Donald Sutherland

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

248

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-07-17

Day of death

2024-06-20 (88 years old)

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.

Known For

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The View

    The View

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • The Avengers

    The Avengers

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Pillars of the Earth

    The Pillars of the Earth

  • Forsaken

    Forsaken

  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

  • Disclosure

    Disclosure

  • Shadow Conspiracy

    Shadow Conspiracy

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • Pride & Prejudice

    Pride & Prejudice

  • HBO First Look

    HBO First Look

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • Eminent Domain

    Eminent Domain

  • Uprising

    Uprising

  • Puffball

    Puffball

  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

  • Crossing Lines

    Crossing Lines

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • Theatre 625

    Theatre 625

  • Theatre 625

    Theatre 625

  • Beerfest

    Beerfest

  • The Hunger Games

    The Hunger Games

  • Interlude

    Interlude

  • Romy Award

    Romy Award

  • Basmati Blues

    Basmati Blues

  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

  • Alien Thunder

    Alien Thunder

  • Joanna

    Joanna

  • Red Hot

    Red Hot

  • Lady Ice

    Lady Ice

  • The Mechanic

    The Mechanic

  • The Undoing

    The Undoing

  • The Italian Job

    The Italian Job

  • Fellini dice...

    Fellini dice...

  • Lord of War

    Lord of War

  • Commander in Chief

    Commander in Chief

  • Oedipus the King

    Oedipus the King

  • The Champions

    The Champions

  • Moonfall

    Moonfall

  • Instinct

    Instinct

  • A Time to Kill

    A Time to Kill

  • Dirty Sexy Money

    Dirty Sexy Money

  • Jappeloup

    Jappeloup

  • Lawmen: Bass Reeves

    Lawmen: Bass Reeves

  • Trust

    Trust

  • JFK

    JFK

  • The Dirty Dozen

    The Dirty Dozen

  • Horrible Bosses

    Horrible Bosses

  • Ice

    Ice

  • America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

    America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

  • The Kentucky Fried Movie

    The Kentucky Fried Movie

  • Cold Mountain

    Cold Mountain

  • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

  • Fool's Gold

    Fool's Gold

  • The Frame

    The Frame

  • Sebastian

    Sebastian

  • Panic

    Panic

  • Promise Her Anything

    Promise Her Anything

  • Gideon's Way

    Gideon's Way

  • An American Haunting

    An American Haunting

  • The Burnt Orange Heresy

    The Burnt Orange Heresy

  • The Leisure Seeker

    The Leisure Seeker

  • Ordinary People

    Ordinary People

  • Animal House

    Animal House

  • Man in a Suitcase

    Man in a Suitcase

  • Man in a Suitcase

    Man in a Suitcase

  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

  • Natural Enemy

    Natural Enemy

  • Astro Boy

    Astro Boy

  • Outbreak

    Outbreak

  • Ozi: Voice of the Forest

    Ozi: Voice of the Forest

  • Ask the Dust

    Ask the Dust

  • Kelly's Heroes

    Kelly's Heroes

  • Fallen

    Fallen

  • Younger and Younger

    Younger and Younger

  • M*A*S*H

    M*A*S*H

  • S*P*Y*S

    S*P*Y*S

  • Studio 4

    Studio 4

  • Scene by Scene

    Scene by Scene

  • Sleepwalkers

    Sleepwalkers

  • Reign Over Me

    Reign Over Me

  • Backdraft

    Backdraft

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Lock Up

    Lock Up

  • Mr. Harrigan's Phone

    Mr. Harrigan's Phone

  • Dawn Rider

    Dawn Rider

  • Ad Astra

    Ad Astra

  • History vs. Hollywood

    History vs. Hollywood

  • Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

    Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

  • Salem's Lot

    Salem's Lot

  • Hamlet at Elsinore

    Hamlet at Elsinore

  • Bear Island

    Bear Island

  • Don't Look Now

    Don't Look Now

  • The Eagle Has Landed

    The Eagle Has Landed

  • Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

  • FTA

    FTA

  • Swimming with Sharks

    Swimming with Sharks

  • 1900

    1900

  • JFK: Destiny Betrayed

    JFK: Destiny Betrayed

  • Abicinema

    Abicinema

  • Man of the World

    Man of the World

  • The Wolf at the Door

    The Wolf at the Door

  • Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

  • Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

  • The Eagle

    The Eagle

  • The Disappearance

    The Disappearance

  • Space Cowboys

    Space Cowboys

  • The Best Offer

    The Best Offer

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer

  • Virus

    Virus

  • Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

  • The Setting Sun

    The Setting Sun

  • Gas

    Gas

  • Alone

    Alone

  • Fanatic

    Fanatic

  • Backstory

    Backstory

  • The Art of War

    The Art of War

  • Queen Victoria's Empire

    Queen Victoria's Empire

  • Klute

    Klute

  • Six Degrees of Separation

    Six Degrees of Separation

  • The First Great Train Robbery

    The First Great Train Robbery

  • Human Trafficking

    Human Trafficking

  • North China Factory

    North China Factory

  • Revolution

    Revolution

  • Citizen X

    Citizen X

  • The Shuttered Room

    The Shuttered Room

  • The Con Artist

    The Con Artist

  • Eye of the Needle

    Eye of the Needle

  • Dr Terror's House of Horrors

    Dr Terror's House of Horrors

  • Murder by Decree

    Murder by Decree

  • Backdraft 2

    Backdraft 2

  • Without Limits

    Without Limits

  • Johnny Got His Gun

    Johnny Got His Gun

  • The Day of the Locust

    The Day of the Locust

  • Miranda's Victim

    Miranda's Victim

  • American Gun

    American Gun

  • The Assignment

    The Assignment

  • Citizen Jane Fonda

    Citizen Jane Fonda

  • Shadow of the Wolf

    Shadow of the Wolf

  • The Calling

    The Calling

  • Fellini's Casanova

    Fellini's Casanova

  • The Puppet Masters

    The Puppet Masters

  • Friday People

    Friday People

  • Billion Dollar Brain

    Billion Dollar Brain

  • Path to War

    Path to War

  • Max Dugan Returns

    Max Dugan Returns

  • Uprising

    Uprising

  • Stonehenge: Decoded

    Stonehenge: Decoded

  • La Classe américaine

    La Classe américaine

  • Big Shot's Funeral

    Big Shot's Funeral

  • The Bedford Incident

    The Bedford Incident

  • A Dry White Season

    A Dry White Season

  • Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

  • Measure of a Man

    Measure of a Man

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Fierce People

    Fierce People

  • Ordeal by Innocence

    Ordeal by Innocence

  • The Man on the Train

    The Man on the Train

  • Land of the Blind

    Land of the Blind

  • American Hangman

    American Hangman

  • Little Murders

    Little Murders

  • Sir! No Sir!

    Sir! No Sir!

  • The Awful Manners

    The Awful Manners

  • Free Money

    Free Money

  • The Split

    The Split

  • Bethune

    Bethune

  • Heaven Help Us

    Heaven Help Us

  • Lost Angels

    Lost Angels

  • The Winter of Our Discontent

    The Winter of Our Discontent

  • JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

    JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

  • Jock the Hero Dog

    Jock the Hero Dog

  • Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

    Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

  • Nothing Personal

    Nothing Personal

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

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

  • The Rosary Murders

    The Rosary Murders

  • Hollow Point

    Hollow Point

  • Alex in Wonderland

    Alex in Wonderland

  • The Hunley

    The Hunley

  • A Man, a Woman and a Bank

    A Man, a Woman and a Bank

  • The Cinema According to Bertolucci

    The Cinema According to Bertolucci

  • Trumbo

    Trumbo

  • Reach for the Stars

    Reach for the Stars

  • Threshold

    Threshold

  • Start the Revolution Without Me

    Start the Revolution Without Me

  • Assassin's Bullet

    Assassin's Bullet

  • Crackers

    Crackers

  • Blood Relatives

    Blood Relatives

  • Operation Dirty Dozen

    Operation Dirty Dozen

  • Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

    Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

  • Days of Darkness

    Days of Darkness

  • Pirate's Passage

    Pirate's Passage

  • Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

    Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

  • Five Moons Plaza

    Five Moons Plaza

  • The Big Heist

    The Big Heist

  • Quicksand: No Escape

    Quicksand: No Escape

  • Fellini nel cestino

    Fellini nel cestino

  • Benefit of the Doubt

    Benefit of the Doubt

  • The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

    The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

  • Buster's Bedroom

    Buster's Bedroom

  • The Eastmans

    The Eastmans

  • Steelyard Blues

    Steelyard Blues

  • The Railway Station Man

    The Railway Station Man

  • Bethune: The Making of a Hero

    Bethune: The Making of a Hero

  • Kate Bush: Sensual World

    Kate Bush: Sensual World

  • Baltic Storm

    Baltic Storm

  • Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

    Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

  • Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

    Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

  • The Magic of Fellini

    The Magic of Fellini

  • Aurora Borealis

    Aurora Borealis

  • Apprentice to Murder

    Apprentice to Murder

  • Scream of Stone

    Scream of Stone

  • The Lifeforce Experiment

    The Lifeforce Experiment

  • The Physics of Sorrow

    The Physics of Sorrow

  • End of the Game

    End of the Game

  • Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

    Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

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

    Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

  • Milton's Secret

    Milton's Secret

  • The Castle of the Living Dead

    The Castle of the Living Dead

  • Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'

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

  • The Sunshine Patriot

    The Sunshine Patriot

  • For King and Country: Out There

    For King and Country: Out There

  • The Trouble with Spies

    The Trouble with Spies

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

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

  • 'Klute' in New York

    'Klute' in New York

  • The Hunger Games: Letters From The Rose Garden

    The Hunger Games: Letters From The Rose Garden

  • A War Story

    A War Story

  • People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe

    People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe

  • Behind the Mask

    Behind the Mask

  • Act of the Heart

    Act of the Heart

  • Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...

    Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...

  • The Autobiography of Malcolm X

    The Autobiography of Malcolm X

  • The World Ten Times Over

    The World Ten Times Over

  • Point and Shoot

    Point and Shoot

  • The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas

    The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas

  • Hearst Castle: Building the Dream

    Hearst Castle: Building the Dream

  • Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia

    Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia