Donald Sumpter
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).
Known for
Game of Thrones
Maester Luwin
Doctor Who
The President
Midsomer Murders
Tim Settingfield
Doctor Who
Enrico Casali
Doctor Who
Commander Ridgeway
Peaky Blinders
Arthur Bigge
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Cust
Play for Today
Black Mirror
Julian Hereford
Minder
Sudbury
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Pompeius
Drop the Dead Donkey
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Edward Peveril
The Bill
A Touch of Frost
Endeavour
Emil Valdemar
Merlin
The Fisher King
12 Monkeys
Seer
Bergerac
Roscoe
Softly, Softly
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Erasmus Darkening
Chernobyl
Zharkov
Spooks
Stephen Kirby
Between the Lines
The Phoenician Scheme
Chairman
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
Indenrigsminister Nacuk
Atlantis
Tiresius
The Last Detective
Taggart
Being Human
Kemp
Dalziel & Pascoe
The Cleaner
Sir James
Justice
Villiers
Jesus of Nazareth
Aram
Ultimate Force
Rose and Maloney
Our Friends in the North
Commander Harold Chapple
Barlow
Jekyll and Hyde
Garson
Bleak House
'Nemo'
Queen's Nose
Uncle Ginger
Les Misérables
Mabeuf
Crocodile Shoes
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell
The Secret of Crickley Hall
Gordon Pyke
New Worlds
Sidney
Cold Lazarus
Dr. Rawl
The Brack Report
Paul Brack
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Parson Tringham
The Mill
Samuel Greg
In Deep
Keith Sullivan
The Adventures of Don Quick
In the Heart of the Sea
Paul Macy
Target
Eastern Promises
Yuri
Entitled
Quincy
Quirke
Josh Crawford
Shoestring
Limonov: The Ballad
Eddie's Father
One Child
Jim Arthurton
Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
Bishop Peter Ball
Heroes and Villains
The Constant Gardener
Tim Donohue
The First Churchills
Bombay Blue
Supt. John Mayberry
K-19: The Widowmaker
Dr. Savran
Enigma
Leveret
Eleventh Hour
Quiller
Brenman
Einstein and Eddington
Max Planck
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
Pythol (voice)
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Haddock / Ghost of Marley
Into the Storm
Lord Halifax
Dracula
Alfred Singleton
Curse of the Pink Panther
Dave
The Black Panther
Donald Neilson
London Boulevard
Pentonville Governor
Fallen Angel
Simon Martlesham
Les Misérables
Agent
Richard III
Brackenbury
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Claudius
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Party Guest
Great Expectations
Compeyson
The Point Men
Benni Baum
Meetings with Remarkable Men
Pogossian
Being Human
Salgado
The Murder at Road Hill House
Peter Edlin QC
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Mr. Brooker
Stardust
TV Concert Producer
The Walking Stick
Max
Great Expectations
Compeyson
The Lost Continent
Sparks, the Radioman
Tangier Cop
Ahmed Yaasin
Bypass
Grandfather
I Am a Groupie
Steve
Bleak Moments
Norman's Friend
Among Us
Man on bench
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
Commander Ridgeway
Hardcore
Mark
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
Dellow
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Self
Coalition
Paddy Ashdown
Antony & Cleopatra
Pompeius
Way of the Morris
Voice of Creation
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
Enrico Casali
Grushko
Kartashov
The Tom Machine
Tom
Mad Jack
Night After Night After Night
Pete Laver
Aimée
Frank
Catchpenny Twist
Spalding
The Window Cleaner
David
Hello Sailor!
Bad Ronald
Michael, le père
Mr. Axelford's Angel
David
The Saliva Milkshake
Johnny
Heist
King Edward
A Light That Shines
Brother Martin Jerome