Donald Sumpter
57 movies · 71 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 13, 1943 (age 83)
- Place of birth
- Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- 唐纳德·桑普特 · دونالد سامپتر
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.
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His film appearances include The Constant Gardener (2005), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), Enigma (2001) and Ultramarines: The Movie (2010).
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Donald Sumpter: movies and TV shows
Acting (128)
- 2025 The Phoenician Scheme
as Chairman
- 2024 Limonov: The Ballad
as Eddie's Father
- 2023
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017 The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Haddock / Ghost of Marley
- 2015 In the Heart of the Sea
as Paul Macy
- 2015
- 2015 Coalition
as Paddy Ashdown
- 2015
- 2014
- 2014 Bypass
as Grandfather
- 2014
- 2014
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell
- 2011
- 2011 The Murder at Road Hill House
as Peter Edlin QC
- 2011
- 2011 Way of the Morris
as Voice of Creation
- 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
- 2008 Einstein and Eddington
as Max Planck
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008 Heist
as King Edward
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007 Eastern Promises
as Yuri
- 2007
- 2006 Dracula
as Alfred Singleton
- 2006 The Chatterley Affair
as Mr. Gerald Gardiner
- 2006
- 2005 The Constant Gardener
as Tim Donohue
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004 The Long Bank Holiday
as Alfie Clemens
- 2004
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002 K-19: The Widowmaker
as Dr. Savran
- 2002
- 2001 The Point Men
as Benni Baum
- 2001 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Mr. Brooker
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001 Enigma
as Leveret
- 1999 Great Expectations
as Compeyson
- 1999
- 1997
- 1997
- 1997 Tangier Cop
as Ahmed Yaasin
- 1996
- 1995 Richard III
as Brackenbury
- 1995
- 1994
- 1994 Being Human
as Salgado
- 1994 Grushko
as Kartashov
- 1992
- 1992
- 1992 Bad Ronald
as Michael, le père
- 1991 Aimée
as Frank
- 1991 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
as Claudius
- 1990
- 1990
- 1989
- 1987
- 1985 Time Trouble
as Makov
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985
- 1984
- 1984
- 1983
- 1983 Curse of the Pink Panther
as Dave
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981
- 1981
- 1981 Antony & Cleopatra
as Pompeius
- 1980 The Tom Machine
as Tom
- 1979
- 1979
- 1979 Meetings with Remarkable Men
as Pogossian
- 1979 A Light That Shines
as Brother Martin Jerome
- 1978 Les Misérables
as Agent
- 1977 The Black Panther
as Donald Neilson
- 1977 Catchpenny Twist
as Spalding
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977 Hardcore
as Mark
- 1975
- 1975 The Saliva Milkshake
as Johnny
- 1974 Stardust
as TV Concert Producer
- 1974 Mr. Axelford's Angel
as David
- 1973
- 1972 The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
as Dellow
- 1972 Bleak Moments
as Norman's Friend
- 1972 Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
as Commander Ridgeway
- 1971
- 1971 Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Party Guest
- 1970 I Am a Groupie
as Steve
- 1970
- 1970
- 1970 The Walking Stick
as Max
- 1970
- 1969
- 1969 Night After Night After Night
as Pete Laver
- 1968 The Lost Continent
as Sparks, the Radioman
- 1968 Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
as Enrico Casali
- 1968 The Window Cleaner
as David
- 1967
- 1963
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 2006