Donald Sutherland

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthday

1935-07-17

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.

Career

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2024

Ozi: Voice of the Forest

Albino Crocodile (voice)

2023

Miranda's Victim

Judge Wren

2023

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Coriolanus Snow (voice) (uncredited)

2023

Lawmen: Bass Reeves

Judge Isaac Parker

2022

Moonfall

Holdenfield

2022

Mr. Harrigan's Phone

Mr. Harrigan

2021

JFK: Destiny Betrayed

Narrator (voice)

2020

The Burnt Orange Heresy

Jerome Debney

2020

Alone

Edward

2020

The Undoing

Franklin Reinhart

2019

American Hangman

Judge Straight

2019

Backdraft 2

Ronald Bartel

2019

Ad Astra

Thomas Pruitt

2019

The Physics of Sorrow

(additional voice)

2018

Measure of a Man

Dr. Kahn

2018

The Leisure Seeker

John Spencer

2018

A Reindeer's Journey

Narrator (English Version) (voice)

2018

Trust

J. Paul Getty Sr.

2017

Basmati Blues

Gurgon

2016

Milton's Secret

Grandpa Howard

2016

For the Love of Spock

Matthew Bennell (archive footage)

2016

Ice

Pieter Van De Bruin

2015

Pirate's Passage

Captain Charles Johnson (voice)

2015

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

President Coriolanus Snow

2015

Forsaken

Rev. Clayton

2014

The Calling

Father Price

2014

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

President Coriolanus Snow

2013

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

President Coriolanus Snow

2013

The Best Offer

Billy

2013

Jappeloup

John Lester

2013

Crossing Lines

Michael Dorn

2013

The Frame

President Coriolanus Snow

2012

The Hunger Games

President Coriolanus Snow

2012

Dawn Rider

Pop

2012

Assassin's Bullet

Ambassador Ashdown

2012

The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

Self (President Coriolanus Snow)

2012

Treasure Island

Captain Flint

2012

Honest Trailers

Coriolanus Snow / Self (archive footage)

2012

Honest Trailers

President Coriolanus Snow (archive footage)

2011

The Mechanic

Harry McKenna

2011

The Eagle

Aquila

2011

The Man on the Train

The Professor

2011

Horrible Bosses

Jack Pellit

2011

Jock the Hero Dog

Narrator / Sir Percy Fitzpatrick (voice)

2011

Moby Dick

Father Mapple

2010

The Con Artist

Kranski

2010

The Pillars of the Earth

Earl Bartholomew

2009

Astro Boy

General Stone (voice)

2009

The Eastmans

Dr. Charles Eastman

2008

Fool's Gold

Nigel Honeycutt

2008

Stonehenge: Decoded

Narrator (voice)

2007

Reign Over Me

Richter Raines

2007

Puffball

Lars

2007

Fierce People

Ogden C. Osborne

2007

Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia

Narrator (voice)

2007

Trumbo

Self

2007

Sleepwalkers

Businessman struck by a taxi

2007

Days of Darkness

Donald Sutherland

2007

Dirty Sexy Money

Patrick "Tripp" Darling III

2006

Ask the Dust

Hellfrick

2006

Operation Dirty Dozen

Self (uncredited)

2006

Beerfest

Johann von Wolfhaus (uncredited)

2005

An American Haunting

John Bell

2005

Pride & Prejudice

Mr. Bennet

2005

Aurora Borealis

Ronald Shorter

2005

American Gun

Carl Wilk

2005

Sir! No Sir!

Self

2005

Lord of War

Colonel Oliver Southern (voice)

2005

Commander in Chief

Nathan Templeton

2005

Human Trafficking

Agent Bill Meehan

2004

Frankenstein

Captain Walton

2004

Salem's Lot

Richard Straker

2003

Cold Mountain

Reverend Monroe

2003

Five Moons Plaza

Rosario Sarracino

2003

Path to War

Clark Clifford

2003

The Italian Job

John Bridger

2003

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

Self - Casanova

2003

Baltic Storm

Lou Aldryn

2002

The Magic of Fellini

Self (archive footage)

2001

The Big Heist

Jimmy Burke

2001

Uprising

Adam Czerniaków

2001

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Narrator (voice)

2001

Queen Victoria's Empire

Narrator (voice)

2000

Panic

Michael

2000

Space Cowboys

Jerry O`Neill

2000

The Art of War

Douglas Thomas

2000

Backstory

Self

1999

Instinct

Ben Hillard

1999

Virus

Captain Robert Everton

1999

The Hunley

Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard

1999

Behind the Mask

Dr. Bob Shushan

1998

Free Money

Judge Rausenberg

1998

Without Limits

Bill Bowerman

1998

Fallen

Lt. Stanton

1997

Shadow Conspiracy

Jacob Conrad

1997

The Assignment

Jack Shaw / Henry Fields

1997

The View

Self

1996

A Time to Kill

Lucien Wilbanks

1996

Natural Enemy

Ted Robards

1996

Hollow Point

Garrett Lawton

1995

Outbreak

General Donald McClintock

1995

Citizen X

Col. Mikhail Fetisov

1995

Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class

Self (archive footage)

1994

Disclosure

Bob Garvin

1994

The Puppet Masters

Andrew Nivens

1994

The Lifeforce Experiment

Dr. 'Mac' MacLean

1993

Younger and Younger

Jonathan Younger

1993

Bethune: The Making of a Hero

Dr. Norman Bethune

1993

Red Hot

Kirov

1993

La Classe américaine

Assassin (archive footage) (uncredited)

1993

The Mighty River

Narrator (English Version) (voice)

1992

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Merrick Jamison-Smythe

1992

Shadow of the Wolf

Henderson

1992

The Railway Station Man

Roger Hawthorne

1992

The Setting Sun

John Williams

1991

JFK

X

1991

Backdraft

Ronald Bartel

1991

Buster's Bedroom

O'Connor

1991

Eminent Domain

Josef Borski

1990

Kate Bush: Sensual World

Self (archive footage)

1989

A Dry White Season

Ben du Toit

1989

Lock Up

Warden Drumgoole

1989

Lost Angels

Dr. Charles Loftis

1989

The Simpsons

Hollis Hurlbut (voice)

1988

Apprentice to Murder

John Reese

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Self - Guest

1988

American Experience

Narrator (voice)

1987

The Rosary Murders

Father Robert Koesler

1987

The Trouble with Spies

Appleton Porter

1986

The Wolf at the Door

Paul Gauguin

1985

Revolution

Sgt. Maj. Peasy

1985

Heaven Help Us

Brother Thadeus

1985

Cloudbusting

William Reich

1984

Crackers

Westlake

1984

Ordeal by Innocence

Dr. Arthur Calgary

1984

Terror in the Aisles

Matthew Bennell (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983

Max Dugan Returns

Brian Costello

1981

Threshold

Dr. Thomas Vrain

1981

A War Story

Narrator (voice)

1981

Gas

Nick the Noz

1980

Ordinary People

Calvin Jarrett

1980

Nothing Personal

Roger Keller

1980

North China Factory

Narrator (voice)

1979

Murder by Decree

Robert Lees

1979

Bear Island

Frank Lansing

1979

A Man, a Woman and a Bank

Reese Halperin

1978

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Matthew Bennell

1978

Animal House

Dave Jennings

1978

Blood Relatives

Carella

1977

The Disappearance

Jay Mallory

1977

The Kentucky Fried Movie

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

1977

Bethune

Dr. Norman Bethune

1976

1900

Attila Mellanchini

1976

The Eagle Has Landed

Liam Devlin

1976

Fellini's Casanova

Giacomo Casanova

1976

The Spiral

Narrator (English version) (voice)

1975

The Day of the Locust

Homer Simpson

1975

End of the Game

Corpse of Lt. Robert Schmied (uncredited)

1975

Abicinema

Self

1974

S*P*Y*S

Bruland

1974

Alien Thunder

Sgt. Dan Candy

1973

Don't Look Now

John Baxter

1973

Steelyard Blues

Jesse Veldini

1973

Lady Ice

Andy Hammon

1972

FTA

Self

1971

Klute

John Klute

1971

Little Murders

Rev. Dupas

1970

M*A*S*H

Hawkeye Pierce

1970

Kelly's Heroes

Sgt. Oddball (tank commander)

1970

Alex in Wonderland

Alex Morrison

1970

Start the Revolution Without Me

Charles / Pierre

1970

Act of the Heart

Father Michael Ferrier

1968

The Split

Dave Negli

1968

Joanna

Lord Peter Sanderson

1968

Interlude

Lawrence

1968

Sebastian

Ackerman

1968

Oedipus the King

Chorus Leader

1968

The Champions

David Crayley

1968

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest

1968

The Name of the Game

Jerry Trevor

1967

The Dirty Dozen

Vernon Pinkley

1967

Billion Dollar Brain

Scientist at Computer

1967

Man in a Suitcase

Willard

1967

Man in a Suitcase

Keith Earle

1966

Promise Her Anything

Autograph Seeking Father (uncredited)

1965

Fanatic

Joseph

1965

The Bedford Incident

Hospitalman Nerney - Sick Bay

1965

Gideon's Way

Philip Guest

1965

BBC Play of the Month

Charles Givens

1964

The Castle of the Living Dead

Sgt. Paul / The Witch / The Old Man

1964

Hamlet at Elsinore

Fortinbras

1963

The Sentimental Agent

Hotel Clerk

1962

The Saint

John Wood

1962

Studio Four

Switchboard Operator

1962

The Saint

Jim McCleery

1961

The Avengers

Jessel

1953

The Oscars

Self

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Ethan Hawley