Donald Sumpter
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).
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Movies (58)
El esquema Fenicio
2025 · Chairman
Limonov: The Ballad
2024 · Eddie's Father
El hombre que inventó la Navidad
2017 · Haddock / Ghost of Marley
En el corazón del mar
2015 · Paul Macy
Coalition
2015 · Paddy Ashdown
Bypass
2014 · Grandfather
La chica del dragón tatuado
2011 · Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell
The Murder at Road Hill House
2011 · Peter Edlin QC
Way of the Morris
2011 · Voice of Creation
Ultramarines
2010 · Pythol (voice)
El Guardaespaldas 2
2010 · Pentonville Governor
Among Us
2010 · Man on bench
En la Tormenta
2009 · Lord Halifax
Einstein y Eddington
2008 · Max Planck
Hello Sailor!
2008
Heist
2008 · King Edward
Promesas peligrosas
2007 · Yuri
Dracula
2006 · Alfred Singleton
The Chatterley Affair
2006 · Mr. Gerald Gardiner
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
2006 · Self
El jardinero fiel
2005 · Tim Donohue
The Long Bank Holiday
2004 · Alfie Clemens
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002 · Dr. Savran
The Point Men
2001 · Benni Baum
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001 · Mr. Brooker
Enigma
2001 · Leveret
Great Expectations
1999 · Compeyson
Tangier Cop
1997 · Ahmed Yaasin
Richard III
1995 · Brackenbury
Being Human
1994 · Salgado
Grushko
1994 · Kartashov
Bad Ronald
1992 · Michael, le père
Aimée
1991 · Frank
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991 · Claudius
Time Trouble
1985 · Makov
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983 · Dave
Antony & Cleopatra
1981 · Pompeius
The Tom Machine
1980 · Tom
Meetings with Remarkable Men
1979 · Pogossian
A Light That Shines
1979 · Brother Martin Jerome
Les Misérables
1978 · Agent
The Black Panther
1977 · Donald Neilson
Catchpenny Twist
1977 · Spalding
Hardcore
1977 · Mark
The Saliva Milkshake
1975 · Johnny
Stardust
1974 · TV Concert Producer
Mr. Axelford's Angel
1974 · David
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
1972 · Dellow
Bleak Moments
1972 · Norman's Friend
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
1972 · Commander Ridgeway
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971 · Party Guest
I Am a Groupie
1970 · Steve
The Walking Stick
1970 · Max
Mad Jack
1970
Night After Night After Night
1969 · Pete Laver
The Lost Continent
1968 · Sparks, the Radioman
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
1968 · Enrico Casali
The Window Cleaner
1968 · David
TV shows (72)
Entitled
2023 · Quincy
The Cleaner
2021 · Sir James
Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
2020 · Bishop Peter Ball
Chernobyl
2019 · Zharkov
Los miserables
2018 · Mabeuf
Jekyll and Hyde
2015 · Garson
12 Monos
2015 · Seer
One Child
2014 · Jim Arthurton
New Worlds
2014 · Sidney
Quirke
2014 · Josh Crawford
Atlantis
2013 · Tiresius
Peaky Blinders
2013 · Arthur Bigge
The Mill
2013 · Samuel Greg
Endeavour: El joven Morse
2013 · Emil Valdemar
The Secret of Crickley Hall
2012 · Gordon Pyke
Black Mirror
2011 · Julian Hereford
Game of Thrones
2011 · Maester Luwin
Being Human
2009 · Kemp
Merlín
2008 · The Fisher King
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
2008 · Parson Tringham
Heroes and Villains
2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007 · Erasmus Darkening
Fallen Angel
2007 · Simon Martlesham
Eleventh Hour
2006
Doctor Who
2005 · The President
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
2004 · Indenrigsminister Nacuk
New Tricks
2004 · Bobby 'Tar' Mcadam
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003 · Farrington
The Last Detective
2003
Serious & Organised
2003 · Jimmy Fisk
Rose and Maloney
2002 · Ronnie Johnson
Ultimate Force
2002
Spooks
2002 · Stephen Kirby
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001 · Mr. Brooker
In Deep
2001 · Keith Sullivan
Great Expectations
1999 · Compeyson
Bombay Blue
1997 · Supt. John Mayberry
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Tim Settingfield
Our Friends in the North
1996 · Commander Harold Chapple
The Queen's Nose
1995 · Uncle Ginger
Crocodile Shoes
1994
A Touch of Frost
1992 · Maynard
Between the Lines
1992
Drop the Dead Donkey
1990
The Chief
1990 · CS Derek Gillman
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Cust
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · Edward Peveril
Summer Season
1985 · Makov
Bleak House
1985 · 'Nemo'
Screen Two
1985 · Frank
The Bill
1984
Big Deal
1984 · Ronnie Day
Taggart
1983
No Excuses
1983 · Trev
The Brack Report
1982 · Paul Brack
Bergerac
1981 · Roscoe
The Rose Medallion
1981 · Harry
Minder
1979 · Sudbury
Shoestring
1979 · Stanley Reeves
The Children of the New Forest
1977 · Ned Corbould
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Brother Martin Jerome
Target
1977 · Heslop
Jesus of Nazareth
1977 · Aram
Murder
1976 · Briley
Quiller
1975 · Brenman
Centre Play
1973 · Johnny
Justice
1971 · Villiers
The Adventures of Don Quick
1970 · Gezool
Play for Today
1970
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Leary
Mickey Dunne
1967 · Pat Newman
Doctor Who
1963 · Enrico Casali, Commander Ridgeway