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).
124 acting credits
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Game of Thrones
2011
Midsomer Murders
1997
Peaky Blinders
2013
Doctor Who
2005
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Black Mirror
2011
Doctor Who
1963
Play for Today
1970
Minder
1979
Merlin
2008
Spooks
2002
Endeavour
2013
Chernobyl
2019
A Touch of Frost
1992
Bergerac
1981
New Tricks
2004
12 Monkeys
2015
The Bill
1984
Screen Two
1985
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Taggart
1983
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
Being Human
2009
Between the Lines
1992
Justice
1971
The Chief
1990
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
Atlantis
2013
Shoestring
1979
Les Misérables
2018
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Drop the Dead Donkey
1990
The Cleaner
2021
Ultimate Force
2002
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
2004
Target
1977
Our Friends in the North
1996
In the Heart of the Sea
2015
The Last Detective
2003
Centre Play
1973
Eastern Promises
2007
The Mill
2013
The Queen's Nose
1995
Quirke
2014
In Deep
2001
Rose and Maloney
2002
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
2008
Heroes and Villains
2007
Crocodile Shoes
1994
New Worlds
2014
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002
Bleak House
1985
Quiller
1975
The Constant Gardener
2005
Jekyll and Hyde
2015
The Secret of Crickley Hall
2012
Eleventh Hour
2006
One Child
2014
Fallen Angel
2007
Big Deal
1984
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003
Einstein and Eddington
2008
The Adventures of Don Quick
1970
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
Enigma
2001
Great Expectations
1999
Entitled
2023
Richard III
1995
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010
London Boulevard
2010
Les Misérables
1978
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991
Bombay Blue
1997
Into the Storm
2009
Limonov: The Ballad
2024
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001
The Brack Report
1982
Being Human
1994
Dracula
2006
The Murder at Road Hill House
2011
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
The Lost Continent
1968
The Point Men
2001
Great Expectations
1999
The Black Panther
1977
Stardust
1974
Bleak Moments
1971
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
2006
Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
2020
Meetings with Remarkable Men
1979
The Walking Stick
1970
Grushko
1994
The Rose Medallion
1981
Coalition
2015
Hardcore
1977
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
1972
The Chatterley Affair
2006
Night After Night After Night
1969
Bypass
2014
Among Us
2010
The Children of the New Forest
1977
Antony & Cleopatra
1981
A Light That Shines
1979
Catchpenny Twist
1977
Tangier Cop
1997
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
1972
The Long Bank Holiday
2004
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
1968
The Saliva Milkshake
1975
Aimée
1991
Heist
2008
The Tom Machine
1980
The Window Cleaner
1968
Mr. Axelford's Angel
1974
Time Trouble
1985
Bad Ronald
1992
I Am a Groupie
1970
Hello Sailor!
2008
Mad Jack
1970
Way of the Morris
2011