Donald Sumpter
Acting
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…
Filmography
80
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
Limonov: The Ballad
2024
Entitled
2023
The Cleaner
2021
Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
2020
Chernobyl
2019
Les Misérables
2018
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
In the Heart of the Sea
2015
Jekyll and Hyde
2015
Coalition
2015
12 Monkeys
2015
One Child
2014
Bypass
2014
New Worlds
2014
Quirke
2014
Atlantis
2013
Peaky Blinders
2013
The Mill
2013
Endeavour
2013
The Secret of Crickley Hall
2012
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
Black Mirror
2011
The Murder at Road Hill House
2011
Game of Thrones
2011
Way of the Morris
2011
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010
London Boulevard
2010
Among Us
2010
Into the Storm
2009
Being Human
2009
Einstein and Eddington
2008
Merlin
2008
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
2008
Hello Sailor!
2008
Heist
Heist
2008
Heroes and Villains
2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
Eastern Promises
2007
Fallen Angel
2007
Dracula
2006
The Chatterley Affair
2006
Eleventh Hour
2006
The Constant Gardener
2005
Doctor Who
2005
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
2004
The Long Bank Holiday
2004
New Tricks
2004
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003
The Last Detective
2003
Serious & Organised
2003
Rose and Maloney
2002
Ultimate Force
2002
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002
Spooks
2002
The Point Men
2001
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001
In Deep
2001
Enigma
2001
Great Expectations
1999
Great Expectations
1999
Bombay Blue
1997
Midsomer Murders
1997
Tangier Cop
Tangier Cop
1997
Our Friends in the North
1996
Richard III
1995
The Queen's Nose
1995
Crocodile Shoes
1994
Being Human
1994
Grushko
1994
A Touch of Frost
1992
Between the Lines
1992
Bad Ronald
1992
Aimée
1991
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991
Drop the Dead Donkey
1990
The Chief
1990
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Time Trouble
1985