Who is the best actor to play Hercule Poirot?

Nine men, one moustache, and no two of them play him the same way. Fussy, funny, mournful or barely recognisable.

1

David Suchet

Played Poirot on ITV from 1989 to 2013 and adapted every major Poirot story across 70 episodes.

2

Peter Ustinov

Played Poirot six times from 1978, starting with Death on the Nile.

3

Albert Finney

Played Poirot once, in the 1974 Murder on the Orient Express, and got an Oscar nomination for it.

4

Kenneth Branagh

Directed and starred in three Poirot films from 2017, moustache included.

5

John Malkovich

Played a bleak, beardless Poirot in the BBC's 2018 The ABC Murders.

6

Alfred Molina

Played a modern-dress Poirot in the 2001 American television Murder on the Orient Express.

7

Tony Randall

Played Poirot in the 1965 comedy The Alphabet Murders.