| Biography | David Suchet, CBE (born 2 May 1946) is an English actor, known for his work on British 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[1] in Agatha Christie's Poirot he received a 1991 British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) nomination |