Donald Sumpter
Acting • Born 1943-02-13
Biography
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
123 credits
Eastern Promises
Movie • 2007
Yuri
The Constant Gardener
Movie • 2005
Tim Donohue
Enigma
Movie • 2001
Leveret
Grushko
Movie • 1994
Kartashov
K-19: The Widowmaker
Movie • 2002
Dr. Savran
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Movie • 2006
Self
Way of the Morris
Movie • 2011
Voice of Creation
Into the Storm
Movie • 2009
Lord Halifax
Among Us
Movie • 2010
Man on bench
Les Misérables
Movie • 1978
Agent
The Murder at Road Hill House
Movie • 2011
Peter Edlin QC
The Point Men
Movie • 2001
Benni Baum
London Boulevard
Movie • 2010
Pentonville Governor
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
Movie • 2010
Pythol (voice)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Movie • 1971
Party Guest
The Black Panther
Movie • 1977
Donald Neilson
I Am a Groupie
Movie • 1970
Steve
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
Movie • 1972
Commander Ridgeway
Hardcore
Movie • 1977
Mark
Meetings with Remarkable Men
Movie • 1979
Pogossian
Bypass
Movie • 2014
Grandfather
Aimée
Movie • 1991
Frank
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Movie • 2011
Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell
Night After Night After Night
Movie • 1969
Pete Laver
Curse of the Pink Panther
Movie • 1983
Dave
Hello Sailor!
Movie • 2008
The Tom Machine
Movie • 1980
Tom
Coalition
Movie • 2015
Paddy Ashdown
In the Heart of the Sea
Movie • 2015
Paul Macy
Mad Jack
Movie • 1970
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
Movie • 1972
Dellow
Einstein and Eddington
Movie • 2008
Max Planck
Dracula
Movie • 2006
Alfred Singleton
The Saliva Milkshake
Movie • 1975
Johnny
Limonov: The Ballad
Movie • 2024
Eddie's Father
The Lost Continent
Movie • 1968
Sparks, the Radioman
The Window Cleaner
Movie • 1968
David
Great Expectations
Movie • 1999
Compeyson
Richard III
Movie • 1995
Brackenbury
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Movie • 2001
Mr. Brooker
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Movie • 1991
Claudius
Bleak Moments
Movie • 1971
Norman's Friend
Heist
Movie • 2008
King Edward
Being Human
Movie • 1994
Salgado
Stardust
Movie • 1974
TV Concert Producer
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Movie • 2017
Haddock / Ghost of Marley
The Walking Stick
Movie • 1970
Max
Mr. Axelford's Angel
Movie • 1974
David
Antony & Cleopatra
Movie • 1981
Pompeius
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
Movie • 1968
Enrico Casali
Catchpenny Twist
Movie • 1977
Spalding
Tangier Cop
Movie • 1997
Ahmed Yaasin
Bad Ronald
Movie • 1992
Michael, le père
A Light That Shines
Movie • 1979
Brother Martin Jerome
The Phoenician Scheme
Movie • 2025
Chairman
The Long Bank Holiday
Movie • 2004
Alfie Clemens
Time Trouble
Movie • 1985
Makov
The Chatterley Affair
Movie • 2006
Mr. Gerald Gardiner
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Tim Settingfield
Ultimate Force
TV • 2002
Bergerac
TV • 1981
Roscoe
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Enrico Casali
The Bill
TV • 1984
Taggart
TV • 1983
A Touch of Frost
TV • 1992
Dalziel & Pascoe
TV • 1996
Between the Lines
TV • 1992
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
TV • 2003
Eleventh Hour
TV • 2006
Crocodile Shoes
TV • 1994
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Jesus of Nazareth
TV • 1977
Aram
The Last Detective
TV • 2003
Quiller
TV • 1975
Brenman
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Cust
The Brack Report
TV • 1982
Paul Brack
Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
TV • 2020
Bishop Peter Ball
Black Mirror
TV • 2011
Julian Hereford
One Child
TV • 2014
Jim Arthurton
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Commander Ridgeway
The Cleaner
TV • 2021
Sir James
Bombay Blue
TV • 1997
Supt. John Mayberry
The Secret of Crickley Hall
TV • 2012
Gordon Pyke
Jekyll and Hyde
TV • 2015
Garson
Minder
TV • 1979
Sudbury
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
The President
Atlantis
TV • 2013
Tiresius
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV • 1987
Edward Peveril
In Deep
TV • 2001
Keith Sullivan
Rose and Maloney
TV • 2002
Drop the Dead Donkey
TV • 1990
12 Monkeys
TV • 2015
Seer
Game of Thrones
TV • 2011
Maester Luwin
Justice
TV • 1971
Villiers
Fallen Angel
TV • 2007
Simon Martlesham
The Mill
TV • 2013
Samuel Greg
Heroes and Villains
TV • 2007
Entitled
TV • 2023
Quincy
Our Friends in the North
TV • 1996
Commander Harold Chapple
Les Misérables
TV • 2018
Mabeuf
Endeavour
TV • 2013
Emil Valdemar
Chernobyl
TV • 2019
Zharkov
Spooks
TV • 2002
Stephen Kirby
Peaky Blinders
TV • 2013
Arthur Bigge
Merlin
TV • 2008
The Fisher King
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
TV • 2008
Parson Tringham
Quirke
TV • 2014
Josh Crawford
Being Human
TV • 2009
Kemp
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
TV • 2004
Indenrigsminister Nacuk
Bleak House
TV • 1985
'Nemo'
The Sarah Jane Adventures
TV • 2007
Erasmus Darkening
Queen's Nose
TV • 1995
Uncle Ginger
Great Expectations
TV • 1999
Compeyson
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV • 1977
Brother Martin Jerome
The Chief
TV • 1990
CS Derek Gillman
Target
TV • 1977
Heslop
New Tricks
TV • 2004
Bobby 'Tar' Mcadam
New Worlds
TV • 2014
Sidney
The Adventures of Don Quick
TV • 1970
Gezool
Shoestring
TV • 1979
Stanley Reeves
The Children of the New Forest
TV • 1977
Ned Corbould
Centre Play
TV • 1973
Johnny
The Rose Medallion
TV • 1981
Harry