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David Suchet

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.

Filmography

2006
Flushed Away

as Rita's Dad (voice)

Movie
1996
Executive Decision

as Nagi Hassan

Movie
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Hercule Poirot

TV Show