Donald Sumpter
Age: 81 | From: Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday: 1943-02-13 10:08:48
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 39
TV Involvements: 34
Most Famous Work
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).
Most Famous Work
Doctor Who
(2005) The President
Game of Thrones
(2011) Maester Luwin
Midsomer Murders
(1997) Tim Settingfield
Peaky Blinders
(2013) Arthur Bigge
Doctor Who
(1963) Commander Ridgeway
12 Monkeys
(2015) Seer
Agatha Christie's Poirot
(1989) Cust
Endeavour
(2013) Emil ValdemarActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | N/A | |
| 2020 | Bishop Peter Ball | |
| 2019 | Zharkov | |
| 2018 | Mabeuf | |
| 2017 | Haddock / Ghost of Marley | |
| 2015 | Paul Macy | |
| Garson | ||
| Paddy Ashdown | ||
| Seer | ||
| 2014 | Jim Arthurton | |
| Grandfather | ||
| Sidney | ||
| Josh Crawford | ||
| 2013 | Tiresius | |
| Arthur Bigge | ||
| Samuel Greg | ||
| Emil Valdemar | ||
| 2012 | Gordon Pyke | |
| 2011 | Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell | |
| Julian Hereford | ||
| Voice of Creation | ||
| Peter Edlin QC | ||
| Maester Luwin | ||
| 2010 | Pythol (voice) | |
| Pentonville Governor | ||
| Man on bench | ||
| 2009 | Lord Halifax | |
| N/A | ||
| 2008 | Max Planck | |
| The Fisher King | ||
| Parson Tringham | ||
| King Edward | ||
| 2007 | N/A | |
| Yuri | ||
| Simon Martlesham | ||
| 2006 | Alfred Singleton | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 2005 | Tim Donohue | |
| The President | ||
| 2003 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 2002 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Dr. Savran | ||
| 2001 | Benni Baum | |
| Mr. Brooker | ||
| Keith Sullivan | ||
| Leveret | ||
| 1999 | Compeyson | |
| 1997 | Supt. John Mayberry | |
| Tim Settingfield | ||
| Ahmed Yaasin | ||
| 1996 | N/A | |
| Harold Chapple | ||
| Commander Harold Chapple | ||
| 1995 | Brackenbury | |
| 1994 | N/A | |
| Salgado | ||
| Kartashov | ||
| 1992 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Michael, le père | ||
| 1991 | Frank | |
| Claudius | ||
| 1990 | N/A | |
| 1989 | Cust | |
| 1987 | Edward Peveril | |
| 1984 | N/A | |
| 1983 | N/A | |
| Dave | ||
| 1982 | Paul Brack | |
| 1981 | Roscoe | |
| Harry Tilson | ||
| Pompeius | ||
| 1980 | Tom | |
| 1979 | Sudbury | |
| N/A | ||
| Pogossian | ||
| 1978 | Agent | |
| N/A | ||
| 1977 | Donald Neilson | |
| Spalding | ||
| N/A | ||
| Aram | ||
| Mark | ||
| 1975 | Brenman | |
| 1974 | TV Concert Producer | |
| David | ||
| 1972 | Commander Ridgeway | |
| 1971 | Norman's Friend | |
| Villiers | ||
| N/A | ||
| Party Guest | ||
| 1970 | Steve | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Max | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1969 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Pete Laver | ||
| 1968 | Sparks, the Radioman | |
| Enrico Casali | ||
| 1966 | N/A | |
| 1963 | Commander Ridgeway | |
| Enrico Casali | ||
| Quincy | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
