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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

119

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-02-13 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, UK

Also Known As

唐纳德·桑普特

دونالد سامپتر

Donald Sumpter

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

Acting

The Constant Gardener

2005

The Constant Gardener

as

Tim Donohue

Enigma

2001

Enigma

as

Leveret

Grushko

1994

Grushko

as

Kartashov

K-19: The Widowmaker

2002

K-19: The Widowmaker

as

Dr. Savran

Way of the Morris

2011

Way of the Morris

as

Voice of Creation

Into the Storm

2009

Into the Storm

as

Lord Halifax

Among Us

2010

Among Us

as

Man on bench

Les Misérables

1978

Les Misérables

as

Agent

The Murder at Road Hill House

2011

The Murder at Road Hill House

as

Peter Edlin QC

The Point Men

2001

The Point Men

as

Benni Baum

London Boulevard

2010

London Boulevard

as

Pentonville Governor

Sunday Bloody Sunday

1971

Sunday Bloody Sunday

as

Party Guest

The Black Panther

1977

The Black Panther

as

Donald Neilson

I Am a Groupie

1970

I Am a Groupie

as

Steve

Doctor Who: The Sea Devils

1972

Doctor Who: The Sea Devils

as

Commander Ridgeway

Hardcore

1977

Hardcore

as

Mark

Bypass

2014

Bypass

as

Grandfather

Aimée

1991

Aimée

as

Frank

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2011

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

as

Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell

Coalition

2015

Coalition

as

Paddy Ashdown

Mad Jack

1970

Mad Jack

as

Einstein and Eddington

2008

Einstein and Eddington

as

Max Planck

Dracula

2006

Dracula

as

Alfred Singleton

Limonov: The Ballad

2024

Limonov: The Ballad

as

Eddie's Father

The Lost Continent

1968

The Lost Continent

as

Sparks, the Radioman

Great Expectations

1999

Great Expectations

as

Compeyson

Richard III

1995

Richard III

as

Brackenbury

Bleak Moments

1971

Bleak Moments

as

Norman's Friend

Heist

2008

Heist

as

King Edward

Being Human

1994

Being Human

as

Salgado

Stardust

1974

Stardust

as

TV Concert Producer

The Man Who Invented Christmas

2017

The Man Who Invented Christmas

as

Haddock / Ghost of Marley

Antony & Cleopatra

1981

Antony & Cleopatra

as

Pompeius

Catchpenny Twist

1977

Catchpenny Twist

as

Spalding

Tangier Cop

1997

Tangier Cop

as

Ahmed Yaasin

Bad Ronald

1992

Bad Ronald

as

Michael, le père

A Light That Shines

1979

A Light That Shines

as

Brother Martin Jerome

The Phoenician Scheme

2025

The Phoenician Scheme

as

Chairman

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

as

Tim Settingfield

Bergerac

Bergerac

as

Roscoe

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as

Enrico Casali

Quiller

Quiller

as

Brenman

The Brack Report

The Brack Report

as

Paul Brack

Black Mirror

Black Mirror

as

Julian Hereford

One Child

One Child

as

Jim Arthurton

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as

Commander Ridgeway

The Cleaner

The Cleaner

as

Sir James

Bombay Blue

Bombay Blue

as

Supt. John Mayberry

Minder

Minder

as

Sudbury

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as

The President

Atlantis

Atlantis

as

Tiresius

In Deep

In Deep

as

Keith Sullivan

New Worlds

New Worlds

as

Sidney

Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones

as

Maester Luwin

Justice

Justice

as

Villiers

Fallen Angel

Fallen Angel

as

Simon Martlesham

The Mill

The Mill

as

Samuel Greg

Entitled

Entitled

as

Quincy

Our Friends in the North

Our Friends in the North

as

Commander Harold Chapple

Endeavour

Endeavour

as

Emil Valdemar

Chernobyl

Chernobyl

as

Zharkov

Spooks

Spooks

as

Stephen Kirby

Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders

as

Arthur Bigge

Merlin

Merlin

as

The Fisher King

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

as

Parson Tringham

Quirke

Quirke

as

Josh Crawford

The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey

The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey

as

Indenrigsminister Nacuk

Cold Lazarus

Cold Lazarus

as

Dr. Rawl

Bleak House

Bleak House

as

'Nemo'

The Sarah Jane Adventures

The Sarah Jane Adventures

as

Erasmus Darkening

Queen's Nose

Queen's Nose

as

Uncle Ginger

Production

Crew

Directing