Donald Sumpter
Biography
Donald Sumpter is a British actor whose screen work reaches back to the mid-1960s. Born in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, he made early appearances in Doctor Who, including the 1968 serial The Wheel in Space and the 1972 serial The Sea Devils, and later returned to the program to play the Time Lord President Rassilon in 2015. On film he took the lead role of criminal Donald Neilson in The Black Panther (1977) and appeared in Dickens adaptations such as Bleak House (1985), Great Expectations (1999), and Nicholas Nickleby (2001). He played Uncle Ginger in the children's series The Queen's Nose from 1995 to 1998, and he played Maester Luwin during the first two seasons of Game of Thrones. His other film credits include Enigma (2001), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), The Constant Gardener (2005), Ultramarines: The Movie (2010), and The Phoenician Scheme (2025).
83years old
Turns 84 on February 13in 123 days
- Born Northamptonshire
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 57 years1968 to 2025
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Donald Sumpter movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo2011 Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thrilleras Detective Morell
IMDb rating 7.8534K votes
Most often with
Ten actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Christopher Plummer's page
Brendan Gleeson's page
Tom Hollander's page
Dan Stevens's page
James D'Arcy's page
Iain Glen's page
Also two films together4 more actors
- Robert PughInto the Storm (2009) and Enigma (2001)
- Richard McCabeEinstein and Eddington (2008) and The Constant Gardener (2005)
- Sophia MylesDracula (2006) and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001)
- Richard KatzEnigma (2001) and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Donald Sumpter's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$604 million
10 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 20 films: 10 worldwide figure; 5 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 5Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$233M38.5% of the total
- 2$94M15.5% of the total
- 3$82M13.6% of the total
- 4$66M10.9% of the total
- 5$56M9.3% of the total
- 6$41M6.7% of the total
- 7$16M2.6% of the total
- 8$8.3M1.4% of the total
$8.9 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
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