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Acting

Donald Sumpter

Career: Active from 1968 to 2023, busiest in 1977 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 17
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: Eastern Promises
79/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2012 · Nominated
Game of Thrones
Source: Wikidata

Characters

2

The characters Donald Sumpter played, best-known titles first.

Donald Sumpter as Jim Ashley

Donald Sumpter as Trev

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 87 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Donald Sumpter Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Physical Comedy
1.4, average 2.4
Contemporary Realism
4.5, average 5.4
Wholesome
2.7, average 3.4
Situational Comedy
2.1, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Political Intrigue 3
Character-Driven 3
Character Study 3
Gritty Realism 3
Gritty Crime Thriller 2
Psychological Suspense 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Social Commentary 2
Psychological 2
Romantic Subplot 2
High Stakes 2
Violence 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

127

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

5 titles · average score 66

The Phoenician Scheme

69

as Chairman

Limonov: The Ballad

53

as Eddie's Father

Entitled

57

TV show · as Quincy

The Cleaner

83

TV show · as Sir James

Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret

TV show · as Bishop Peter Ball

2010s

24 titles · average score 68

Chernobyl

86

TV show · as Zharkov

The Man Who Invented Christmas

69

as Haddock / Ghost of Marley

12 Monkeys

75

TV show · as Seer

In the Heart of the Sea

54

as Paul Macy

Bypass

53

as Grandfather

Peaky Blinders

86

TV show · as Arthur Bigge

Endeavour

85

TV show · as Emil Valdemar

Black Mirror

78

TV show · as Julian Hereford

Game of Thrones

86

TV show · as Maester Luwin

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

74

as Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell

Among Us

60

as Man on bench

Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie

51

as Pythol (voice)

2000s

30 titles · average score 70

Being Human

83

TV show · as Kemp

as King Edward

Merlin

75

TV show · as The Fisher King

Eastern Promises

79

as Yuri

The Sarah Jane Adventures

66

TV show · as Erasmus Darkening

The Constant Gardener

78

as Tim Donohue

Doctor Who

78

TV show · as The President

New Tricks

83

TV show · as Bobby 'Tar' Mcadam

K-19: The Widowmaker

61

as Dr. Savran

Spooks

80

TV show · as Stephen Kirby

Enigma

64

as Leveret

The Point Men

40

as Benni Baum

1990s

18 titles · average score 68

Bombay Blue

TV show · as Supt. John Mayberry

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Tim Settingfield

as Ahmed Yaasin

Our Friends in the North

81

TV show · as Commander Harold Chapple

The Queen's Nose

71

TV show · as Uncle Ginger

Grushko

as Kartashov

Bad Ronald

as Michael, le père

A Touch of Frost

51

TV show · as Maynard

Between the Lines

68

TV show

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

68

as Claudius

Aimée

as Frank

Drop the Dead Donkey

75

TV show

1980s

16 titles · average score 66

Agatha Christie's Poirot

83

TV show · as Cust

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

45

TV show · as Edward Peveril

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Frank

Bleak House

70

TV show · as 'Nemo'

TV show · as Makov

The Bill

77

TV show

Big Deal

76

TV show · as Ronnie Day

Taggart

70

TV show

Curse of the Pink Panther

37

as Dave

The Brack Report

TV show · as Paul Brack

Bergerac

69

TV show · as Roscoe

The Rose Medallion

TV show · as Harry

1970s

27 titles · average score 63

Minder

75

TV show · as Sudbury

Shoestring

76

TV show · as Stanley Reeves

Hardcore

39

as Mark

The Black Panther

57

as Donald Neilson

Jesus of Nazareth

79

TV show · as Aram

The Children of the New Forest

TV show · as Ned Corbould

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV show · as Brother Martin Jerome

Bleak Moments

57

as Norman's Friend

Justice

TV show · as Villiers

Sunday Bloody Sunday

76

as Party Guest

I Am a Groupie

40

as Steve

Play for Today

72

TV show

1960s

7 titles · average score 64

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV show · as Leary

Night After Night After Night

53

as Pete Laver

The Lost Continent

55

as Sparks, the Radioman

Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space

as Enrico Casali

The Window Cleaner

as David

Mickey Dunne

TV show · as Pat Newman

Doctor Who

85

TV show · as Enrico Casali / Commander Ridgeway