Donald Sumpter
Acting
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
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movieThe Phoenician Scheme
2025
Chairman
movieLimonov: The Ballad
2024
Eddie's Father
tvEntitled
2023
Quincy
tvThe Cleaner
2021
Sir James
tvExposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
2020
Bishop Peter Ball
tvChernobyl
2019
Zharkov
tvLes Misérables
2018
Mabeuf
movieThe Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
Haddock / Ghost of Marley
movieIn the Heart of the Sea
2015
Paul Macy
tvJekyll and Hyde
2015
Garson
movieCoalition
2015
Paddy Ashdown
tv12 Monkeys
2015
Seer
tvOne Child
2014
Jim Arthurton
movieBypass
2014
Grandfather
tvNew Worlds
2014
Sidney
tvQuirke
2014
Josh Crawford
tvAtlantis
2013
Tiresius
tvPeaky Blinders
2013
Arthur Bigge
tvThe Mill
2013
Samuel Greg
tvEndeavour
2013
Emil Valdemar
tvThe Secret of Crickley Hall
2012
Gordon Pyke
movieThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell
tvBlack Mirror
2011
Julian Hereford
movieThe Murder at Road Hill House
2011
Peter Edlin QC
tvGame of Thrones
2011
Maester Luwin
movieWay of the Morris
2011
Voice of Creation
movieUltramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010
Pythol (voice)
movieLondon Boulevard
2010
Pentonville Governor
movieAmong Us
2010
Man on bench
movieInto the Storm
2009
Lord Halifax
movieEinstein and Eddington
2008
Max Planck
tvMerlin
2008
The Fisher King
tvTess of the D'Urbervilles
2008
Parson Tringham
Heist
2008
King Edward
tvThe Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
Erasmus Darkening
tvFallen Angel
2007
Simon Martlesham
movieDracula
2006
Alfred Singleton
movieThe Chatterley Affair
2006
Mr. Gerald Gardiner
movieThe Constant Gardener
2005
Tim Donohue
tvDoctor Who
2005
The President
tvThe Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
2004
Indenrigsminister Nacuk
movieThe Long Bank Holiday
2004
Alfie Clemens
tvNew Tricks
2004
Bobby 'Tar' Mcadam
tvSerious & Organised
2003
Jimmy Fisk
tvRose and Maloney
2002
Ronnie Johnson
movieK-19: The Widowmaker
2002
Dr. Savran
tvSpooks
2002
Stephen Kirby
movieThe Point Men
2001
Benni Baum
tvIn Deep
2001
Keith Sullivan
movieEnigma
2001
Leveret
movieGreat Expectations
1999
Compeyson
tvGreat Expectations
1999
Compeyson
tvBombay Blue
1997
Supt. John Mayberry
tvMidsomer Murders
1997
Tim Settingfield
Tangier Cop
1997
Ahmed Yaasin
tvOur Friends in the North
1996
Commander Harold Chapple
movieRichard III
1995
Brackenbury
tvThe Queen's Nose
1995
Uncle Ginger
movieBeing Human
1994
Salgado
movieGrushko
1994
Kartashov
tvA Touch of Frost
1992
Maynard
movieBad Ronald
1992
Michael, le père
movieAimée
1991
Frank
tvThe Chief
1990
CS Derek Gillman
tvThe Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Edward Peveril
tvBleak House
1985
'Nemo'
tvScreen Two
1985
Frank
tvBig Deal
1984
Ronnie Day
The Brack Report
1982
Paul Brack
tvBergerac
1981
Roscoe
movieAntony & Cleopatra
1981
Pompeius
tvMinder
1979
Sudbury
tvShoestring
1979
Stanley Reeves
movieA Light That Shines
1979
Brother Martin Jerome
movieThe Black Panther
1977
Donald Neilson
movieCatchpenny Twist
1977
Spalding
tvBBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Brother Martin Jerome
tvTarget
1977
Heslop
tvQuiller
1975
Brenman
movieStardust
1974
TV Concert Producer
tvCentre Play
1973
Johnny
movieDoctor Who: The Sea Devils
1972
Commander Ridgeway
movieBleak Moments
1971
Norman's Friend
tvJustice
1971
Villiers
movieSunday Bloody Sunday
1971
Party Guest
movieNight After Night After Night
1969
Pete Laver
movieThe Lost Continent
1968
Sparks, the Radioman
movieDoctor Who: The Wheel in Space
1968
Enrico Casali
tvMickey Dunne
1967
Pat Newman
tvDoctor Who
1963
Enrico Casali / Commander Ridgeway