Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland

Acting
Born 1935-07-17 - Died 2024-06-20Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

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 (195)

Pride & Prejudice
8.1

Pride & Prejudice

2005Movie8.1
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
6.8

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

2014Movie6.8
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
7.4

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

2013Movie7.4
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
6.9

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

2015Movie6.9
The Eagle
6.2

The Eagle

2011Movie6.2
The Hunger Games
7.2

The Hunger Games

2012Movie7.2
The Italian Job
6.8

The Italian Job

2003Movie6.8
Lord of War
7.3

Lord of War

2005Movie7.3
Moonfall
6.3

Moonfall

2022Movie6.3
A Time to Kill
7.4

A Time to Kill

1996Movie7.4
The Mechanic
6.5

The Mechanic

2011Movie6.5
Fallen
6.8

Fallen

1998Movie6.8
Outbreak
6.6

Outbreak

1995Movie6.6
Backdraft
6.7

Backdraft

1991Movie6.7
Horrible Bosses
6.6

Horrible Bosses

2011Movie6.6
The First Great Train Robbery
6.7

The First Great Train Robbery

1978Movie6.7
Fool's Gold
5.8

Fool's Gold

2008Movie5.8
The Art of War
5.7

The Art of War

2000Movie5.7
Ad Astra
6.1

Ad Astra

2019Movie6.1
JFK
7.6

JFK

1991Movie7.6
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
7.2

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1978Movie7.2
M*A*S*H
6.9

M*A*S*H

1970Movie6.9
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
5.6

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1992Movie5.6
Astro Boy
6.3

Astro Boy

2009Movie6.3
Ordinary People
7.4

Ordinary People

1980Movie7.4
The Dirty Dozen
7.6

The Dirty Dozen

1967Movie7.6
Disclosure
6.2

Disclosure

1994Movie6.2
Citizen X
7.2

Citizen X

1995Movie7.2
Cold Mountain
6.9

Cold Mountain

2003Movie6.9
Instinct
6.5

Instinct

1999Movie6.5
Billion Dollar Brain
5.7

Billion Dollar Brain

1967Movie5.7
Lock Up
6.8

Lock Up

1989Movie6.8
Forsaken
6.2

Forsaken

2015Movie6.2
Virus
5.4

Virus

1999Movie5.4
Space Cowboys
6.4

Space Cowboys

2000Movie6.4
Don't Look Now
6.9

Don't Look Now

1973Movie6.9
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
6.2

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

2001Movie6.2
Animal House
6.9

Animal House

1978Movie6.9
The Burnt Orange Heresy
5.7

The Burnt Orange Heresy

2020Movie5.7
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
6.4

Mr. Harrigan's Phone

2022Movie6.4
The Best Offer
7.8

The Best Offer

2013Movie7.8
Kelly's Heroes
7.4

Kelly's Heroes

1970Movie7.4
The Eagle Has Landed
6.7

The Eagle Has Landed

1976Movie6.7
Reign Over Me
7.2

Reign Over Me

2007Movie7.2
Ordeal by Innocence
5.1

Ordeal by Innocence

1984Movie5.1
Klute
6.8

Klute

1971Movie6.8
1900
7.8

1900

1976Movie7.8
American Gun
5.7

American Gun

2005Movie5.7
La Classe américaine
7.6

La Classe américaine

1993Movie7.6
The Bedford Incident
7.0

The Bedford Incident

1965Movie7.0
Eye of the Needle
6.7

Eye of the Needle

1981Movie6.7
OZI: Voice of the Forest
6.1

OZI: Voice of the Forest

2024Movie6.1
Six Degrees of Separation
6.4

Six Degrees of Separation

1993Movie6.4
The Assignment
6.4

The Assignment

1997Movie6.4
Johnny Got His Gun
7.5

Johnny Got His Gun

1971Movie7.5
Uprising
6.5

Uprising

2001Movie6.5
The Leisure Seeker
7.1

The Leisure Seeker

2018Movie7.1
Path to War
6.7

Path to War

2003Movie6.7
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
6.5

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

1965Movie6.5
The Calling
5.9

The Calling

2014Movie5.9
Ask the Dust
5.5

Ask the Dust

2006Movie5.5
Beerfest
5.8

Beerfest

2006Movie5.8
Heaven Help Us
6.4

Heaven Help Us

1985Movie6.4
Panic
6.2

Panic

2000Movie6.2
The Puppet Masters
5.8

The Puppet Masters

1994Movie5.8
Revolution
5.4

Revolution

1985Movie5.4
Max Dugan Returns
6.6

Max Dugan Returns

1983Movie6.6
Murder by Decree
6.4

Murder by Decree

1979Movie6.4
Shadow Conspiracy
4.9

Shadow Conspiracy

1997Movie4.9
Hamlet at Elsinore
8.0

Hamlet at Elsinore

1964Movie8.0
The Kentucky Fried Movie
6.2

The Kentucky Fried Movie

1977Movie6.2
American Hangman
6.0

American Hangman

2019Movie6.0
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
7.0

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

2021Movie7.0
The Rosary Murders
5.7

The Rosary Murders

1987Movie5.7
The Day of the Locust
6.4

The Day of the Locust

1975Movie6.4
Alone
5.8

Alone

2020Movie5.8
Backdraft 2
6.4

Backdraft 2

2019Movie6.4
Trumbo
6.7

Trumbo

2007Movie6.7
Night of 100 Stars
5.8

Night of 100 Stars

1982Movie5.8
Miranda's Victim
6.8

Miranda's Victim

2023Movie6.8
An American Haunting
5.5

An American Haunting

2005Movie5.5
The Disappearance
5.6

The Disappearance

1977Movie5.6
Without Limits
6.6

Without Limits

1998Movie6.6
Dawn Rider
5.6

Dawn Rider

2012Movie5.6
The Man on the Train
5.9

The Man on the Train

2011Movie5.9
Fanatic
6.6

Fanatic

1965Movie6.6
Fierce People
6.1

Fierce People

2006Movie6.1
Land of the Blind
5.8

Land of the Blind

2006Movie5.8
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
7.7

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

1995Movie7.7
Apprentice to Murder
5.1

Apprentice to Murder

1988Movie5.1
Stonehenge: Decoded
6.0

Stonehenge: Decoded

2008Movie6.0
Bear Island
6.1

Bear Island

1979Movie6.1
Free Money
5.4

Free Money

1998Movie5.4
Sleepwalkers
6.7

Sleepwalkers

2007Movie6.7
Shadow of the Wolf
5.8

Shadow of the Wolf

1992Movie5.8
Eminent Domain
6.0

Eminent Domain

1991Movie6.0
The Big Heist
5.3

The Big Heist

2001Movie5.3
The Lifeforce Experiment
6.0

The Lifeforce Experiment

1994Movie6.0
Benefit of the Doubt
4.8

Benefit of the Doubt

1993Movie4.8
Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...
5.0

Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...

2015Movie5.0
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
7.3

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

2000Movie7.3
Jappeloup
7.1

Jappeloup

2013Movie7.1
Basmati Blues
4.0

Basmati Blues

2017Movie4.0
Reach for the Stars
10.0

Reach for the Stars

2019Movie10.0
Nothing Personal
5.5

Nothing Personal

1980Movie5.5
Fellini's Casanova
6.9

Fellini's Casanova

1976Movie6.9
Measure of a Man
6.5

Measure of a Man

2018Movie6.5
S*P*Y*S
5.2

S*P*Y*S

1974Movie5.2
The Split
6.7

The Split

1968Movie6.7
Sir! No Sir!
6.8

Sir! No Sir!

2005Movie6.8
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
6.4

Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

2014Movie6.4
Steelyard Blues
5.0

Steelyard Blues

1973Movie5.0
Hollywood Invasion
6.0

Hollywood Invasion

2011Movie6.0
Oedipus the King
6.0

Oedipus the King

1968Movie6.0
FTA
6.4

FTA

1972Movie6.4
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
7.0

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

2005Movie7.0
Natural Enemy
4.8

Natural Enemy

1996Movie4.8
A Dry White Season
6.7

A Dry White Season

1989Movie6.7
Crackers
4.7

Crackers

1984Movie4.7
Fellini dice...

Fellini dice...

2006Movie
Gas
3.7

Gas

1981Movie3.7
Threshold
5.3

Threshold

1981Movie5.3
Blood Relatives
5.7

Blood Relatives

1978Movie5.7
Days of Darkness
6.4

Days of Darkness

2007Movie6.4
ABCinema
6.0

ABCinema

1975Movie6.0
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
8.5

The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

2012Movie8.5
Big Shot's Funeral
6.6

Big Shot's Funeral

2001Movie6.6
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
6.3

Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'

2000Movie6.3
The Con Artist
4.4

The Con Artist

2010Movie4.4
Assassin's Bullet
3.9

Assassin's Bullet

2012Movie3.9
Little Murders
6.8

Little Murders

1971Movie6.8
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
7.2

The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

2015Movie7.2
The Wolf at the Door
5.3

The Wolf at the Door

1986Movie5.3
The Shuttered Room
6.1

The Shuttered Room

1967Movie6.1
The Setting Sun
4.8

The Setting Sun

1992Movie4.8
The Eastmans
6.0

The Eastmans

2009Movie6.0
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
6.2

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

2003Movie6.2
Red Hot
6.0

Red Hot

1993Movie6.0
Aurora Borealis
6.5

Aurora Borealis

2005Movie6.5
Lady Ice
5.0

Lady Ice

1973Movie5.0
Buster's Bedroom
4.3

Buster's Bedroom

1991Movie4.3
End of the Game
5.0

End of the Game

1975Movie5.0
Pirate's Passage
5.5

Pirate's Passage

2015Movie5.5
The Hunley
6.2

The Hunley

1999Movie6.2
Lost Angels
6.4

Lost Angels

1989Movie6.4
Five Moons Plaza
5.7

Five Moons Plaza

2003Movie5.7
Jock the Hero Dog
4.6

Jock the Hero Dog

2011Movie4.6
Baltic Storm
5.1

Baltic Storm

2003Movie5.1
Puffball
3.8

Puffball

2007Movie3.8
Start the Revolution Without Me
6.0

Start the Revolution Without Me

1970Movie6.0
Alex in Wonderland
5.5

Alex in Wonderland

1970Movie5.5
Hollow Point
5.3

Hollow Point

1996Movie5.3
People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe
8.0

People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe

1988Movie8.0
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
4.5

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

1994Movie4.5
Behind the Mask
5.5

Behind the Mask

1999Movie5.5
The Castle of the Living Dead
6.1

The Castle of the Living Dead

1964Movie6.1
Citizen Jane Fonda
7.2

Citizen Jane Fonda

2020Movie7.2
The Sunshine Patriot
7.5

The Sunshine Patriot

1968Movie7.5
Fellini nel cestino
7.5

Fellini nel cestino

1983Movie7.5
The Winter of Our Discontent
5.3

The Winter of Our Discontent

1983Movie5.3
Milton's Secret
5.2

Milton's Secret

2016Movie5.2
Younger and Younger
4.2

Younger and Younger

1993Movie4.2
The Cinema According to Bertolucci
7.0

The Cinema According to Bertolucci

1976Movie7.0
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
5.2

Bethune: The Making of a Hero

1993Movie5.2
Lee Oswald: Assassin

Lee Oswald: Assassin

1966Movie
A Man, a Woman and a Bank
6.3

A Man, a Woman and a Bank

1979Movie6.3
Promise Her Anything
4.1

Promise Her Anything

1966Movie4.1
The Awful Manners
10.0

The Awful Manners

1974Movie10.0
Quicksand: No Escape
5.6

Quicksand: No Escape

1992Movie5.6
Bethune
6.0

Bethune

1977Movie6.0
The Trouble with Spies
4.7

The Trouble with Spies

1987Movie4.7
Kate Bush: The Sensual World - The Video
8.0

Kate Bush: The Sensual World - The Video

1990Movie8.0
The World Ten Times Over
7.4

The World Ten Times Over

1963Movie7.4
The Railway Station Man
6.1

The Railway Station Man

1992Movie6.1
Alien Thunder
5.2

Alien Thunder

1974Movie5.2
For King and Country: Out There

For King and Country: Out There

1963Movie
'Klute' in New York
6.4

'Klute' in New York

1971Movie6.4
Scream of Stone
6.3

Scream of Stone

1991Movie6.3
Joanna
5.6

Joanna

1968Movie5.6
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
6.0

Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'

2006Movie6.0
Sebastian
6.4

Sebastian

1968Movie6.4
Operation Dirty Dozen
7.0

Operation Dirty Dozen

2006Movie7.0
The Physics of Sorrow
7.6

The Physics of Sorrow

2019Movie7.6
Hearst Castle: Building the Dream
6.8

Hearst Castle: Building the Dream

1996Movie6.8
North China Factory
8.0

North China Factory

1980Movie8.0
The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas
5.7

The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas

1992Movie5.7
The Green Fog
6.1

The Green Fog

2018Movie6.1
Interlude
5.5

Interlude

1968Movie5.5
The Hunger Games: Letters From The Rose Garden
4.0

The Hunger Games: Letters From The Rose Garden

2012Movie4.0
Point and Shoot
6.0

Point and Shoot

2016Movie6.0
Act of the Heart
4.5

Act of the Heart

1970Movie4.5
A War Story
8.3

A War Story

1981Movie8.3
The Magic of Fellini
3.5

The Magic of Fellini

2002Movie3.5
The Autobiography of Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

2001Movie
Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia
6.7

Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia

2007Movie6.7

TV Shows (54)

The Simpsons
8.0

The Simpsons

1989Series8.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962Series7.5
The Graham Norton Show
7.2

The Graham Norton Show

2007Series7.2
The Avengers
7.8

The Avengers

1961Series7.8
The View
4.3

The View

1997Series4.3
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
5.6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988Series5.6
The Mike Douglas Show
5.8

The Mike Douglas Show

1961Series5.8
Golden Globe Awards
7.0

Golden Globe Awards

1944Series7.0
Ciné regards
5.0

Ciné regards

1978Series5.0
American Experience
6.5

American Experience

1988Series6.5
BBC Play of the Month
5.2

BBC Play of the Month

1965Series5.2
Screen Two
7.1

Screen Two

1985Series7.1
Film '72
5.1

Film '72

1971Series5.1
The Saint
7.4

The Saint

1962Series7.4
Spécial cinéma
9.5

Spécial cinéma

1974Series9.5
The Dick Cavett Show
6.8

The Dick Cavett Show

1968Series6.8
The Name of the Game
7.0

The Name of the Game

1968Series7.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
6.0

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975Series6.0
The Oscars
7.0

The Oscars

1953Series7.0
Theatre 625
7.2

Theatre 625

1964Series7.2
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
8.0

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

2006Series8.0
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
6.1

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

2001Series6.1
Romy Award
9.0

Romy Award

1990Series9.0
Crossing Lines
6.7

Crossing Lines

2013Series6.7
The Undoing
7.4

The Undoing

2020Series7.4
The Champions
6.5

The Champions

1968Series6.5
Commander in Chief
7.5

Commander in Chief

2005Series7.5
Lawmen: Bass Reeves
7.0

Lawmen: Bass Reeves

2023Series7.0
Dirty Sexy Money
6.2

Dirty Sexy Money

2007Series6.2
The Pillars of the Earth
7.7

The Pillars of the Earth

2010Series7.7
Ice
6.4

Ice

2016Series6.4
Trust
6.9

Trust

2018Series6.9
Gideon's Way
7.0

Gideon's Way

1965Series7.0
HBO First Look
5.5

HBO First Look

1992Series5.5
Man in a Suitcase
7.2

Man in a Suitcase

1967Series7.2
Salem's Lot
6.0

Salem's Lot

2004Series6.0
Scene by Scene
6.0

Scene by Scene

1997Series6.0
The Frame
10.0

The Frame

2013Series10.0
Studio 4
7.5

Studio 4

1962Series7.5
Friday People

Friday People

1985Series
Frankenstein
5.9

Frankenstein

2004Series5.9
Treasure Island
6.2

Treasure Island

2012Series6.2
Swimming with Sharks
7.0

Swimming with Sharks

2022Series7.0
Man of the World
7.2

Man of the World

1962Series7.2
Moby Dick
5.7

Moby Dick

2011Series5.7
Human Trafficking
7.0

Human Trafficking

2005Series7.0
Backstory
7.7

Backstory

2000Series7.7
History vs. Hollywood
8.0

History vs. Hollywood

2001Series8.0
JFK: Destiny Betrayed
6.9

JFK: Destiny Betrayed

2021Series6.9
Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951Series8.8
Uprising
5.5

Uprising

2001Series5.5
Queen Victoria's Empire
7.5

Queen Victoria's Empire

2001Series7.5
Inside the Actors Studio

Inside the Actors Studio

1994Series
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
6.8

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

1994Series6.8