Donald Sumpter
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
123
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-02-13 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Donald Sumpter
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
Game of Thrones
Midsomer Murders
Peaky Blinders
Doctor Who
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Black Mirror
Chernobyl
Endeavour
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Merlin
Minder
Spooks
The Phoenician Scheme
New Tricks
Play for Today
12 Monkeys
Bergerac
Taggart
A Touch of Frost
The Bill
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Being Human
Jesus of Nazareth
Dalziel & Pascoe
Atlantis
Softly, Softly
Night After Night After Night
In the Heart of the Sea
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Les Misérables
The Constant Gardener
Justice
Eastern Promises
BBC2 Play of the Week
Between the Lines
Les Misérables
Drop the Dead Donkey
Ultimate Force
Eleventh Hour
The Cleaner
Limonov: The Ballad
K-19: The Widowmaker
Bleak Moments
Dracula
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
The Last Detective
The Chief
Shoestring
Grushko
Richard III
Catchpenny Twist
Being Human
The Sea Devils
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Rose and Maloney
New Worlds
Great Expectations
Queen's Nose
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Jekyll and Hyde
Quirke
The Mill
Stardust
Bypass
In Deep
Target
Antony & Cleopatra
Our Friends in the North
Among Us
Coalition
The Secret of Crickley Hall
Einstein and Eddington
Curse of the Pink Panther
The Lost Continent
Meetings with Remarkable Men
Enigma
Cold Lazarus
Into the Storm
Heroes and Villains
London Boulevard
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Point Men
Hardcore
Doctor Who: Heaven Sent & Hell Bent
Tangier Cop
Entitled
Heist
Bad Ronald
Crocodile Shoes
Time Trouble
Fallen Angel
Aimée
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
I Am a Groupie
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
One Child
Bleak House
Great Expectations
Hello Sailor!
Quiller
The Walking Stick
The Window Cleaner
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
The Saliva Milkshake
The Black Panther
The Brack Report
A Light That Shines
The Adventures of Don Quick
Mad Jack
The Murder at Road Hill House
The Tom Machine
Mr. Axelford's Angel
Bombay Blue
The Long Bank Holiday
Way of the Morris
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
