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David Suchet

Actor

David Suchet

Born May 2, 1946 in London, England, UK57 films

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.

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Filmography

57 films as actor
  1. 2017American AssassinDirector Stansfield
  2. 2015The Importance of Being Earnest on StageLady Bracknell
  3. 2014Effie GrayMr. Ruskin
  4. 2014Long Day's Journey Into NightJames Tyrone
  5. 2011Going Postal 2in1Reacherové pozlátko
  6. 2011All My SonsJoe Keller
  7. 2011The Jesus Storybook BibleNarrator
  8. 2009DivertedSamuel Stearn
  9. 2009Act of GodDr. Benjamin Cisco
  10. 2008The Bank JobLew Vogel
  11. 2007FloodDPM Campbell
  12. 2007MaxwellRobert Maxwell
  13. 2006DraculaAbraham Van Helsing
  14. 2006Arthur and the InvisiblesNarrator (voice)
  15. 2006Flushed AwayRita's Dad (voice)
  16. 2004A Bear Named WinnieGeneral Hallholland
  17. 2004The Phoenix and the CarpetThe Phoenix (voice)
  18. 2003FoolproofLeo Gillette
  19. 2003The In-LawsJean-Pierre Thibodoux
  20. 2002Live from BaghdadNaji Al-Hadithi
  21. 2001Victoria & AlbertBaron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD
  22. 2000Sabotage!!Napoleón
  23. 1999RKO 281Louis B. Mayer
  24. 1999Wing CommanderCapt. Jason Sansky
  25. 1998A Perfect MurderMohamed Karaman
  26. 1997SolomonJoab
  27. 1997SundayOliver / Matthew Delacorta
  28. 1996Deadly VoyageVlachos
  29. 1996Executive DecisionNagi Hassan
  30. 1995Cruel TrainRuben Roberts
  31. 1993Der Fall LuconaRudi Waltz
  32. 1992The Secret AgentAlfred Verloc
  33. 1990The Fool of the World and the Flying ShipNarrator (voice)
  34. 1990Bingo: Scenes of Money and DeathShakespeare
  35. 1990SeparationJoe
  36. 1989Nobody Here But Us Chickens
  37. 1989When the Whales CameWill
  38. 1988To Kill a PriestBishop
  39. 1988A World ApartMuller
  40. 1987Cause CélèbreT.J. O'Connor
  41. 1987Harry and the HendersonsJacques Lafleur
  42. 1987The Last Innocent ManJonathan Gault
  43. 1986MurrowWilliam Shirer
  44. 1986Iron EagleMinister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
  45. 1985Thirteen at DinnerInsp. Japp
  46. 1985A Song for EuropeSteve Dyer
  47. 1985Blott on the Landscape
  48. 1985The Falcon and the SnowmanAlex
  49. 1984The Little Drummer GirlMesterbein
  50. 1984Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the ApesBuller
  51. 1983Being NormalBill
  52. 1983Red MonarchBeria
  53. 1983TrenchcoatInspector Stagnos
  54. 1982The MissionaryCorbett
  55. 1982The Hunchback of Notre DameClopin Trouillefou
  56. 1981The CauseReger
  57. 1980A Tale of Two CitiesJohn Barsad