The following is a list of actors [note 1] who have played Hercule Poirot in various media.
Name | Title | Date | Notes |
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Charles Laughton | Alibi | 1928 | Adaptation of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd |
Francis L. Sullivan | Black Coffee | 1930 | Original play by Agatha Christie |
Peril at End House | 1940 | Adapted by Arnold Ridley | |
Robert Powell | Black Coffee | 2014 | UK Tour |
Jason Durr | |||
Allan Corduner | Murder on the Orient Express | 2017 | Adapted by Ken Ludwig |
Katharina Thalbach | 2021 | ||
Henry Goodman | 2022 | ||
Michael Maloney | 2024–25 | ||
Cameron Rhodes | 2025 |
Name | Title | Date | Type |
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Orson Welles | The Campbell Playhouse - "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" [1] [2] | 1939 | Radio (CBS) |
Maurice Tarplin | Murder Clinic - "The Tragedy at Marsden Manor" [3] | 1942 | Radio (Mutual) |
Harold Huber | Hercule Poirot | 1945 | Radio (Mutual-CBS) |
Richard Williams | Murder in the Mews [4] | 1955 | BBC Light Programme |
Maurice Denham | Hercule Poirot | 1985 | BBC Radio 4 |
Peter Sallis | 1986 | ||
John Moffatt | 1987-2007 | ||
Tom Conti | Murder on the Orient Express [5] | 2017 | Audible original |
Alfred Molina | The Murder on the Links [6] | 2021 | L.A. Theatre Works |
Peter Dinklage | The Mysterious Affair at Styles [7] | 2024 | Audible original |
Sergi López | El misterioso caso de Styles [8] | 2025 | Audible original (Spanish) |
Claudio Santamaria | Poirot a Styles Court [9] | 2025 | Audible original (Italian) |
Marco Ricca | O Misterioso Caso de Styles [10] | 2025 | Audible original (Brazilian) |
Rufus Beck | Das geheimnisvolle Verbrechen in Styles [11] | 2025 | Audible original (German) |
Name | Title | Date | Type |
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Austin Trevor | Alibi | 1931 | British film |
Black Coffee | 1931 | ||
Lord Edgware Dies | 1934 | ||
Tony Randall | The Alphabet Murders | 1965 | British film |
Albert Finney | Murder on the Orient Express | 1974 | Finney received an Academy Award nomination for this performance (British) |
Peter Ustinov | Death on the Nile | 1978 | British film |
Evil Under the Sun | 1982 | British film | |
Appointment with Death | 1988 | American film | |
Anatoly Ravikovich | Zagadka Endkhauza | 1989 | Soviet film |
Kenneth Branagh | Murder on the Orient Express | 2017 | Also directed by Branagh (American), these films are produced by 20th Century Studios |
Death on the Nile | 2022 | ||
A Haunting in Venice | 2023 | ||
Name | Title | Date | Type |
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José Ferrer | Hercule Poirot - "The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim" | 1961 | Unaired pilot (American) |
Horst Bollman | Black Coffee | 1973 | Television film (West German) |
Peter Ustinov | Thirteen at Dinner | 1985 | Television film |
Dead Man's Folly | 1986 | Television film | |
Murder in Three Acts | 1986 | Television film | |
Ian Holm | Murder by the Book | 1986 | Television film (British) |
Alfred Molina | Murder on the Orient Express | 2001 | Television film (American) |
Kontantin Raikin | Neudacha Puaro | 2002 | Television film (Russian) |
Anthony O'Donnell | Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures | 2004 | Television film (British) |
Name | Title | Date | Type |
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Heini Göbel | Die Galerie der großen Detektive - "Hercule Poirot klärt den Mord im Orient-Express auf" | 1955 | TV episode (West German) |
Martin Gabel | General Electric Theater - "The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim" | 1962 | TV episode (American) |
David Suchet | Agatha Christie's Poirot | 1989-2013 | TV series (British) |
Arnolds Liniņš | Slepkavība Stailzā | 1990 | Miniseries (Latvian) |
Kōtarō Satomi | Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple | 2004-2005 | Anime series (Japanese) |
John Malkovich | The ABC Murders | 2018 | TV serial (British) |
Name | Title | Date | Type |
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David Suchet | Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express | 2006 | Voice role |
Kevin Delaney | Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun | 2007 | Voice role |
Julien Dutel | Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders | 2016 | Voice role |
Will De Renzy-Martin | Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The First Cases | 2021 | Voice role |
Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The London Cass | 2023 | Voice role | |
Leslie Clack | Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express | 2023 | Voice role |