Herculean: David Suchet as Hercule Poirot. He has portrayed the Belgian detective since 1989 and wishes to film all of his adventures penned by Agatha Christie Agatha Christie could not stand Hercule Poirot. The little Belgian detective with the waxed moustaches brought her fame and wealth, but she found him ‘insufferable’. The actor David Suchet, luckily for us, can’t get enough of the character. He has been playing Poirot since 1989, starting with 50-minute adaptations of short stories — Christie was endlessly inventive, and wrote more than 30 novels and 50 short tales featuring the pompous little sleuth with the egg-shaped head.
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Author Agatha Christie found her most famous creation 'insufferable'
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But Suchet, who has portrayed detective since 1989, shows no sign of waning
Suchet’s genius is that he can deliver everything @placeholder found so exasperating, without becoming a caricature — he minces, he trots, he fusses, he talks endlessly of himself in the third person.