Donald Sumpter
Donald Sumpter (born February 13, 1943 in Brixworth , England ) is a British actor .
Career
Sumpter has been an actor since the mid-1960s. He had his first known television role in 1968 in the Doctor Who series The Wheel in Space , with Patrick Troughton as a doctor. In 1972 the next Doctor Who series, The Sea Devil , followed, in which Sumpter also participated. He made his third appearance in a Doctor Who offshoot in 2006 in The Sarah Jane Adventures . In 1977 he played the role of the real serial killer Donald Neilson in the thriller The Black Panther .
Sumpter had also participated in numerous other productions, including often in film adaptations of Charles Dickens' novels. These include Nicholas Nickleby (2001), Great Expectations (1999) and Bleak House (1985). In 1992 he played the role of the neurotic Mr. Cust in the Agatha Christie's Poirot episode The ABC Murderer . Other series in which he was seen include Inspector Barnaby , The Bill , Holby City , A Touch of Frost and Game of Thrones .
As a film actor, Sumpter has appeared in films such as Enigma - The Secret (2001), K-19 - Showdown in the Deep (2002) and The Eternal Gardener (2005).
Filmography
- 1968: The Window Cleaner (short film)
- 1968; 1972: Doctor Who (TV series, nine episodes)
- 1968: Beasts lurk in front of Caracas (The Lost Continent)
- 1969: Night After Night After Night
- 1970: Groupie Girl
- 1970: Die Krücke (The Walking Stick)
- 1971: Bleak Moments
- 1971: Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday Bloody Sunday)
- 1974: Stardust
- 1977: Hardcore
- 1977: The Black Panther
- 1979: Meetings with Remarkable Men
- 1983: Curse of the Pink Panther (Curse of the Pink Panther)
- 1990: Rosenkranz & Güldenstern (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead)
- 1992: Méchant garçon
- 1993: The Buddha of Suburbia
- 1995: Richard III.
- 1997: The Tangier Cop
- 2001: Enigma - The Secret (Enigma)
- 2001: The Point Men
- 2002: K-19 - Showdown in the Deep (K-19: The Widowmaker)
- 2005: The Constant Gardener (The Constant Gardener)
- 2007: Deadly Promises - Eastern Promises (Eastern Promises)
- 2009: God & Lucy (short film)
- 2009-2010: Being Human (TV series, nine episodes)
- 2010: Ultramarines: The Movie (voice)
- 2011: Verblendung (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
- 2011: Merlin - The New Adventures ( Merlin , TV series, an episode)
- 2011: Black Mirror (TV series, episode 1x01)
- 2011–2012: Game of Thrones (TV series, 14 episodes)
- 2013: Atlantis (TV series, episode 1x04)
- 2015: In the Heart of the Sea
- 2015: Doctor Who (TV series, episode 9x12)
- 2015: Jekyll & Hyde (TV series, ten episodes)
- 2017: Charles Dickens: The Man Who Invented Christmas
- 2017: Peaky Blinders (TV series, two episodes)
- 2018: 12 Monkeys (TV series, three episodes)
- 2018: Les Misérables (miniseries)
- 2019: Chernobyl (miniseries, two episodes)
Web links
- Donald Sumpter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sumpter, Donald |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1943 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brixworth , England |