1943-02-13 ( 82 years old ) in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, UK
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).
Movies
Limonov: The Ballad
2024-09-05
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017-10-12
In the Heart of the Sea
2015-12-03
Coalition
2015-03-28
Bypass
2014-09-14
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011-12-14
The Murder at Road Hill House
2011-04-25
Way of the Morris
2011-03-01
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010-12-10
London Boulevard
2010-11-10
Among Us
2010-03-19
Into the Storm
2009-05-31
Einstein and Eddington
2008-11-29
Hello Sailor!: Making the Sea Devils
2008-01-14
Heist
2008-01-01
Eastern Promises
2007-09-14
Dracula
2006-12-28
The Constant Gardener
2005-08-31
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002-07-19
The Point Men
2001-09-07
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001-04-08
Enigma
2001-01-22
Great Expectations
1999-04-12
Tangier Cop
1997-01-01
Richard III
1995-12-29
Being Human
1994-05-06
Grushko
1994-03-24
Bad Ronald
1992-03-11
Aimée
1991-04-07
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991-02-08
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983-08-12
Antony & Cleopatra
1981-05-08
The Tom Machine
1980-11-20
Meetings with Remarkable Men
1979-08-05
A Light That Shines
1979-04-11
Les Misérables
1978-12-27
The Black Panther
1977-12-26
Catchpenny Twist
1977-12-05
Hardcore
1977-03-17
The Saliva Milkshake
1975-01-06
Stardust
1974-10-24
Mr. Axelford's Angel
1974-06-05
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
1972-10-17
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
1972-04-01
Bleak Moments
1971-11-30
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971-07-01
I Am a Groupie
1970-12-01
The Walking Stick
1970-04-15
Mad Jack
1970-02-04
Night After Night After Night
1969-01-01
The Lost Continent
1968-06-19
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
1968-06-01
The Window Cleaner
1968-01-01
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