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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 13, 1943
Place of Birth
Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- 唐纳德·桑普特
- دونالد سامپتر
Donald Sumpter
1.2 Popularity
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).
Known For
6.6
Chairman
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
6.4
Eddie's Father
Limonov: The Ballad
2024
4.5
Quincy
Entitled
2023
7.0
Sir James
The Cleaner
2021
8.0
Bishop Peter Ball
Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
2020
8.7
Zharkov
Chernobyl
2019
7.3
Mabeuf
Les Misérables
2018
6.8
Haddock / Ghost of Marley
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
6.8
Paul Macy
In the Heart of the Sea
2015
6.3
Garson
Jekyll and Hyde
2015
Credits
The Phoenician Scheme
as Chairman
2025
6.6
Limonov: The Ballad
as Eddie's Father
2024
6.4
Entitled
as Quincy
2023
4.5
The Cleaner
as Sir James
2021
7.0
Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
as Bishop Peter Ball
2020
8.0
Chernobyl
as Zharkov
2019
8.7
Les Misérables
as Mabeuf
2018
7.3
The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Haddock / Ghost of Marley
2017
6.8
In the Heart of the Sea
as Paul Macy
2015
6.8
Jekyll and Hyde
as Garson
2015
6.3
Coalition
as Paddy Ashdown
2015
7.0
12 Monkeys
as Seer
2015
7.4
One Child
as Jim Arthurton
2014
6.8
Bypass
as Grandfather
2014
6.0
New Worlds
as Sidney
2014
6.1
Quirke
as Josh Crawford
2014
5.9
Atlantis
as Tiresius
2013
6.4
Peaky Blinders
as Arthur Bigge
2013
8.5
The Mill
as Samuel Greg
2013
7.3
Endeavour
as Emil Valdemar
2013
8.1
The Secret of Crickley Hall
as Gordon Pyke
2012
7.2
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell
2011
7.4
Black Mirror
as Julian Hereford
2011
8.3
The Murder at Road Hill House
as Peter Edlin QC
2011
6.1
Game of Thrones
as Maester Luwin
2011
8.5
Way of the Morris
as Voice of Creation
2011
8.0
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
as Pythol (voice)
2010
5.8
London Boulevard
as Pentonville Governor
2010
5.9
Among Us
as Man on bench
2010
6.2
Into the Storm
as Lord Halifax
2009
6.3
Being Human
as Kemp
2009
7.1
Einstein and Eddington
as Max Planck
2008
6.9
Merlin
as The Fisher King
2008
7.8
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
as Parson Tringham
2008
7.5
Hello Sailor!
2008
0.0
🎬
Heist
as King Edward
2008
5.2
Heroes and Villains
2007
7.0
The Sarah Jane Adventures
as Erasmus Darkening
2007
7.1
Eastern Promises
as Yuri
2007
7.3
Fallen Angel
as Simon Martlesham
2007
4.5
Dracula
as Alfred Singleton
2006
5.6
Eleventh Hour
2006
6.1
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
as Self
2006
4.0
The Constant Gardener
as Tim Donohue
2005
7.0
Doctor Who
as The President
2005
7.6
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
as Indenrigsminister Nacuk
2004
6.8
The Long Bank Holiday
as Alfie Clemens
2004
8.0
New Tricks
as Bobby 'Tar' Mcadam
2004
7.4
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003
6.7
The Last Detective
2003
7.7
Rose and Maloney
2002
6.2
Ultimate Force
2002
6.6
K-19: The Widowmaker
as Dr. Savran
2002
6.5
Spooks
as Stephen Kirby
2002
7.7
The Point Men
as Benni Baum
2001
4.0
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Mr. Brooker
2001
7.8
In Deep
as Keith Sullivan
2001
10.0
Enigma
as Leveret
2001
6.3
Great Expectations
as Compeyson
1999
6.3
Great Expectations
as Compeyson
1999
0.0
Bombay Blue
as Supt. John Mayberry
1997
0.0
Midsomer Murders
as Tim Settingfield
1997
7.5
🎬
Tangier Cop
as Ahmed Yaasin
1997
1.0
Cold Lazarus
as Dr. Rawl
1996
6.8
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996
6.3
Our Friends in the North
as Commander Harold Chapple
1996
7.4
Richard III
as Brackenbury
1995
6.7
Queen's Nose
as Uncle Ginger
1995
7.0
Crocodile Shoes
1994
7.2
Being Human
as Salgado
1994
5.1
Grushko
as Kartashov
1994
6.0
A Touch of Frost
1992
7.5
Between the Lines
1992
5.2
Bad Ronald
as Michael, le père
1992
0.0
Aimée
as Frank
1991
2.0
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
as Claudius
1991
6.9
Drop the Dead Donkey
1990
6.7
The Chief
as CS Derek Gillman
1990
6.0
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Cust
1989
8.2
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Edward Peveril
1987
6.3
Time Trouble
as Makov
1985
0.0
Bleak House
as 'Nemo'
1985
6.0
The Bill
1984
6.7
Taggart
1983
6.3
Curse of the Pink Panther
as Dave
1983
4.6
🎬
The Brack Report
as Paul Brack
1982
5.0
Bergerac
as Roscoe
1981
6.7
Antony & Cleopatra
as Pompeius
1981
6.3
🎬
The Tom Machine
as Tom
1980
0.0
Minder
as Sudbury
1979
6.8
Shoestring
1979
6.8
Meetings with Remarkable Men
as Pogossian
1979
6.5
A Light That Shines
as Brother Martin Jerome
1979
0.0
Les Misérables
as Agent
1978
7.1
The Black Panther
as Donald Neilson
1977
5.6
Catchpenny Twist
as Spalding
1977
0.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Brother Martin Jerome
1977
7.0
Target
as Heslop
1977
6.3
Jesus of Nazareth
as Aram
1977
7.8
Hardcore
as Mark
1977
3.1
🎬
Quiller
as Brenman
1975
0.0
The Saliva Milkshake
as Johnny
1975
0.0
Stardust
as TV Concert Producer
1974
5.4
Mr. Axelford's Angel
as David
1974
8.5
🎬
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
as Dellow
1972
0.0
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
as Commander Ridgeway
1972
7.5
Bleak Moments
as Norman's Friend
1971
6.0
Justice
as Villiers
1971
6.0
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Party Guest
1971
6.6
I Am a Groupie
as Steve
1970
2.8
The Adventures of Don Quick
as Gezool
1970
5.0
Play for Today
1970
6.3
The Walking Stick
as Max
1970
7.1
Mad Jack
1970
0.0
Night After Night After Night
as Pete Laver
1969
5.0
The Lost Continent
as Sparks, the Radioman
1968
5.5
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
as Enrico Casali
1968
6.0
🎬
The Window Cleaner
as David
1968
0.0
Doctor Who
as Enrico Casali
1963
7.9
Doctor Who
as Commander Ridgeway
1963
7.9