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 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

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

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

All as Actor (256)

One Child - Season 1

Endeavour - Season 7

Midsomer Murders - Season 16

Endeavour - Season 2

Holby City - Season 18

Spooks - Season 8

New Tricks - Season 10

Poirot - Season 5

Midsomer Murders - Season 8

The Secret of Crickley Hall - Season 1

The Queens Nose - Season 4

12 Monkeys - Season 2

New Tricks - Season 11

A Touch of Frost - Season 14

New Tricks - Season 4

A Touch of Frost - Season 7

A Touch of Frost - Season 5

Doctor Who - Season 9

Poirot - Season 12

Doctor Who - Season 14

Doctor Who - Season 10

Peaky Blinders - Season 1

Being Human - Season 1 (UK)

Poirot - Season 11

Doctor Who 1963 - Season 17

Spooks - Season 7

Donald Sumpter'S roles

Maester Luwin

Garson

Maester Luwin

Enrico Casali

Erasmus Darkening

Paul Macy

Gustav Morell

Claudius

Tiresias

Tim Settingfield

Leveret

Rassilon