The following is a list of actors who have played Hercule Poirot in various media.
Stage plays
Name Title Date Notes Charles Laughton Alibi 1928 Adaptation of The Murder of Roger AckroydFrancis L. Sullivan Black Coffee 1930 Original play by Agatha Christie Peril at End House 1940 Adapted by Arnold Ridley Robert PowellBlack Coffee2014UK Tour Jason Durr Allan CordunerMurder on the Orient Express 2017Adapted by Ken Ludwig Katharina Thalbach 2021 Henry Goodman 2022 Michael Maloney 2024–25 Cameron Rhodes 2025Alan Committie Black Coffee 2025 Pieter Toerien Theatre The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 2026 Adapted by Mark Shanahan, Montecasino Theatre Campbell Scott Murder on the Links 2025 Adapted by Darko Tresnjak Mark Hadfield Death on the Nile 2025-2026 Adapted by Ken Ludwig
Radio and audio dramas
Name Title Date Type Orson Welles The Campbell Playhouse - "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" 1939 Radio (CBS) Maurice Tarplin Murder Clinic - "The Tragedy at Marsden Manor" 1942 Radio (Mutual) Harold Huber Hercule Poirot 1945 Radio (Mutual-CBS) Richard Williams Murder in the Mews 1955 BBC Light Programme Maurice DenhamHercule Poirot 1985BBC Radio 4 Peter Sallis 1986 John Moffatt 1987-2007 Ben Whitehead The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 2015 The Wireless Theatre Company Tom Conti Murder on the Orient Express 2017 Audible original Alfred Molina The Murder on the Links 2021 L.A. Theatre WorksPeter Dinklage The Mysterious Affair at Styles 2024Audible original The ABC Murders 2025 Sergi López El misterioso caso de Styles 2025Audible original (Spanish) Claudio Santamaria Poirot a Styles Court 2025Audible original (Italian) Marco Ricca O Misterioso Caso de Styles 2025Audible original (Brazilian) Rufus Beck Das geheimnisvolle Verbrechen in Styles 2025Audible original (German)
Theatrical films Name Title Date TypeAustin Trevor Alibi 1931British 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 filmKenneth Branagh Murder on the Orient Express 2017Also 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 Bollmann 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) Edward Bluemel Hercule 2027 TV series (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 roleWill 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 Geoffrey Bateman Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile 2025 Voice role
See also List of actors who have played Miss Marple
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