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Donald Sutherland

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1935-07-17

Day of Death

2024-06-20

Place of Birth

Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Donald Sutherland

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.

Filmography (193)

⭐ 6.1 Role: Mr. Smiley

OZI: Voice of the Forest

2024
⭐ 6.8 Role: Judge Wren

Miranda's Victim

2023
⭐ 6.4 Role: Mr. Harrigan

Mr. Harrigan's Phone

2022
⭐ 6.3 Role: Holdenfield

Moonfall

2022
⭐ 7.0 Role: Self - Narrator (voice)

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

2021
⭐ 5.8 Role: Edward

Alone

2020
⭐ 7.8 Role: Unknown

Citizen Jane Fonda

2020
⭐ 5.7 Role: Jerome Debney

The Burnt Orange Heresy

2020
⭐ 10.0 Role: Self

Reach for the Stars

2019
⭐ 6.1 Role: Thomas Pruitt

Ad Astra

2019
⭐ 7.6 Role: (voice)

The Physics of Sorrow

2019
⭐ 6.4 Role: Ronald Bartel

Backdraft 2

2019
⭐ 6.0 Role: Judge Straight

American Hangman

2019
⭐ 6.6 Role: Dr. Kahn

Measure of a Man

2018
⭐ 7.1 Role: John Spencer

The Leisure Seeker

2018