caption years_active children birth_place module relatives honorific_suffix birth_date spouse image article_title occupation
suchet in 2006 1970 -- present 2 london , england yes feb 2009 b00h9vcx.flac david suchet 's voice speech recorded february david 2009 from the bbc radio 4 programme '' desert island suchet discs '' bbc radio4 desert island discs 8 john suchet -lrb- brother -rrb- cbe 2 may 1946 sheila ferris 30 june 1976 david suchet.jpg david suchet
 actor
david suchet

david suchet , cbe -lrb- ; born 2 may 1946 -rrb- is an english actor , known for his work on british stage and television .
he played edward teller in the tv serial `` oppenheimer '' and received the rts and bpg awards for his performance as augustus melmotte in the 2001 british serial `` the way we live now '' .
for his role as agatha christie 's detective hercule poirot in `` agatha christie 's poirot '' , he received a 1991 british academy of film and television arts -lrb- bafta -rrb- nomination .
