
Donald Sumpter
Known for ActingBorn 1943-02-13 (age 83)Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, UK
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).Read more
Movies & web series
Quiller
★ 10.0View details →
Quiller
1975 · Series
★ 9.0View details →
Bad Ronald
1992 · Movie
★ 8.7View details →
Chernobyl
2019 · Series
The Children of the New Forest
★ 9.0View details →
The Children of the New Forest
1977 · Series
★ 9.0View details →
Mad Jack
1970 · Movie
★ 8.5View details →
Peaky Blinders
2013 · Series
★ 8.5View details →
Game of Thrones
2011 · Series
★ 8.7View details →
Mr. Axelford's Angel
1974 · Movie
★ 8.3View details →
Black Mirror
2011 · Series
★ 8.1View details →
Endeavour
2013 · Series
★ 8.0View details →
Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
2020 · Series
★ 8.0View details →
Way of the Morris
2011 · Movie
★ 8.2View details →
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Series
★ 8.0View details →
The Long Bank Holiday
2004 · Movie
★ 8.0View details →
In Deep
2001 · Series
★ 7.8View details →
Merlin
2008 · Series
★ 7.8View details →
The Last Detective
2003 · Series
★ 8.0View details →
The Saliva Milkshake
1975 · Movie
★ 7.7View details →
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001 · Movie
★ 7.7View details →
Spooks
2002 · Series
★ 7.6View details →
Doctor Who
2005 · Series
★ 7.6View details →
Our Friends in the North
1996 · Series
★ 7.5View details →
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
2008 · Series
★ 7.8View details →
Jesus of Nazareth
1977 · Series
★ 7.4View details →
12 Monkeys
2015 · Series
★ 7.9View details →
Doctor Who
1963 · Series
★ 7.4View details →
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011 · Movie
★ 7.3View details →
Les Misérables
2018 · Series
★ 7.5View details →
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Series
★ 7.5View details →
Grushko
1994 · Movie
★ 7.3View details →
The Mill
2013 · Series
★ 7.5View details →
A Touch of Frost
1992 · Series
★ 7.3View details →
Eastern Promises
2007 · Movie
★ 7.3View details →
New Tricks
2004 · Series
★ 7.6View details →
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
1972 · Movie
★ 7.2View details →
The Secret of Crickley Hall
2012 · Series
★ 7.3View details →
Crocodile Shoes
1994 · Series
★ 7.4View details →
Shoestring
1979 · Series
★ 7.1View details →
Being Human
2009 · Series
★ 7.0View details →
The Cleaner
2021 · Series
★ 7.1View details →
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007 · Series
★ 7.0View details →
Coalition
2015 · Movie
★ 7.2View details →
The Queen's Nose
1995 · Series
★ 7.3View details →
Big Deal
1984 · Series
★ 7.0View details →
Heroes and Villains
2007 · Series
★ 7.3View details →
Antony & Cleopatra
1981 · Movie
★ 7.3View details →
Justice
1971 · Series
★ 7.0View details →
The Constant Gardener
2005 · Movie