David Suchet
- Highest Rated: The Missionary (1982)
- Lowest Rated: Pinocchio (2002)
- Birthday: May 2, 1946
- Birthplace: London, England, UK
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Maternal grandfather was famed photographer James Jarché; father Jack Suchet was a noted obstetrician and gynaecologist. Joined the National Youth Theatre at the age of 18. Joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1973. Made his Broadway debut in 1999 in a revival of Amadeus, playing Salieri opposite Michael Sheen's Mozart. Is a council member of LAMDA, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Received an honorary Doctorate from the University of Chichester in October 2008. Awarded the Freedom of the City of London in 2009. Awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2011 New Year's Honours List for his services to drama. In 2014, was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the RTS Programme Awards for his outstanding performace in Agatha Christie's Poirot. Played the role of Lady Bracknell in the 2015 West End production of The Importance of Being Earnest. Is the President of pastoral care charity School's Outreach.
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Highest Rated Movies
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The Missionary
100% -
RKO 281
93% -
A World Apart
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Filmography
Movies
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Box
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Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dali and the Cooper | Salvador Dali | — | 2018 | |
| Decline and Fall | Actor | — | 2017 | |
| Vaudeville Theatre London - The Importance of Being Earnest | Actor | — | 2016 | |
| This Changed Everything: 500 Years of the Reformation | Narrator | — | 2016 | |
| The Importance Of Being Earnest Live | Actor | — | 2015 | |
| 41% | Effie Gray | Mr. Ruskin | — | 2015 |
| Going Postal | Reacher Gilt | — | 2010 | |
| Diverted | Actor | — | 2009 | |
| 79% | The Bank Job | Lew Vogel | $30.1M | 2008 |
| Generation RX | Narrator | — | 2008 | |
| Dracula | Van Helsing | — | 2007 | |
| Flood | DPM Campbell | — | 2007 | |
| 73% | Flushed Away | Rita's Dad | $64.5M | 2006 |
| A Bear Named Winnie | General Hallholland | — | 2005 | |
| Foolproof | Leo Gillette | — | 2004 | |
| Henry VIII | Actor | — | 2003 | |
| 33% | The In-Laws | Thibodoux | $20.4M | 2003 |
| 0% | Pinocchio | Geppetto [U.S. Version] | $3.7M | 2002 |
| 88% | Live from Baghdad | Naji Al-Hadithi | — | 2002 |
| Victoria & Albert | Stockmar | — | 2001 | |
| 93% | RKO 281 | Louis B. Mayer | — | 1999 |
| 10% | Wing Commander | Captain Sansky | — | 1999 |
| 55% | A Perfect Murder | Det. Mohamed Karaman | — | 1998 |
| Seesaw | Actor | — | 1998 | |
| Solomon | Joab | — | 1997 | |
| The Phoenix and the Carpet | Phoenix | — | 1997 | |
| 80% | Sunday | Oliver | — | 1997 |
| Deadly Voyage | Vlachos | — | 1996 | |
| 64% | Executive Decision | Naji Hassan | — | 1996 |
| Moses | Aaron | — | 1995 | |
| Days of Majesty | Actor | — | 1993 | |
| The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship | Narrator | — | 1991 | |
| Don't Hang Up | Actor | — | 1990 | |
| 60% | When the Whales Came | Will | — | 1989 |
| 80% | To Kill a Priest | Bishop | — | 1988 |
| 91% | A World Apart | Muller | — | 1988 |
| 42% | Harry and the Hendersons | Jacques LaFleur | — | 1987 |
| El Último Inocente | Jonathan Gault | — | 1987 | |
| Cause Célèbre | T.J. O'Connor | — | 1987 | |
| Murrow | Actor | — | 1986 | |
| 20% | Iron Eagle | Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh | — | 1986 |
| Crime of Honor | Stephen Dyer | — | 1986 | |
| Mussolini: The Untold Story | Grandi | — | 1985 | |
| Agatha Christie's 'Thirteen at Dinner' | Inspector Japp | — | 1985 | |
| 80% | The Falcon and the Snowman | Alex | — | 1985 |
| Gulag | Matvei | — | 1985 | |
| 71% | The Little Drummer Girl | Mesterbein | — | 1984 |
| 71% | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Buller | — | 1984 |
| Freud | Sigmund Freud | — | 1984 | |
| Trenchcoat | Inspector | — | 1983 | |
| 100% | The Missionary | Corbett | — | 1982 |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Trouillefou | — | 1982 | |
| A Tale of Two Cities | Actor | — | 1980 | |
| Act of God | Actor | — | 1980 |
TV
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Year |
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| 100% |
His Dark Materials
2019
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Voice |
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| 95% |
Press
2018
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George Emmerson |
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| 91% |
Decline and Fall
2017
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Dr Fagan |
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| 94% |
Doctor Who
2006
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Masterpiece
1971-2014
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Jaggers Augustus Melmotte Hercule Poirot Cardinal Wolsey Poirot Dr. Abraham Van Helsing |
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Great Performances
2000
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Duke of York |
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David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. Paul
2012
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Host |
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Great Expectations
2011
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Jaggers |
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| 97% |
The Hollow Crown
2012-2016
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Mystery!
1980-2007
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O'Connor Hercule Poirot Poiret Poirot |
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American Playhouse
1982-1996
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Edward Teller Teller |
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Tales of the Unexpected
1979-1988
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Yves Drouard |
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The Way We Live Now
2002
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Augustus Melmotte |
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Urban Myths
2017-2018
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QUOTES FROM David Suchet CHARACTERS
- Leo Gillette
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If you want something protected, you have to protect it yourself.
- Leo Gillette
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Never trust a woman or an automatic weapon.
- Alex
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You can't leave here tonight free of it all anymore than I can. Did you really think you could?
- Lew Vogel
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I have a very jaundice view of life, from what I see most of it is corrupt, venile, and vile.
- Lew Vogel
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I think drugs are responsible for the moral decay of this country's young. Smut, smut, and more smut - that's my special area of interest.