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).
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Limonov: The Ballad as Eddie's Father
- 2021 · The Cleaner as Sir James
- 2020 · Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret as Bishop Peter Ball
- 2019 · Chernobyl as Zharkov
- 2018 · Les Misérables as Mabeuf
- 2017 · The Man Who Invented Christmas as Haddock / Ghost of Marley
- 2015 · In the Heart of the Sea as Paul Macy
- 2015 · Jekyll and Hyde as Garson
- 2015 · Coalition as Paddy Ashdown
- 2015 · 12 Monkeys as Seer
- 2014 · One Child as Jim Arthurton
- 2014 · Bypass as Grandfather
- 2014 · New Worlds as Sidney
- 2014 · Quirke as Josh Crawford
- 2013 · Atlantis as Tiresius
- 2013 · Peaky Blinders as Arthur Bigge
- 2013 · The Mill as Samuel Greg
- 2013 · Endeavour as Emil Valdemar
- 2012 · The Secret of Crickley Hall as Gordon Pyke
- 2011 · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell
- 2011 · Black Mirror as Julian Hereford
- 2011 · Way of the Morris as Voice of Creation
- 2011 · The Murder at Road Hill House as Peter Edlin QC
- 2011 · Game of Thrones as Maester Luwin
- 2010 · Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie as Pythol (voice)
- 2010 · London Boulevard as Pentonville Governor
- 2010 · Among Us as Man on bench
- 2009 · Into the Storm as Lord Halifax
- 2009 · Being Human as Kemp
- 2008 · Einstein and Eddington as Max Planck
- 2008 · Merlin as The Fisher King
- 2008 · Tess of the D'Urbervilles as Parson Tringham
- 2008 · Heist as King Edward
- 2007 · Heroes and Villains as
- 2007 · Eastern Promises as Yuri
- 2007 · Fallen Angel as Simon Martlesham
- 2006 · Dracula as Alfred Singleton
- 2006 · Eleventh Hour as
- 2006 · Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener as Self
- 2005 · The Constant Gardener as Tim Donohue
- 2005 · Doctor Who as The President
- 2004 · The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey as Ministeren
- 2004 · The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey as Indenrigsminister Nacuk
- 2003 · Seven Wonders of the Industrial World as
- 2003 · The Last Detective as
- 2002 · Rose and Maloney as
- 2002 · Ultimate Force as
- 2002 · K-19: The Widowmaker as Dr. Savran
- 2002 · Spooks as Stephen Kirby
- 2001 · The Point Men as Benni Baum
- 2001 · The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby as Mr. Brooker
- 2001 · In Deep as Keith Sullivan
- 2001 · Enigma as Leveret
- 1999 · Great Expectations as Compeyson
- 1997 · Bombay Blue as Supt. John Mayberry
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Tim Settingfield
- 1997 · Tangier Cop as Ahmed Yaasin
- 1996 · Dalziel & Pascoe as
- 1996 · Our Friends in the North as Harold Chapple
- 1996 · Our Friends in the North as Commander Harold Chapple
- 1995 · Richard III as Brackenbury
- 1994 · Crocodile Shoes as
- 1994 · Being Human as Salgado
- 1994 · Grushko as Kartashov
- 1992 · A Touch of Frost as
- 1992 · Between the Lines as
- 1992 · Bad Ronald as Michael, le père
- 1991 · Aimée as Frank
- 1991 · Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead as Claudius
- 1990 · Drop the Dead Donkey as
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Cust
- 1987 · The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Edward Peveril
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1983 · Taggart as
- 1983 · Curse of the Pink Panther as Dave
- 1982 · The Brack Report as Paul Brack
- 1981 · Bergerac as Roscoe
- 1981 · Bergerac as Harry Tilson
- 1981 · Antony & Cleopatra as Pompeius
- 1980 · The Tom Machine as Tom
- 1979 · Minder as Sudbury
- 1979 · Shoestring as
- 1979 · Meetings with Remarkable Men as Pogossian
- 1979 · A Light That Shines as Brother Martin Jerome
- 1978 · Les Misérables as Agent
- 1978 · BBC Television Shakespeare as
- 1977 · The Black Panther as Donald Neilson
- 1977 · Catchpenny Twist as Spalding
- 1977 · Target as
- 1977 · Jesus of Nazareth as Aram
- 1977 · Hardcore as Mark
- 1975 · Quiller as Brenman
- 1975 · The Saliva Milkshake as Johnny
- 1974 · Stardust as TV Concert Producer
- 1974 · Mr. Axelford's Angel as David
- 1972 · The Breaking of Colonel Keyser as Dellow
- 1972 · Doctor Who: The Sea Devils as Commander Ridgeway
- 1971 · Bleak Moments as Norman's Friend
- 1971 · Justice as Villiers
- 1971 · Barlow as
- 1971 · Sunday Bloody Sunday as Party Guest
- 1970 · I Am a Groupie as Steve
- 1970 · The Adventures of Don Quick as
- 1970 · Play for Today as
- 1970 · The Walking Stick as Max
- 1969 · The First Churchills as
- 1969 · Hadleigh as
- 1968 · The Lost Continent as Sparks, the Radioman
- 1966 · Softly, Softly as
- 1963 · Doctor Who as Enrico Casali
- Future · Entitled as Quincy
- 1970 · Mad Jack as
- 1969 · Night After Night After Night as Pete Laver
- 1968 · Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space as Enrico Casali
- 1968 · The Window Cleaner as David
- 1963 · Doctor Who as Commander Ridgeway
- Future · Hello Sailor!: Making the Sea Devils as