While Poirot brought him international fame, Suchet has a distinguished background as a classical actor:
: He performed extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and received critical acclaim for roles such as Iago in Othello and Salieri in Amadeus . David Suchet
: Notable performances include playing Sigmund Freud , Augustus Melmotte in The Way We Live Now , and Reacher Gilt in Terry Pratchett's Going Postal . While Poirot brought him international fame, Suchet has
: More recently, he has hosted documentaries like Travels with Agatha Christie and appeared in the family drama The Au Pair . Personal Life and Legacy While Poirot brought him international fame
: To inhabit the role, he wore body padding to match Poirot’s "rotund" description and perfected a unique high-pitched "head voice" based on Belgian-French radio.