Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland

Known for Acting · 246 credits

Born
1935-07-17
Died
2024-06-20
Place of birth
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Also known as
Don Sutherland · Donald McNicol Sutherland, OC

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.

Known For

TV Shows (53)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

The Simpsons
TV

The Simpsons

1989

as Hollis Hurlbut (voice)

The Graham Norton Show
TV

The Graham Norton Show

2007

as Self

The Mike Douglas Show
TV

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self

The View
TV

The View

1997

as Self

The Avengers
TV

The Avengers

1961

as Jessel

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

as Self - Guest

Golden Globe Awards
TV

Golden Globe Awards

1944

as Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter

American Experience
TV

American Experience

1988

as Narrator (voice)

The Saint
TV

The Saint

1962

as John Wood / Jim McCleery

The Dick Cavett Show
TV

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

as Self - Guest

BBC Play of the Month
TV

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Charles Givens

Spécial cinéma
TV

Spécial cinéma

1974

as Self

The Name of the Game
TV

The Name of the Game

1968

as Jerry Trevor

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

as Self

Screen Two
TV

Screen Two

1985

as Roger Hawthorne

Theatre 625
TV

Theatre 625

1964

as Priest / Union Captain

The Oscars
TV

The Oscars

1953

as Self

The Champions
TV

The Champions

1968

as David Crayley

Film '72
TV

Film '72

1971

as Self

Crossing Lines
TV

Crossing Lines

2013

as Michael Dorn

Commander in Chief
TV

Commander in Chief

2005

as Nathan Templeton

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

2001

as Self - Guest

HBO First Look
TV

HBO First Look

1992

as Self

Ice
TV

Ice

2016

as Pieter Van De Bruin

Dirty Sexy Money
TV

Dirty Sexy Money

2007

as Patrick "Tripp" Darling III

Trust
TV

Trust

2018

as J. Paul Getty Sr.

Gideon's Way
TV

Gideon's Way

1965

as Philip Guest

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
TV

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

2006

as Narrator (voice)

Romy Award
TV

Romy Award

1990

as Self

The Undoing
TV

The Undoing

2020

as Franklin Reinhart

The Pillars of the Earth
TV

The Pillars of the Earth

2010

as Earl Bartholomew

Lawmen: Bass Reeves
TV

Lawmen: Bass Reeves

2023

as Judge Isaac Parker

The Frame
TV

The Frame

2013

as President Coriolanus Snow

Man in a Suitcase
TV

Man in a Suitcase

1967

as Willard / Keith Earle

Scene by Scene
TV

Scene by Scene

1997

as Self

Man of the World
TV

Man of the World

1962

as Unhelpful Neighbour (uncredited)

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Ethan Hawley

Studio 4
TV

Studio 4

1962

as Switchboard Operator

Salem's Lot
TV

Salem's Lot

2004

as Richard Straker

Treasure Island
TV

Treasure Island

2012

as Captain Flint

Moby Dick
TV

Moby Dick

2011

as Father Mapple

Human Trafficking
TV

Human Trafficking

2005

as Agent Bill Meehan

JFK: Destiny Betrayed
TV

JFK: Destiny Betrayed

2021

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Swimming with Sharks
TV

Swimming with Sharks

2022

as Redmond

History vs. Hollywood
TV

History vs. Hollywood

2001

as Self

Frankenstein
TV

Frankenstein

2004

as Captain Walton

Friday People
TV

Friday People

1985

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
TV

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

1994

as William Marsden

Backstory
TV

Backstory

2000

as Self

Inside the Actors Studio
TV

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

as Self

Uprising
TV

Uprising

2001

as Adam Czerniaków

Queen Victoria's Empire
TV

Queen Victoria's Empire

2001

as Narrator (voice)

Movies (193)

Pride & Prejudice
Movie

Pride & Prejudice

2005

as Mr. Bennet

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Movie

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

2014

as President Coriolanus Snow

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Movie

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

2013

as President Coriolanus Snow

The Hunger Games
Movie

The Hunger Games

2012

as President Coriolanus Snow

The Italian Job
Movie

The Italian Job

2003

as John Bridger

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Movie

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

2015

as President Coriolanus Snow

The Mechanic
Movie

The Mechanic

2011

as Harry McKenna

Lock Up
Movie

Lock Up

1989

as Warden Drumgoole

Outbreak
Movie

Outbreak

1995

as General Donald McClintock

Lord of War
Movie

Lord of War

2005

as Colonel Oliver Southern (voice)

Moonfall
Movie

Moonfall

2022

as Holdenfield

A Time to Kill
Movie

A Time to Kill

1996

as Lucien Wilbanks

The Dirty Dozen
Movie

The Dirty Dozen

1967

as Vernon Pinkley

Horrible Bosses
Movie

Horrible Bosses

2011

as Jack Pellit

JFK
Movie

JFK

1991

as X

Disclosure
Movie

Disclosure

1994

as Bob Garvin

Cold Mountain
Movie

Cold Mountain

2003

as Reverend Monroe

Animal House
Movie

Animal House

1978

as Dave Jennings

Fallen
Movie

Fallen

1998

as Lt. Stanton

Kelly's Heroes
Movie

Kelly's Heroes

1970

as Sgt. Oddball (Tank Commander)

Astro Boy
Movie

Astro Boy

2009

as President Stone (voice)

Fool's Gold
Movie

Fool's Gold

2008

as Nigel Honeycutt

M*A*S*H
Movie

M*A*S*H

1970

as Hawkeye Pierce

Backdraft
Movie

Backdraft

1991

as Ronald Bartel

Beerfest
Movie

Beerfest

2006

as Johann von Wolfhaus (uncredited)

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Movie

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

2001

as Dr. Sid (voice)

The Best Offer
Movie

The Best Offer

2013

as Billy Whistler

1900
Movie

1900

1976

as Attila Mellanchini

Space Cowboys
Movie

Space Cowboys

2000

as Jerry O'Neill

The Eagle
Movie

The Eagle

2011

as Aquila

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Movie

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1978

as Matthew Bennell

Ad Astra
Movie

Ad Astra

2019

as Thomas Pruitt

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Movie

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1992

as Merrick Jamison-Smythe

The First Great Train Robbery
Movie

The First Great Train Robbery

1978

as Robert Agar

Instinct
Movie

Instinct

1999

as Ben Hillard

Ordinary People
Movie

Ordinary People

1980

as Calvin Jarrett

Don't Look Now
Movie

Don't Look Now

1973

as John Baxter

Virus
Movie

Virus

1999

as Captain Robert Everton

Reign Over Me
Movie

Reign Over Me

2007

as Richter Raines

The Eagle Has Landed
Movie

The Eagle Has Landed

1976

as Liam Devlin

Citizen X
Movie

Citizen X

1995

as Col. Mikhail Fetisov

Shadow of the Wolf
Movie

Shadow of the Wolf

1992

as Henderson

The Art of War
Movie

The Art of War

2000

as Douglas Thomas

Alone
Movie

Alone

2020

as Edward

The Assignment
Movie

The Assignment

1997

as Jack Shaw / Henry Fields

American Gun
Movie

American Gun

2005

as Carl Wilk

OZI: Voice of the Forest
Movie

OZI: Voice of the Forest

2024

as Mr. Smiley

Forsaken
Movie

Forsaken

2015

as Rev. Clayton

Uprising
Movie

Uprising

2001

as Adam Czerniaków

Mr. Harrigan's Phone
Movie

Mr. Harrigan's Phone

2022

as Mr. Harrigan

Big Shot's Funeral
Movie

Big Shot's Funeral

2001

as Tyler

Eye of the Needle
Movie

Eye of the Needle

1981

as Faber

Backdraft 2
Movie

Backdraft 2

2019

as Ronald Bartel

Klute
Movie

Klute

1971

as John Klute

The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
Movie

The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

2012

as Self - President Coriolanus Snow

The Split
Movie

The Split

1968

as Dave Negli

Revolution
Movie

Revolution

1985

as Sgt. Maj. Peasy

Johnny Got His Gun
Movie

Johnny Got His Gun

1971

as Christ

Night of 100 Stars
Movie

Night of 100 Stars

1982

as Self

Ask the Dust
Movie

Ask the Dust

2006

as Hellfrick

Path to War
Movie

Path to War

2003

as Clark Clifford

Miranda's Victim
Movie

Miranda's Victim

2023

as Judge Wren

Hollow Point
Movie

Hollow Point

1996

as Garrett Lawton

Fellini's Casanova
Movie

Fellini's Casanova

1976

as Giacomo Casanova

Six Degrees of Separation
Movie

Six Degrees of Separation

1993

as Flan

The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Movie

The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

2015

as Self - President Coriolanus Snow

Panic
Movie

Panic

2000

as Michael

Red Hot
Movie

Red Hot

1993

as Kirov

Free Money
Movie

Free Money

1998

as Judge Rausenberg

The Kentucky Fried Movie
Movie

The Kentucky Fried Movie

1977

as The Clumsy Waiter (segment "That's Armageddon")

Crackers
Movie

Crackers

1984

as Westlake

The Puppet Masters
Movie

The Puppet Masters

1994

as Andrew Nivens

The Leisure Seeker
Movie

The Leisure Seeker

2018

as John Spencer

Billion Dollar Brain
Movie

Billion Dollar Brain

1967

as Scientist at Computer

Bear Island
Movie

Bear Island

1979

as Frank Lansing

Max Dugan Returns
Movie

Max Dugan Returns

1983

as Brian Costello

Ordeal by Innocence
Movie

Ordeal by Innocence

1984

as Dr. Arthur Calgary

The Bedford Incident
Movie

The Bedford Incident

1965

as Hospitalman Nerney - Sick Bay

Oedipus the King
Movie

Oedipus the King

1968

as Chorus Leader

Trumbo
Movie

Trumbo

2007

as Self

The Day of the Locust
Movie

The Day of the Locust

1975

as Homer Simpson

Murder by Decree
Movie

Murder by Decree

1979

as Robert Lees

Heaven Help Us
Movie

Heaven Help Us

1985

as Brother Thadeus

Younger and Younger
Movie

Younger and Younger

1993

as Jonathan Younger

Shadow Conspiracy
Movie

Shadow Conspiracy

1997

as Jacob Conrad

A Dry White Season
Movie

A Dry White Season

1989

as Ben du Toit

Fierce People
Movie

Fierce People

2006

as Ogden C. Osborne

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Movie

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

1965

as Bob Carroll

Without Limits
Movie

Without Limits

1998

as Bill Bowerman

La Classe américaine
Movie

La Classe américaine

1993

as Assassin (archive footage) (uncredited)

Measure of a Man
Movie

Measure of a Man

2018

as Dr. Kahn

The Wolf at the Door
Movie

The Wolf at the Door

1986

as Paul Gauguin

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
Movie

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

2021

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Lost Angels
Movie

Lost Angels

1989

as Dr. Charles Loftis

Land of the Blind
Movie

Land of the Blind

2006

as Thorne

An American Haunting
Movie

An American Haunting

2005

as John Bell

Jappeloup
Movie

Jappeloup

2013

as John Lester

The Calling
Movie

The Calling

2014

as Father Price

Little Murders
Movie

Little Murders

1971

as Rev. Dupas

Baltic Storm
Movie

Baltic Storm

2003

as Lou Aldryn

Start the Revolution Without Me
Movie

Start the Revolution Without Me

1970

as Charles / Pierre

The Disappearance
Movie

The Disappearance

1977

as Jay Mallory

The Burnt Orange Heresy
Movie

The Burnt Orange Heresy

2020

as Jerome Debney

Steelyard Blues
Movie

Steelyard Blues

1973

as Jesse Veldini

Puffball
Movie

Puffball

2007

as Lars

FTA
Movie

FTA

1972

as Self

The Con Artist
Movie

The Con Artist

2010

as Kranski

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Movie

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

1995

as Self (archive footage)

Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Movie

Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

2014

as Self - President Coriolanus Snow

Quicksand: No Escape
Movie

Quicksand: No Escape

1992

as Murdoch

Lady Ice
Movie

Lady Ice

1973

as Andy Hammon

Benefit of the Doubt
Movie

Benefit of the Doubt

1993

as Frank

Bethune: The Making of a Hero
Movie

Bethune: The Making of a Hero

1993

as Dr. Norman Bethune

Days of Darkness
Movie

Days of Darkness

2007

as Donald Sutherland

A Man, a Woman and a Bank
Movie

A Man, a Woman and a Bank

1979

as Reese Halperin

Natural Enemy
Movie

Natural Enemy

1996

as Ted Robards

The Cinema According to Bertolucci
Movie

The Cinema According to Bertolucci

1976

as Self

Interlude
Movie

Interlude

1968

as Lawrence

Basmati Blues
Movie

Basmati Blues

2017

as Gurgon

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Movie

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

2000

as Self

About Donald Sutherland

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 n… With 246 credits spanning from 1944 to 2024, Donald Sutherland has appeared in 193 films and 53 TV shows.

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