Donald Sutherland

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

July 17, 1935

died

June 20, 2024

place of birth

Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

also known as

Don Sutherland · Donald McNicol Sutherland, OC

total credits

50 movies

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.

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Known For

Filmography

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Pride & Prejudice
8.1

Pride & Prejudice

2005as Mr. Bennet
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
6.8

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

2014as President Coriolanus Snow
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
7.4

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

2013as President Coriolanus Snow
The Mechanic
6.5

The Mechanic

2011as Harry McKenna
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
6.9

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

2015as President Coriolanus Snow
Moonfall
6.3

Moonfall

2022as Holdenfield
Disclosure
6.3

Disclosure

1994as Bob Garvin
The Italian Job
6.8

The Italian Job

2003as John Bridger
The Hunger Games
7.2

The Hunger Games

2012as President Coriolanus Snow
Lord of War
7.3

Lord of War

2005as Colonel Oliver Southern (voice)
The Dirty Dozen
7.6

The Dirty Dozen

1967as Vernon Pinkley
A Time to Kill
7.4

A Time to Kill

1996as Lucien Wilbanks
Fallen
6.8

Fallen

1998as Lt. Stanton
JFK
7.6

JFK

1991as X
M*A*S*H
7.0

M*A*S*H

1970as Hawkeye Pierce
Fool's Gold
5.8

Fool's Gold

2008as Nigel Honeycutt
Outbreak
6.6

Outbreak

1995as General Donald McClintock
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
7.2

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1978as Matthew Bennell
Lock Up
6.8

Lock Up

1989as Warden Drumgoole
Astro Boy
6.3

Astro Boy

2009as President Stone (voice)
Forsaken
6.2

Forsaken

2015as Rev. Clayton
Horrible Bosses
6.6

Horrible Bosses

2011as Jack Pellit
Animal House
7.0

Animal House

1978as Dave Jennings
Virus
5.4

Virus

1999as Captain Robert Everton
Backdraft
6.7

Backdraft

1991as Ronald Bartel
The Eagle
6.2

The Eagle

2011as Aquila
Cold Mountain
6.9

Cold Mountain

2003as Reverend Monroe
The Best Offer
7.8

The Best Offer

2013as Billy Whistler
Space Cowboys
6.4

Space Cowboys

2000as Jerry O'Neill
Kelly's Heroes
7.4

Kelly's Heroes

1970as Sgt. Oddball (Tank Commander)
Don't Look Now
6.9

Don't Look Now

1973as John Baxter
1900
7.8

1900

1976as Attila Mellanchini
Alone
5.8

Alone

2020as Edward
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
6.2

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

2001as Dr. Sid (voice)
Ad Astra
6.1

Ad Astra

2019as Thomas Pruitt
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
5.6

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1992as Merrick Jamison-Smythe
Reign Over Me
7.2

Reign Over Me

2007as Richter Raines
The Eagle Has Landed
6.7

The Eagle Has Landed

1976as Liam Devlin
Instinct
6.5

Instinct

1999as Ben Hillard
Ordinary People
7.4

Ordinary People

1980as Calvin Jarrett
The Assignment
6.4

The Assignment

1997as Jack Shaw / Henry Fields
The First Great Train Robbery
6.7

The First Great Train Robbery

1978as Robert Agar
Beerfest
5.8

Beerfest

2006as Johann von Wolfhaus (uncredited)
Klute
6.8

Klute

1971as John Klute
Uprising
6.5

Uprising

2001as Adam Czerniaków
The Art of War
5.7

The Art of War

2000as Douglas Thomas
OZI: Voice of the Forest
6.2

OZI: Voice of the Forest

2024as Mr. Smiley
Citizen X
7.2

Citizen X

1995as Col. Mikhail Fetisov
Free Money
5.4

Free Money

1998as Judge Rausenberg
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
6.4

Mr. Harrigan's Phone

2022as Mr. Harrigan