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Donald Sumpter

Donald Sumpter

Actor · Born 1943-02-13 · Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, UK

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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 Plan…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Game of Thrones (2011) — Maester Luwin
  2. Peaky Blinders (2013) — Arthur Bigge
  3. Chernobyl (2019) — Zharkov
  4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) — Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell
  5. Black Mirror (2011) — Julian Hereford
  6. In the Heart of the Sea (2015) — Paul Macy
  7. Eastern Promises (2007) — Yuri
  8. Doctor Who (2005) — The President
  9. The Constant Gardener (2005) — Tim Donohue
  10. K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) — Dr. Savran
  11. 12 Monkeys (2015) — Seer
  12. Merlin (2008) — The Fisher King
  13. The Phoenician Scheme (2025) — Chairman
  14. The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) — Haddock / Ghost of Marley
  15. London Boulevard (2010) — Pentonville Governor
  16. Doctor Who (1963) — Enrico Casali
  17. Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) — Cust
  18. Jesus of Nazareth (1977) — Aram
  19. Midsomer Murders (1997) — Tim Settingfield
  20. Enigma (2001) — Leveret
  21. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991) — Claudius
  22. Endeavour (2013) — Emil Valdemar
  23. Being Human (2009) — Kemp
  24. Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) — Dave
  25. Richard III (1995) — Brackenbury
  26. Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie (2010) — Pythol (voice)
  27. Einstein and Eddington (2008) — Max Planck
  28. Atlantis (2013) — Tiresius
  29. Spooks (2002) — Stephen Kirby
  30. Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) — Party Guest
  31. Les Misérables (2018) — Mabeuf
  32. The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007) — Erasmus Darkening
  33. Into the Storm (2009) — Lord Halifax
  34. Limonov: The Ballad (2024) — Eddie's Father
  35. A Touch of Frost (1992) — Maynard
  36. The Cleaner (2021) — Sir James
  37. New Tricks (2004) — Bobby 'Tar' Mcadam
  38. Being Human (1994) — Salgado
  39. Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008) — Parson Tringham
  40. The Lost Continent (1968) — Sparks, the Radioman