David Suchet's biography

David Suchet is 76 years old actor born at Paddington. David was born on Thursday 2nd of May 1946. According to year of birth 1946 he belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 2nd of May means David is Taurus. Taurus is most stable sign of Zodiac, that is the reason it is also included in the earthy sign of the Zodiac Belt. One born with this Moon Sign (Not a Rising Sign) is very stable and balanced through their mind.

David is white british. David is citizen of United Kingdom. He is christian.

David Suchet's dad

David Suchet's father's name is Jack Suchet.

David Suchet's schools

We found 2 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Wellington School.

Detailed informations about David´s schools

He studied university - London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.

David Suchet's career

David´s main focus is to be actor. He is famous thanks to Hercule Poirot.

Is David Suchet gay ?

David is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

David Suchet's Awards

He was nominated for the 1999 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award (1998 season) for Best Actor for his performance in "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 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 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 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.
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.

David Suchet's quotes

I find it very hard. Please God it looks easy, but actually Poirot is really tough to play.
I'm far more observant now than I was before - I notice how people dress and if they've changed their hair. He's [Poirot] also taught me to listen. As Agatha Christie says, he will listen to you speak but hear what you mean.
I don't really want people to see me. I'm not into stardom.
Although I'm a very emotional man, I just can't have blind faith; I have to find out for myself.
I've always been short and stocky. So when I got into repertory theatre after graduation, I found myself doing character roles: because of my deep voice, shape and height, I was playing 40-year-old, 50-year-old roles at the age of 23.
I'm never bored, never ever bored. If I've got a day off I'll sit in a cafÃ© and watch and observe. I'm a great observer.
When I was 16, I made some little 35mm documentaries about the poor in London. I went round Notting Hill, which was a real slum in the 1950s, shooting film.
When I was 18 and not sure whether I wanted to be an actor, I realized that a playwright has no voice without an actor. That's my reason for acting: to get that character as right as possible for my writer. And I have never changed my philosophy.
I'm three-quarters Russian, so I've always felt an outsider. But I don't think you can be in a play with John Of Gaunt's 'This sceptered isle' speech and not feel proud to be British.
I'd love to be remembered as a character actor who brought illumination to roles in wonderful plays and who delivered performances that made people think and rethink those roles.
I was a typical teen growing up in the 1960s, when everybody was into gurus and meditation.
Deep inside, I am desperate to do comedy.
I became fascinated by the fact that people write to give away rather than write to be read. It's the difference between playwrights and novelists.
I suppose I could be accused of taking acting too seriously and losing the fun of it. I do take my work very seriously; I take on the responsibility of it.
That's the thing about film acting and television acting. You just release yourself and do what is true for the moment, and ignore everybody and everything and all the technical razzmatazz that goes on.
I'm really not interested in showing me or playing me. My gift as an actor, given to me, is to be able to become other people.
I'm really into my photography and am trying to catch up with digital generation - I was used to the old 35mm cameras.
Inevitably, every part an actor plays contains some of himself.
I love music, especially classical like Verdi; it's a great way to relax.
I'm 64 years old, and I've been acting now for 42 years. Only recently have I thought to myself, 'Hmmm, it may be interesting to start directing.'
When you're doing characters from famous novels, you have a responsibility as an actor to make it what the writer intended. And then you add and expand from there to create a three-dimensional performance.
I would have liked to do more big movies. And the reason I say that is not because I want to be a star, but what I would have liked to have done is reached a different audience with my work.
I also was well aware of Brian Eastman's advice to me before I left for Bryher: 'Don't forget, he may have an accent, but the audience must be able to understand exactly what he's saying.' There was my problem in a nutshell.
I've always said, with our liberal society, is some ways we're limiting ourselves in art. That's why people don't like doing The Merchant of Venice anymore.
[on being made a Knight] I feel so very honoured, privileged and full of gratitude to the Queen, my country and my profession.
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