It is hijacked by Jaffa's Lieutenant, Nagi Hassan ( David Suchet ) and a number of Jaffa's men.

Things go disastrously wrong for both of them, bringing in the cold, smoothly dogged police inspector ( David Suchet ), whose role is much reduced, as it is Gwyneth Paltrow's character, the wife, who unravels much of the mystery.

David Suchet, CBE, ( ; born 2 May 1946 ) is an English actor, known for his work on British television.

Suchet's older brother, John Suchet, is a British television presenter and newsreader, and his father was gynaecologist Jack Suchet.

Suchet's nephew is the broadcaster Richard Suchet.

Suchet is the brother of John Suchet, a national news presenter for Five News and Breakfast Show Presenter on Classic FM ( January 2011 ).

He is the uncle of broadcaster Richard Suchet, who is son of Suchet's youngest brother Peter Suchet.

Barault-Roullon, Le Marechal Suchet ( Paris, 1854 ); * Choumara, Considerations militaires sur les memoires du Marechal Suchet ( Paris, 1840 ), a controversial work on the last events of the Peninsular War, inspired, it is supposed, by Soult

The role of Japp is played by Philip Jackson in the British TV series Agatha Christie's Poirot, where Hercule Poirot's character is played by David Suchet.

Metcalf has won both a Theatre World Award and an Obie Award for her work on the stage, and is currently starring as Mary Tyrone in Eugene O ' Neil's Long Day's Journey Into Night, with David Suchet, Kyle Soller and Trevor White.

* 1993: A film about the Lucona case ( starring David Suchet ) is released.

The novel is set to be adapted in 2012 with David Suchet as Poirot, as part of the final series of Agatha Christie's Poirot.

The hunter from the woods is revealed to be Jacques LaFleur ( David Suchet ), once a legendary hunter, he became obsessed with big foot and has hunted for one ever since becoming a laughing stock.

She is to play the Duchess of York in the first film, Richard II, with David Suchet as the Duke of York and Patrick Stewart as John of Gaunt.

An appeal was launched for funds, headed by the actor David Suchet, and together with a grant of £ 250, 000 from the Manifold Trust, the £ 450, 000 cost was met, the road contractors built the supporting columns, and on 16 August 2003, a steel trough was craned into position, having been pre-fabricated by Rowecord Engineering Ltd, who are based in South Wales.

Louis Gabriel Suchet, 1st Duc d ' Albufera ( 2 March 1770 – 3 January 1826 ) was a Marshal of France and one of Napoleon's most brilliant generals.

Suchet himself said to The Strand magazine: " What I did was, I had my file on one side of me and a pile of stories on the other side and day after day, week after week, I ploughed through most of Agatha Christie's novels about Hercule Poirot and wrote down characteristics until I had a file full of documentation of the character.

One of her most notable rescues was that of 26 people from the sailing ship Marechal Suchet.

Jill's vision has led the Watermill to build an excellent reputation worldwide, whilst also encouraging creativity and growth at home ; for example, many of today's successful theatre practitioners began their careers at the Watermill before going on to further their careers elsewhere ( probably most famously Bill Nighy, Sean Bean and David Suchet ); many of these people retain a personal and professional connection with the Watermill Theatre.

Returning to England in 1986, Exton found that the television business had radically changed through the rise of the independent producer, such as Brian Eastman, for whom he wrote most of the episodes ( 20 ) of Agatha Christie ’ s Poirot, with David Suchet ( 1989 – 2000 ), all of the episodes ( 23 ) of Jeeves and Wooster, with Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry ( 1990 – 1993 ), and ten episodes of Rosemary & Thyme ( 2003 – 2006 ).

Poirot has been portrayed on radio, on screen, for films and television, by various actors, including John Moffatt, Albert Finney, Sir Peter Ustinov, Sir Ian Holm, Tony Randall, Alfred Molina and David Suchet.

David Suchet has starred as the eponymous detective in Agatha Christie's Poirot in the ITV series since 1989.

Suchet was raised without religion, but has been a practising Anglican since 1986, having been confirmed in 2006.

Suchet has spoken of some of his ancestors coming to England from Lithuania.

Agatha Christie's grandson Mathew has commented: " Personally, I regret very much that she Christie never saw David Suchet.

Zoë Wanamaker has played Ariadne Oliver in four television episodes of the series Agatha Christie's Poirot, starring David Suchet as Hercule Poirot.

David Suchet has been widely praised for his performance.

Agatha Christie has been well represented with several seasons ' worth of stories featuring Hercule Poirot starring David Suchet as well as two versions of Miss Marple's mysteries.

He has also written for ' straight ' television drama, contributing episodes to ITV's famous adaptations of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot mysteries, starring David Suchet.

She has appeared in roles as diverse as in The Naked Civil Servant opposite John Hurt, as Margaret Thatcher in The Falklands Play, and in 2007 as Betty, the wife of tycoon Robert Maxwell, in the BBC TV drama Maxwell opposite David Suchet.

The airport has appeared in Agatha Christie's Poirot, starring David Suchet.

Gazan, who had been wounded, took his troops to Lozano and joined Louis Gabriel Suchet.

All of the stories contained in Poirot Investigates have been adapted as episodes in the ITV television series Agatha Christie's Poirot with David Suchet in the role of Poirot, Hugh Fraser as Hastings, Philip Jackson as Japp and Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon.

Seventeen of the eighteen stories in the collection have been adapted for episodes in the ITV series Agatha Christie's Poirot with David Suchet in the role of Poirot, Hugh Fraser as Hastings, Philip Jackson as Japp and Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon.

In 1972, Suchet first met his wife, Sheila Ferris, at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, where they were both working ; he says that he fell in love with her as soon as he saw her, and that it took a while to persuade her to go out for a meal with him.

Young returned to Channel 5 in 2002 with a new look and hosted both the 5. 30pm and 7pm editions until her maternity leave began in January 2006, when she was replaced by John Suchet and Helen Fospero.

David Suchet and Zoë Wanamaker ( both stars of the British TV series Agatha Christie's Poirot ) starred in a revival production at the Apollo Theatre in London's West End.

However on 17 June 2012 Suchet confirmed via Twitter that Hastings would be returning for two episodes of the final series ( The Big Four and Curtain ).

In the film, Thirteen at Dinner ( 1985 ), adapted from Lord Edgware Dies, the role of Japp was taken by the actor David Suchet, who would later star as Poirot in the ITV adaptations.

Suchet was born in London, the son of Joan Patricia ( née Jarché ; 1916 – 1992 ), an actress, and Jack Suchet, who emigrated to England from South Africa in 1932, and trained to be a doctor at St Mary's Hospital, London in 1933.

On 10 October 2008, Suchet was awarded an honorary degree for his contributions to the Arts, from the University of Chichester.

On 13 July 2010, David Suchet was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Kent at Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury.

His paternal grandfather, Isidor Shokhet ( from shochet, meaning " kosher butcher " in Hebrew ), lived in Kretinga, a city in the Pale of Settlement of the Russian Empire ( now in Lithuania ), and changed his surname to the Germanised Suchedowitz after escaping to Memel, Prussia, and then to Suchet after moving to Cape Town, South Africa.

Melas also committed a serious tactical blunder, detaching Generalmajor ( GM ) Nimptsch's brigade of 2, 300 hussars and two artillery batteries back over the Bormida bridge to block the corps of General Louis Gabriel Suchet, which was mistakenly reported around 9 am from Acqui Terme to be approaching Alessandria from the south.

When the tide turned against France, Suchet defended his conquests one by one until compelled to withdraw from Spain, after which he took part in Soult's defensive campaign of 1814.

The first production of 2007 was Pinter's People, a compilation of Harold Pinter sketches of the past 40 years, staged by a company of four, led by Bill Bailey ; later productions of that year were The Lady from Dubuque ( Albee ), starring Maggie Smith ; David Suchet in The Last Confession ; and The Country Wife, starring Toby Stephens, Patricia Hodge and David Haig.

Julia Somerville joined ITN from the BBC's Nine O ' Clock News to host the new programme, with John Suchet and Jon Snow acting as relief presenters.

The new version featured only contestants from the UK and Ireland, was broadcast live and hosted by newsreader John Suchet.

It had its London premiere at the Royal Court Theatre in 1993, directed by Harold Pinter David Suchet played John ( in a Variety Club Award-winning performance ), and Lia Williams played Carol, in a version that used Mamet's original ending from the Cambridge production.