SIR DAVID SUCHET

Though his best-known work has been as Poirot, David Suchet earned acclaim for his roles in the miniseries Blott on the Landscape and The Life of Freud. He also appeared as domineering Hollywood studio head Louis B. Mayer in the well-received HBO feature RKO 281 (1999), about the making of Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane. He has also appeared in numerous Hollywood films and as Poirot on the ITV/PBS series.