Donald Sutherland
Known For
Acting
Born
1935-07-17 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Died
2024-06-20
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.
Most Known For
The Simpsons
as Hollis Hurlbut (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
The View
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
The Avengers
as Jessel
The Saint
as John Wood
The Saint
as Jim McCleery
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
BBC Play of the Month
as Charles Givens
The Oscars
as Self
Spécial cinéma
as Self
Pride & Prejudice
as Mr. Bennet
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as President Coriolanus Snow
The Name of the Game
as Jerry Trevor