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Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland

Acting July 17, 1935 (88 years old) June 20, 2024 Saint 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.

Movies 196

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 7.4

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

as President Coriolanus Snow

2013
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 6.8

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

as President Coriolanus Snow

2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 6.9

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

as President Coriolanus Snow

2015
The Hunger Games 7.2

The Hunger Games

as President Coriolanus Snow

2012
Pride & Prejudice 8.1

Pride & Prejudice

as Mr. Bennet

2005
Lord of War 7.4

Lord of War

as Colonel Oliver Southern (voice)

2005
The Italian Job 6.8

The Italian Job

as John Bridger

2003
The Mechanic 6.5

The Mechanic

as Harry McKenna

2011
A Time to Kill 7.4

A Time to Kill

as Lucien Wilbanks

1996
Horrible Bosses 6.6

Horrible Bosses

as Jack Pellit

2011
Fallen 6.8

Fallen

as Lt. Stanton

1998
Moonfall 6.3

Moonfall

as Holdenfield

2022
The Dirty Dozen 7.6

The Dirty Dozen

as Vernon Pinkley

1967
JFK 7.6

JFK

as X

1991
Animal House 6.9

Animal House

as Dave Jennings

1978
Outbreak 6.6

Outbreak

as General Donald McClintock

1995
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 7.2

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

as Matthew Bennell

1978
M*A*S*H 6.9

M*A*S*H

as Hawkeye Pierce

1970
Cold Mountain 6.9

Cold Mountain

as Reverend Monroe

2003
Astro Boy 6.3

Astro Boy

as President Stone (voice)

2009
Space Cowboys 6.4

Space Cowboys

as Jerry O'Neill

2000
Backdraft 6.7

Backdraft

as Ronald Bartel

1991
Kelly's Heroes 7.4

Kelly's Heroes

as Sgt. Oddball (Tank Commander)

1970
Ad Astra 6.1

Ad Astra

as Thomas Pruitt

2019
Lock Up 6.8

Lock Up

as Warden Drumgoole

1989
Fool's Gold 5.8

Fool's Gold

as Nigel Honeycutt

2008
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 6.2

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

as Dr. Sid (voice)

2001
The Best Offer 7.8

The Best Offer

as Billy Whistler

2013
Ordinary People 7.5

Ordinary People

as Calvin Jarrett

1980
The Eagle 6.2

The Eagle

as Aquila

2011
Don't Look Now 6.9

Don't Look Now

as John Baxter

1973
1900 7.8

1900

as Attila Mellanchini

1976
Disclosure 6.2

Disclosure

as Bob Garvin

1994
The Eagle Has Landed 6.7

The Eagle Has Landed

as Liam Devlin

1976
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 5.6

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

as Merrick Jamison-Smythe

1992
Klute 6.8

Klute

as John Klute

1971
Reign Over Me 7.2

Reign Over Me

as Richter Raines

2007
The First Great Train Robbery 6.7

The First Great Train Robbery

as Robert Agar

1978
Forsaken 6.2

Forsaken

as Rev. Clayton

2015
Beerfest 5.9

Beerfest

as Johann von Wolfhaus (uncredited)

2006
Mr. Harrigan's Phone 6.4

Mr. Harrigan's Phone

as Mr. Harrigan

2022
Eye of the Needle 6.7

Eye of the Needle

as Faber

1981
Virus 5.4

Virus

as Captain Robert Everton

1999
The Art of War 5.7

The Art of War

as Douglas Thomas

2000
The Burnt Orange Heresy 5.7

The Burnt Orange Heresy

as Jerome Debney

2020
Uprising 6.6

Uprising

as Adam Czerniaków

2001
Six Degrees of Separation 6.4

Six Degrees of Separation

as Flan

1993
The Kentucky Fried Movie 6.2

The Kentucky Fried Movie

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

1977
Fellini's Casanova 6.9

Fellini's Casanova

as Giacomo Casanova

1976
The Leisure Seeker 7.1

The Leisure Seeker

as John Spencer

2018
Murder by Decree 6.4

Murder by Decree

as Robert Lees

1979
Instinct 6.5

Instinct

as Ben Hillard

1999
Revolution 5.4

Revolution

as Sgt. Maj. Peasy

1985
Alone 5.8

Alone

as Edward

2020
Citizen X 7.2

Citizen X

as Col. Mikhail Fetisov

1995
Backdraft 2 6.4

Backdraft 2

as Ronald Bartel

2019
Johnny Got His Gun 7.5

Johnny Got His Gun

as Christ

1971
Bear Island 6.0

Bear Island

as Frank Lansing

1979
The Day of the Locust 6.4

The Day of the Locust

as Homer Simpson

1975
Days of Darkness 6.4

Days of Darkness

as Donald Sutherland

2007
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass 7.0

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2021
OZI: Voice of the Forest 6.0

OZI: Voice of the Forest

as Mr. Smiley (voice)

2024
Panic 6.2

Panic

as Michael

2000
A Dry White Season 6.7

A Dry White Season

as Ben du Toit

1989
An American Haunting 5.5

An American Haunting

as John Bell

2005
Shadow Conspiracy 4.9

Shadow Conspiracy

as Jacob Conrad

1997
The Puppet Masters 5.8

The Puppet Masters

as Andrew Nivens

1994
Miranda's Victim 6.8

Miranda's Victim

as Judge Wren

2023
Billion Dollar Brain 5.7

Billion Dollar Brain

as Scientist at Computer

1967
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors 6.5

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

as Bob Carroll

1965
Ask the Dust 5.4

Ask the Dust

as Hellfrick

2006
Path to War 6.7

Path to War

as Clark Clifford

2003
The Bedford Incident 7.0

The Bedford Incident

as Hospitalman Nerney - Sick Bay

1965
The Assignment 6.3

The Assignment

as Jack Shaw / Henry Fields

1997
Fierce People 6.1

Fierce People

as Ogden C. Osborne

2006
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 7.2

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

as Self - President Coriolanus Snow

2015
Measure of a Man 6.5

Measure of a Man

as Dr. Kahn

2018
Crackers 4.7

Crackers

as Westlake

1984
End of the Game 5.0

End of the Game

as Corpse of Lt. Robert Schmied (uncredited)

1975
Shadow of the Wolf 6.0

Shadow of the Wolf

as Henderson

1992
Assassin's Bullet 3.9

Assassin's Bullet

as Ambassador Ashdown

2012
Jock the Hero Dog 4.6

Jock the Hero Dog

as Narrator / Sir Percy Fitzpatrick (voice)

2011
Heaven Help Us 6.4

Heaven Help Us

as Brother Thadeus

1985
S*P*Y*S 5.1

S*P*Y*S

as Bruland

1974
Land of the Blind 5.8

Land of the Blind

as Thorne

2006
Free Money 5.4

Free Money

as Judge Rausenberg

1998
Big Shot's Funeral 6.6

Big Shot's Funeral

as Tyler

2001
Start the Revolution Without Me 6.1

Start the Revolution Without Me

as Charles / Pierre

1970
Blood Relatives 5.7

Blood Relatives

as Steve Carella

1978
Ordeal by Innocence 5.1

Ordeal by Innocence

as Dr. Arthur Calgary

1984
A Man, a Woman and a Bank 6.3

A Man, a Woman and a Bank

as Reese Halperin

1979
Fanatic 6.6

Fanatic

as Joseph

1965
Without Limits 6.7

Without Limits

as Bill Bowerman

1998
Scream of Stone 6.3

Scream of Stone

as Ivan

1991
Five Moons Plaza 5.8

Five Moons Plaza

as Rosario Sarracino

2003
American Hangman 6.0

American Hangman

as Judge Straight

2019
The Calling 5.9

The Calling

as Father Price

2014
Dawn Rider 5.6

Dawn Rider

as Pop

2012
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 6.4

Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

as Self - President Coriolanus Snow

2014
La Classe américaine 7.6

La Classe américaine

as Assassin (archive footage) (uncredited)

1993
Red Hot 6.0

Red Hot

as Kirov

1993
The Split 6.7

The Split

as Dave Negli

1968
The Rosary Murders 5.6

The Rosary Murders

as Father Robert Koesler

1987
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All 4.5

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

as William Marsden

1994
Jappeloup 7.1

Jappeloup

as John Lester

2013
Bethune: The Making of a Hero 5.2

Bethune: The Making of a Hero

as Dr. Norman Bethune

1993
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games 8.5

The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

as Self - President Coriolanus Snow

2012
Little Murders 6.7

Little Murders

as Rev. Dupas

1971
Pirate's Passage 5.5

Pirate's Passage

as Captain Charles Johnson (voice)

2015
Lady Ice 5.0

Lady Ice

as Andy Hammon

1973
Promise Her Anything 4.1

Promise Her Anything

as Autograph Seeking Father (uncredited)

1966
FTA 6.4

FTA

as Self

1972
Max Dugan Returns 6.5

Max Dugan Returns

as Brian Costello

1983
The Castle of the Living Dead 6.1

The Castle of the Living Dead

as Sgt. Paul / The Witch / The Old Man

1964
Aurora Borealis 6.4

Aurora Borealis

as Ronald Shorter

2005
Citizen Jane Fonda 7.2

Citizen Jane Fonda

as Self (archive footage)

2020
Lost Angels 6.4

Lost Angels

as Dr. Charles Loftis

1989
The Railway Station Man 6.1

The Railway Station Man

as Roger Hawthorne

1992
Benefit of the Doubt 4.8

Benefit of the Doubt

as Frank

1993
The Wolf at the Door 5.3

The Wolf at the Door

as Paul Gauguin

1986
The Trouble with Spies 4.7

The Trouble with Spies

as Appleton Porter

1987
Basmati Blues 4.0

Basmati Blues

as Gurgon

2017
Sebastian 6.4

Sebastian

as Ackerman

1968
The Man on the Train 5.9

The Man on the Train

as The Professor

2011
For King and Country: Out There

For King and Country: Out There

as Canadian

1963
Threshold 5.3

Threshold

as Dr. Thomas Vrain

1981
American Gun 5.7

American Gun

as Carl Wilk

2005
The Con Artist 4.4

The Con Artist

as Kranski

2010
Natural Enemy 4.8

Natural Enemy

as Ted Robards

1996
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That 7.0

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

as Self

2005
The World Ten Times Over 7.4

The World Ten Times Over

as Tall Man in Nightclub (uncredited)

1963
Trumbo 6.7

Trumbo

as Self

2007
Apprentice to Murder 5.1

Apprentice to Murder

as John Reese

1988
Nothing Personal 5.5

Nothing Personal

as Roger Keller

1980
A Century of Cinema 8.3

A Century of Cinema

as Self

1994
The Lifeforce Experiment 6.0

The Lifeforce Experiment

as Dr. 'Mac' MacLean

1994
The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas 5.7

The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas

as Narrator (voice)

1992
Milton's Secret 5.2

Milton's Secret

as Grandpa Howard

2016
The Cinema According to Bertolucci 7.0

The Cinema According to Bertolucci

as Self

1976
The Physics of Sorrow 7.8

The Physics of Sorrow

as (voice)

2019
Steelyard Blues 5.0

Steelyard Blues

as Jesse Veldini

1973
The Winter of Our Discontent 5.3

The Winter of Our Discontent

as Ethan Hawley

1983
The Disappearance 5.6

The Disappearance

as Jay Mallory

1977
Reach for the Stars 10.0

Reach for the Stars

as Self

2019
The Shuttered Room 6.1

The Shuttered Room

as Zebulon (voice)

1967
ABCinema 6.0

ABCinema

as Self

1975
Gas 3.7

Gas

as Nick the Noz

1981
Interlude 5.5

Interlude

as Lawrence

1968
Stonehenge: Decoded 6.2

Stonehenge: Decoded

as Narrator (voice)

2008
Puffball 3.8

Puffball

as Lars

2007
Alex in Wonderland 5.5

Alex in Wonderland

as Alex Morrison

1970
Hollow Point 5.3

Hollow Point

as Garrett Lawton

1996
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar 6.2

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

as Self - Casanova

2003
Re-Visitors from Outer Space, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pod 6.0

Re-Visitors from Outer Space, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pod

as Self

2016
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class 7.7

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

as Self (archive footage)

1995
Younger and Younger 4.2

Younger and Younger

as Jonathan Younger

1993
Act of the Heart 4.5

Act of the Heart

as Father Michael Ferrier

1970
Bethune 6.0

Bethune

as Dr. Norman Bethune

1977
Eminent Domain 6.0

Eminent Domain

as Josef Borski

1991
The Magic of Fellini 3.5

The Magic of Fellini

as Self (archive footage)

2002
Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time... 5.0

Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...

as Self

2015
The Big Heist 5.2

The Big Heist

as Jimmy Burke

2001
Oedipus the King 6.0

Oedipus the King

as Chorus Leader

1968
The Hunley 6.2

The Hunley

as Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard

1999
Behind the Mask 5.5

Behind the Mask

as Dr. Bob Shushan

1999
Joanna 5.4

Joanna

as Lord Peter Sanderson

1968
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows 7.2

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

as Self

2000
Hearst Castle: Building the Dream 6.8

Hearst Castle: Building the Dream

as Narrator

1996
Hamlet at Elsinore 8.0

Hamlet at Elsinore

as Fortinbras

1964
A War Story 8.3

A War Story

as Narrator (voice)

1981
Sir! No Sir! 6.8

Sir! No Sir!

as Self

2005
Treasure Island

Treasure Island

as Flint

2012
The Setting Sun 4.8

The Setting Sun

as John Williams

1992
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' 6.0

Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'

as Self

2006
The Green Fog 6.0

The Green Fog

2018
The Eastmans 6.0

The Eastmans

as Dr. Charles Eastman

2009
Operation Dirty Dozen 7.0

Operation Dirty Dozen

as Self (uncredited)

2006
Baltic Storm 5.1

Baltic Storm

as Lou Aldryn

2003
The Autobiography of Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

as Narrator (voice)

2001
Kate Bush: The Sensual World - The Video 8.0

Kate Bush: The Sensual World - The Video

as Self (archive footage)

1990
Quicksand: No Escape 5.6

Quicksand: No Escape

as Murdoch

1992
People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe 8.0

People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe

as Narrator (voice)

1988
'Klute' in New York 6.4

'Klute' in New York

as Self

1971
Fellini nel cestino 7.5

Fellini nel cestino

as Self

1983
Buster's Bedroom 4.2

Buster's Bedroom

as O'Connor

1991
The Sunshine Patriot 7.5

The Sunshine Patriot

as Benedeck

1968
North China Factory 8.0

North China Factory

as Narrator (voice)

1980
Alien Thunder 5.2

Alien Thunder

as Sgt. Dan Candy

1974
Fellini dice...

Fellini dice...

as Self

2006
Lee Oswald: Assassin

Lee Oswald: Assassin

as Charles Givens

1966
Sleepwalkers 6.7

Sleepwalkers

as Businessman Struck by a Taxi

2007
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' 6.3

Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'

as Self

2000
The Hunger Games: Letters From The Rose Garden 4.0

The Hunger Games: Letters From The Rose Garden

as Self

2012
The Awful Manners 10.0

The Awful Manners

as Man walking (uncredited)

1974
Point and Shoot 6.0

Point and Shoot

as Man

2016
Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia 6.7

Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia

as Narrator

2007

TV Shows 58

The Simpsons 8.0

The Simpsons

as Hollis Hurlbut (voice)

1989
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 7.6

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

1962
The View 4.3

The View

as Self

1997
The Mike Douglas Show 5.8

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

1961
The Graham Norton Show 7.2

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

2007
LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5.6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

1988
Golden Globe Awards 7.0

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

1944
Golden Globe Awards 7.0

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

1944
The Dick Cavett Show 6.8

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1968
The Avengers 7.8

The Avengers

as Jessel

1961
American Experience 6.5

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

1988
Film '72 5.1

Film '72

as Self

1971
Spécial cinéma 9.5

Spécial cinéma

as Self

1974
The Saint 7.4

The Saint

as John Wood

1962
The Saint 7.4

The Saint

as Jim McCleery

1962
BBC Play of the Month 5.2

BBC Play of the Month

as Charles Givens

1965
Screen Two 7.1

Screen Two

as Roger Hawthorne

1985
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche 6.0

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

1975
The Oscars 7.1

The Oscars

as Self

1953
The Name of the Game 7.0

The Name of the Game

as Jerry Trevor

1968
Theatre 625 7.2

Theatre 625

as Priest

1964
Theatre 625 7.2

Theatre 625

as Union Captain

1964
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross 6.1

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

as Self - Guest

2001
Crossing Lines 6.7

Crossing Lines

as Michael Dorn

2013
Romy Award 9.0

Romy Award

as Self

1990
HBO First Look 5.5

HBO First Look

as Self

1992
Ciné regards 5.0

Ciné regards

as Self

1978
The Champions 6.5

The Champions

as David Crayley

1968
Dirty Sexy Money 6.2

Dirty Sexy Money

as Patrick "Tripp" Darling III

2007
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions 8.0

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

as Narrator (voice)

2006
Commander in Chief 7.5

Commander in Chief

as Nathan Templeton

2005
Ice 6.4

Ice

as Pieter Van De Bruin

2016
Lawmen: Bass Reeves 7.0

Lawmen: Bass Reeves

as Judge Isaac Parker

2023
The Pillars of the Earth 7.7

The Pillars of the Earth

as Earl Bartholomew

2010
The Undoing 7.3

The Undoing

as Franklin Reinhart

2020
Gideon's Way 7.0

Gideon's Way

as Philip Guest

1965
Man in a Suitcase 7.2

Man in a Suitcase

as Willard

1967
Man in a Suitcase 7.2

Man in a Suitcase

as Keith Earle

1967
Trust 6.9

Trust

as J. Paul Getty Sr.

2018
Man of the World 7.2

Man of the World

as Unhelpful Neighbour (uncredited)

1962
Salem's Lot 6.0

Salem's Lot

as Richard Straker

2004
Scene by Scene 6.0

Scene by Scene

as Self

1997
The Frame 10.0

The Frame

as President Coriolanus Snow

2013
Hallmark Hall of Fame 8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Ethan Hawley

1951
Treasure Island 6.2

Treasure Island

as Captain Flint

2012
Studio 4 7.5

Studio 4

as Switchboard Operator

1962
Human Trafficking 7.0

Human Trafficking

as Agent Bill Meehan

2005
Swimming with Sharks 7.0

Swimming with Sharks

as Redmond

2022
Backstory 7.7

Backstory

as Self

2000
Moby Dick 5.7

Moby Dick

as Father Mapple

2011
Friday People

Friday People

1985
Frankenstein 5.8

Frankenstein

as Captain Walton

2004
JFK: Destiny Betrayed 7.0

JFK: Destiny Betrayed

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2021
History vs. Hollywood 8.0

History vs. Hollywood

as Self

2001
Inside the Actors Studio

Inside the Actors Studio

as Self

1994
Uprising 5.5

Uprising

as Adam Czerniaków

2001
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All 6.8

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

as William Marsden

1994
Queen Victoria's Empire 7.5

Queen Victoria's Empire

as Narrator (voice)

2001

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