
Donald 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.
64Credits34 TV · 30 films
1951–2024Years activefirst to latest
10.0 Highest ratedThe Awful Manners
7.2 Average ratingacross 62 titles
Top TV shows 34best Donald Sutherland shows
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Hallmark Hall of FameEthan Hawley · 1 ep · 1951 - 2
The SimpsonsHollis Hurlbut (voice) · 1 ep · 1989 - 3
America's Game: The Super Bowl ChampionsNarrator (voice) · 3 eps · 2006 - 4
The AvengersJessel · 1 ep · 1961 - 5
The Pillars of the EarthEarl Bartholomew · 8 eps · 2010 - 6
Commander in ChiefNathan Templeton · 18 eps · 2005 - 7
Queen Victoria's EmpireNarrator (voice) · 4 eps · 2001 - 8Studio 4Switchboard Operator · 1 ep · 1962
- 9
The SaintJohn Wood · 1 ep · 1962 - 10
The UndoingFranklin Reinhart · 6 eps · 2020 - 11
Man in a SuitcaseWillard · 1 ep · 1967 - 12
Man of the WorldUnhelpful Neighbour (uncredited) · 1 ep · 1962 - 13
Theatre 625Priest · 1 ep · 1964 - 14
Screen TwoRoger Hawthorne · 1 ep · 1985 - 15
Human TraffickingAgent Bill Meehan · 2 eps · 2005 - 16
Gideon's WayPhilip Guest · 1 ep · 1965 - 17
The Name of the GameJerry Trevor · 1 ep · 1968 - 18
TrustJ. Paul Getty Sr. · 10 eps · 2018 - 19
Lawmen: Bass ReevesJudge Isaac Parker · 8 eps · 2023 - 20
Swimming with SharksRedmond · 6 eps · 2022 - 21
Murder in a Small TownIn Memory Of · 1 ep · 2024 - 22
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells AllWilliam Marsden · 2 eps · 1994 - 23
Crossing LinesMichael Dorn · 34 eps · 2013 - 24
The ChampionsDavid Crayley · 1 ep · 1968 - 25
American ExperienceNarrator (voice) · 1 ep · 1988 - 26
IcePieter Van De Bruin · 6 eps · 2016 - 27
Dirty Sexy MoneyPatrick "Tripp" Darling III · 23 eps · 2007 - 28
Treasure IslandCaptain Flint · 2 eps · 2012 - 29
Salem's LotRichard Straker · 2 eps · 2004 - 30
FrankensteinCaptain Walton · 2 eps · 2004 - 31
Moby DickFather Mapple · 4 eps · 2011 - 32
BBC Play of the MonthCharles Givens · 1 ep · 1965 - 33
UprisingAdam Czerniaków · 2 eps · 2001 - 34Friday People1 ep · 1985
Top movies 30best Donald Sutherland movies
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The Awful MannersMan walking (uncredited) · 1974 - 2
A War StoryNarrator (voice) · 1981 - 3
Pride & PrejudiceMr. Bennet · 2005 · Drama - 4North China FactoryNarrator (voice) · 1980
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People of the Forest: The Chimps of GombeNarrator (voice) · 1988 - 6
The Best OfferBilly Whistler · 2013 · Drama - 7
Hamlet at ElsinoreFortinbras · 1964 - 8
Citizen Jane Fonda2020 - 9
1900Attila Mellanchini · 1976 - 10
JFKX · 1991 - 11
La Classe américaineAssassin (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1993 - 12
The Physics of Sorrow(voice) · 2019 - 13
The Dirty DozenVernon Pinkley · 1967 - 14
The Sunshine PatriotBenedeck · 1968 - 15
Johnny Got His GunChrist · 1971 - 16
The Hunger Games: Catching FirePresident Coriolanus Snow · 2013 · Adventure - 17
Ordinary PeopleCalvin Jarrett · 1980 - 18
The World Ten Times OverTall Man in Nightclub (uncredited) · 1963 - 19
A Time to KillLucien Wilbanks · 1996 · Crime - 20
Kelly's HeroesSgt. Oddball (Tank Commander) · 1970 - 21
Lord of WarColonel Oliver Southern (voice) · 2005 - 22
Invasion of the Body SnatchersMatthew Bennell · 1978 - 23
Reign Over MeRichter Raines · 2007 - 24
The Hunger GamesPresident Coriolanus Snow · 2012 · Science Fiction - 25
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2President Coriolanus Snow · 2015 · Action - 26
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1President Coriolanus Snow · 2014 · Science Fiction - 27
The Italian JobJohn Bridger · 2003 · Action - 28
Horrible BossesJack Pellit · 2011 · Comedy - 29
The MechanicHarry McKenna · 2011 · Action - 30
Ad AstraThomas Pruitt · 2019 · Science Fiction