What is Hercule Poirot?
{{Infobox character | name = Hercule Poirot | image = | caption = [[David Suchet]] as Hercule Poirot | creator = [[Agatha Christie]] | first = ''[[The Mysterious Affair at Styles]]'' | last = ''[[Curtain (novel)|Curtain]]'' | portrayer = {{collapsible list| title = {{nbsp}} |[[Charles Laughton]]<br />[[Francis L. Sullivan]]<br />[[Austin Trevor]]<br />[[Orson Welles]]<br />[[Harold Huber]]<br />[[Richard Bebb|Richard Williams]]<br />[[John Malkovich]]<br />[[José Ferrer]]<br />[[Martin Gabel]]<br />[[Tony Randall]]<br />[[Albert Finney]]<br />Dudley Jones<br />[[Peter Ustinov]]<br />[[Ian Holm]]<br />[[David Suchet]]<br />[[John Moffatt (actor)|John Moffatt]]<br />[[Maurice Denham]]<br />[[Peter Sallis]]<br />[[Konstantin Raikin]]<br />[[Alfred Molina]]<br />[[Robert Powell]]<br />[[Jason Durr]]<br />[[Kenneth Branagh]]<br />Shirō Itō (Takashi Akafuji)<br />[[Mansai Nomura]] (Takeru Suguro)<br />[[Tom Conti]]}} | voice = [[Kōtarō Satomi]] | gender = Male | nationality = Belgian | occupation = [[Private investigator]]<br>[[Police officer]] (former occupation) | family = Jules-Louis Poirot (father)<br>Godelieve Poirot (mother) | religion = [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] | lbl21 = Birth date and place | data21 = c. 1854–1873<ref>Based on his subscription in the [[Belgian Police]]</ref><br>[[Spa, Belgium|Spa]], [[Wallonia]], Belgium }} '''Hercule Poirot''' is a fictional [[detective]]. He was created by [[Agatha Christie]]. He was in 33 novels and 51 short stories. The stories were published between 1920 and 1975. Poirot has been portrayed on radio, on screen, for films and television. Some of the actors who played him are [[John Moffatt (actor)|John Moffatt]], [[Albert Finney]], [[Peter Ustinov|Sir Peter Ustinov]], [[Ian Holm|Sir Ian Holm]], [[Tony Randall]], [[Alfred Molina]] and [[David Suchet]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Related pages== * [[Miss Marple]] ==Other websites== *[http://www.agathachristie.com/characters/hercule-poirot Hercule Poirot]