Donald Sumpter
Known for: Acting
Born: February 13, 1943
Place of birth: 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).
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Filmography
58 movies · 70 TV shows, newest first
6.5
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
6.4
Limonov: The Ballad
2024
5.7
Entitled
2023
7.0
The Cleaner
2021
8.0
Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
2020
8.7
Chernobyl
2019
7.3
Les Misérables
2018
6.8
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
6.8
In the Heart of the Sea
2015
6.4
Jekyll and Hyde
2015
7.0
Coalition
2015
7.4
12 Monkeys
2015
6.8
One Child
2014
5.7
Bypass
2014
6.1
New Worlds
2014
5.9
Quirke
2014
6.4
Atlantis
2013
8.5
Peaky Blinders
2013
7.3
The Mill
2013
8.1
Endeavour
2013
7.2
The Secret of Crickley Hall
2012
7.4
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
8.3
Black Mirror
2011
6.2
The Murder at Road Hill House
2011
8.5
Game of Thrones
2011
8.0
Way of the Morris
2011
5.8
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010
5.9
London Boulevard
2010
6.2
Among Us
2010
6.4
Into the Storm
2009
7.1
Being Human
2009
6.8
Einstein and Eddington
2008
7.8
Merlin
2008
7.5
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
2008
NR
Hello Sailor!
20085.2
Heist
2008
7.0
Heroes and Villains
2007
7.1
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
7.3
Eastern Promises
2007
4.5
Fallen Angel
2007
5.6
Dracula
2006
5.3
The Chatterley Affair
2006
6.6
Eleventh Hour
2006
4.0
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
2006
7.0
The Constant Gardener
2005
7.6
Doctor Who
2005
6.8
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
2004
8.0
The Long Bank Holiday
2004
7.3
New Tricks
2004
6.7
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003
7.8
The Last Detective
2003
NR
Serious & Organised
2003
6.4
Rose and Maloney
2002
6.6
Ultimate Force
2002
6.6
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002
7.7
Spooks
2002
4.4
The Point Men
2001
7.6
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001
7.0
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001
8.0
In Deep
2001
6.3
Enigma
2001
6.4
Great Expectations
1999
NR
Great Expectations
1999
7.0
Bombay Blue
1997
7.5
Midsomer Murders
19973.7
Tangier Cop
1997
7.7
Our Friends in the North
1996
6.8
Richard III
1995
7.2
The Queen's Nose
1995
7.3
Crocodile Shoes
1994
5.1
Being Human
1994
7.5
Grushko
1994
7.5
A Touch of Frost
1992
5.5
Between the Lines
1992
9.0
Bad Ronald
1992
4.7
Aimée
1991
6.9
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991
7.0
Drop the Dead Donkey
1990
7.0
The Chief
1990
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
6.6
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
NR
Time Trouble
1985
6.4
Bleak House
1985
7.1
Screen Two
1985
6.8
The Bill
1984
7.3
Big Deal
1984
6.4
Taggart
1983
4.6
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983NR
No Excuses
19836.5
The Brack Report
1982
7.0
Bergerac
1981
7.0
The Rose Medallion
1981
7.3
Antony & Cleopatra
1981NR
The Tom Machine
1980
7.1
Minder
1979
7.7
Shoestring
1979
6.7
Meetings with Remarkable Men
1979
NR
A Light That Shines
1979
7.1
Les Misérables
1978
5.9
The Black Panther
1977
NR
Catchpenny Twist
19779.0
The Children of the New Forest
1977
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
7.0
Target
1977
7.8
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
3.8
Hardcore
1977
10.0
Quiller
1975
8.0
The Saliva Milkshake
1975
5.5
Stardust
1974
8.7
Mr. Axelford's Angel
1974
7.0
Centre Play
1973NR
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
1972
7.6
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
1972
6.1
Bleak Moments
1971
7.3
Justice
1971
6.5
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
3.4
I Am a Groupie
1970
5.0
The Adventures of Don Quick
1970
6.6
Play for Today
1970
7.0
The Walking Stick
1970
9.0
Mad Jack
1970
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
5.6
Night After Night After Night
1969
5.6
The Lost Continent
1968
5.8
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
1968NR
The Window Cleaner
1968
NR
Mickey Dunne
1967
7.9
Doctor Who
1963