Donald Sumpter
- Acting
- February 13, 1943 · Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Biography
Donald Sumpter (born 13 February 1943) is an English actor. He has appeared in film and television since the mid-1960s. One of his early television appearances was the 1968 Doctor Who serial The Wheel in Space with Patrick Troughton as the Doctor. He appeared in Doctor Who again in the 1972 serial The Sea Devils with Jon Pertwee. He also appeared in the Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures. His early film work included a lead role as real life British criminal Donald Neilson in the 1977 film, The Black Panther. He also appeared in many television films and serials, including adaptations of Dickens' novels: Nicholas Nickleby in 2001, Great Expectations in 1999 and Bleak House in 1985. Also in 1985, he was remembered for the part of villain Ronnie Day in Big Deal. He played the part of suspected serial killer Alexander Bonaparte Cust in the (1992) Agatha Christie's Poirot episode, The ABC Murders. He has also appeared in episodes of Midsomer Murders, The Bill, Holby City, and A Touch of Frost. He also had a recurring role as Uncle Ginger in the Children's BBC series The Queen's Nose. He played Harold Chapple in Our Friends in the North, and portrayed the physicist Max Planck in Einstein and Eddington. He has also been seen as Kemp in the horror-drama series Being Human. In 2011 he portrayed Maester Luwin in the HBO series Game of Thrones. His film appearances include The Constant Gardener (2005), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), Enigma (2001) and Ultramarines: The Movie (2010).
Known for
Filmography
- The Phoenician Scheme · Chairman
- Limonov: The Ballad · Eddie's Father
- Entitled · Quincy
- The Cleaner · Sir James
- Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret · Bishop Peter Ball
- Chernobyl · Zharkov
- Les Misérables · Mabeuf
- The Man Who Invented Christmas · Haddock / Ghost of Marley
- In the Heart of the Sea · Paul Macy
- Jekyll and Hyde · Garson
- Coalition · Paddy Ashdown
- 12 Monkeys · Seer
- One Child · Jim Arthurton
- Bypass · Grandfather
- New Worlds · Sidney
- Quirke · Josh Crawford
- Atlantis · Tiresius
- Peaky Blinders · Arthur Bigge
- The Mill · Samuel Greg
- Endeavour · Emil Valdemar
- The Secret of Crickley Hall · Gordon Pyke
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo · Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell
- Black Mirror · Julian Hereford
- The Murder at Road Hill House · Peter Edlin QC
- Game of Thrones · Maester Luwin
- Way of the Morris · Voice of Creation
- Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie · Pythol (Voice)
- London Boulevard · Pentonville Governor
- Among Us · Man on bench
- Into the Storm · Lord Halifax
- Being Human · Kemp
- Einstein and Eddington · Max Planck
- Merlin · The Fisher King
- Tess of the D'Urbervilles · Parson Tringham
- Hello Sailor!
- Heist · King Edward
- Heroes and Villains
- The Sarah Jane Adventures · Erasmus Darkening
- Eastern Promises · Yuri
- Fallen Angel · Simon Martlesham
- Dracula · Alfred Singleton
- The Chatterley Affair · Mr. Gerald Gardiner
- Eleventh Hour
- Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener · Self
- The Constant Gardener · Tim Donohue
- Doctor Who · The President
- The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey · Indenrigsminister Nacuk
- The Long Bank Holiday · Alfie Clemens
- New Tricks · Bobby 'Tar' Mcadam
- Seven Wonders of the Industrial World · Farrington
- The Last Detective
- Serious & Organised · Jimmy Fisk
- Rose and Maloney · Ronnie Johnson
- Ultimate Force
- K-19: The Widowmaker · Dr. Savran
- Spooks · Stephen Kirby
- The Point Men · Benni Baum
- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby · Mr. Brooker
- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby · Mr. Brooker
- In Deep · Keith Sullivan
- Enigma · Leveret
- Great Expectations · Compeyson
- Great Expectations · Compeyson
- Bombay Blue · Supt. John Mayberry
- Midsomer Murders · Tim Settingfield
- Tangier Cop · Ahmed Yaasin
- Our Friends in the North · Commander Harold Chapple
- Richard III · Brackenbury
- The Queen's Nose · Uncle Ginger
- Crocodile Shoes
- Being Human · Salgado
- Grushko · Kartashov
- A Touch of Frost · Maynard
- Between the Lines
- Bad Ronald · Michael, le père
- Aimée · Frank
- Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead · Claudius
- Drop the Dead Donkey
- The Chief · CS Derek Gillman
- Agatha Christie's Poirot · Cust