Donald Sutherland
Born July 17, 1935 (Age: 90)
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Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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.
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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Filmography
Moonfall
2022
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as Holdenfield
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Age: 86
Ad Astra
2019
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as Thomas Pruitt
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Age: 84
The Leisure Seeker
2018
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as John Spencer
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Age: 82
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
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as President Coriolanus Snow
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Age: 80
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015
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as Self - President Coriolanus Snow
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Age: 79
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
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as President Coriolanus Snow
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Age: 79
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
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as President Coriolanus Snow
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Age: 78
The Best Offer
2013
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as Billy Whistler
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Age: 77
The Hunger Games
2012
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as President Coriolanus Snow
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Age: 76
Treasure Island
2012
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as Captain Flint
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Age: 76
Horrible Bosses
2011
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as Jack Pellit
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Age: 75
The Eagle
2011
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as Aquila
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Age: 75
The Mechanic
2011
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as Harry McKenna
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Age: 75
Astro Boy
2009
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as President Stone (voice)
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Age: 74
Fool's Gold
2008
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as Nigel Honeycutt
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Age: 72
Days of Darkness
2007
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as Donald Sutherland
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Age: 72
Reign Over Me
2007
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as Richter Raines
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Age: 71
Beerfest
2006
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as Johann von Wolfhaus (uncredited)
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Age: 71
Ask the Dust
2006
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as Hellfrick
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Age: 70
Fellini dice...
2006
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as Self
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Age: 70
Pride & Prejudice
2005
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as Mr. Bennet
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Age: 70
Lord of War
2005
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as Colonel Oliver Southern (voice)
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Age: 70
An American Haunting
2005
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as John Bell
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Age: 69
Cold Mountain
2003
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as Reverend Monroe
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Age: 68
The Italian Job
2003
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as John Bridger
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Age: 67
Uprising
2001
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as Adam Czerniaków
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Age: 66
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
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as Dr. Sid (voice)
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Age: 65
Panic
2000
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as Michael
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Age: 65
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
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as Self
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Age: 65
The Art of War
2000
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as Douglas Thomas
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Age: 65
Space Cowboys
2000
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as Jerry O'Neill
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Age: 65
Instinct
1999
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as Ben Hillard
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Age: 63
Virus
1999
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as Captain Robert Everton
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Age: 63
Without Limits
1998
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as Bill Bowerman
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Age: 63
Fallen
1998
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as Lt. Stanton
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Age: 62
Shadow Conspiracy
1997
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as Jacob Conrad
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Age: 61
A Time to Kill
1996
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as Lucien Wilbanks
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Age: 61
Outbreak
1995
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as General Donald McClintock
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Age: 59
Disclosure
1994
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as Bob Garvin
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Age: 59
The Puppet Masters
1994
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as Andrew Nivens
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Age: 59
Six Degrees of Separation
1993
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as Flan
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Age: 58
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992
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as Merrick Jamison-Smythe
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Age: 57
JFK
1991
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as X
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Age: 56
Backdraft
1991
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as Ronald Bartel
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Age: 55
Eminent Domain
1991
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as Josef Borski
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Age: 55
Kate Bush: Sensual World
1990
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 54
Lock Up
1989
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as Warden Drumgoole
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Age: 54
Lost Angels
1989
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as Dr. Charles Loftis
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Age: 53
Apprentice to Murder
1988
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as John Reese
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Age: 52
The Rosary Murders
1987
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as Father Robert Koesler
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Age: 52
Revolution
1985
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as Sgt. Maj. Peasy
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Age: 50
Crackers
1984
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as Westlake
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Age: 48
Max Dugan Returns
1983
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as Brian Costello
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Age: 47
Ordinary People
1980
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as Calvin Jarrett
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Age: 45
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978
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as Matthew Bennell
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Age: 43
Animal House
1978
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as Dave Jennings
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Age: 43
'Klute' in New York
1971
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as Self
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Age: 36
Klute
1971
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as John Klute
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Age: 35
Kelly's Heroes
1970
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as Sgt. Oddball (Tank Commander)
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Age: 34
M*A*S*H
1970
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as Hawkeye Pierce
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Age: 34
The Sunshine Patriot
1968
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as Benedeck
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Age: 33
No Image
For King and Country: Out There
1963
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as Canadian
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Age: 28