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