
Acting
February 12, 1943 (82 years old)
Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Also Known As
唐纳德·桑普特
دونالد سامپتر
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).

The Phoenician Scheme
2025
as Chairman

Limonov: The Ballad
2024
as Eddie's Father

Entitled
2023
as Quincy

The Cleaner
2021
as Sir James

Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
2020
as Bishop Peter Ball

Chernobyl
2019
as Zharkov

Les Misérables
2018
as Mabeuf

The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
as Haddock / Ghost of Marley

In the Heart of the Sea
2015
as Paul Macy

Jekyll and Hyde
2015
as Garson

Coalition
2015
as Paddy Ashdown

12 Monkeys
2015
as Seer

One Child
2014
as Jim Arthurton

Bypass
2014
as Grandfather

New Worlds
2014
as Sidney

Quirke
2014
as Josh Crawford

Atlantis
2013
as Tiresius

Peaky Blinders
2013
as Arthur Bigge

The Mill
2013
as Samuel Greg

Endeavour
2013
as Emil Valdemar