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.

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.