Actor · Creator
David Suchet
David Suchet has worked on 57 movies and 45 TV shows, between 1965 and 2025. On Nahoko: 18 movies and 21 TV shows. Best known for Flushed Away, A Perfect Murder and Executive Decision.
- Born
- 2 May 1946 (80 years old)
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- David Courtney Suchet, Дэвид Суше, 데이비드 수쳇
- Activities
- Actor · Creator
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Career start
- 1965
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Wellington School, National Youth Theatre, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Known for
Where to watch
United States
24 of their 39 titles are streaming right now in United States.
Availability: JustWatch · TMDB
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.
Career in figures
Career
- Active since
- 1980
- Titles on Nahoko
- 18 movies and 21 TV shows
- Main genres
- Drama, Thriller, Adventure
Ratings and box office
- Average rating
- ★ 6.5 IMDb
- Most voted
- Flushed Away
- Box office
- $529.4M, led by Flushed Away ($178.1M)
Awards and nominations
1 win
- 2020Knight BachelorWon
Source: Wikidata
Filmography 39
2025
- The Au PairTV showTV show · as George · 4 episodes★ 5.7
2019
- His Dark MaterialsTV showTV show · as Kaisa (voice) · 7 episodes
★ 7.7
2018
- PressTV showTV show · as George Emmerson · 3 episodes
★ 7.5
2017
- American AssassinMovieMovie · as Director Stansfield
★ 6.2 - Urban MythsTV showTV show · as Salvador Dali · 1 episode★ 7.2
2014
- Effie GrayMovieMovie · as Mr. RuskinRent/Buy★ 6.0
- Captain MarleauTV showTV show · as Herbert White · 1 episode
★ 6.9
2012
- The Hollow CrownTV showTV show · as Duke of York · 1 episodeRent/Buy★ 8.2
2011
- Great ExpectationsTV showTV show · as Mr. Jaggers · 3 episodes★ 7.5
- HiddenTV showTV show · as Sir Nigel Fountain · 4 episodes
★ 6.7
2010
- Going PostalTV showTV show · as Reacher Gilt · 2 episodes
★ 7.7
2008
- The Bank JobMovieMovie · as Lew Vogel
★ 7.2
2007
- FloodMovieMovie · as DPM CampbellRent/Buy★ 4.8
2006
- Flushed AwayMovieMovie · as Rita's Dad (voice)
★ 6.6 - Arthur and the InvisiblesMovieMovie · as themselves (voice)
★ 6.0
2005
- Doctor WhoTV showTV show · as The Landlord · 1 episode
★ 8.5
2004
- Who Do You Think You Are?TV showTV show · as themselves · 1 episode★ 8.0
2003
- The In-LawsMovieMovie · as Jean-Pierre Thibodoux
★ 5.8 - FoolproofMovieMovie · as Leo Gillette
★ 6.4
2001
- The Way We Live NowTV showTV show · as Augustus Melmotte · 4 episodes★ 7.6
1999
- Wing CommanderMovieMovie · as Capt. Jason Sansky★ 4.4
1998
- A Perfect MurderMovieMovie · as Mohamed Karaman★ 6.6
1997
- SolomonTV showTV show · as Joab★ 6.6
1996
- Executive DecisionMovieMovie · as Nagi Hassan
★ 6.5
1995
- MosesTV showTV show · as Aaron · 2 episodes★ 6.7
1989
- PoirotTV showTV show · as Hercule Poirot · 70 episodes
★ 8.6
1988
- A World ApartMovieMovie · as MullerRent/Buy★ 7.0
1987
- Harry and the HendersonsMovieMovie · as Jacques LafleurRent/Buy★ 6.1
1986
- Iron EagleMovieMovie · as Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
★ 5.6
1985
- The Falcon and the SnowmanMovieMovie · as Alex
★ 6.8 - Mussolini: The Untold StoryTV showTV show · as Dino Grandi · 4 episodes★ 6.9
1984
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the ApesMovieMovie · as Buller★ 6.4
- The Little Drummer GirlMovieMovie · as MesterbeinRent/Buy★ 6.1
1983
- Reilly: Ace of SpiesTV showTV show · as Inspector Tsientsin · 1 episode★ 8.2
1982
- The MissionaryMovieMovie · as Corbett★ 6.2
1980
- OppenheimerTV showTV show · as Edward Teller · 6 episodes★ 8.1
1979
- Tales of the UnexpectedTV showTV show · as Yves Drouard · 1 episode★ 7.6
1977
- The ProfessionalsTV showTV show · as Krivas · 1 episode★ 8.0
1972
- The ProtectorsTV showTV show · as Detective / Leo · 1 episodeRent/Buy★ 6.7
More credits 89
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2025
- Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David SuchetTV showTV show · as themselves · 5 episodes
2024
- Poirot and More: A RetrospectiveMovieMovie · as themselves · Creator
2023
- Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle ChoirMovieMovie · as themselves
2018
- More Than WordsTV showTV show · as themselves · 4 episodes
- Near Myth: The Oskar Knight StoryMovieMovie · as themselves
2017
- ConcordeTV showTV show · as themselves · 2 episodes
- Decline and FallTV showTV show · as Dr Fagan · 3 episodes
2016
- Peter Pan Goes WrongMovieMovie · as themselves
- Shakespeare Live! From the RSCMovieMovie · as Oberon
- This Changed EverythingMovieMovie · as themselves
2015
- David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St PeterTV showTV show · as themselves · 2 episodes
- The Importance of Being Earnest on StageMovieMovie · as Lady Bracknell
2014
- Long Day's Journey Into NightMovieMovie · as James Tyrone
2013
- Being PoirotMovieMovie · as themselves
- The Jesus Storybook BibleTV showTV show · as themselves · 44 episodes
- The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David SuchetMovieMovie · as themselves (voice)
2012
- David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. PaulTV showTV show · as themselves · 2 episodes
- David Suchet: People I Have ShotMovieMovie · as themselves
- Starring Sigmund FreudMovieMovie
2011
- All My SonsMovieMovie · as Joe Keller
- Going Postal 2in1MovieMovie · as Reacherové pozlátko
- PerspectivesTV showTV show
- The Jesus Storybook BibleMovieMovie · as themselves
- The Story of JesusTV showTV show · as themselves · 2 episodes
2010
- David Suchet on the Orient ExpressMovieMovie · as themselves
2009
- Act of GodMovieMovie · as Dr. Benjamin Cisco
- DivertedMovieMovie · as Samuel Stearn
2007
- MaxwellMovieMovie · as Robert Maxwell
2006
- DraculaMovieMovie · as Abraham Van Helsing
2005
- ExtinctTV showTV show
2004
- A Bear Named WinnieMovieMovie · as General Hallholland
- Space Odyssey: The Robot PioneersMovieMovie · as themselves
- Space Odyssey: Voyage to the PlanetsTV showTV show
- The Phoenix and the CarpetMovieMovie · as The Phoenix (voice)
2003
- Henry VIIITV showTV show · as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey · 2 episodes
2002
- Live from BaghdadMovieMovie · as Naji Al-Hadithi
- NCS: ManhuntTV showTV show · as DI John Borne · 6 episodes
- The Stanford Prison ExperimentMovieMovie · as themselves (voice)
2001
- Murder in MindTV showTV show · as Edward Palmer · 1 episode
- Victoria & AlbertMovieMovie · as Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD
2000
- Sabotage!!MovieMovie · as Napoleón
1999
- RKO 281MovieMovie · as Louis B. Mayer
1998
- SeesawTV showTV show · as Morris Price · 3 episodes
1997
- SolomonMovieMovie · as Joab
- SolomonTV showTV show · as Joab · 2 episodes
- SundayMovieMovie · as Oliver / Matthew Delacorta
- The Phoenix and the CarpetTV showTV show · as The Phoenix (voice) · 6 episodes
1996
- Deadly VoyageMovieMovie · as Vlachos
1995
- Cruel TrainMovieMovie · as Ruben Roberts
1993
- Der Fall LuconaMovieMovie · as Rudi Waltz
1992
- The Secret AgentMovieMovie · as Alfred Verloc
- The Secret AgentTV showTV show · as Alfred Verloc · 3 episodes
1991
- The Trouble With Agatha ChristieMovieMovie · as themselves
1990
- Agatha Christie - Unfinished PortraitMovieMovie · as themselves
- Bingo: Scenes of Money and DeathMovieMovie · as Shakespeare
- SeparationMovieMovie · as Joe
- The Fool of the World and the Flying ShipMovieMovie · as themselves (voice)
1989
- 4 PlayTV showTV show · as Carver · 1 episode
- Long Ago and Far AwayTV showTV show
- Nobody Here But Us ChickensMovieMovie
- When the Whales CameMovieMovie · as Will
1988
- James Joyce's 'Ulysses'MovieMovie · as Leopold Bloom
- The Modern World: Ten Great WritersTV showTV show · as Leopold Bloom · 1 episode
- The Play on OneTV showTV show · as Joe · 1 episode
- To Kill a PriestMovieMovie · as Bishop
1987
- Cause CélèbreMovieMovie · as T.J. O'Connor
- The Dame Edna ExperienceTV showTV show · as themselves · 1 episode
- The Last Innocent ManMovieMovie · as Jonathan Gault
1986
- MurrowMovieMovie · as William Shirer
1985
- A Song for EuropeMovieMovie · as Steve Dyer
- Blott on the LandscapeTV showTV show · as Blott · 6 episodes
- Blott on the LandscapeMovieMovie
- Screen TwoTV showTV show · as Vlachos · 1 episode
- Theatre NightTV showTV show · as William Shakespeare · 1 episode
- Thirteen at DinnerMovieMovie · as Insp. Japp
1984
- FreudTV showTV show · as Sigmund Freud · 6 episodes
- Master of the GameTV showTV show · as André d'Usseau · 9 episodes
- Oxbridge BluesTV showTV show · as Colin · 2 episodes
- Playing ShakespeareTV showTV show
1983
- Being NormalMovieMovie · as Bill
- Red MonarchMovieMovie · as Beria
- TrenchcoatMovieMovie · as Inspector Stagnos
1982
- American PlayhouseTV showTV show · as Edward Teller / Joe · 6 episodes
- The Hunchback of Notre DameMovieMovie · as Clopin Trouillefou
- TimewatchTV showTV show · as themselves (voice) · 1 episode
1981
- The CauseMovieMovie · as Reger
1980
- A Tale of Two CitiesMovieMovie · as John Barsad
1970
- Play for TodayTV showTV show · as Reger · 1 episode
1965
- Public EyeTV showTV show · as Martin Kulman · 1 episode