Donald Sumpter

Actor Feb 13 (age 83) Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, UK 1963–2025 (62 year career)

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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 197…

Known For

Film

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell

Film

Eastern Promises

Yuri

Film

In the Heart of the Sea

Paul Macy

Film

The Constant Gardener

Tim Donohue

Film

Jesus of Nazareth

Aram

Film

The Man Who Invented Christmas

Haddock / Ghost of Marley

Film

K-19: The Widowmaker

Dr. Savran

Film

The Phoenician Scheme

Chairman

Filmography

Acting (124)

Movies (58)

The Phoenician Scheme

as Chairman

Limonov: The Ballad

as Eddie's Father

The Man Who Invented Christmas

2017

as Haddock / Ghost of Marley

6.8

In the Heart of the Sea

as Paul Macy

Coalition

as Paddy Ashdown

Bypass

as Grandfather

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2011

as Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell

7.4

The Murder at Road Hill House

as Peter Edlin QC

Way of the Morris

as Voice of Creation

London Boulevard

as Pentonville Governor

5.9

Among Us

2010

as Man on bench

6.2

Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie

as Pythol (voice)

Into the Storm

as Lord Halifax

Einstein and Eddington

as Max Planck

Heist

as King Edward

Hello Sailor!

Eastern Promises

as Yuri

The Chatterley Affair

2006

as Mr. Gerald Gardiner

5.3

Dracula

2006

as Alfred Singleton

5.5

Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener

2006

as Self

4.0

The Constant Gardener

2005

as Tim Donohue

7.0

The Long Bank Holiday

as Alfie Clemens

K-19: The Widowmaker

as Dr. Savran

Enigma

as Leveret

The Point Men

as Benni Baum

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

as Mr. Brooker

Great Expectations

as Compeyson

Tangier Cop

as Ahmed Yaasin

Richard III

as Brackenbury

Grushko

as Kartashov

Being Human

as Salgado

Bad Ronald

as Michael, le père

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

as Claudius

Aimée

as Frank

Time Trouble

as Makov

Curse of the Pink Panther

as Dave

Antony & Cleopatra

as Pompeius

The Tom Machine

as Tom

A Light That Shines

1979

as Brother Martin Jerome

Meetings with Remarkable Men

as Pogossian

Les Misérables

as Agent

Hardcore

as Mark

The Black Panther

as Donald Neilson

Catchpenny Twist

as Spalding

The Saliva Milkshake

1975

as Johnny

Stardust

1974

as TV Concert Producer

5.4

Mr. Axelford's Angel

1974

as David

8.5

Doctor Who: The Sea Devils

1972

as Commander Ridgeway

7.6

The Breaking of Colonel Keyser

1972

as Dellow

Sunday Bloody Sunday

as Party Guest

Bleak Moments

as Norman's Friend

I Am a Groupie

as Steve

The Walking Stick

as Max

Mad Jack

Night After Night After Night

1969

as Pete Laver

5.0

The Window Cleaner

1968

as David

Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space

1968

as Enrico Casali

5.8

The Lost Continent

1968

as Sparks, the Radioman

5.6

Television (66)

Entitled

as Quincy

The Cleaner

as Sir James

Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret

as Bishop Peter Ball

Chernobyl

as Zharkov

Les Misérables

as Mabeuf

12 Monkeys

as Seer

Jekyll and Hyde

as Garson

Quirke

as Josh Crawford

New Worlds

as Sidney

One Child

as Jim Arthurton

Peaky Blinders

as Arthur Bigge

Endeavour

as Emil Valdemar

Atlantis

as Tiresius

The Mill

as Samuel Greg

The Secret of Crickley Hall

as Gordon Pyke

Game of Thrones

as Maester Luwin

Black Mirror

as Julian Hereford

Being Human

as Kemp

Merlin

as The Fisher King

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

2008

as Parson Tringham

7.5

The Sarah Jane Adventures

as Erasmus Darkening

Heroes and Villains

Fallen Angel

as Simon Martlesham

Eleventh Hour

Doctor Who

as The President

New Tricks

as Bobby 'Tar' Mcadam

7.3

The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey

2004

as Indenrigsminister Nacuk

6.8

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

The Last Detective

Spooks

as Stephen Kirby

Ultimate Force

Rose and Maloney

In Deep

as Keith Sullivan

Great Expectations

as Compeyson

Midsomer Murders

1997

as Tim Settingfield

7.5

Bombay Blue

1997

as Supt. John Mayberry

Dalziel & Pascoe

1996

6.3

Our Friends in the North

1996

as Harold Chapple

7.4

Our Friends in the North

1996

as Commander Harold Chapple

Cold Lazarus

as Dr. Rawl

Queen's Nose

as Uncle Ginger

Crocodile Shoes

A Touch of Frost

Between the Lines

Drop the Dead Donkey

The Chief

as CS Derek Gillman

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

as Cust

8.2

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Edward Peveril

Bleak House

as 'Nemo'

The Bill

Taggart

The Brack Report

as Paul Brack

Bergerac

as Harry Tilson

The Rose Medallion

as Harry

Minder

as Sudbury

Shoestring

Jesus of Nazareth

as Aram

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977

as Brother Martin Jerome

7.0

Target

1977

as Heslop

6.3

The Children of the New Forest

1977

as Ned Corbould

Quiller

1975

as Brenman

Centre Play

as Johnny

Justice

as Villiers

Play for Today

The Adventures of Don Quick

as Gezool

Doctor Who

as Enrico Casali