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Donald Sutherland

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Donald Sutherland

Born July 17, 1935 in Saint John, New Brunswick, CanadaDied June 20, 2024160 films

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).

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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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Filmography

160 films as actor
  1. 2024OZI: Voice of the ForestMr. Smiley (voice)
  2. 2023Miranda's VictimJudge Wren
  3. 2022Mr. Harrigan's PhoneMr. Harrigan
  4. 2022MoonfallHoldenfield
  5. 2020AloneEdward
  6. 2020The Burnt Orange HeresyJerome Debney
  7. 2019Ad AstraThomas Pruitt
  8. 2019The Physics of Sorrow(voice)
  9. 2019Backdraft 2Ronald Bartel
  10. 2019American HangmanJudge Straight
  11. 2018Measure of a ManDr. Kahn
  12. 2018The Leisure SeekerJohn Spencer
  13. 2017Basmati BluesGurgon
  14. 2016Milton's SecretGrandpa Howard
  15. 2016Point and ShootMan
  16. 2015The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2President Coriolanus Snow
  17. 2015ForsakenRev. Clayton
  18. 2015Pirate's PassageCaptain Charles Johnson (voice)
  19. 2014The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1President Coriolanus Snow
  20. 2014The CallingFather Price
  21. 2013The Hunger Games: Catching FirePresident Coriolanus Snow
  22. 2013JappeloupJohn Lester
  23. 2013The Best OfferBilly Whistler
  24. 2012Assassin's BulletAmbassador Ashdown
  25. 2012Dawn RiderPop
  26. 2012The Hunger GamesPresident Coriolanus Snow
  27. 2012Treasure IslandFlint
  28. 2011The Man on the TrainThe Professor
  29. 2011Jock the Hero DogNarrator / Sir Percy Fitzpatrick (voice)
  30. 2011Horrible BossesJack Pellit
  31. 2011The EagleAquila
  32. 2011The MechanicHarry McKenna
  33. 2010The Con ArtistKranski
  34. 2009Astro BoyPresident Stone (voice)
  35. 2009The EastmansDr. Charles Eastman
  36. 2008Fool's GoldNigel Honeycutt
  37. 2007PuffballLars
  38. 2007Days of DarknessDonald Sutherland
  39. 2007Reign Over MeRichter Raines
  40. 2006BeerfestJohann von Wolfhaus (uncredited)
  41. 2006Land of the BlindThorne
  42. 2006Fierce PeopleOgden C. Osborne
  43. 2006Ask the DustHellfrick
  44. 2005Pride & PrejudiceMr. Bennet
  45. 2005Lord of WarColonel Oliver Southern (voice)
  46. 2005American GunCarl Wilk
  47. 2005An American HauntingJohn Bell
  48. 2005Aurora BorealisRonald Shorter
  49. 2003Cold MountainReverend Monroe
  50. 2003Path to WarClark Clifford
  51. 2003Baltic StormLou Aldryn
  52. 2003The Italian JobJohn Bridger
  53. 2003Five Moons PlazaRosario Sarracino
  54. 2001Big Shot's FuneralTyler
  55. 2001UprisingAdam Czerniaków
  56. 2001Final Fantasy: The Spirits WithinDr. Sid (voice)
  57. 2001The Big HeistJimmy Burke
  58. 2000PanicMichael
  59. 2000The Art of WarDouglas Thomas
  60. 2000Space CowboysJerry O'Neill
  61. 1999The HunleyGen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard
  62. 1999InstinctBen Hillard
  63. 1999Behind the MaskDr. Bob Shushan
  64. 1999VirusCaptain Robert Everton
  65. 1998Free MoneyJudge Rausenberg
  66. 1998Without LimitsBill Bowerman
  67. 1998FallenLt. Stanton
  68. 1997The AssignmentJack Shaw / Henry Fields
  69. 1997Shadow ConspiracyJacob Conrad
  70. 1996Natural EnemyTed Robards
  71. 1996Hollow PointGarrett Lawton
  72. 1996A Time to KillLucien Wilbanks
  73. 1995OutbreakGeneral Donald McClintock
  74. 1995Citizen XCol. Mikhail Fetisov
  75. 1994DisclosureBob Garvin
  76. 1994The Puppet MastersAndrew Nivens
  77. 1994Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells AllWilliam Marsden
  78. 1994The Lifeforce ExperimentDr. 'Mac' MacLean
  79. 1993Six Degrees of SeparationFlan
  80. 1993Younger and YoungerJonathan Younger
  81. 1993Bethune: The Making of a HeroDr. Norman Bethune
  82. 1993Red HotKirov
  83. 1993Benefit of the DoubtFrank
  84. 1992The Poky Little Puppy's First ChristmasNarrator (voice)
  85. 1992The Railway Station ManRoger Hawthorne
  86. 1992The Setting SunJohn Williams
  87. 1992Buffy the Vampire SlayerMerrick Jamison-Smythe
  88. 1992Shadow of the WolfHenderson
  89. 1992Quicksand: No EscapeMurdoch
  90. 1991JFKX
  91. 1991Scream of StoneIvan
  92. 1991BackdraftRonald Bartel
  93. 1991Buster's BedroomO'Connor
  94. 1991Eminent DomainJosef Borski
  95. 1989A Dry White SeasonBen du Toit
  96. 1989Lock UpWarden Drumgoole
  97. 1989Lost AngelsDr. Charles Loftis
  98. 1988Apprentice to MurderJohn Reese
  99. 1987The Trouble with SpiesAppleton Porter
  100. 1987The Rosary MurdersFather Robert Koesler
  101. 1986The Wolf at the DoorPaul Gauguin
  102. 1985RevolutionSgt. Maj. Peasy
  103. 1985Heaven Help UsBrother Thadeus
  104. 1984Ordeal by InnocenceDr. Arthur Calgary
  105. 1984CrackersWestlake
  106. 1983The Winter of Our DiscontentEthan Hawley
  107. 1983Max Dugan ReturnsBrian Costello
  108. 1981A War StoryNarrator (voice)
  109. 1981ThresholdDr. Thomas Vrain
  110. 1981Eye of the NeedleFaber
  111. 1981GasNick the Noz
  112. 1980Ordinary PeopleCalvin Jarrett
  113. 1980Nothing PersonalRoger Keller
  114. 1979Bear IslandFrank Lansing
  115. 1979A Man, a Woman and a BankReese Halperin
  116. 1979Murder by DecreeRobert Lees
  117. 1978Invasion of the Body SnatchersMatthew Bennell
  118. 1978The First Great Train RobberyRobert Agar
  119. 1978Animal HouseDave Jennings
  120. 1978Blood RelativesSteve Carella