Deadly Voyage
Vlachos
Moses
Aaron · 2 episodes
- 1995
Cruel Train
Ruben Roberts
- 1993
Der Fall Lucona
Rudi Waltz
- 1992
The Secret Agent
Alfred Verloc
1980s
- 1989
When the Whales Came
Will
- 1988
To Kill a Priest
Bishop
A World Apart
Muller
- 1987
Cause Célèbre
T.J. O'Connor
The Last Innocent Man
Jonathan Gault
- 1986
Murrow
William Shirer
- 1985
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Dino Grandi · 4 episodes
A Song for Europe
Steve Dyer
Blott on the Landscape
Movie
Blott on the Landscape
Blott · 6 episodes
- 1984
Oxbridge Blues
Colin · 2 episodes
The Little Drummer Girl
Mesterbein
Master of the Game
André d'Usseau · 9 episodes
- 1983
Red Monarch
Beria
- 1982
- 1981
The Cause
Reger
- 1980
A Tale of Two Cities
John Barsad
Oppenheimer
Edward Teller · 6 episodes
1970s
- 1979
- 1977
- 1972
- 1970
1960s
- 1965
Other crew 1
2020s
- 2024
Poirot and More: A Retrospective
Creator
Appearances31
2020s
- 2025
Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet
Self - Presenter · 5 episodes
- 2024
Poirot and More: A Retrospective
Himself
- 2023
Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir
Self
2010s
- 2018
More Than Words
Self · 4 episodes
- 2017
Concorde
Self - Narrator · 2 episodes
- 2016
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Self (Narrator)
This Changed Everything
Narrator
- 2015
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Peter
Self - Presenter · 2 episodes
- 2013
Being Poirot
Self - Narrator
The Jesus Storybook Bible
Narrator · 44 episodes
The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet
Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
- 2012
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. Paul
Self - Host · 2 episodes
David Suchet: People I Have Shot
Self - Presenter
- 2011
The Story of Jesus
Narrator · 2 episodes
The Jesus Storybook Bible
Narrator
- 2010
David Suchet on the Orient Express
Himself - Presenter
2000s
- 2008
- 2006
- 2004
Space Odyssey: The Robot Pioneers
Narrator
- 2002
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Narrator (voice)
- 2001
1990s
- 1991
- 1990
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
Narrator (voice)
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
Self
1980s
- 1987
The Dame Edna Experience
Self · 1 episode
- 1982
1970s
- 1978
1940s
- 1949
