Hercule Poirot

Hercule Poirot
First appearance
Last appearanceCurtain (1975, by Agatha Christie)
Created byAgatha Christie
Portrayed byCharles 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
Anthony O'Donnell
Shirō Itō (Takashi Akafuji)
Mansai Nomura (Takeru Suguro)
Tom Conti
Pál Mácsai
Voiced byKōtarō Satomi
In-universe information
GenderMale
OccupationPrivate investigator
Police officer (former occupation)
FamilyJules-Louis Poirot (father)
Godelieve Poirot (mother)
ReligionCatholic
NationalityBelgian

Hercule Poirot (UK: /ˈɛərkjuːl ˈpwɑːr/, US: /hɜːrˈkjuːl pwɑːˈr/[1]) is a fictional Belgian detective created by British writer Agatha Christie. Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-running characters, appearing in 33 novels, two plays (Black Coffee and Alibi), and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975.

Poirot has been portrayed on radio, in film and on television by various actors, including Austin Trevor, John Moffatt, Albert Finney, Peter Ustinov, Ian Holm, Tony Randall, Alfred Molina, Orson Welles, David Suchet, Kenneth Branagh, and John Malkovich.

  1. ^ "Definition". Oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com. Retrieved 5 January 2019.