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Donald Sutherland

Acting 88 (deceased) years old Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada ★ 2.6
Born: July 17, 1935
Died: June 20, 2024

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.

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Known For

The Mechanic
The Mechanic Harry McKenna 2011
Pride & Prejudice
Pride & Prejudice Mr. Bennet 2005
Threshold
Threshold Dr. Thomas Vrain 1981
Horrible Bosses
Horrible Bosses Jack Pellit 2011
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 President Coriolanus Snow 2014

Jimmy's Seen (2)

Don't Look Now
Don't Look Now John Baxter 1973
Fallen
Fallen Lt. Stanton 1998

Filmography

Acting Credits (248)

Lawmen: Bass Reeves
Lawmen: Bass Reeves Judge Isaac Parker 2023
Miranda's Victim
Miranda's Victim Judge Wren 2023
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
Mr. Harrigan's Phone Mr. Harrigan 2022
Swimming with Sharks
Swimming with Sharks Redmond 2022
Moonfall
Moonfall Holdenfield 2022
JFK: Destiny Betrayed
JFK: Destiny Betrayed Self - Narrator (voice) 2021
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass Self - Narrator (voice) 2021
The Undoing
The Undoing Franklin Reinhart 2020
Alone
Alone Edward 2020
Citizen Jane Fonda
Citizen Jane Fonda 2020
The Burnt Orange Heresy
The Burnt Orange Heresy Jerome Debney 2020
Reach for the Stars
Reach for the Stars Self 2019
Ad Astra
Ad Astra Thomas Pruitt 2019
The Physics of Sorrow
The Physics of Sorrow (voice) 2019
Backdraft 2
Backdraft 2 Ronald Bartel 2019
American Hangman
American Hangman Judge Straight 2019
Measure of a Man
Measure of a Man Dr. Kahn 2018
Trust
Trust J. Paul Getty Sr. 2018
The Leisure Seeker
The Leisure Seeker John Spencer 2018
Basmati Blues
Basmati Blues Gurgon 2017
Ice
Ice Pieter Van De Bruin 2016
Milton's Secret
Milton's Secret Grandpa Howard 2016
Point and Shoot
Point and Shoot Man 2016
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 President Coriolanus Snow 2015
Forsaken
Forsaken Rev. Clayton 2015
Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...
Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time... Self 2015
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Self - President Coriolanus Snow 2015
Pirate's Passage
Pirate's Passage Captain Charles Johnson (voice) 2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 President Coriolanus Snow 2014
The Calling
The Calling Father Price 2014
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Self - President Coriolanus Snow 2014
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire President Coriolanus Snow 2013
Crossing Lines
Crossing Lines Michael Dorn 2013
The Frame
The Frame President Coriolanus Snow 2013
Jappeloup
Jappeloup John Lester 2013
The Best Offer
The Best Offer Billy Whistler 2013
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games Self - President Coriolanus Snow 2012
The Hunger Games: Letters From The Rose Garden
The Hunger Games: Letters From The Rose Garden Self 2012
Assassin's Bullet
Assassin's Bullet Ambassador Ashdown 2012
Dawn Rider
Dawn Rider Pop 2012
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games President Coriolanus Snow 2012
Treasure Island
Treasure Island Captain Flint 2012
Treasure Island
Treasure Island Captain Flint 2012
The Man on the Train
The Man on the Train The Professor 2011
Jock the Hero Dog
Jock the Hero Dog Narrator / Sir Percy Fitzpatrick (voice) 2011
Horrible Bosses
Horrible Bosses Jack Pellit 2011
Moby Dick
Moby Dick Father Mapple 2011
The Eagle
The Eagle Aquila 2011
The Mechanic
The Mechanic Harry McKenna 2011
The Con Artist
The Con Artist Kranski 2010
The Pillars of the Earth
The Pillars of the Earth Earl Bartholomew 2010
Astro Boy
Astro Boy President Stone (voice) 2009
The Eastmans
The Eastmans Dr. Charles Eastman 2009
Stonehenge: Decoded
Stonehenge: Decoded Narrator (voice) 2008
Fool's Gold
Fool's Gold Nigel Honeycutt 2008
Puffball
Puffball Lars 2007
Days of Darkness
Days of Darkness Donald Sutherland 2007
Dirty Sexy Money
Dirty Sexy Money Patrick "Tripp" Darling III 2007
Trumbo
Trumbo Self 2007
Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia
Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia Narrator 2007
Reign Over Me
Reign Over Me Richter Raines 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
Sleepwalkers
Sleepwalkers Businessman Struck by a Taxi 2007
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions Narrator (voice) 2006
Fierce People
Fierce People Ogden C. Osborne 2006
Beerfest
Beerfest Johann von Wolfhaus (uncredited) 2006
Land of the Blind
Land of the Blind Thorne 2006
Ask the Dust
Ask the Dust Hellfrick 2006
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' Self 2006
Fellini dice...
Fellini dice... Self 2006
Operation Dirty Dozen
Operation Dirty Dozen Self (uncredited) 2006
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That Self 2005
Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking Agent Bill Meehan 2005
Commander in Chief
Commander in Chief Nathan Templeton 2005
Pride & Prejudice
Pride & Prejudice Mr. Bennet 2005
Lord of War
Lord of War Colonel Oliver Southern (voice) 2005
American Gun
American Gun Carl Wilk 2005
Sir! No Sir!
Sir! No Sir! Self 2005
An American Haunting
An American Haunting John Bell 2005
Aurora Borealis
Aurora Borealis Ronald Shorter 2005
Frankenstein
Frankenstein Captain Walton 2004
Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot Richard Straker 2004
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain Reverend Monroe 2003
Path to War
Path to War Clark Clifford 2003
Baltic Storm
Baltic Storm Lou Aldryn 2003
The Italian Job
The Italian Job John Bridger 2003
Five Moons Plaza
Five Moons Plaza Rosario Sarracino 2003
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar Self - Casanova 2003
The Magic of Fellini
The Magic of Fellini Self (archive footage) 2002
Big Shot's Funeral
Big Shot's Funeral Tyler 2001
Uprising
Uprising Adam Czerniaków 2001
Uprising
Uprising Adam Czerniaków 2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Self - Guest 2001
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Dr. Sid (voice) 2001
Queen Victoria's Empire
Queen Victoria's Empire Narrator (voice) 2001
The Big Heist
The Big Heist Jimmy Burke 2001
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Narrator (voice) 2001
History vs. Hollywood
History vs. Hollywood Self 2001
Panic
Panic Michael 2000
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows Self 2000
The Art of War
The Art of War Douglas Thomas 2000
Backstory
Backstory Self 2000
Space Cowboys
Space Cowboys Jerry O'Neill 2000
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' Self 2000
The Hunley
The Hunley Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard 1999
Instinct
Instinct Ben Hillard 1999
Behind the Mask
Behind the Mask Dr. Bob Shushan 1999
Virus
Virus Captain Robert Everton 1999
Free Money
Free Money Judge Rausenberg 1998
Without Limits
Without Limits Bill Bowerman 1998
Fallen
Fallen Lt. Stanton 1998
The Assignment
The Assignment Jack Shaw / Henry Fields 1997
The View
The View Self 1997
Scene by Scene
Scene by Scene Self 1997
Shadow Conspiracy
Shadow Conspiracy Jacob Conrad 1997
Natural Enemy
Natural Enemy Ted Robards 1996
Hollow Point
Hollow Point Garrett Lawton 1996
A Time to Kill
A Time to Kill Lucien Wilbanks 1996
Hearst Castle: Building the Dream
Hearst Castle: Building the Dream Narrator 1996
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class Self (archive footage) 1995
Outbreak
Outbreak General Donald McClintock 1995
Citizen X
Citizen X Col. Mikhail Fetisov 1995
Disclosure
Disclosure Bob Garvin 1994
The Puppet Masters
The Puppet Masters Andrew Nivens 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio Self 1994
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All William Marsden 1994
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All William Marsden 1994
The Lifeforce Experiment
The Lifeforce Experiment Dr. 'Mac' MacLean 1994
La Classe américaine
La Classe américaine Assassin (archive footage) (uncredited) 1993
Six Degrees of Separation
Six Degrees of Separation Flan 1993
Younger and Younger
Younger and Younger Jonathan Younger 1993
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
Bethune: The Making of a Hero Dr. Norman Bethune 1993
Red Hot
Red Hot Kirov 1993
Benefit of the Doubt
Benefit of the Doubt Frank 1993
The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas
The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas Narrator (voice) 1992
The Railway Station Man
The Railway Station Man Roger Hawthorne 1992
The Setting Sun
The Setting Sun John Williams 1992
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Merrick Jamison-Smythe 1992
HBO First Look
HBO First Look Self 1992
Shadow of the Wolf
Shadow of the Wolf Henderson 1992
Quicksand: No Escape
Quicksand: No Escape Murdoch 1992
JFK
JFK X 1991
Scream of Stone
Scream of Stone Ivan 1991
Backdraft
Backdraft Ronald Bartel 1991
Buster's Bedroom
Buster's Bedroom O'Connor 1991
Eminent Domain
Eminent Domain Josef Borski 1991
Kate Bush: Sensual World
Kate Bush: Sensual World Self (archive footage) 1990
Romy Award
Romy Award Self 1990
The Simpsons
The Simpsons Hollis Hurlbut (voice) 1989
A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season Ben du Toit 1989
Lock Up
Lock Up Warden Drumgoole 1989
Lost Angels
Lost Angels Dr. Charles Loftis 1989
American Experience
American Experience Narrator (voice) 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self - Guest 1988
Apprentice to Murder
Apprentice to Murder John Reese 1988
People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe
People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe Narrator (voice) 1988
The Trouble with Spies
The Trouble with Spies Appleton Porter 1987
The Rosary Murders
The Rosary Murders Father Robert Koesler 1987
The Wolf at the Door
The Wolf at the Door Paul Gauguin 1986
Revolution
Revolution Sgt. Maj. Peasy 1985
Heaven Help Us
Heaven Help Us Brother Thadeus 1985
Friday People
Friday People 1985
Ordeal by Innocence
Ordeal by Innocence Dr. Arthur Calgary 1984
Crackers
Crackers Westlake 1984
The Winter of Our Discontent
The Winter of Our Discontent Ethan Hawley 1983
Max Dugan Returns
Max Dugan Returns Brian Costello 1983
Fellini nel cestino
Fellini nel cestino Self 1983
Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars Self 1982
A War Story
A War Story Narrator (voice) 1981
Threshold
Threshold Dr. Thomas Vrain 1981
Eye of the Needle
Eye of the Needle Faber 1981
Gas
Gas Nick the Noz 1981
Ordinary People
Ordinary People Calvin Jarrett 1980
Nothing Personal
Nothing Personal Roger Keller 1980
North China Factory
North China Factory Narrator (voice) 1980
Bear Island
Bear Island Frank Lansing 1979
A Man, a Woman and a Bank
A Man, a Woman and a Bank Reese Halperin 1979
Murder by Decree
Murder by Decree Robert Lees 1979
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Invasion of the Body Snatchers Matthew Bennell 1978
The First Great Train Robbery
The First Great Train Robbery Robert Agar 1978
Animal House
Animal House Dave Jennings 1978
End of the Game
End of the Game Corpse of Lt. Robert Schmied (uncredited) 1978
Blood Relatives
Blood Relatives Carella 1978
The Disappearance
The Disappearance Jay Mallory 1977
The Kentucky Fried Movie
The Kentucky Fried Movie The Clumsy Waiter (segment "That's Armageddon") 1977
Bethune
Bethune Dr. Norman Bethune 1977
The Eagle Has Landed
The Eagle Has Landed Liam Devlin 1976
Fellini's Casanova
Fellini's Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1976
1900
1900 Attila Mellanchini 1976
The Cinema According to Bertolucci
The Cinema According to Bertolucci Self 1976
Abicinema
Abicinema Self 1975
The Day of the Locust
The Day of the Locust Homer Simpson 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche Self 1975
Spécial cinéma
Spécial cinéma Self 1974
S*P*Y*S
S*P*Y*S Bruland 1974
Alien Thunder
Alien Thunder Sgt. Dan Candy 1974
The Awful Manners
The Awful Manners Man walking (uncredited) 1974
Don't Look Now
Don't Look Now John Baxter 1973
Lady Ice
Lady Ice Andy Hammon 1973
Steelyard Blues
Steelyard Blues Jesse Veldini 1973
FTA
FTA Self 1972
'Klute' in New York
'Klute' in New York Self 1971
Film '72
Film '72 Self 1971
Johnny Got His Gun
Johnny Got His Gun Christ 1971
Klute
Klute John Klute 1971
Little Murders
Little Murders Rev. Dupas 1971
Alex in Wonderland
Alex in Wonderland Alex Morrison 1970
Act of the Heart
Act of the Heart Father Michael Ferrier 1970
Kelly's Heroes
Kelly's Heroes Sgt. Oddball (Tank Commander) 1970
M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H Hawkeye Pierce 1970
Start the Revolution Without Me
Start the Revolution Without Me Charles / Pierre 1970
The Sunshine Patriot
The Sunshine Patriot Benedeck 1968
Joanna
Joanna Lord Peter Sanderson 1968
The Split
The Split Dave Negli 1968
The Champions
The Champions David Crayley 1968
The Name of the Game
The Name of the Game Jerry Trevor 1968
The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show Self - Guest 1968
Oedipus the King
Oedipus the King Chorus Leader 1968
Interlude
Interlude Lawrence 1968
Sebastian
Sebastian Ackerman 1968
Billion Dollar Brain
Billion Dollar Brain Scientist at Computer 1967
Man in a Suitcase
Man in a Suitcase Willard 1967
Man in a Suitcase
Man in a Suitcase Keith Earle 1967
The Shuttered Room
The Shuttered Room Zebulon (voice) 1967
The Dirty Dozen
The Dirty Dozen Vernon Pinkley 1967
Promise Her Anything
Promise Her Anything Autograph Seeking Father (uncredited) 1966
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month Charles Givens 1965
The Bedford Incident
The Bedford Incident Hospitalman Nerney - Sick Bay 1965
Fanatic
Fanatic Joseph 1965
Gideon's Way
Gideon's Way Philip Guest 1965
Dr Terror's House of Horrors
Dr Terror's House of Horrors Bob Carroll 1965
The Castle of the Living Dead
The Castle of the Living Dead Sgt. Paul / The Witch / The Old Man 1964
Theatre 625
Theatre 625 Priest 1964
Theatre 625
Theatre 625 Union Captain 1964
Hamlet at Elsinore
Hamlet at Elsinore Fortinbras 1964
The World Ten Times Over
The World Ten Times Over Tall Man in Nightclub (uncredited) 1963
For King and Country: Out There
For King and Country: Out There Canadian 1963
The Saint
The Saint John Wood 1962
The Saint
The Saint Jim McCleery 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self 1962
Man of the World
Man of the World Unhelpful Neighbour (uncredited) 1962
Studio 4
Studio 4 Switchboard Operator 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show Self 1961
The Avengers
The Avengers Jessel 1961
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame Ethan Hawley 1951
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Presenter 1944

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