David Suchet

Also known as Sir David Courtney Suchet

English actor

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David Suchet is a male actor born in 1946 in Paddington, London, England. A citizen of the United Kingdom, he speaks English and practices Anglicanism. He began his work period in 1967 and was educated at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and the National Youth Theatre.

Suchet has been nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He has received the awards of Commander of the Order of the British Empire and Knight Bachelor. He has two children.

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It sits within the topics 1946 births, 20th-century English male actors and 21st-century English male actors.

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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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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

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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

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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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