Donald Sutherland

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.

🎬 Movies Featuring Donald Sutherland

Moonfall

Moonfall (2022)

as Holdenfield
Ad Astra

Ad Astra (2019)

as Thomas Pruitt
Backdraft 2

Backdraft 2 (2019)

as Ronald Bartel
Milton's Secret

Milton's Secret (2016)

as Grandpa Howard
Forsaken

Forsaken (2015)

as Rev. Clayton
Pirate's Passage

Pirate's Passage (2015)

as Captain Charles Johnson (voice)
The Calling

The Calling (2014)

as Father Price
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

as President Coriolanus Snow
Jappeloup

Jappeloup (2013)

as John Lester
The Best Offer

The Best Offer (2013)

as Billy Whistler
Assassin's Bullet

Assassin's Bullet (2012)

as Ambassador Ashdown
The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games (2012)

as President Coriolanus Snow
Jock the Hero Dog

Jock the Hero Dog (2011)

as Narrator / Sir Percy Fitzpatrick (voice)
The Mechanic

The Mechanic (2011)

as Harry McKenna
Astro Boy

Astro Boy (2009)

as President Stone (voice)
The Eastmans

The Eastmans (2009)

as Dr. Charles Eastman
Fool's Gold

Fool's Gold (2008)

as Nigel Honeycutt
Days of Darkness

Days of Darkness (2007)

as Donald Sutherland
Reign Over Me

Reign Over Me (2007)

as Richter Raines
Sleepwalkers

Sleepwalkers (2007)

as Businessman Struck by a Taxi
Fierce People

Fierce People (2006)

as Ogden C. Osborne
Beerfest

Beerfest (2006)

as Johann von Wolfhaus (uncredited)
Lord of War

Lord of War (2005)

as Colonel Oliver Southern (voice)
Aurora Borealis

Aurora Borealis (2005)

as Ronald Shorter
Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain (2003)

as Reverend Monroe
Path to War

Path to War (2003)

as Clark Clifford
Five Moons Plaza

Five Moons Plaza (2003)

as Rosario Sarracino
The Magic of Fellini

The Magic of Fellini (2002)

as Self (archive footage)
Uprising

Uprising (2001)

as Adam Czerniaków
Panic

Panic (2000)

as Michael
The Art of War

The Art of War (2000)

as Douglas Thomas
Space Cowboys

Space Cowboys (2000)

as Jerry O'Neill
The Hunley

The Hunley (1999)

as Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard
Instinct

Instinct (1999)

as Ben Hillard
Behind the Mask

Behind the Mask (1999)

as Dr. Bob Shushan
Virus

Virus (1999)

as Captain Robert Everton
Free Money

Free Money (1998)

as Judge Rausenberg
Without Limits

Without Limits (1998)

as Bill Bowerman
Fallen

Fallen (1998)

as Lt. Stanton
The Assignment

The Assignment (1997)

as Jack Shaw / Henry Fields
Hollow Point

Hollow Point (1996)

as Garrett Lawton
A Time to Kill

A Time to Kill (1996)

as Lucien Wilbanks
Outbreak

Outbreak (1995)

as General Donald McClintock
Citizen X

Citizen X (1995)

as Col. Mikhail Fetisov
La Classe américaine

La Classe américaine (1993)

as Assassin (archive footage) (uncredited)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

as Merrick Jamison-Smythe
Backdraft

Backdraft (1991)

as Ronald Bartel
Kate Bush: Sensual World

Kate Bush: Sensual World (1990)

as Self (archive footage)
Lock Up

Lock Up (1989)

as Warden Drumgoole
Lost Angels

Lost Angels (1989)

as Dr. Charles Loftis
The Rosary Murders

The Rosary Murders (1987)

as Father Robert Koesler
Revolution

Revolution (1985)

as Sgt. Maj. Peasy
Heaven Help Us

Heaven Help Us (1985)

as Brother Thadeus
Ordeal by Innocence

Ordeal by Innocence (1984)

as Dr. Arthur Calgary
No Image

A War Story (1981)

as Narrator (voice)
Threshold

Threshold (1981)

as Dr. Thomas Vrain
Gas

Gas (1981)

as Nick the Noz
Ordinary People

Ordinary People (1980)

as Calvin Jarrett
Bear Island

Bear Island (1979)

as Frank Lansing
Animal House

Animal House (1978)

as Dave Jennings
End of the Game

End of the Game (1978)

as Corpse of Lt. Robert Schmied (uncredited)
The Kentucky Fried Movie

The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

as The Clumsy Waiter (segment "That's Armageddon")
Bethune

Bethune (1977)

as Dr. Norman Bethune
Fellini's Casanova

Fellini's Casanova (1976)

as Giacomo Casanova
1900

1900 (1976)

as Attila Mellanchini
Alien Thunder

Alien Thunder (1974)

as Sgt. Dan Candy
The Awful Manners

The Awful Manners (1974)

as Man walking (uncredited)
Lady Ice

Lady Ice (1973)

as Andy Hammon
Klute

Klute (1971)

as John Klute
Act of the Heart

Act of the Heart (1970)

as Father Michael Ferrier
Kelly's Heroes

Kelly's Heroes (1970)

as Sgt. Oddball (Tank Commander)
M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H (1970)

as Hawkeye Pierce
Joanna

Joanna (1968)

as Lord Peter Sanderson
The Split

The Split (1968)

as Dave Negli
Billion Dollar Brain

Billion Dollar Brain (1967)

as Scientist at Computer
The Dirty Dozen

The Dirty Dozen (1967)

as Vernon Pinkley
Promise Her Anything

Promise Her Anything (1966)

as Autograph Seeking Father (uncredited)
The Bedford Incident

The Bedford Incident (1965)

as Hospitalman Nerney - Sick Bay
The Castle of the Living Dead

The Castle of the Living Dead (1964)

as Sgt. Paul / The Witch / The Old Man
The World Ten Times Over

The World Ten Times Over (1963)

as Tall Man in Nightclub (uncredited)