Donald Sutherland

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

242

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 Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • The View

    The View

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • The Avengers

    The Avengers

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • Pride & Prejudice

    Pride & Prejudice

  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

  • The Mechanic

    The Mechanic

  • Lord of War

    Lord of War

  • The Champions

    The Champions

  • Crossing Lines

    Crossing Lines

  • The Italian Job

    The Italian Job

  • Moonfall

    Moonfall

  • Romy Award

    Romy Award

  • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

  • Kelly's Heroes

    Kelly's Heroes

  • Commander in Chief

    Commander in Chief

  • Astro Boy

    Astro Boy

  • The Hunger Games

    The Hunger Games

  • Cold Mountain

    Cold Mountain

  • The Pillars of the Earth

    The Pillars of the Earth

  • The Eagle Has Landed

    The Eagle Has Landed

  • Gideon's Way

    Gideon's Way

  • An American Haunting

    An American Haunting

  • Horrible Bosses

    Horrible Bosses

  • Trust

    Trust

  • Lawmen: Bass Reeves

    Lawmen: Bass Reeves

  • A Time to Kill

    A Time to Kill

  • Shadow Conspiracy

    Shadow Conspiracy

  • The Dirty Dozen

    The Dirty Dozen

  • Lock Up

    Lock Up

  • America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

    America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

  • Man in a Suitcase

    Man in a Suitcase

  • Man in a Suitcase

    Man in a Suitcase

  • Dirty Sexy Money

    Dirty Sexy Money

  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

  • The Undoing

    The Undoing

  • JFK

    JFK

  • Man of the World

    Man of the World

  • Outbreak

    Outbreak

  • Ice

    Ice

  • The Eagle

    The Eagle

  • Miranda's Victim

    Miranda's Victim

  • Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

    Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

  • The Trouble with Spies

    The Trouble with Spies

  • JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

    JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

  • Murder by Decree

    Murder by Decree

  • Reign Over Me

    Reign Over Me

  • The Hunger Games: Letters From The Rose Garden

    The Hunger Games: Letters From The Rose Garden

  • Without Limits

    Without Limits

  • Ask the Dust

    Ask the Dust

  • The Physics of Sorrow

    The Physics of Sorrow

  • American Hangman

    American Hangman

  • Alone

    Alone

  • The Frame

    The Frame

  • Animal House

    Animal House

  • The Best Offer

    The Best Offer

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer

  • Forsaken

    Forsaken

  • Swimming with Sharks

    Swimming with Sharks

  • Citizen X

    Citizen X

  • A Dry White Season

    A Dry White Season

  • Baltic Storm

    Baltic Storm

  • Fool's Gold

    Fool's Gold

  • Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

    Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

  • Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

    Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

  • Fallen

    Fallen

  • Ordeal by Innocence

    Ordeal by Innocence

  • The Kentucky Fried Movie

    The Kentucky Fried Movie

  • The Bedford Incident

    The Bedford Incident

  • Bethune: The Making of a Hero

    Bethune: The Making of a Hero

  • Milton's Secret

    Milton's Secret

  • The Puppet Masters

    The Puppet Masters

  • The Day of the Locust

    The Day of the Locust

  • Assassin's Bullet

    Assassin's Bullet

  • Shadow of the Wolf

    Shadow of the Wolf

  • Revolution

    Revolution

  • Backdraft

    Backdraft

  • The Rosary Murders

    The Rosary Murders

  • Disclosure

    Disclosure

  • The Magic of Fellini

    The Magic of Fellini

  • Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

  • Space Cowboys

    Space Cowboys

  • Don't Look Now

    Don't Look Now

  • Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

    Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

  • Scene by Scene

    Scene by Scene

  • The Shuttered Room

    The Shuttered Room

  • Ordinary People

    Ordinary People

  • Eminent Domain

    Eminent Domain

  • Johnny Got His Gun

    Johnny Got His Gun

  • Mr. Harrigan's Phone

    Mr. Harrigan's Phone

  • M*A*S*H

    M*A*S*H

  • The Art of War

    The Art of War

  • Land of the Blind

    Land of the Blind

  • The Autobiography of Malcolm X

    The Autobiography of Malcolm X

  • Start the Revolution Without Me

    Start the Revolution Without Me

  • Scream of Stone

    Scream of Stone

  • Salem's Lot

    Salem's Lot

  • 1900

    1900

  • The Split

    The Split

  • Alex in Wonderland

    Alex in Wonderland

  • The Big Heist

    The Big Heist

  • Ad Astra

    Ad Astra

  • Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

  • The Calling

    The Calling

  • Little Murders

    Little Murders

  • The Man on the Train

    The Man on the Train

  • Five Moons Plaza

    Five Moons Plaza

  • Lost Angels

    Lost Angels

  • Big Shot's Funeral

    Big Shot's Funeral

  • Dawn Rider

    Dawn Rider

  • The Disappearance

    The Disappearance

  • The Sunshine Patriot

    The Sunshine Patriot

  • The Assignment

    The Assignment

  • The Setting Sun

    The Setting Sun

  • 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 Hunley

    The Hunley

  • Stonehenge: Decoded

    Stonehenge: Decoded

  • Bear Island

    Bear Island

  • The Burnt Orange Heresy

    The Burnt Orange Heresy

  • American Gun

    American Gun

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

  • Beerfest

    Beerfest

  • Nothing Personal

    Nothing Personal

  • Human Trafficking

    Human Trafficking

  • La Classe américaine

    La Classe américaine

  • Eye of the Needle

    Eye of the Needle

  • Instinct

    Instinct

  • The First Great Train Robbery

    The First Great Train Robbery

  • Days of Darkness

    Days of Darkness

  • Klute

    Klute

  • A War Story

    A War Story

  • JFK: Destiny Betrayed

    JFK: Destiny Betrayed

  • Ozi: Voice of the Forest

    Ozi: Voice of the Forest

  • Quicksand: No Escape

    Quicksand: No Escape

  • Fierce People

    Fierce People

  • Crackers

    Crackers

  • Jappeloup

    Jappeloup

  • Max Dugan Returns

    Max Dugan Returns

  • 'Klute' in New York

    'Klute' in New York

  • Red Hot

    Red Hot

  • Interlude

    Interlude

  • Puffball

    Puffball

  • Heaven Help Us

    Heaven Help Us

  • The Leisure Seeker

    The Leisure Seeker

  • Basmati Blues

    Basmati Blues

  • Virus

    Virus

  • Backstory

    Backstory

  • Behind the Mask

    Behind the Mask

  • Studio Four

    Studio Four

  • Free Money

    Free Money

  • Alien Thunder

    Alien Thunder

  • Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

  • Blood Relatives

    Blood Relatives

  • Younger and Younger

    Younger and Younger

  • Promise Her Anything

    Promise Her Anything

  • Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'

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

  • Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

    Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

  • Sebastian

    Sebastian

  • The Lifeforce Experiment

    The Lifeforce Experiment

  • Aurora Borealis

    Aurora Borealis

  • Lady Ice

    Lady Ice

  • Fellini dice...

    Fellini dice...

  • The Con Artist

    The Con Artist

  • Backdraft 2

    Backdraft 2

  • Abicinema

    Abicinema

  • Measure of a Man

    Measure of a Man

  • The Eastmans

    The Eastmans

  • Pirate's Passage

    Pirate's Passage

  • Uprising

    Uprising

  • Apprentice to Murder

    Apprentice to Murder

  • The Castle of the Living Dead

    The Castle of the Living Dead

  • Billion Dollar Brain

    Billion Dollar Brain

  • Six Degrees of Separation

    Six Degrees of Separation

  • Panic

    Panic

  • The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power

    The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power

  • Steelyard Blues

    Steelyard Blues

  • Point and Shoot

    Point and Shoot

  • FTA

    FTA

  • Hamlet at Elsinore

    Hamlet at Elsinore

  • Hollow Point

    Hollow Point

  • Fellini's Casanova

    Fellini's Casanova

  • Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

    Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

  • The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

    The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

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

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

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • The Winter of Our Discontent

    The Winter of Our Discontent

  • History vs. Hollywood

    History vs. Hollywood

  • A Man, a Woman and a Bank

    A Man, a Woman and a Bank

  • Benefit of the Doubt

    Benefit of the Doubt

  • Jock the Hero Dog

    Jock the Hero Dog

  • The Railway Station Man

    The Railway Station Man

  • Friday People

    Friday People

  • Natural Enemy

    Natural Enemy

  • Act of the Heart

    Act of the Heart

  • Fanatic

    Fanatic

  • Oedipus the King

    Oedipus the King

  • Joanna

    Joanna

  • S*P*Y*S

    S*P*Y*S

  • Buster's Bedroom

    Buster's Bedroom

  • Sir! No Sir!

    Sir! No Sir!

  • Kate Bush: Sensual World

    Kate Bush: Sensual World

  • Queen Victoria's Empire

    Queen Victoria's Empire

  • Sleepwalkers

    Sleepwalkers

  • The World Ten Times Over

    The World Ten Times Over

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

    Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

  • Reach for the Stars

    Reach for the Stars

  • Path to War

    Path to War

  • Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

    Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

  • Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

    Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

  • Fellini nel cestino

    Fellini nel cestino

  • The Wolf at the Door

    The Wolf at the Door

  • Trumbo

    Trumbo

  • North China Factory

    North China Factory

  • Gas

    Gas

  • The Cinema According to Bertolucci

    The Cinema According to Bertolucci

  • End of the Game

    End of the Game

  • Threshold

    Threshold

  • Operation Dirty Dozen

    Operation Dirty Dozen

  • People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe

    People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe

  • Bethune

    Bethune

  • Cloudbusting

    Cloudbusting

  • Hearst Castle: Building the Dream

    Hearst Castle: Building the Dream

  • Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...

    Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...

  • The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas

    The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas

  • Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia

    Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia