Donald Sumpter
Acting
1943-02-13 · 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).
Filmography
The Phoenician Scheme
2025 · Movie
Limonov: The Ballad
2024 · Movie
Entitled
2023 · Series
The Cleaner
2021 · Series
Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
2020 · Series
Chernobyl
2019 · Series
Les Misérables
2018 · Series
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017 · Movie
In the Heart of the Sea
2015 · Movie
Jekyll and Hyde
2015 · Series
Coalition
2015 · Movie
12 Monkeys
2015 · Series
One Child
2014 · Series
Bypass
2014 · Movie
New Worlds
2014 · Series
Quirke
2014 · Series
Atlantis
2013 · Series
Peaky Blinders
2013 · Series
The Mill
2013 · Series
Endeavour
2013 · Series
The Secret of Crickley Hall
2012 · Series
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011 · Movie
Black Mirror
2011 · Series
The Murder at Road Hill House
2011 · Movie
Game of Thrones
2011 · Series
Way of the Morris
2011 · Movie
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010 · Movie
London Boulevard
2010 · Movie
Among Us
2010 · Movie
Into the Storm
2009 · Movie
Being Human
2009 · Series
Einstein and Eddington
2008 · Movie
Merlin
2008 · Series
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
2008 · Series
Hello Sailor!
2008 · Movie
Heist
2008 · Movie
Heroes and Villains
2007 · Series
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007 · Series
Eastern Promises
2007 · Movie
Fallen Angel
2007 · Series
Dracula
2006 · Movie
The Chatterley Affair
2006 · Movie
Eleventh Hour
2006 · Series
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
2006 · Movie
The Constant Gardener
2005 · Movie
Doctor Who
2005 · Series
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
2004 · Series
The Long Bank Holiday
2004 · Movie
New Tricks
2004 · Series
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003 · Series
The Last Detective
2003 · Series
Serious & Organised
2003 · Series
Rose and Maloney
2002 · Series
Ultimate Force
2002 · Series
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002 · Movie
Spooks
2002 · Series
The Point Men
2001 · Movie
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001 · Series
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001 · Movie
In Deep
2001 · Series
Enigma
2001 · Movie
Great Expectations
1999 · Series
Great Expectations
1999 · Movie
Bombay Blue
1997 · Series
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Series
Tangier Cop
1997 · Movie
Our Friends in the North
1996 · Series
Richard III
1995 · Movie
The Queen's Nose
1995 · Series
Crocodile Shoes
1994 · Series
Being Human
1994 · Movie
Grushko
1994 · Movie
A Touch of Frost
1992 · Series
Between the Lines
1992 · Series
Bad Ronald
1992 · Movie
Aimée
1991 · Movie
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991 · Movie
Drop the Dead Donkey
1990 · Series
The Chief
1990 · Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Series
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · Series
Time Trouble
1985 · Movie
Bleak House
1985 · Series
Screen Two
1985 · Series
The Bill
1984 · Series
Big Deal
1984 · Series
Taggart
1983 · Series
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983 · Movie
No Excuses
1983 · Series
The Brack Report
1982 · Series
Bergerac
1981 · Series
The Rose Medallion
1981 · Series
Antony & Cleopatra
1981 · Movie
The Tom Machine
1980 · Movie
Minder
1979 · Series
Shoestring
1979 · Series
Meetings with Remarkable Men
1979 · Movie
A Light That Shines
1979 · Movie
Les Misérables
1978 · Movie
The Black Panther
1977 · Movie
Catchpenny Twist
1977 · Movie
The Children of the New Forest
1977 · Series
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Series
Target
1977 · Series
Jesus of Nazareth
1977 · Series
Hardcore
1977 · Movie
Quiller
1975 · Series
The Saliva Milkshake
1975 · Movie
Stardust
1974 · Movie
Mr. Axelford's Angel
1974 · Movie
Centre Play
1973 · Series
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
1972 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
1972 · Movie
Bleak Moments
1971 · Movie
Justice
1971 · Series
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971 · Movie
I Am a Groupie
1970 · Movie
The Adventures of Don Quick
1970 · Series
Play for Today
1970 · Series
The Walking Stick
1970 · Movie
Mad Jack
1970 · Movie
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Series
Night After Night After Night
1969 · Movie
The Lost Continent
1968 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
1968 · Movie
The Window Cleaner
1968 · Movie
Mickey Dunne
1967 · Series
Doctor Who
1963 · Series