Acting credits
114
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Donald Sumpter
Acting
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Movies: 54Series: 60
TMDB ID: 20425
IMDb ID: nm0838910
Known for: Acting
Born: February 13, 1943
Age: 83
Place of birth: Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1963 - 2025
Years active: 63
Average TMDB rating: 6.8
Wikidata: Q3713649
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. His film appearances include The Constant Gardener (2005), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), Enigma (2001) and Ultramarines: The Movie (2010).
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Donald Sumpter.
6.5
The Phoenician Scheme
as Chairman
2025 Movie
6.3
Limonov: The Ballad
as Eddie's Father
2024 Movie
6.9
The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Haddock / Ghost of Marley
2017 Movie
6.8
In the Heart of the Sea
as Paul Macy
2015 Movie
7.0
Coalition
as Paddy Ashdown
2015 Movie
6.0
Bypass
as Grandfather
2014 Movie
7.4
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell
2011 Movie
6.1
The Murder at Road Hill House
as Peter Edlin QC
2011 Movie
8.0
Way of the Morris
as Voice of Creation
2011 Movie
5.8
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
as Pythol (voice)
2010 Movie
5.9
London Boulevard
as Pentonville Governor
2010 Movie
6.2
Among Us
as Man on bench
2010 Movie
6.3
Into the Storm
as Lord Halifax
2009 Movie
6.9
Einstein and Eddington
as Max Planck
2008 Movie
Hello Sailor!
2008 Movie
7.3
Eastern Promises
as Yuri
2007 Movie
5.5
Dracula
as Alfred Singleton
2006 Movie
5.3
The Chatterley Affair
as Mr. Gerald Gardiner
2006 Movie
4.0
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
as Self
2006 Movie
7.0
The Constant Gardener
as Tim Donohue
2005 Movie
8.0
The Long Bank Holiday
as Alfie Clemens
2004 Movie
6.5
K-19: The Widowmaker
as Dr. Savran
2002 Movie
4.0
The Point Men
as Benni Baum
2001 Movie
7.8
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Mr. Brooker
2001 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Donald Sumpter.
4.5
Entitled
as Quincy • 8 eps
2023 Series
7.0
The Cleaner
as Sir James • 1 eps
2021 Series
8.0
Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
as Bishop Peter Ball • 2 eps
2020 Series
8.7
Chernobyl
as Zharkov • 2 eps
2019 Series
7.3
Les Misérables
as Mabeuf • 3 eps
2018 Series
6.3
Jekyll and Hyde
as Garson • 10 eps
2015 Series
7.4
12 Monkeys
as Seer • 2 eps
2015 Series
6.8
One Child
as Jim Arthurton • 4 eps
2014 Series
6.1
New Worlds
as Sidney • 2 eps
2014 Series
5.9
Quirke
as Josh Crawford • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.4
Atlantis
as Tiresius • 1 eps
2013 Series
8.5
Peaky Blinders
as Arthur Bigge • 2 eps
2013 Series
7.3
The Mill
as Samuel Greg • 4 eps
2013 Series
8.1
Endeavour
as Emil Valdemar • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.2
The Secret of Crickley Hall
as Gordon Pyke • 2 eps
2012 Series
8.3
Black Mirror
as Julian Hereford • 1 eps
2011 Series
8.5
Game of Thrones
as Maester Luwin • 14 eps
2011 Series
7.1
Being Human
as Kemp • 9 eps
2009 Series
7.8
Merlin
as The Fisher King • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.5
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
as Parson Tringham • 3 eps
2008 Series
7.0
Heroes and Villains
6 eps
2007 Series
7.1
The Sarah Jane Adventures
as Erasmus Darkening • 2 eps
2007 Series
4.5
Fallen Angel
as Simon Martlesham • 3 eps
2007 Series
6.1
Eleventh Hour
1 eps
2006 Series