Donald Sutherland is read about 8,402 times a day, in 88 languages.
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Something wrong?Six decades, no Oscar nomination - yet Sutherland became the actor other actors studied. That angular face and cool, unsettling presence carried him from the anarchic bite of M*A*S*H to the cold cruelty of President Snow, a range so wide the Academy finally issued an honorary statue in 2017 just to close the gap.
A life in dates
Lawmen: Bass ReevesSeries, Judge Isaac Parker2022
MoonfallFilm, Holdenfield2019Companion of the Order of CanadaAward2017“I’m really hoping that in some movie I’m doing, I die - but I die, me, Donald - and they’re able to use my funeral and the coffin … That would be absolutely ideal.”In their words8 November 2017As quoted in "After bright career, Donald Sutherland finally nabs an Oscar" by Anthony McCartney (8 November 2017)Academy Honorary AwardAward2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2Film, President Coriolanus Snow2014Teen Choice Award for Best VillainAward2013“We had a housekeeper in Canada, a wonderful woman, whose father raped all of his daughters.”In their words19 November 2013From an interview, as cited in "Donald Sutherland: 'I want Hunger Games to stir up a revolution'", The Guardian (19 November 2013)
Crossing LinesSeries, 2013Michael Dorn
The Best OfferFilm, 2013Billy Whistler2011
Horrible BossesFilm, Jack Pellit2007
Reign Over MeFilm, Richter Raines2005
Commander in ChiefSeries, Nathan Templeton
Lord of WarFilm, 2005Colonel Oliver Southern (voice)2001
Final Fantasy: The Spirits WithinFilm, Dr. Sid (voice)2000Canada's Walk of FameAwardGovernor General's Performing Arts AwardAward1999
InstinctFilm, Ben Hillard1998“I love to work. I passionately love to work. I love to feel my hand fit into the glove of some other character. I find a huge freedom - time stops for me.”In their words10 September 1998Interview on the film Without Limits, on Charlie Rose (10 September 1998) [@12:08]1996Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television FilmAward
A Time to KillFilm, 1996Lucien Wilbanks1995Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a MovieAward1994
DisclosureFilm, Bob Garvin1989
The SimpsonsSeries, Hollis Hurlbut (voice)
Lock UpFilm, 1989Warden Drumgoole1985
Screen TwoSeries, Roger Hawthorne1978Officer of the Order of CanadaAward
Animal HouseFilm, 1978Dave Jennings1974
Spécial cinémaSeries1973
Don't Look NowFilm, John Baxter1968
The ChampionsSeries, David Crayley1967
The Dirty DozenFilm, Vernon Pinkley1964
Theatre 625Series, Priest1961
The AvengersSeries, Jessel1944
Golden Globe AwardsSeries1935Born17 July 1935Also in Deutsch
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Sutherland (third from the right) at the Puppet Club at Victoria School in Saint John, 1948
Sutherland and Jane Fonda starring in the film Klute (1971)
Sutherland, Robert De Niro, and Gérard Depardieu in Bertolucci's 1976 epic film 1900
Blanche Baker and Sutherland during Lolita rehearsal, 1980
Several notable Canadians, including Sutherland (right front), carrying the Olympic flag at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Vancouver
Sutherland at the 2013 Monte-Carlo Television Festival
Sutherland (seated) performing in the anti-Vietnam War FTA (Free The Army) road show, 1971In their own words 5
, I’m really hoping that in some movie I’m doing, I die - but I die, me, Donald - and they’re able to use my funeral and the coffin … That would be absolutely ideal.
We had a housekeeper in Canada, a wonderful woman, whose father raped all of his daughters.
I love to work. I passionately love to work. I love to feel my hand fit into the glove of some other character. I find a huge freedom - time stops for me.
Filmography 40
MOMoonfall
MPMr. Harrigan's Phone
AAAd AstraTPThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
TPThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
TFThe Hunger Games: Catching FireTOThe Best Offer
TGThe Hunger GamesHBHorrible Bosses
TMThe Mechanic
TEThe Eagle
ABAstro Boy
FGFool's GoldRMReign Over Me
BEBeerfest
PPPride & PrejudiceLWLord of War
TJThe Italian Job
CMCold MountainFWFinal Fantasy: The Spirits Within
SCSpace Cowboys
TWThe Art of WarINInstinct
FAFallenAKA Time to Kill
OUOutbreakDIDisclosure
BSBuffy the Vampire Slayer
JFJFK
BABackdraftLULock Up
OPOrdinary PeopleAHAnimal House
ISInvasion of the Body Snatchers
TLThe Eagle Has Landed
1900DNDon't Look Now
MHM*A*S*H
KHKelly's HeroesTDThe Dirty Dozen261 credits on file
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LRLawmen: Bass Reeves
TUThe UndoingCLCrossing Lines
TSThe Graham Norton ShowCCCommander in Chief
TVThe ViewTSThe Simpsons
LMLIVE with Kelly and Mark
AEAmerican ExperienceSTScreen Two
LDLes Rendez-vous du dimancheSCSpécial cinéma
TSThe Dick Cavett Show
TGThe Name of the GameTCThe Champions
BMBBC Play of the MonthTHTheatre 625
TCThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TSThe Saint
TSThe Mike Douglas ShowTAThe Avengers
TOThe OscarsGAGolden Globe AwardsAwards
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Donald McNichol Sutherland was born in Canada on 17 July 1935 and rose through 1960s war films - The Dirty Dozen in 1967, then M*A*S*H and Kelly's Heroes in 1970 - before settling into a rhythm of leading and character work that never quit. He moved through Klute, the eerie Don't Look Now, Fellini's Casanova, Animal House, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Ordinary People, and dozens more across four decades, then found a late commercial apex as the despotic President Snow in The Hunger Games franchise. Television brought him an Emmy for Citizen X in 1995 and a Golden Globe for Path to War in 2002. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1978, elevated to Companion in 2019, and remained a vocal anti-war activist from Vietnam onward. He died 20 June 2024, father to three actors, never Oscar-nominated but impossible to forget.
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