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Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland

Acting1935Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Biography

Donald McNichol Sutherland (July 17, 1935 – June 20, 2024) was a Canadian actor whose film career spanned over 6 decades. He was nominated for eight Golden Globe Awards, winning two for his performances in the television films Citizen X (1995) and Path to War (2002); the former also earned him a Primetime Emmy Award. An inductee of the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Canadian Walk of Fame, he also received a Canadian Academy Award for the drama film Threshold (1981). Multiple film critics and media outlets have cited him as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. In 2017, he received an Academy Honorary Award for his contributions to cinema. In 2021, he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries for his work in the HBO miniseries The Undoing (2020).

Sutherland rose to fame after starring in films including The Dirty Dozen (1967), M*A*S*H (1970), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Klute (1971), Don't Look Now (1973), Fellini's Casanova (1976), 1900 (1976), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Animal House (1978), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Ordinary People (1980), and Eye of the Needle (1981). He later went on to star in many other films where he appeared either in leading or supporting roles such as A Dry White Season (1989), JFK (1991), Outbreak (1995), A Time to Kill (1996), The Assignment (1997), Without Limits (1998), Big Shot's Funeral (2001), The Italian Job (2003), Cold Mountain (2003), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Aurora Borealis (2006) and The Hunger Games franchise (2012–2015).

He was the father of actors Kiefer Sutherland, Rossif Sutherland, and Angus Sutherland.

Acting History

2024
2023
Miranda's Victim
as Judge Wren
Lawmen: Bass Reeves
TVas Judge Isaac Parker
2022
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
as Mr. Harrigan
Moonfall
as Holdenfield
Swimming with Sharks
TVas Redmond6 eps
2021
2020
The Burnt Orange Heresy
as Jerome Debney
Alone
as Edward
The Undoing
TVas Franklin Reinhart6 eps
2019
American Hangman
as Judge Straight
Ad Astra
as Thomas Pruitt
2018
The Leisure Seeker
as John Spencer
Trust
TVas J. Paul Getty Sr.10 eps
2017
Basmati Blues
as Gurgon
2016
Milton's Secret
as Grandpa Howard
Ice
TVas Pieter Van De Bruin6 eps
2015
Forsaken
as Rev. Clayton
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as President Coriolanus Snow
2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as President Coriolanus Snow
The Calling
as Father Price
2013
The Best Offer
as Billy Whistler
Jappeloup
as John Lester
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as President Coriolanus Snow
Crossing Lines
TVas Michael Dorn34 eps
The Frame
TVas President Coriolanus Snow1 eps
2012
Assassin's Bullet
as Ambassador Ashdown
The Hunger Games
as President Coriolanus Snow
Treasure Island
TVas Captain Flint
2011
Horrible Bosses
as Jack Pellit
The Mechanic
as Harry McKenna
The Eagle
as Aquila
Jock the Hero Dog
as Narrator / Sir Percy Fitzpatrick (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self1 eps
Romy Award
TVas Self1 eps
2010
The Con Artist
as Kranski
The Pillars of the Earth
TVas Earl Bartholomew8 eps
2009
Astro Boy
as President Stone (voice)
2008
Fool's Gold
as Nigel Honeycutt
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
2007
Days of Darkness
as Donald Sutherland
Reign Over Me
as Richter Raines
Puffball
as Lars
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
TVas Narrator (voice)3 eps
Dirty Sexy Money
TVas Patrick "Tripp" Darling III23 eps
2006
Ask the Dust
as Hellfrick
Fierce People
as Ogden C. Osborne
Beerfest
as Johann von Wolfhaus (uncredited)
2005
American Gun
as Carl Wilk
Aurora Borealis
as Ronald Shorter
Lord of War
as Colonel Oliver Southern (voice)
Pride & Prejudice
as Mr. Bennet
Commander in Chief
TVas Nathan Templeton18 eps
HBO First Look
TVas Self1 eps
Human Trafficking
TVas Agent Bill Meehan2 eps
2004
Frankenstein
TVas Captain Walton2 eps
Salem's Lot
TVas Richard Straker
2003
Five Moons Plaza
as Rosario Sarracino
The Italian Job
as John Bridger
Baltic Storm
as Lou Aldryn
Path to War
as Clark Clifford
Cold Mountain
as Reverend Monroe
2001
Uprising
as Adam Czerniaków
2000
The Art of War
as Douglas Thomas
Space Cowboys
as Jerry O'Neill
Panic
as Michael
1999
Virus
as Captain Robert Everton
The Hunley
as Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard
Instinct
as Ben Hillard
American Experience
TVas Narrator (voice)1 eps
1998
Free Money
as Judge Rausenberg
Without Limits
as Bill Bowerman
Fallen
as Lt. Stanton
1997
Shadow Conspiracy
as Jacob Conrad
The Assignment
as Jack Shaw / Henry Fields
The View
TVas Self
1996
A Time to Kill
as Lucien Wilbanks
Hollow Point
as Garrett Lawton
Natural Enemy
as Ted Robards
The Simpsons
TVas Hollis Hurlbut (voice)1 eps
1995
Outbreak
as General Donald McClintock
Citizen X
as Col. Mikhail Fetisov
1993
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
as Dr. Norman Bethune
Red Hot
as Kirov
La Classe américaine
as Assassin (archive footage) (uncredited)
1992
Shadow of the Wolf
as Henderson
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Merrick Jamison-Smythe
The Setting Sun
as John Williams
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Presenter1 eps
1991
Eminent Domain
as Josef Borski
JFK
as X
Backdraft
as Ronald Bartel
1989
A Dry White Season
as Ben du Toit
Lock Up
as Warden Drumgoole
1987
The Rosary Murders
as Father Robert Koesler
1985
Heaven Help Us
as Brother Thadeus
Revolution
as Sgt. Maj. Peasy
1984
Ordeal by Innocence
as Dr. Arthur Calgary
1983
Max Dugan Returns
as Brian Costello
1981
A War Story
as Narrator (voice)
Gas
as Nick the Noz
1980
Ordinary People
as Calvin Jarrett
Nothing Personal
as Roger Keller
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TVas Self1 eps
1979
Bear Island
as Frank Lansing
Murder by Decree
as Robert Lees
1978
Blood Relatives
as Carella
Animal House
as Dave Jennings
1977
The Disappearance
as Jay Mallory
The Kentucky Fried Movie
as The Clumsy Waiter (segment "That's Armageddon")
The Oscars
TVas Self2 eps
1976
The Eagle Has Landed
as Liam Devlin
1900
as Attila Mellanchini
Fellini's Casanova
as Giacomo Casanova
Spécial cinéma
TVas Self1 eps
1975
The Day of the Locust
as Homer Simpson
1974
Alien Thunder
as Sgt. Dan Candy
S*P*Y*S
as Bruland
1973
Don't Look Now
as John Baxter
Lady Ice
as Andy Hammon
1971
Klute
as John Klute
Little Murders
as Rev. Dupas
1970
Alex in Wonderland
as Alex Morrison
The Warriors
as Sgt. Oddball (Tank Commander)
M*A*S*H
as Hawkeye Pierce
The Dick Cavett Show
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
1969
The Champions
TVas David Crayley1 eps
The Name of the Game
TVas Jerry Trevor1 eps
1968
Sebastian
as Ackerman
Joanna
as Lord Peter Sanderson
Interlude
as Lawrence
Oedipus the King
as Chorus Leader
1967
The Shuttered Room
as Zebulon (voice)
Billion Dollar Brain
as Scientist at Computer
The Dirty Dozen
as Vernon Pinkley
The Avengers
TVas Jessel1 eps
Man in a Suitcase
TVas Willard / Keith Earle
1966
Theatre 625
TVas Union Captain1 eps
Gideon's Way
TVas Philip Guest1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
TVas Charles Givens1 eps
1965
The Bedford Incident
as Hospitalman Nerney - Sick Bay
Fanatic
as Joseph
The Saint
TVas Jim McCleery1 eps
1964
Hamlet at Elsinore
as Fortinbras
1962
Man of the World
TVas Unhelpful Neighbour (uncredited)

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
7/17/1935
Day of Death
6/20/2024
Place of Birth
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada