Hercule Poirot

Hercule Poirot
David Suchet as Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's Poirot
First appearance	'The Mysterious Affair at Styles' 1920
Last appearance	Curtain (1975, by Agatha Christie)
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 Anthony O'Donnell Shirō Itō (Takashi Akafuji) Mansai Nomura (Takeru Suguro) Tom Conti Pál Mácsai
Voiced by	Kōtarō Satomi
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Private investigator Police officer (former occupation)
Family	Jules-Louis Poirot (father) Godelieve Poirot (mother)
Religion	Catholic
Nationality	Belgian

Hercule Poirot (UK: /ˈɛərkjuːl ˈpwɑːroʊ/, US: /hɜːrˈkjuːl pwɑːˈroʊ/^[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.