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Donald Sumpter
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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 19…
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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).
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Donald Sumpter's Filmography
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The Phoenician Scheme
as Chairman
Limonov: The Ballad
as Eddie's Father
The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Haddock / Ghost of Marley
In the Heart of the Sea
as Paul Macy
Coalition
as Paddy Ashdown
Bypass
as Grandfather
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell
The Murder at Road Hill House
as Peter Edlin QC
Way of the Morris
as Voice of Creation
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
as Pythol (voice)
London Boulevard
as Pentonville Governor
Among Us
as Man on bench
Into the Storm
as Lord Halifax
Einstein and Eddington
as Max Planck
Hello Sailor!
No Poster
Heist
as King Edward
Eastern Promises
as Yuri
Dracula
as Alfred Singleton
The Chatterley Affair
as Mr. Gerald Gardiner
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
as Self
The Constant Gardener
as Tim Donohue
The Long Bank Holiday
as Alfie Clemens
K-19: The Widowmaker
as Dr. Savran
The Point Men
as Benni Baum
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Mr. Brooker
Enigma
as Leveret
Great Expectations
as Compeyson
No Poster
Tangier Cop
as Ahmed Yaasin
Richard III
as Brackenbury
Being Human
as Salgado
Grushko
as Kartashov
Bad Ronald
as Michael, le père
Aimée
as Frank
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
as Claudius
Time Trouble
as Makov
Curse of the Pink Panther
as Dave
Antony & Cleopatra
as Pompeius
No Poster
The Tom Machine
as Tom
Meetings with Remarkable Men
as Pogossian
A Light That Shines
as Brother Martin Jerome
Les Misérables
as Agent
The Black Panther
as Donald Neilson
Catchpenny Twist
as Spalding
Hardcore
as Mark
The Saliva Milkshake
as Johnny
Stardust
as TV Concert Producer
Mr. Axelford's Angel
as David
No Poster
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
as Dellow
Bleak Moments
as Norman's Friend
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
as Commander Ridgeway
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Party Guest
I Am a Groupie
as Steve
The Walking Stick
as Max
Mad Jack
Night After Night After Night
as Pete Laver
The Lost Continent
as Sparks, the Radioman
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
as Enrico Casali
No Poster
The Window Cleaner
as David