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Donald Sumpter

1943-02-13

The 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).

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

7.4 average rating
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In the Heart of the Sea

6.758 average rating
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The Constant Gardener

6.988 average rating
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The Man Who Invented Christmas

6.8 average rating
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Eastern Promises

7.36 average rating
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K-19: The Widowmaker

6.5 average rating
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Curse of the Pink Panther

4.6 average rating
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Limonov: The Ballad

6.9 average rating
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The Lost Continent

5.6 average rating
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Einstein and Eddington

6.854 average rating
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London Boulevard

5.893 average rating
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Dracula

5.7 average rating
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Enigma

6.3 average rating
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Richard III

6.7 average rating
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Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie

5.787 average rating
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Les Misérables

7.096 average rating
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Into the Storm

6.4 average rating
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The Murder at Road Hill House

6.1 average rating
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

6.9 average rating
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Sunday Bloody Sunday

6.631 average rating