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 Widely regarded as one of England's finest stage, screen and TV actors, short, stocky, balding David Suchet's international reputation has only grown over the years, greatly enhanced by his definitive interpretation of Agatha Christie's suave Belgian super-sleuth Hercule Poirot, a character he played for nearly 25 years in various TV episodes (1988-2013). Born in London on May 2, 1946, the son of actress Joan Patricia Jarch�� and renowned Lithuanian-Jewish obstetrician and gynecologist Jack Suchet, David, following boarding school, took an early desire in acting and was given a membership with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain at age 16. He then studied for three years at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and, after a significant route in repertory work, became a company member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1973 where he evolved into one of its most dominant players.In the 1970s, Suchet also began to come into his own on British television. In classical tradition, his first television movie was A Tale of Two Cities (1980). His first cinematic detective was as a Greek inspector in the Disney mystery comedy Trenchcoat (1983). This was followed by a versatile range of film roles that also express the width of his acting nationalities, such as a Middle Eastern terrorist in The Little Drummer Girl (1984), a Russian operative in The Falcon and the Snowman (1985), a French hunter in Harry and the Hendersons (1987), a Polish bishop in To Kill A Priest (1988), and the emperor Napoleon in Sabotage! (2000).Suchet's masterful work in television roles also includes portrayals of historical, biblical, entertainment and fictional figures, such as Sigmund Freud in Freud (1984), news reporter William L. Shirer in Murrow (1986), Aaron in Moses (1995), movie mogul Louis B. Mayer in RKO 281 (1999), Cardinal Wolsey in Henry VIII (2003), vampire nemesis Van Helsing in Dracula (2006), and Robert Maxwell in Maxwell (2007).Suchet's memorable theatre incarnations have included Shakespearean interps of Iago in "Othello", Tybalt in "Romeo and Juliet", Caliban in "The Tempest", and the title role of "Timon of Athens", as well as vibrant classical roles such as George in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1996), as composer Salieri in "Amadeus" (1998), a mesmerizing performance that earned both Olivier and Tony nominations, as Joe Keller in "All My Sons" (2010), as James Tyrone in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" (2012) (and in the 2014 film), as Lady Bracknell in "The Importance of Being Earnest" (2015) (and in the 2015 film), and as Gregory Solomon in "The Price" (2019).Long married to former actress Sheila Ferris, the couple have two children: Robert Suchet (born 1981) and Katherine Suchet (born 1983). His older brother is BBC newscaster-turned-journalist John Suchet. David was awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) at the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours for his services to drama. He was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire at the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours for his services to drama and to charity.
Bio:
Widely regarded as one of England's finest stage, screen and TV actors, short, stocky, balding David Suchet's international reputation has only grown over the years, greatly enhanced by his definitive interpretation of Agatha Christie's suave Belgian super-sleuth Hercule Poirot, a character he played for nearly 25 years in various TV episodes (1988-2013). Born in London on May 2, 1946, the son of actress Joan Patricia Jarch�� and renowned Lithuanian-Jewish obstetrician and gynecologist Jack Suchet, David, following boarding school, took an early desire in acting and was given a membership with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain at age 16. He then studied for three years at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and, after a significant route in repertory work, became a company member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1973 where he evolved into one of its most dominant players.In the 1970s, Suchet also began to come into his own on British television. In classical tradition, his first television movie was A Tale of Two Cities (1980). His first cinematic detective was as a Greek inspector in the Disney mystery comedy Trenchcoat (1983). This was followed by a versatile range of film roles that also express the width of his acting nationalities, such as a Middle Eastern terrorist in The Little Drummer Girl (1984), a Russian operative in The Falcon and the Snowman (1985), a French hunter in Harry and the Hendersons (1987), a Polish bishop in To Kill A Priest (1988), and the emperor Napoleon in Sabotage! (2000).Suchet's masterful work in television roles also includes portrayals of historical, biblical, entertainment and fictional figures, such as Sigmund Freud in Freud (1984), news reporter William L. Shirer in Murrow (1986), Aaron in Moses (1995), movie mogul Louis B. Mayer in RKO 281 (1999), Cardinal Wolsey in Henry VIII (2003), vampire nemesis Van Helsing in Dracula (2006), and Robert Maxwell in Maxwell (2007).Suchet's memorable theatre incarnations have included Shakespearean interps of Iago in "Othello", Tybalt in "Romeo and Juliet", Caliban in "The Tempest", and the title role of "Timon of Athens", as well as vibrant classical roles such as George in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1996), as composer Salieri in "Amadeus" (1998), a mesmerizing performance that earned both Olivier and Tony nominations, as Joe Keller in "All My Sons" (2010), as James Tyrone in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" (2012) (and in the 2014 film), as Lady Bracknell in "The Importance of Being Earnest" (2015) (and in the 2015 film), and as Gregory Solomon in "The Price" (2019).Long married to former actress Sheila Ferris, the couple have two children: Robert Suchet (born 1981) and Katherine Suchet (born 1983). His older brother is BBC newscaster-turned-journalist John Suchet. David was awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) at the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours for his services to drama. He was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire at the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours for his services to drama and to charity.
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He is renowned for extensively researching the personality and character of each role he plays. To prepare for the role of Hercule Poirot on Poirot (1989), Suchet has carefully read every description Agatha Christie ever wrote about the character, and adopted a soft Belgian accent.He was Vice President of The Agatha Christie Society with Joan Hickson until her death.He is best known as Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) on British television. He is also appeared in the television movie Agatha Christie's Thirteen at Dinner (1985) as Inspector James Japp.He always stayed in character as Hercule Poirot when portraying him, even when the cameras were not rolling.He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2002 Queen's Birthday Honours List and the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2011 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to drama.His last name is pronounced 'Su-shay'.Has two children with Sheila Ferris: Robert Suchet and Katherine Suchet.He was nominated for the 1999 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award (1998 season) for Best Actor for his performance in "Amadeus".On the television special David Suchet on the Orient Express (2010), Suchet said one of his great-grandfathers was from Lithuania.As part of his Shakespearean experience in the theatre, he played the role of Shylock in the late '80s. Being of Jewish descent, he was criticized for agreeing to play a character who is commonly perceived as an anti-Semitic stereotype.His father's family were Lithuanian Jewish immigrants to South Africa. His maternal grandfather, Fleet Street photographer James Jarch��, was of Russian Jewish descent (from a family that had passed through France before settling in England). His maternal grandmother, Elsie Gladys Jezzard, was of English ancestry, and was the daughter of Walter Jezzard and Martha Finch.Younger brother of ITN newscaster John Suchet. Uncle of Damian Suchet.He was awarded the 1996 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre) for Best Actor for his performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?".He was awarded the 1999 Back Stage Garland Award for Outstanding Performance in "Amadeus" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.He received an honorary doctorate (Ph.D in Theatre) from the University of Chichester. (October 2008)He was nominated for Broadway's 2000 Tony Award for Best Actor (Play) for playing Antonio Salieri in a revival of Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus".He was nominated for the 1997 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Play of 1996 for his performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?".He attended the National Youth Theatre in the 1960s.He was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama and charity in London, Greater London, England.Has won the Critics Circle best actor award twice for his work on the London stage . Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and All my Sons.He enjoys music, photography and boating around England.He trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA). |
| Name: |
David Suchet |
Type: |
Actor,Producer (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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Actor,Producer |
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Actor,Producer |
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| Height: |
5' 6' (1.68 m) |
| Biography: |
Widely regarded as one of England\'s finest stage, screen and TV actors, short, stocky, balding David Suchet\'s international reputation has only grown over the years, greatly enhanced by his definitive interpretation of Agatha Christie\'s suave Belg |
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He is renowned for extensively researching the personality and character of each role he plays. To prepare for the role of Hercule Poirot on Poirot (1989), Suchet has carefully read every description Agatha Christie ever wrote about the character, and adopted a soft Belgian accent.He was Vice President of The Agatha Christie Society with Joan Hickson until her death.He is best known as Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) on British television. He is also appeared in the television movie Agatha Christie's Thirteen at Dinner (1985) as Inspector James Japp.He always stayed in character as Hercule Poirot when portraying him, even when the cameras were not rolling.He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2002 Queen's Birthday Honours List and the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2011 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to drama.His last name is pronounced 'Su-shay'.Has two children with Sheila Ferris: Robert Suchet and Katherine Suchet.He was nominated for the 1999 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award (1998 season) for Best Actor for his performance in "Amadeus".On the television special David Suchet on the Orient Express (2010), Suchet said one of his great-grandfathers was from Lithuania.As part of his Shakespearean experience in the theatre, he played the role of Shylock in the late '80s. Being of Jewish descent, he was criticized for agreeing to play a character who is commonly perceived as an anti-Semitic stereotype.His father's family were Lithuanian Jewish immigrants to South Africa. His maternal grandfather, Fleet Street photographer James Jarch��, was of Russian Jewish descent (from a family that had passed through France before settling in England). His maternal grandmother, Elsie Gladys Jezzard, was of English ancestry, and was the daughter of Walter Jezzard and Martha Finch.Younger brother of ITN newscaster John Suchet. Uncle of Damian Suchet.He was awarded the 1996 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre) for Best Actor for his performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?".He was awarded the 1999 Back Stage Garland Award for Outstanding Performance in "Amadeus" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.He received an honorary doctorate (Ph.D in Theatre) from the University of Chichester. (October 2008)He was nominated for Broadway's 2000 Tony Award for Best Actor (Play) for playing Antonio Salieri in a revival of Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus".He was nominated for the 1997 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Play of 1996 for his performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?".He attended the National Youth Theatre in the 1960s.He was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama and charity in London, Greater London, England.Has won the Critics Circle best actor award twice for his work on the London stage . Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and All my Sons.He enjoys music, photography and boating around England.He trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA). |
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People ask me if I tried to make my Poirot popular. I didn't. All I did was to start to read Agatha Christie's novels. I wanted to be the Poirot that she would be proud of. So out went the funny costume designs and the huge moustaches. And in went everything that she had written. The morning suits. The little gifts of vases of flowers. The perfect moustache.
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I'm character. People don't know me as David Suchet, they know me by the characters I've played. A personality player is always himself: Cary Grant is always Cary Grant. But the only character Ive been in that situation was Poirot. And there's nobody more different from me. I was in disguise!
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I am London born and bred and very proud of it. I blow London's trumpet wherever I go. I think it is the greatest city in the world and, having played in most other cities, I know that it is the greatest city in the world for theatre. There are more venues per square mile here than anywhere else.
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I find it very hard. Please God it looks easy, but actually Poirot is really tough to play.
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The modern style of acting is all in the moment but Poirot isn't like that at all. I get out of the car already in his mindset and as soon as the moustache goes on, that's the trigger because I can't move my top lip as David Suchet any more. I've got a very big laugh, but if I laughed like me I would ping it off! |
| Job title: |
Actor,Producer |
| Others works: |
(2005) Appeared in Terence Rattigan's "Man and Boy" at London's Duchess Theatre.
Narrator of the audio recording of "Evil Under the Sun" by Agatha Christie.
Narrator of the audio recording of "Murder on the Orient Expr |
| Spouse: |
Sheila Ferris (June 1976 - present) (2 children) |
| Relatives: |
John Suchet (Sibling) |
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