Trivia: Known mostly for portraying Agatha Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot for more than a decade, the short and stocky character actor David Suchet has also enjoyed a lengthy career on stage, screen, and television. Born in London, he studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and eventually joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. Throughout the 1970s, Suchet appeared in numerous stage productions and crime dramas on British television. His did his first film in 1980 with A Tale of Two Cities, but didn't play his first detective until the crime comedy Trenchcoat in 1983. For the rest of the '80s, the British actor played a Middle Eastern terrorist in The Little Drummer Girl, a Russian operative in The Falcon and the Snowman, and a French hunter in Harry and the Hendersons. He also occasionally portrayed real-life figures, including Sigmund Freud in the miniseries Freud, news reporter William L. Shirer in the HBO docudrama Murrow, and movie legend Louis B. Mayer in RKO 281. While the Poirot mysteries would dominate his career in the '90s, Suchet also played some other leading roles: double agent Verloc in miniseries The Secret Agent, based on the novel by Joseph Conrad; Aaron in the TNT television special Moses; and downsized New Yorker Oliver in the American independent film Sunday. Some standard Hollywood action thrillers followed with Executive Decision, Deadly Voyage, and A Perfect Murder being just a few. After 2000, he turned to costume dramas to play Napoleon in Sabotage!, Baron von Stockmar in Victoria & Albert, and upper-crust Augustus Melmotte in The Way We Live Now. He resumed the role of Poirot (after a short break from 1998-1999) just as he started up another detective character, DI John Borne of NCS: Manhunt and NCS 2. In 2003, he played gangster Leo Gillette in the action thriller Foolproof.

Trivia: Supporting actor Hugh Fraser first appeared onscreen in the '70s.

Trivia: Appeared in A-Ha's "Take On Me" video in 1985. In 1998, nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for his role in Little Voice. Appeared as Chief Inspector Japp in the television adaptation of Poirot between 1989 and 2013. Starred as Willy Loman in the West Yorkshire Playhouse's 2010 production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. As of 2018, has starred as Jaz Milvane in long-running BBC Radio 4 series Ed Reardon's Week since its 2005 debut.

Trivia: Performed as part of the National Youth Theatre. Between 1965 and 1970, played bass guitar in the all-female band The She Trinity. In 1987, became a professional astrologer. Made her professional debut as Cordelia in a production of King Lear. Is perhaps best known for her role as Miss Lemon in ITV Drama Agatha Christie's Poirot.

Trivia: Performed as part of the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre for three years in the early 1970s. Between 1974 and 1976, performed in the National Theatre Repertoire Season. Starred as the Prince of Wales in 1981 drama film Chariots of Fire. In 2000, won the Clarence Derwent Award for Best Supporting Male (UK), for his role in Richard III. Between 2006 and 2013, appeared as George in ITV Drama Agatha Christie's Poirot.