Editing Agatha Christie's Poirot (section)

=== Actors ===
[[File:David Suchet.jpg|alt=middle aged white man, clean shaven and bald|thumb|David Suchet]]

Alongside recurring characters, the early series featured actors who later achieved greater fame, including [[Sean Pertwee]] ("[[Poirot's Early Cases#"The King of Clubs"|The King of Clubs]]", 1989; "Dead Man's Folly", 2013), [[Joely Richardson]] ("[[Poirot Investigates#The Dream|The Dream]]", 1989), [[Polly Walker]] ("[[Peril at End House]]", 1990), [[Samantha Bond]] ("[[Poirot Investigates#The Adventure of the Cheap Flat|The Adventure of the Cheap Flat]]", 1990), [[Christopher Eccleston]] ("[[One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (novel)|One, Two, Buckle My Shoe]]", 1992), [[Hermione Norris]] ("[[Poirot Investigates#The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan|Jewel Robbery at The Grand Metropolitan]]", 1993), [[Damian Lewis]] ("[[Hickory Dickory Dock (novel)|Hickory Dickory Dock]]", 1995), [[Jamie Bamber]] ("The Murder of Roger Ackroyd", 2000), [[Russell Tovey]] ("[[Evil Under the Sun]]", 2001), [[Kelly Reilly]] ("[[Sad Cypress]]", 2003),  [[Aidan Gillen]] ("[[Five Little Pigs]]", 2003), [[Emily Blunt]] ("[[Death on the Nile]]", 2004), [[Alice Eve]] ("[[The Mystery of the Blue Train]]", 2005), [[Michael Fassbender]] ("[[After the Funeral]]", 2006), [[Ruth Gemmell]] ("[[Mrs McGinty's Dead]]", 2008), [[Toby Jones]] and [[Jessica Chastain]] ("[[Murder on the Orient Express]]", 2010), and [[Tom Ellis (actor)|Tom Ellis]] ("[[Dead Man's Folly]]", 2013).

Four [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominees have appeared in the series: [[Sarah Miles]], [[Barbara Hershey]], [[Elizabeth McGovern]] and [[Elliott Gould]]. [[Peter Capaldi]], Jessica Chastain, Michael Fassbender, [[Lesley Manville]], [[Vanessa Kirby]] and [[Emily Blunt]] went on to receive Academy Award nominations after appearing on the show (with Chastain winning the Best Actress award in 2022 for ''[[The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021 film)|The Eyes of Tammy Faye]]''). Several members of British thespian families appeared in episodes throughout the course of the series. [[James Fox]] appeared as Colonel Race in "Death on the Nile", and his older brother [[Edward Fox (actor)|Edward Fox]] appeared as Gudgeon in "[[The Hollow]]".<ref name="ITV.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/Drama/classiccrime/poirot/Abouttheshow/default.html |title=''Agatha Christie's Poirot'' |work=ITV.com |date=13 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928174352/http://www.itv.com/Drama/classiccrime/poirot/Abouttheshow/default.html |archive-date=28 September 2008}}</ref>

Three of the Cusack sisters each appeared in an episode: [[Niamh Cusack]] in "The King of Clubs", [[Sorcha Cusack]] in "Jewel Robbery at The Grand Metropolitan", and [[Sinéad Cusack]] in "Dead Man's Folly". [[Phyllida Law]] and her daughter [[Sophie Thompson]] appeared in "Hallowe'en Party". [[David Yelland (actor)|David Yelland]] appeared as Charles Laverton West in "[[Murder in the Mews]]" and as George for the remainder of the series from Series 10 onward, and his daughter [[Hannah Yelland]] appeared as Geraldine Marsh in "[[Lord Edgware Dies]]".

==== Multiple roles ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+Actors performing in multiple roles in ''Poirot'' episodes
|-
!scope="col"| Actor
!scope="col"| Character
!scope="col"| Episode
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Nicholas Farrell]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0268297 |title=Nicholas Farrell |work=IMDb |access-date=3 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203185601/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0268297 |archive-date=3 February 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| Donald Fraser
| "[[The A.B.C. Murders|The ABC Murders]]" {{small|(1992)}}
|-
| Major Richard Knighton
| "[[The Mystery of the Blue Train]]" {{small|(2006)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Pip Torrens]]
| Major Rich
| "[[The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding#The Mystery of the Spanish Chest|The Mystery of the Spanish Chest]]" {{small|(1991)}}
|-
| Jeremy Cloade
| "[[Taken at the Flood]]" {{small|(2006)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Haydn Gwynne]]
| Coco Courtney
| "[[Poirot's Early Cases#"The Affair at the Victory Ball"|The Affair at the Victory Ball]]" {{small|(1991)}}
|-
| Miss Battersby
| "[[Third Girl]]" {{small|(2008)}}
|- 
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Geoffrey Beevers]]
| Mr Tolliver
| "[[Poirot's Early Cases#"Problem at Sea"|Problem at Sea]]" {{small|(1989)}}
|-
| Seddon
| "[[Sad Cypress]]" {{small|(2003)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Simon Shepherd]]
| David Hall
| "[[Poirot Investigates#The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan|Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan]]" {{small|(1993)}}
|-
| Dr. Rendell
| "[[Mrs McGinty's Dead]]" {{small|(2008)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Richard Lintern]]
| John Lake
| "[[Murder in the Mews#Dead Man's Mirror|Dead Man's Mirror]]" {{small|(1993)}}
|-
| Guy Carpenter
| "[[Mrs McGinty's Dead]]" {{small|(2008)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Richard Durden]]
| Dr Pritchard
| "[[Poirot Investigates#The Case of the Missing Will|The Case of the Missing Will]]" {{small|(1993)}}
|-
| Pebmarsh
| "[[Taken at the Flood]]" {{small|(2006)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[John Carson (actor)|John Carson]]
| Sir George Carrington
| "[[Murder in the Mews#The Incredible Theft|The Incredible Theft]]" {{small|(1989)}}
|-
| Richard Abernethie
| "[[After the Funeral]]" {{small|(2006)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Carol MacReady]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534315 |title=Carol MacReady |work=IMDb |access-date=3 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131202841/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534315 |archive-date=31 January 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| Mildred Croft
| "[[Peril at End House]]" {{small|(1990)}}
|-
| Miss Johnson
| "[[Cat Among the Pigeons]]" {{small|(2008)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| Miranda Forbes
| Landlady
| "[[Poirot's Early Cases#Double Sin|Double Sin]]" {{small|(1990)}}
|-
| Mrs Turton 
| "[[The ABC Murders]]" {{small|(1992)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Pat Gorman]]
| Desk Sergeant
| "[[The A.B.C. Murders|The ABC Murders]]" {{small|(1992)}}
|-
| London Man
| "[[Poirot Investigates#The Case of the Missing Will|The Case of the Missing Will]]" {{small|(1993)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Beth Goddard]]
| Violet Wilson
| "[[Poirot Investigates#The Case of the Missing Will|The Case of the Missing Will]]" {{small|(1993)}}
|-
| Sister Agnieszka
| "[[Appointment with Death]]" {{small|(2008 [DVD release], 2009 [aired])}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Lucy Liemann]]
| Miss Burgess
| "[[Cards on the Table]]" {{small|(2005)}}
|-
| Sonia
| "[[Third Girl]]" {{small|(2008)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[David Yelland (actor)|David Yelland]]
| Charles Laverton West
| "[[Murder in the Mews]]" {{small|(1989)}}
|-
| George
| "[[Taken at the Flood]]" {{small|(2006)}}<br>"[[Mrs McGinty's Dead]]" {{small|(2008)}}<br>"[[Third Girl]]" {{small|(2008)}}<br>"[[Three Act Tragedy]]" {{small|(2010)}}<br>"[[Hallowe'en Party]]" {{small|(2010)}}<br>"[[The Big Four (novel)|The Big Four]]" {{small|(2013)}}<br>"[[Curtain: Poirot's Last Case]]" {{small|(2013)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Fenella Woolgar]]
| Ellis
| "[[Lord Edgware Dies]]" {{small|(2000)}}
|-
| Elizabeth Whittaker
| "[[Hallowe'en Party]]" {{small|(2010)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Beatie Edney]]
| Mary Cavendish
| "[[The Mysterious Affair at Styles]]" {{small|(1990)}}
|-
| Beryl Hemmings
| "[[The Clocks]]" {{small|(2011)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Frances Barber]]
| Lady Millicent Castle-Vaughan
| "[[Poirot's Early Cases#"The Veiled Lady"|The Veiled Lady]]" {{small|(1990)}}
|-
| Merlina Rival
| "[[The Clocks]]" {{small|(2011)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Sean Pertwee]]
| Ronnie Oglander
| "[[Poirot's Early Cases#"The King of Clubs"|The King of Clubs]]" {{small|(1989)}}
|-
| Sir George Stubbs
| "[[Dead Man's Folly]]" {{small|(2013)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Danny Webb (actor)|Danny Webb]]
| Porter
| "[[Poirot's Early Cases#"The Adventure of the Clapham Cook"|The Adventure of the Clapham Cook]]" {{small|(1989)}}
|-
| Superintendent Bill Garroway
| "[[Elephants Can Remember]]" {{small|(2013)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Ian Hallard]]
| Edmund Drake
| "[[Hallowe'en Party]]" {{small|(2010)}}
|-
| Mercutio
| "[[The Big Four (novel)|The Big Four]]" {{small|(2013)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Phyllida Law]]
| Lady Isabel Carrington
| "[[The Incredible Theft]]" {{small|(1989)}}
|-
| Mrs Louise Llewellyn-Smythe
| "[[Hallowe'en Party]]" {{small|(2010)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Jane How]]
| Lady at Ball
| "[[The Mystery of the Blue Train]]" {{small|(2005)}}
|-
| Lady Veronica
| "[[Cat Among the Pigeons]]" {{small|(2008)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Patrick Ryecart]]
| Charles Arundel
| "[[Dumb Witness]]" {{small|(1996)}}
|-
| Sir Anthony Morgan
| "[[The Labours of Hercules]]" {{small|(2013)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Barbara Barnes]]
| Mrs Lester
| "[[The Lost Mine]]" {{small|(1990)}}
|-
| Louise Leidner
| "[[Murder in Mesopotamia]]" {{small|(2002)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| Tim Stern<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827866 |title=Tim Stern (I) |work=IMDb |access-date=21 March 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115223340/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827866/ |archive-date=15 January 2015 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| Bellboy
| "[[Poirot Investigates#The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan|Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan]]" {{small|(1993)}}
|-
| Alf Renny
| "[[Third Girl]]" {{small|(2008)}}
|-

!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Catherine Russell (British actress)|Catherine Russell]]
| Katrina Reiger
| "[[Poirot's Early Cases#"How Does Your Garden Grow?"|How Does Your Garden Grow?]]" {{small|(1991)}}
|-
| Pamela Horsfall
| "[[Mrs McGinty's Dead]]" {{small|(2008)}}
|}