Donald Sumpter: movies and TV shows
Donald Sumpter has 129 credits in the archive: 58 films and 71 TV series, from 1963 to 2025. Highest rated: Chernobyl (8.7/10).
Career timeline
1963 – 2025 · busiest year: 1977 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Phoenician Scheme | Chairman | Film | 6.5 | 82 |
| 2024 | Limonov: The Ballad | Eddie's Father | Film | 6.4 | 81 |
| 2023 | Entitled | Quincy | TV | 5.7 | 80 |
| 2021 | The Cleaner | Sir James | TV | 7.0 | 78 |
| 2020 | Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret | Bishop Peter Ball | TV | 8.0 | 77 |
| 2019 | Chernobyl | Zharkov | TV | 8.7 | 76 |
| 2018 | Les Misérables | Mabeuf | TV | 7.4 | 75 |
| 2017 | The Man Who Invented Christmas | Haddock / Ghost of Marley | Film | 6.8 | 74 |
| 2015 | 12 Monkeys | Seer | TV | 7.4 | 72 |
| 2015 | In the Heart of the Sea | Paul Macy | Film | 6.8 | 72 |
| 2015 | Jekyll and Hyde | Garson | TV | 6.4 | 72 |
| 2015 | Coalition | Paddy Ashdown | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 2014 | New Worlds | Sidney | TV | 6.1 | 71 |
| 2014 | Quirke | Josh Crawford | TV | 5.9 | 71 |
| 2014 | One Child | Jim Arthurton | TV | 6.8 | 71 |
| 2014 | Bypass | Grandfather | Film | 5.9 | 71 |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders | Arthur Bigge | TV | 8.5 | 70 |
| 2013 | Endeavour | Emil Valdemar | TV | 8.1 | 70 |
| 2013 | Atlantis | Tiresius | TV | 6.4 | 70 |
| 2013 | The Mill | Samuel Greg | TV | 7.3 | 70 |
| 2012 | The Secret of Crickley Hall | Gordon Pyke | TV | 7.2 | 69 |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones | Maester Luwin | TV | 8.5 | 68 |
| 2011 | Black Mirror | Julian Hereford | TV | 8.3 | 68 |
| 2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell | Film | 7.4 | 68 |
| 2011 | The Murder at Road Hill House | Peter Edlin QC | Film | 6.2 | 68 |
| 2011 | Way of the Morris | Voice of Creation | Film | 8.0 | 68 |
| 2010 | London Boulevard | Pentonville Governor | Film | 5.9 | 67 |
| 2010 | Among Us | Man on bench | Film | 6.2 | 67 |
| 2010 | Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie | Pythol (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 67 |
| 2009 | Being Human | Kemp | TV | 7.1 | 66 |
| 2009 | Into the Storm | Lord Halifax | Film | 6.4 | 66 |
| 2008 | Merlin | The Fisher King | TV | 7.8 | 65 |
| 2008 | Tess of the D'Urbervilles | Parson Tringham | TV | 7.5 | 65 |
| 2008 | Einstein and Eddington | Max Planck | Film | 6.8 | 65 |
| 2008 | Hello Sailor! | Film | — | 65 | |
| 2008 | Heist | King Edward | Film | 5.2 | 65 |
| 2007 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Erasmus Darkening | TV | 7.1 | 64 |
| 2007 | Eastern Promises | Yuri | Film | 7.3 | 64 |
| 2007 | Heroes and Villains | TV | 7.0 | 64 | |
| 2007 | Fallen Angel | Simon Martlesham | TV | 4.5 | 64 |
| 2006 | The Chatterley Affair | Mr. Gerald Gardiner | Film | 5.3 | 63 |
| 2006 | Eleventh Hour | TV | 6.6 | 63 | |
| 2006 | Dracula | Alfred Singleton | Film | 5.6 | 63 |
| 2006 | Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener | Self | Film | 4.0 | 63 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | The President | TV | 7.6 | 62 |
| 2005 | The Constant Gardener | Tim Donohue | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Bobby 'Tar' Mcadam | TV | 7.3 | 61 |
| 2004 | The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey | Indenrigsminister Nacuk | TV | 6.8 | 61 |
| 2004 | The Long Bank Holiday | Alfie Clemens | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 2003 | The Last Detective | TV | 7.8 | 60 | |
| 2003 | Serious & Organised | Jimmy Fisk | TV | — | 60 |
| 2003 | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World | Farrington | TV | 6.7 | 60 |
| 2002 | Spooks | Stephen Kirby | TV | 7.7 | 59 |
| 2002 | Ultimate Force | TV | 6.5 | 59 | |
| 2002 | Rose and Maloney | Ronnie Johnson | TV | 6.4 | 59 |
| 2002 | K-19: The Widowmaker | Dr. Savran | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 2001 | In Deep | Keith Sullivan | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2001 | Enigma | Leveret | Film | 6.3 | 58 |
| 2001 | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Mr. Brooker | TV | — | 58 |
| 2001 | The Point Men | Benni Baum | Film | 4.2 | 58 |
| 2001 | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Mr. Brooker | Film | 7.6 | 58 |
| 1999 | Great Expectations | Compeyson | TV | — | 56 |
| 1999 | Great Expectations | Compeyson | Film | 6.4 | 56 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Tim Settingfield | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1997 | Bombay Blue | Supt. John Mayberry | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1997 | Tangier Cop | Ahmed Yaasin | Film | 3.7 | 54 |
| 1996 | Our Friends in the North | Commander Harold Chapple | TV | 7.7 | 53 |
| 1995 | The Queen's Nose | Uncle Ginger | TV | 7.2 | 52 |
| 1995 | Richard III | Brackenbury | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1994 | Crocodile Shoes | TV | 7.3 | 51 | |
| 1994 | Being Human | Salgado | Film | 5.2 | 51 |
| 1994 | Grushko | Kartashov | Film | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost | Maynard | TV | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1992 | Between the Lines | TV | 5.5 | 49 | |
| 1992 | Bad Ronald | Michael, le père | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1991 | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Claudius | Film | 6.9 | 48 |
| 1991 | Aimée | Frank | Film | 4.7 | 48 |
| 1990 | The Chief | CS Derek Gillman | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1990 | Drop the Dead Donkey | TV | 7.0 | 47 | |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Cust | TV | 8.2 | 46 |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Edward Peveril | TV | 6.6 | 44 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Frank | TV | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1985 | Bleak House | 'Nemo' | TV | 6.4 | 42 |
| 1985 | Time Trouble | Makov | Film | — | 42 |
| 1984 | The Bill | TV | 6.8 | 41 | |
| 1984 | Big Deal | Ronnie Day | TV | 7.3 | 41 |
| 1983 | Taggart | TV | 6.4 | 40 | |
| 1983 | No Excuses | Trev | TV | — | 40 |
| 1983 | Curse of the Pink Panther | Dave | Film | 4.6 | 40 |
| 1982 | The Brack Report | Paul Brack | TV | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Roscoe | TV | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1981 | Antony & Cleopatra | Pompeius | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1981 | The Rose Medallion | Harry | TV | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1980 | The Tom Machine | Tom | Film | — | 37 |
| 1979 | Minder | Sudbury | TV | 7.2 | 36 |
| 1979 | Shoestring | Stanley Reeves | TV | 7.7 | 36 |
| 1979 | Meetings with Remarkable Men | Pogossian | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1979 | A Light That Shines | Brother Martin Jerome | Film | — | 36 |
| 1978 | Les Misérables | Agent | Film | 7.2 | 35 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Brother Martin Jerome | TV | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth | Aram | TV | 7.8 | 34 |
| 1977 | Target | Heslop | TV | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1977 | Hardcore | Mark | Film | 3.8 | 34 |
| 1977 | The Black Panther | Donald Neilson | Film | 5.8 | 34 |
| 1977 | The Children of the New Forest | Ned Corbould | TV | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1977 | Catchpenny Twist | Spalding | Film | — | 34 |
| 1975 | Quiller | Brenman | TV | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1975 | The Saliva Milkshake | Johnny | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1974 | Stardust | TV Concert Producer | Film | 5.5 | 31 |
| 1974 | Mr. Axelford's Angel | David | Film | 8.7 | 31 |
| 1973 | Centre Play | Johnny | TV | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1972 | Doctor Who: The Sea Devils | Commander Ridgeway | Film | 7.6 | 29 |
| 1972 | The Breaking of Colonel Keyser | Dellow | Film | — | 29 |
| 1971 | Justice | Villiers | TV | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1971 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | Party Guest | Film | 6.6 | 28 |
| 1971 | Bleak Moments | Norman's Friend | Film | 6.1 | 28 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | TV | 6.6 | 27 | |
| 1970 | The Adventures of Don Quick | Gezool | TV | 5.0 | 27 |
| 1970 | The Walking Stick | Max | Film | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1970 | I Am a Groupie | Steve | Film | 3.4 | 27 |
| 1970 | Mad Jack | Film | 9.0 | 27 | |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Leary | TV | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1969 | Night After Night After Night | Pete Laver | Film | 5.6 | 26 |
| 1968 | The Lost Continent | Sparks, the Radioman | Film | 5.6 | 25 |
| 1968 | Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space | Enrico Casali | Film | 5.8 | 25 |
| 1968 | The Window Cleaner | David | Film | — | 25 |
| 1967 | Mickey Dunne | Pat Newman | TV | — | 24 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Enrico Casali | TV | 7.9 | 20 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Commander Ridgeway | TV | 7.9 | 20 |