Hercule Poirot

Hercule Poirot is a fictional detective. He was created by Agatha Christie. He was in 33 novels and 51 short stories. The stories were published between 1920 and 1975.

Hercule Poirot
First appearance	The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Last appearance	Curtain
Created by	Agatha Christie
Portrayed by	Charles Laughton Francis L. Sullivan Austin Trevor Orson Welles Harold Huber Richard Williams John Malkovich José Ferrer Martin Gabel Tony Randall Albert Finney Dudley Jones Peter Ustinov Ian Holm David Suchet John Moffatt Maurice Denham Peter Sallis Konstantin Raikin Alfred Molina Robert Powell Jason Durr Kenneth Branagh Shirō Itō (Takashi Akafuji) Mansai Nomura (Takeru Suguro) Tom Conti
Voiced by	Kōtarō Satomi
Information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Private investigator Police officer (former occupation)
Family	Jules-Louis Poirot (father) Godelieve Poirot (mother)
Religion	Catholic
Nationality	Belgian
Birth date and place	c. 1854–1873 Spa, Wallonia, Belgium

Poirot has been portrayed on radio, on screen, for films and television. Some of the actors who played him are John Moffatt, Albert Finney, Sir Peter Ustinov, Sir Ian Holm, Tony Randall, Alfred Molina and David Suchet.

Related pages

• Miss Marple

Other websites

• Hercule Poirot at the official Agatha Christie website
• Hercule Poirot at the Internet Movie Database