Donald Sumpter

Donald Sumpter (born 13 February 1943) is a British actor who has appeared in film and television since the mid-1960s. His credits include three appearances in Doctor Who (1968, 1972, 2015), The Black Panther, Bleak House (1985), The Queen's Nose (1995–1998), Great Expectations (1999), Nicholas Nickleby (2001), Enigma (2001), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), The Constant Gardener (2005), Being Human (2009–2010), Ultramarines: The Movie (2010), Black Mirror (2011), Game of Thrones (2011–2012), Endeavour (2018), (2018), Chernobyl (2019), and The Phoenician Scheme (2025).

Early life Sumpter was born on 13 February 1943, in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England.

Career One of Sumpter's early television appearances was the 1968 Doctor Who serial The Wheel in Space with Patrick Troughton as the Doctor. Sumpter also appeared in many television films and serials, including adaptations of Dickens' novels: Nicholas Nickleby in 2001, 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 seasons 1 and 2, 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 same year, he appeared as Monsieur Mabeuf in the BBC adaption of .

Filmography

Films