Donald Sumpter
Known For
Acting
Born
1943-02-13 in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, UK
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).
Most Known For
Game of Thrones
as Maester Luwin
Midsomer Murders
as Tim Settingfield
Doctor Who
as The President
Peaky Blinders
as Arthur Bigge
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Cust
Black Mirror
as Julian Hereford
Doctor Who
as Enrico Casali
Doctor Who
as Commander Ridgeway
Chernobyl
as Zharkov
Endeavour
as Emil Valdemar
Merlin
as The Fisher King
Minder
as Sudbury
Play for Today
12 Monkeys
as Seer
Spooks
as Stephen Kirby
Taggart
The Bill
Bergerac
as Roscoe
New Tricks
as Bobby 'Tar' Mcadam
