List of actors who have played Hercule Poirot

The following is a list of actors[note 1] who have played Hercule Poirot in various media.

Stage plays

Name Title Date Notes
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
Campbell Scott Murder on the Links 2025 Adapted by Darko Tresnjak[1]
Mark Hadfield Death on the Nile 2025-2026 Adapted by Ken Ludwig[2]

Radio and audio dramas

Name Title Date Type
Orson Welles The Campbell Playhouse - "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd"[3][4] 1939 Radio (CBS)
Maurice Tarplin Murder Clinic - "The Tragedy at Marsden Manor" [5] 1942 Radio (Mutual)
Harold Huber Hercule Poirot 1945 Radio (Mutual-CBS)
Richard Williams Murder in the Mews[6] 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[7] 2017 Audible original
Alfred Molina The Murder on the Links[8] 2021 L.A. Theatre Works
Peter Dinklage The Mysterious Affair at Styles[9] 2024 Audible original
Sergi López El misterioso caso de Styles[10] 2025 Audible original (Spanish)
Claudio Santamaria Poirot a Styles Court[11] 2025 Audible original (Italian)
Marco Ricca O Misterioso Caso de Styles[12] 2025 Audible original (Brazilian)
Rufus Beck Das geheimnisvolle Verbrechen in Styles[13] 2025 Audible original (German)

Theatrical films

Name Title Date Type
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

Television and DTV films

Name Title Date Type
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)

Television series

Name Title Date Type
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)

Video games

Name Title Date Type
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

Notes

  1. ^ The gender-neutral term actors is used in this article. Also note that this list includes female actors, namely Katharina Thalbach.

References

  1. ^ "Kate Baldwin, Maria Bilbao, Campbell Scott, More Cast in Murder on the Links at Two River Theater". Playbill.
  2. ^ "Death on the Nile tour casts its Hercule Poirot". whatsonstage.com.
  3. ^ Cox, Jim (2002). Radio Crime Fighters. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-7864-1390-4.
  4. ^ "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd". Orson Welles on the Air, 1938–1946. Indiana University Bloomington. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Tragedy at Marsden Manor". Murder Clinic. Season 1. Episode 5. June 10, 1942. Mutual Broadcasting System. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Murder in the Mews, Poirot – BBC Radio 4 Extra". BBC.
  7. ^ "Audible Original dramatisation of Christie's classic story". Agatha Christie. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  8. ^ "The Murder on the Links". latw.org. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  9. ^ "The Mysterious Affair at Styles". Audible. 14 November 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  10. ^ "El misterioso caso de Styles". Audible. 13 March 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Poirot a Styles Court". Audible. 24 March 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  12. ^ "O Misterioso Caso de Styles [The Mysterious Affair at Styles]". Audible. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  13. ^ "Das geheimnisvolle Verbrechen in Styles". Audible. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
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