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. 1
   David Suchet

   Played Poirot on ITV from 1989 to 2013 and adapted every major Poirot story across 70 episodes.
2. 2
   Peter Ustinov

   Played Poirot six times from 1978, starting with Death on the Nile.
3. 3
   Albert Finney

   Played Poirot once, in the 1974 Murder on the Orient Express, and got an Oscar nomination for it.
4. 4
   Kenneth Branagh

   Directed and starred in three Poirot films from 2017, moustache included.
5. 5
   John Malkovich

   Played a bleak, beardless Poirot in the BBC's 2018 The ABC Murders.
6. 6
   Alfred Molina

   Played a modern-dress Poirot in the 2001 American television Murder on the Orient Express.
7. 7
   Tony Randall

   Played Poirot in the 1965 comedy The Alphabet Murders.

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