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 Pri ... metime 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.
Crossing Lines
as Michael Dorn
Episodes: 34
First Aired: Aug 22, 2013
Dirty Sexy Money
as Patrick "Tripp" Darling III
Episodes: 23
First Aired: Sep 26, 2007
Commander in Chief
as Nathan Templeton
Episodes: 18
First Aired: Sep 27, 2005
Trust
as J. Paul Getty Sr.
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Mar 25, 2018
The Pillars of the Earth
as Earl Bartholomew
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Jul 23, 2010
Lawmen: Bass Reeves
as Judge Isaac Parker
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Nov 05, 2023
Swimming with Sharks
as Redmond
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Apr 15, 2022
Ice
as Pieter Van De Bruin
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Nov 16, 2016
The Undoing
as Franklin Reinhart
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Oct 25, 2020
Moby Dick
as Father Mapple
Episodes: 4
First Aired: May 08, 2011
Queen Victoria's Empire
as Narrator (voice)
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Jun 17, 2001
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
as Narrator (voice)
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Nov 17, 2006
Human Trafficking
as Agent Bill Meehan
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 24, 2005
Frankenstein
as Captain Walton
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 05, 2004
Treasure Island
as Captain Flint
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 01, 2012
Salem's Lot
as Richard Straker
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jun 20, 2004
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
as William Marsden
Episodes: 2
First Aired: May 01, 1994
The Simpsons
as Hollis Hurlbut (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
The Avengers
as Jessel
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 07, 1961
The Saint
as John Wood
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1962
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Ethan Hawley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 24, 1951
The Champions
as David Crayley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1968
The Sentimental Agent
as Hotel Clerk
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 28, 1963
Man in a Suitcase
as Willard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 27, 1967
Studio Four
as Switchboard Operator
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 22, 1962
Man in a Suitcase
as Keith Earle
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 27, 1967
The Saint
as Jim McCleery
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1962
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1988
The Name of the Game
as Jerry Trevor
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1968
The Frame
as President Coriolanus Snow
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 09, 2013
Honest Trailers
as President Coriolanus Snow (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 13, 2012
BBC Play of the Month
as Charles Givens
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 19, 1965
JFK: Destiny Betrayed
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Nov 22, 2021
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Dec 11, 1961
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 14, 1994
The View
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 11, 1997
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 02, 2001
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 05, 1988
Gideon's Way
as Philip Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 18, 1965
History vs. Hollywood
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 22, 2001
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 22, 2007
Spécial cinéma
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1974
Scene by Scene
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 10, 1997
Honest Trailers
as Coriolanus Snow / Self (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 13, 2012
Romy Award
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 1990
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 12, 1975
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 06, 1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
Backstory
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 12, 2000
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
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