
Donald Sumpter
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).
Acting (52 movies)

Eastern Promises
2007

The Constant Gardener
2005

Enigma
2001

Grushko
1994

K-19: The Widowmaker
2002

Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
2006

Way of the Morris
2011

Into the Storm
2009

Among Us
2010

Les Misérables
1978

The Murder at Road Hill House
2011

The Point Men
2001

London Boulevard
2010

Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010

Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971

The Black Panther
1977

I Am a Groupie
1970

Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
1972

Hardcore
1977

Meetings with Remarkable Men
1979

Bypass
2014

Aimée
1991

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011

Night After Night After Night
1969

Curse of the Pink Panther
1983

Hello Sailor!
2008

Coalition
2015

In the Heart of the Sea
2015

Mad Jack
1970

Einstein and Eddington
2008

Dracula
2006

The Saliva Milkshake
1975

Limonov: The Ballad
2024

The Lost Continent
1968

Great Expectations
1999

Richard III
1995

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991

Bleak Moments
1971

Being Human
1994

Stardust
1974

The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017

The Walking Stick
1970

Mr. Axelford's Angel
1974

Antony & Cleopatra
1981

Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
1968

Catchpenny Twist
1977

Bad Ronald
1992

A Light That Shines
1979

The Phoenician Scheme
2025

The Long Bank Holiday
2004

Time Trouble
1985
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