Donald Sumpter

Birthday: 13 February 1943, Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, UK

Birth Name: Donald A Sumpter

Height: 175 cm

Donald Sumpter was born on February 13, 1943 in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England as Donald A Sumpter. He is an actor, known for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), The Constant Gardener (2005) ...Show More

The way they do things in the U.S., if you have a show, you'll option your actors for five, six or s Show more The way they do things in the U.S., if you have a show, you'll option your actors for five, six or seven seasons. In the U.K., we just don't have the financing to be able to do that. Hide

The bedrock of 'Being Human' has to be characters. I would hope that even if suddenly we had a huge Show more The bedrock of 'Being Human' has to be characters. I would hope that even if suddenly we had a huge budget per episode, the foundation of the show, and the thing that actually makes it what it is, is character. Hide

When I've written episodes of 'Doctor Who', when it comes to the monster chasing somebody, it's the Show more When I've written episodes of 'Doctor Who', when it comes to the monster chasing somebody, it's the Doctor and the companion, running down the corridor, being chased by a guy with a stick and a tennis ball on the end. Whereas, when I see the rushes of 'Being Human', we're actually looking at the werewolf, and it just looks real. Hide

Donald Sumpter's FILMOGRAPHY

as Actor (239)

The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey - Season 1

A Touch of Frost - Season 8

Doctor Who 1963 - Season 11

Black Mirror - Season 3

Midsomer Murders - Season 11

Doctor Who - Season 11

Fiona (Hardcore)

Taggart - Season 2

The Sarah Jane Adventures - Season 5

Peaky Blinders - Season 2

Poirot - Season 6

Midsomer Murders - Season 24

New Tricks - Season 5

Midsomer Murders - Season 15

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher - Season 1

A Touch of Frost - Season 15

Chernobyl - Season 1

Doctor Who 1963 - Season 26

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher - Season 2

Spooks - Season 7

Ultimate Force - Season 1

Poirot - Season 9

Enigma

Merlin - Season 4

Dalziel and Pascoe - Season 4

Dalziel and Pascoe - Season 12

Donald Sumpter'S roles

Tiresias

Maester Luwin

Claudius

Erasmus Darkening

Paul Macy

Maester Luwin

Garson

Gustav Morell

Rassilon

Tim Settingfield

Leveret

Enrico Casali