Hercule Poirot — Murder on the Orient Express Character Profile

Hercule Poirot — Character Profile

Affiliations

• Belgian police
• Agatha Christie's fictional universe

Quick Facts about Hercule Poirot

Occupation

detective, private investigator

Nationality

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Hercule Poirot's Known Relations

• Belgian police — Member of

Hercule Poirot appears in 10 titles

• Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
• Death on the Nile (1978) — character page
• Evil Under the Sun (1982) — character page
• Thirteen at Dinner (1985) — character page
• Dead Man's Folly (1986) — character page
• Murder in Three Acts (1986) — character page
• Appointment with Death (1988) — character page
• Murder on the Orient Express (2017) — character page
• Death on the Nile (2022) — character page
• A Haunting in Venice (2023) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Albert Finney

Appears in

Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (2)

• Hercule Poirot — Narrative Investigator & Suspect — Colonel Arbuthnot (Sean Connery)

  Detective interrogating a key passenger with hidden motives.

• Hercule Poirot — Social Old Friend — Signor Bianchi (Martin Balsam)

  Longstanding personal friendship facilitating travel arrangements.

Explore the full interactive character relationship map of Murder on the Orient Express

More characters from Murder on the Orient Express

• Mrs. Harriet Belinda Hubbard (Lauren Bacall)
• Signor Bianchi (Martin Balsam)
• Greta Ohlson (Ingrid Bergman)
• Mr. Beddoes (John Gielgud)
• Colonel Arbuthnot (Sean Connery)
• Hawker (uncredited) (Vic Tablian)
• Chief Attendant (John Moffatt)
• A.D.C. (Jeremy Lloyd)
• Hildegarde Schmidt (Rachel Roberts)
• Foscarelli (Denis Quilley)
• Count Andrenyi (Michael York)
• Mr. Cyrus Hardman (Colin Blakely)