David Suchet

He is renowned for extensively researching the personality and character of each role he plays. To prepare for the role of Hercule Poirot on Poirot (1989), Suchet has carefully read every description Agatha Christie ever wrote about the character, and adopted a soft Belgian accent.
He was Vice President of The Agatha Christie Society with Joan Hickson until her death.
He always stayed in character as Hercule Poirot when portraying him, even when the cameras were not rolling.
He is best known as Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) on British television. He is also appeared in the television movie Agatha Christie's Agata Christie - Tredici a tavola (1985) as Inspector James Japp. In later years, Suchet has often said that his performance as Japp was the worst of his entire career.
Has two children with Sheila Ferris: Robert Suchet and Katherine Suchet.

People ask me if I tried to make my Poirot popular. I didn't. All I did was to start to read Agatha Christie's novels. I wanted to be the Poirot that she would be proud of. So out went the funny costume designs and the huge moustaches. And in went everything that she had written. The morning suits. The little gifts of vases of flowers. The perfect moustache.
I'm character. People don't know me as David Suchet, they know me by the characters I've played. A personality player is always himself: Cary Grant is always Cary Grant. But the only character Ive been in that situation was Poirot. And there's nobody more different from me. I was in disguise!
I am London born and bred and very proud of it. I blow London's trumpet wherever I go. I think it is the greatest city in the world and, having played in most other cities, I know that it is the greatest city in the world for theatre. There are more venues per square mile here than anywhere else.
I find it very hard. Please God it looks easy, but actually Poirot is really tough to play.
The modern style of acting is all in the moment but Poirot isn't like that at all. I get out of the car already in his mindset and as soon as the moustache goes on, that's the trigger because I can't move my top lip as David Suchet any more. I've got a very big laugh, but if I laughed like me I would ping it off!