Donald Sumpter

Donald Sumpter
Date of Birth: 13 Feb 1943
Country: UK
Total Credits at Criticker: 25 (Actor)
Biography submitted by howler19 and picture by MacSwell
Titles you haven't rated - Actor (25)
The Constant Gardener
Adapted from the novel by John le Carre, this is a gripping romantic thriller that sweeps audiences along one man's emotional and global journey to uncover the truth behind a personal loss and a worldwide conspiracy. (Focus Features)
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Two minor characters from the play, "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them. (imdb)
Eastern Promises
The mysterious and charismatic Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin is a driver for one of London's most notorious organized crime families of Eastern European origin. The family is part of the Vory V Zakone criminal brotherhood. Headed by Semyon--whose courtly charm as the welcoming proprietor of the plush Trans-Siberian restaurant impeccably masks a cold, brutal core--the family is tested by Semyon's volatile son and enforcer, Kirill, who is more tightly bound to Nikolai than to his own father. (Focus Features)
Bleak Moments
Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre neighbor and irritating workmate. (imdb) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066842/)
The Point Men
The movie is about Tony, a member of an elite group of Israeli hitmen composed of foreigners (they call themselves the Foreign Legionnaires), who kills terrorists for the Israeli Government.
Into the Storm
Continuing the storyline of The Gathering Storm, Churchill at War is a look at the former British prime minister's life and career at the end of WWII. (imdb)
Our Friends in the North
A nine part series depicting the varying fortunes of four friends - Nicky, Geordie, Mary and Tosker - from the optimistic times of 1964 to the uncertainties of 1995. (imdb)
Heist
Heist (2008) - TV Movie
A ragtag bunch crooks and ne'er-do-wells plot to take revenge on Edward I. (imdb)
Antony & Cleopatra
Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate... (imdb)
Night After Night After Night
A Jack the Ripper-type serial killer is loose in London. Suspicion falls on a transvestite judge. (imdb)
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
TV adaptation of the Dickens classic. Ralph Nickleby (Charles Dance), the wealthy and cold-hearted uncle whom Nicholas (James D'Arcy) and his sister, Kate (Sophia Miles), turn to when their father's death leaves them destitute. Nicholas eagerly takes on a teaching job at a boys' boarding school, but flees after rebelling against the unspeakable horrors there. With powerful enemies marshalled against him, Nicholas struggles to find his way in the world and rescue his family... (play.com)
Groupie Girl
A bored teenage girl decides that she wants to meet rock stars, and the best way to do that is to become a groupie. She finds herself going on the road with a rock band called Opal Butterfly, and soon discovers that being a rock band's groupie isn't as glamorous or exciting as she thought it would be. (imdb)
The Black Panther
A gung-ho ex-military man pursues a secret life of crime, culminating in the kidnapping of a teenage heiress. (amazon.co.uk)
The Chatterley Affair
Made-for-television drama about the obscenity trial surrounding the publication of D.H. Lawrence's LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER. Set in London in the 1960s, the film explores the sexual mores of the time and the way they informed personal relationships, in addition to issues of free expression sparked by Lawrence's controversial masterpiece. (cduniverse.com)
The Buddha of Suburbia
Karim's mother is English and his father is Indian. Therefore Karim has some problems with life in British society which is becoming more and more racist and intolerant; he experiences this especially when he wants to find himself a way of becoming an actor.
In the Heart of the Sea
Based on the 1820 event, a whaling ship is preyed upon by a sperm whale, stranding its crew at sea for 90 days, thousands of miles from home. (imdb)
Black Mirror
Coalition
Coalition (2015) - TV Movie
Feature-length political drama by acclaimed writer James Graham, charting the emotionally wrought and frenzied days in 2010 that led to Nick Clegg's rise from rank outsider to the man who would decide the fate of the country.
Crocodile Shoes II
Crocodile Shoes II (1996) - TV Mini-Series
Crocodile Shoes II showed Jed trying to prove he didn't kill his manager Ade Lynn (James Wilby). During Crocodile Shoes II Shepperd was also sent to prison, became engaged to Wendy and was nearly killed in an accident. (en.wikipedia.org)
One Child
One Child (2014) - TV Mini-Series
The journey of Mei a Chinese-born young woman as she is called back to Guangzhou by her birth mother in desperately seeking help to save her son who has been wrongly-accused of murder. The journey explores Mei's inner battle as she decides how far she will go to help the woman who gave her away and the brother she's never met.
Jekyll & Hyde
Jekyll & Hyde (2015) - TV Mini-Series
10-part drama set in 1930s London focusing on Robert Jekyll, the grandson of the original doctor. The show will follow Robert Jekyll's quest to discover his real identity and the true nature of his family's cursed history. (imdb)
The Man Who Invented Christmas
The journey that led to Charles Dickens' creation of "A Christmas Carol," a timeless tale that would redefine the holiday.
Bypass
After the tragic death of his mother, a teenage boy turns to a life of crime in order to make ends meet.
Chernobyl
Chernobyl (2019) - TV Mini-Series
Eleventh Hour
Eleventh Hour (2006) - TV Mini-Series
Patrick Stewart stars as science professor Ian Hood, who works for the Home Office as a consultant on special dangerous cases that involve deadly viruses, cloning experiments etc. Special Branch agent Rachel Young is his partner. (imdb)