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David Suchet Biography (1946-)

Surname is pronounced "Soo-shay"; born May 2, 1946, in London, England; son of Jack (a doctor) and Joan (maiden name, Jarche) Suchet; brother of John Suchet (a British newscaster); married Sheila Ferris (an actress), June 31, 1976;children: Robert, Katherine. Addresses: Agent: Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Ken McReddie Ltd., 91 Regent St., London W1B 4EL, England.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, producer

Birth Details

May 2, 1946

London, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Tybalt, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1973
• Messenger, Richard II, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1973
• Orlando, As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1973
• Tranio, The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company, RoyalShakespeare Theatre, 1973
• Zamislov, Summerfolk, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre,London, 1974, then Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, 1975
• Wilma, Comrades, Royal Shakespeare Company, Palace Theatre, London, 1974
• The Fool, Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company, Palace Theatre, 1974, then Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1975
• Pisanio, Cymbeline, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1974
• Hubert, King John, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1975
• Ferdinand, King of Navarre, Love's Labour's Lost, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, then Brooklyn Academy of Music, both 1975
• Lucio, Measure for Measure, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, England, then Lyttleton Theatre, London, 1977
• Thomas Gilthead, The Devil Is an Ass, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, then Lyttleton Theatre, 1977
• Grigory Stephanovich Smirnov, "The Bear," and Posdnyshev, "The Kreutzer Sonata," in The Kreutzer Sonata, Theatre Upstairs, London, 1977, then Royal Court Theatre, London, 1978
• Tsaravitch and Georg Wochner, Laughter!, English Stage Company, Royal Court Theatre, 1978
• Herman Glogauer, Once in a Lifetime, Royal Shakespeare Company, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1978
• Caliban, The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal ShakespeareTheatre, 1978
• Shylock, The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company, RoyalShakespeare Theatre, 1978
• Grumio, The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company, RoyalShakespeare Theatre, 1978, then Aldwych Theatre, 1979
• Sir Nathaniel, Love's Labour's Lost, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1978, then Aldwych Theatre, 1979
• Sextus Pompey, Antony and Cleopatra, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1978, then Aldwych Theatre, 1979
• Angelo, Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1979
• Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Barbican Concert Hall, London, 1983
• Iago, Othello, 1986
• Joe Green, Separation, Hampstead Theatre Club, then Comedy Theatre, both London, 1987
• Title role, Timon of Athens, Young Vic, London, 1991
• Oleanna, Royal Court Theatre and Duke of York's Theatre, London, 1993
• George, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Aldwych Theatre, 1996
• (Broadway debut) Salieri, Amadeus, London, 1998, then Music Box Theatre, 1999-2000, later Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 2000
• Also appeared in This Story of Yours, Hampstead Theatre Club; as Achilles, Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company; Bolingbroke,Richard II.
• Major Tours
• Man and Boy, U.K. cities, 2005
• Film Appearances
• Gustav Klimt, Schiele in Prison, Concord Films Council, 1980
• Corbett, The Missionary, Columbia, 1982
• Laurenti P. Beria, Red Monarch, Goldcrest, 1983
• Inspector Stagnos, Trenchcoat, Buena Vista, 1983
• Buller/Prince Max Von Hesse, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord ofthe Apes, Warner Bros., 1984
• Mesterbein, The Little Drummer Girl, Warner Bros., 1984
• Alex Okana, The Falcon and the Snowman, Orion, 1985
• Steven Dyer, A Song for Europe (also known as A Crime of Honour), 1985
• Defense minister, Iron Eagle, TriStar, 1986
• Jacques Lafleur, Harry and the Hendersons (also known as Bigfoot and the Hendersons), Universal, 1987
• Muller, A World Apart, Atlantic, 1988
• The Bishop, Popielusko (also known as To Kill a Priest andPopieluszko), Columbia, 1988
• Will, When the Whales Came (also known as Why the Whales Came), Signet Films, 1989
• Rudi Waltz, Der Fall Lucona (also known as The Lucona Affair), 1993
• Nagi Hassan, Executive Decision (also known as Critical Decision), Warner Bros., 1996
• Oliver/Matthew Delacorta, Sunday, CFP Distribution, 1997
• Detective Mohamed Karamn, A Perfect Murder, Warner Bros., 1998
• Captain Jason Sansky, Wing Commander (also known as Wing Commander: Space Will Never Be the Same), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
• Napoleon, Sabotage! (also known as Sabotage!! and Sabotaje), 2000
• (U.S. version) Voice of narrator, Geppetto, and the Judge, Pinocchio (also known as Roberto Benigni's "Pinocchio"), Miramax, 2002
• Jean-Pierre Thibodoux, The In-Laws (also known as Ein Ungleiches Paar and Wild Wedding--ein ungleiches Paar), Warner Bros., 2003
• Leo Gillette, Foolproof (also known as A toute epreuve), DEJ Productions, 2003
• Day of Wrath, Americana World Pictures, 2005
• Television Appearances
• Series
• (Uncredited) Voiceover in titles, Sapphire and Steel, ITV, 1979
• Inspector Tsientsin, Reilly: The Ace of Spies, Euston, then broadcast as segments of Mystery, PBS, 1984
• Hercule Poirot (title role), Poirot (also known as Agatha Christie's "Poirot"), ITV, PBS, and Arts and Entertainment, 1989-94
• Detective Inspector John Borne, NCS Manhunt, BBC, 2002
• Miniseries
• (Debut) Edward Teller, Oppenheimer, BBC, 1978, then broadcast as asegment of American Playhouse, PBS, 1982
• Himself, Playing Shakespeare, London Weekend Television, then PBS,1983
• Andre D'Usseau, Master of the Game, CBS, 1984
• Dr. Sigmund Freud (title role), The Life of Freud (also known as Freud), BBC, 1984
• Blott, Blott on the Landscape, BBC and Arts and Entertainment, 1985
• Dino Grandi, Mussolini: The Untold Story, NBC, 1985
• The Modern World: Ten Great Writers, 1988
• Aaron, Moses (also known as The Bible: Moses, Die Bibel-Moses, Die Bibel: Moses, and La Bible: Moise), TNT, 1996
• Voice of the Phoenix, The Phoenix and the Carpet, BBC, 1997
• Joab, Solomon (also known as Die Bibel-Salomon and Salomone), PAX, 1997
• Morris Price, Seesaw, 1998
• Frederich "Stocky" von Stockmar, M.D., Victoria & Albert, Artsand Entertainment, 2001
• Augustus Melmotte, The Way We Live Now, BBC and PBS, 2001
• Movies
• Barsad, A Tale of Two Cities, CBS, 1980
• Trouillefou, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (also known as Hunchback), CBS, 1982
• Inspector Japp, Agatha Christie's "Thirteen at Dinner" (also knownas Thirteen at Dinner), CBS, 1985
• Matvei, Gulag, HBO, 1985
• William L. Shirer, Murrow, HBO, 1986
• Jonathon Gault, The Last Innocent Man, HBO, 1987
• Joe, Separation (also known as Don't Hang Up), BBC, 1990
• Hercule Poirot, Hercule Poirot's Christmas, PBS, 1994
• Hercule Poirot, Murder on the Links (also known as Poirot: Murder on the Links), LWT, 1995
• Hercule Poirot, Hickory Dickory Dock, ITV1, 1995
• Ruben Roberts, Cruel Train, BBC, 1995
• Vlachos, Deadly Voyage, HBO, 1996
• Hercule Poirot, Dumb Witness (also known as Poirot: Dumb Witness), PBS, 1996
• Louis B. Mayer, RKO 281 (also known as RKO 281: The Battle overCitizen Kane), HBO, 1999
• Hercule Poirot, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (also known as Poirot: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd), Arts and Entertainment, 2000
• Hercule Poirot, Lord Edgeware Dies, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
• Hercule Poirot, Evil under the Sun (also known as Poirot: Evilunder the Sun), ITV and Arts and Entertainment, 2001
• Hercule Poirot, Murder in Mesopotamia, Arts and Entertainment, 2001
• Naji Al-Nadithi, Live from Baghdad, HBO, 2002
• Hercule Poirot, Poirot: Five Little Pigs, Arts and Entertainment and ITV, 2003
• Hercule Poirot, Poirot: Sad Cypress, Arts and Entertainment, 2003
• Hercule Poirot, Poirot: Death on the Nile, Arts and Entertainmentand ITV, 2004
• Hercule Poirot, Poirot: The Hollow, Arts and Entertainment, 2004
• General Hallholland, A Bear Named Winnie, CBC, 2004
• Pilots
• Detective Inspector John Borne, NCS: Manhunt, BBC, 2001
• Specials
• The Last Day, 1983
• Herman Glogauer, Once in a Lifetime, BBC, then broadcast as a segment of Great Performances, PBS, 1988
• T. J. O'Connor, Cause Celebre, Anglia TV, then broadcast as a segment of Mystery, PBS, 1988
• Carver, "More Than a Touch of Zen," 4 Play: Nobody Here But Us Chickens (also known as Nobody Here But Us Chickens), 1989
• The Life of Agatha Christie, Arts and Entertainment, 1990
• Adolf Verloc, "The Secret Agent," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS and BBC2, 1992
• Leopold Bloom, James Joyce's "Ulysses," PBS, 1993
• Narrator, Days of Majesty, PBS, 1994
• Presenter, The Laurence Olivier Awards 2003, 2003
• Narrator, Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets, BBC, 2004, The Discovery Channel, 2005
• Narrator, Space Odyssey: The Robot Pioneers, BBC, 2004, The Discovery Channel, 2005
• Also appeared as Howard Bollsover, Saigon: The Last Days, BBC; Yves Drouard, Time to Die, Anglia TV; in Being Normal, BBC; Kings and Castles, Thames.
• Episodic
• Martin Kulman, "And When You've Paid the Bill You're None the Wiser," Public Eye, 1971
• Leo, "Fighting Fund," The Protectors, ITV, 1973
• "Goodbye George," The Protectors, ITV, 1978
• Krivas, "Where the Jungle Ends," The Professionals, 1978
• Devas, "Partners," King & Castle, Thames, 1986
• Colin, "The Muse," Oxbridge Blues, BBC, then Arts and Entertainment, 1986, then PBS, 1988
• Yves Drouard, "A Time to Die," Tales of the Unexpected, syndicatedand ITV1, 1988
• Narrator, "The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship," Long Ago and Far Away, PBS, 1989
• Edward Palmer, "Teacher," Murder in Mind, BBC, 2001
• Himself, This Morning, ITV, 2004
• Himself, GMTV, ITV, 2004
• Television Associate Producer
• Movies
• Poirot: Five Little Pigs, Arts and Entertainment and ITV, 2003
• Poirot: Sad Cypress, Arts and Entertainment, 2003
• Poirot: Death on the Nile, Arts and Entertainment and ITV, 2004
• Poirot: The Hollow, Arts and Entertainment, 2004
• RECORDINGS
• Taped Readings
• Evil under the Sun: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie, AudioEditions, 2002
• WRITINGS
• (With others) Players of Shakespeare (2 volumes) 1985, 1988
• Also wrote essays on interpretations of roles.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• British Heritage, December, 1999, p. 42