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David Suchet, CBE ( ; born 2 May 1946) is an English actor, known for his work on British stage and television. He played Edward Teller in the TV serial ''Oppenheimer'' and received the RTS and BPG awards for his performance as Augustus Melmotte in the 2001 British serial ''The Way We Live Now''. For his role as Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot in ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'', he received a 1991 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) nomination.〔("The Actor Behind Popular 'Poirot" ), ''The Christian Science Monitor'', 25 March 1992.〕〔(''"Inside the mind of a media monster"'' ). ''Yorkshire Post''. 27 April 2007.〕 ==Early life and family== Suchet was born in London,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=David Suchet profile at )〕 the son of Joan Patricia (née Jarché; 1916–1992), an actress, and Jack Suchet. Jack emigrated to England from South Africa in 1932, trained to be a doctor at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, in 1933, and became an obstetrician and gynaecologist.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Who Do You Think You Are? )〕 Suchet's father was of Lithuanian Jewish descent, the son of Izidor Suchedowitz,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=David Suchet's grandfather )〕 originally from Kretinga in the Pale of Settlement of Russian Empire. At some point, the family name was recorded as "Schohet", a Yiddish (from Hebrew) word defining the profession of kosher butcher.〔http://www.jewsforjesus.org/publications/issues/v18-n10/03, Singer, Matt, "David Suchet: Looking For Something Beyond," retrieved May 14, 2014〕 Suchet's father changed his surname to Suchet while living in South Africa. David's mother was English-born and Anglican (she was of Russian Jewish descent on her own father's side, and English Anglican on her mother's side).〔 He was raised without religion, but became a practising Anglican in 1986, and was confirmed in 2006.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Interview with David Suchet )〕〔("Suchet's Acts of Faith" ), ''This Is London''〕 Suchet and his brothers, Peter and John, attended Grenham House boarding school in Birchington-on-Sea, Kent; then, after attending another independent school, Wellington School in Somerset, he took an interest in acting and joined the National Youth Theatre at the age of 18. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, where he now serves as a council member. His older brother, John, is a British television presenter and former ITN newscaster. Suchet's nephew is the broadcaster Richard Suchet. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Suchet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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