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David Suchet

1946 - Today

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Sir David Courtney Suchet ( 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Suchet is the 262nd most popular actor (down from 203rd in 2019), the 435th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 285th in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Actor.

David Suchet is most famous for being the first person to climb the north face of the Eiger in Switzerland.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, David Suchet ranks 262 out of 13,578. Before him are Nǃxau ǂToma, Isabelle Huppert, Monica Vitti, Timothy Dalton, Viggo Mortensen, and Divine. After him are Julianne Moore, Marcel Marceau, Liza Minnelli, Lon Chaney, Christopher Reeve, and Franco Nero.

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Among people born in 1946, David Suchet ranks 47. Before him are Emerson Fittipaldi, Robert Fripp, Oliver Stone, Masoud Barzani, Paul Alexander, and Timothy Dalton. After him are Liza Minnelli, Arrigo Sacchi, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Boris Berezovsky, John Waters, and Sally Field.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Suchet ranks 435 out of 8,785. Before him are Ken Follett (1949), William Stuart-Houston (1911), John Couch Adams (1819), John Deacon (1951), Roger Williams (1603), and Morrissey (1959). After him are Thomas Harriot (1560), Halford Mackinder (1861), John Ruskin (1819), John Buchan (1875), Arnold Bennett (1867), and John Everett Millais (1829).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, David Suchet ranks 41. Before him are Daniel Day-Lewis (1957), Gary Oldman (1958), Claude Rains (1889), John Hurt (1940), Vanessa Redgrave (1937), and Timothy Dalton (1946). After him are Ian McShane (1942), Jacqueline Bisset (1944), David Bradley (1942), Hugh Grant (1960), James Fox (1939), and Tom Baker (1934).

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