Donald Sutherland
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Simpsons
Hollis Hurlbut (voice)
1989
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
The Avengers
Jessel
1961
Series
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
The Saint
John Wood
1962
Series
The Saint
Jim McCleery
1962
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Charles Givens
1965
Series
Gideon's Way
Philip Guest
1965
Series
Screen Two
Roger Hawthorne
1985
Film
Pride & Prejudice
Mr. Bennet
2005
Film
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
President Coriolanus Snow
2014
Series
Theatre 625
Priest
1964
Series
Theatre 625
Union Captain
1964
Film '72
Self
1971
Film
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
President Coriolanus Snow
2013
Series
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Series
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Ciné regards
Self
1978
Romy Award
Self
1990
Series
Crossing Lines
Michael Dorn
2013
Series
The Name of the Game
Jerry Trevor
1968
Film
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
President Coriolanus Snow
2015
Film
The Hunger Games
President Coriolanus Snow
2012
Film
Lord of War
Colonel Oliver Southern (voice)
2005
Film
The Italian Job
John Bridger
2003
Series
The Champions
David Crayley
1968
Film
The Mechanic
Harry McKenna
2011
Film
Moonfall
Holdenfield
2022
Series
The Pillars of the Earth
Earl Bartholomew
2010
Film
Fallen
Lt. Stanton
1998
Series
HBO First Look
Self
1992
Series
Trust
J. Paul Getty Sr.
2018
Series
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Narrator (voice)
2006
Series
The Undoing
Franklin Reinhart
2020
Film
Cold Mountain
Reverend Monroe
2003
Film
Horrible Bosses
Jack Pellit
2011
Film
A Time to Kill
Lucien Wilbanks
1996
Series
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
2001
Series
Dirty Sexy Money
Patrick "Tripp" Darling III
2007
Film
The Dirty Dozen
Vernon Pinkley
1967
Series
Commander in Chief
Nathan Templeton
2005
Series
Lawmen: Bass Reeves
Judge Isaac Parker
2023
Film
Fool's Gold
Nigel Honeycutt
2008
Film
Outbreak
General Donald McClintock
1995
Film
Ad Astra
Thomas Pruitt
2019
Film
The Eagle
Aquila
2011
Series
Ice
Pieter Van De Bruin
2016
Film
Astro Boy
President Stone (voice)
2009
Film
Animal House
Dave Jennings
1978
Film
Lock Up
Warden Drumgoole
1989
Series
Man in a Suitcase
Willard
1967
Series
Man in a Suitcase
Keith Earle
1967
Film
Space Cowboys
Jerry O'Neill
2000
Film
JFK
X
1991
Film
Backdraft
Ronald Bartel
1991
Film
M*A*S*H
Hawkeye Pierce
1970
Film
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Matthew Bennell
1978
Film
Kelly's Heroes
Sgt. Oddball (Tank Commander)
1970
Film
Reign Over Me
Richter Raines
2007
Film
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Dr. Sid (voice)
2001
Film
Disclosure
Bob Garvin
1994
Series
Human Trafficking
Agent Bill Meehan
2005
Film
The Best Offer
Billy Whistler
2013
Series
The Frame
President Coriolanus Snow
2013
Film
Instinct
Ben Hillard
1999
Series
Man of the World
Unhelpful Neighbour (uncredited)
1962
Film
Ordinary People
Calvin Jarrett
1980
Film
The Art of War
Douglas Thomas
2000
Studio 4
Switchboard Operator
1962
Film
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Merrick Jamison-Smythe
1992
Film
Don't Look Now
John Baxter
1973
Film
Citizen X
Col. Mikhail Fetisov
1995
Film
Beerfest
Johann von Wolfhaus (uncredited)
2006
Film
Forsaken
Rev. Clayton
2015
Series
Salem's Lot
Richard Straker
2004
Film
Virus
Captain Robert Everton
1999
Film
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
Mr. Harrigan
2022
Series
Frankenstein
Captain Walton
2004
Film
1900
Attila Mellanchini
1976
Series
Moby Dick
Father Mapple
2011
Series
Treasure Island
Captain Flint
2012
Film
The First Great Train Robbery
Robert Agar
1978
Film
Backdraft 2
Ronald Bartel
2019
Film
The Eagle Has Landed
Liam Devlin
1976
Film
Klute
John Klute
1971
Film
The Leisure Seeker
John Spencer
2018
Film
Uprising
Adam Czerniaków
2001
Film
The Calling
Father Price
2014
Film
Eye of the Needle
Faber
1981
Series
Scene by Scene
Self
1997
Film
Alone
Edward
2020
Series
Swimming with Sharks
Redmond
2022
Film
The Assignment
Jack Shaw / Henry Fields
1997
Film
The Puppet Masters
Andrew Nivens
1994
Film
Six Degrees of Separation
Flan
1993
Film
OZI: Voice of the Forest
Mr. Smiley
2024
Film
Revolution
Sgt. Maj. Peasy
1985
Film
Ask the Dust
Hellfrick
2006
Film
The Kentucky Fried Movie
The Clumsy Waiter (segment "That's Armageddon")
1977
Film
ABCinema
Self
1975
Film
Path to War
Clark Clifford
2003
Film
Johnny Got His Gun
Christ
1971
Film
Citizen Jane Fonda
2020
Film
The Burnt Orange Heresy
Jerome Debney
2020
Film
Free Money
Judge Rausenberg
1998
Film
Shadow of the Wolf
Henderson
1992
Film
Heaven Help Us
Brother Thadeus
1985
Friday People
1985
Film
Dawn Rider
Pop
2012
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Ethan Hawley
1951
Film
An American Haunting
John Bell
2005
Film
Murder by Decree
Robert Lees
1979
Film
Fellini dice...
Self
2006
Series
JFK: Destiny Betrayed
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Film
Panic
Michael
2000
Film
Fierce People
Ogden C. Osborne
2006
Series
Uprising
Adam Czerniaków
2001
Film
Hollywood Invasion
archive footage
2011
Film
Bear Island
Frank Lansing
1979
Film
Ordeal by Innocence
Dr. Arthur Calgary
1984
Film
The Bedford Incident
Hospitalman Nerney - Sick Bay
1965
Film
Red Hot
Kirov
1993
Film
The Day of the Locust
Homer Simpson
1975
Film
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Bob Carroll
1965
Film
The Setting Sun
John Williams
1992
Film
Shadow Conspiracy
Jacob Conrad
1997
Film
Fellini's Casanova
Giacomo Casanova
1976
Film
Jappeloup
John Lester
2013
Film
Without Limits
Bill Bowerman
1998
Film
The Wolf at the Door
Paul Gauguin
1986
Film
Land of the Blind
Thorne
2006
Film
Measure of a Man
Dr. Kahn
2018
Film
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Film
Fanatic
Joseph
1965
Film
Big Shot's Funeral
Tyler
2001
Film
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Self - Casanova
2003
Film
Basmati Blues
Gurgon
2017
Film
Billion Dollar Brain
Scientist at Computer
1967
Film
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Self (archive footage)
1995
Film
A Dry White Season
Ben du Toit
1989
Film
American Gun
Carl Wilk
2005
Film
La Classe américaine
Assassin (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993
Series
Backstory
Self
2000
Film
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Film
Start the Revolution Without Me
Charles / Pierre
1970
Series
History vs. Hollywood
Self
2001
Film
The Con Artist
Kranski
2010
Film
Assassin's Bullet
Ambassador Ashdown
2012
Film
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
2000
Film
Crackers
Westlake
1984
Film
The Cinema According to Bertolucci
Self
1976
Film
The Split
Dave Negli
1968
Film
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Self - President Coriolanus Snow
2015
Film
Younger and Younger
Jonathan Younger
1993
Film
Scream of Stone
Ivan
1991
Film
Reach for the Stars
Self
2019
Film
American Hangman
Judge Straight
2019
Film
FTA
Self
1972
Film
Natural Enemy
Ted Robards
1996
Film
Days of Darkness
Donald Sutherland
2007
Film
Miranda's Victim
Judge Wren
2023
Film
Oedipus the King
Chorus Leader
1968
Film
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Self
2005
Film
Lady Ice
Andy Hammon
1973
Film
End of the Game
Corpse of Lt. Robert Schmied (uncredited)
1975
Film
The Hunley
Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard
1999
Film
Eminent Domain
Josef Borski
1991
Film
Trumbo
Self
2007
Film
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
Dr. Norman Bethune
1993
Film
Apprentice to Murder
John Reese
1988
Series
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
William Marsden
1994
Film
Baltic Storm
Lou Aldryn
2003
Film
The Castle of the Living Dead
Sgt. Paul / The Witch / The Old Man
1964
Film
Lost Angels
Dr. Charles Loftis
1989
Film
Little Murders
Rev. Dupas
1971
Film
Puffball
Lars
2007
Film
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
Self - President Coriolanus Snow
2012
Film
Max Dugan Returns
Brian Costello
1983
Film
Promise Her Anything
Autograph Seeking Father (uncredited)
1966
Film
Hollow Point
Garrett Lawton
1996
Film
Aurora Borealis
Ronald Shorter
2005
Film
Stonehenge: Decoded
Narrator (voice)
2008
Film
Jock the Hero Dog
Narrator / Sir Percy Fitzpatrick (voice)
2011
Film
The Rosary Murders
Father Robert Koesler
1987
Film
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
William Marsden
1994
Film
Gas
Nick the Noz
1981
Film
Hearst Castle: Building the Dream
Narrator
1996
Film
Virus: Ghost in the Machine
Self
1999
Film
The Shuttered Room
Zebulon (voice)
1967
Film
Alex in Wonderland
Alex Morrison
1970
Film
People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe
Narrator (voice)
1988
Film
Bethune
Dr. Norman Bethune
1977
Film
Steelyard Blues
Jesse Veldini
1973
Film
Buster's Bedroom
O'Connor
1991
Film
The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas
Narrator (voice)
1992
Film
Behind the Mask
Dr. Bob Shushan
1999
Film
Hamlet at Elsinore
Fortinbras
1964
Film
Operation Dirty Dozen
Self (uncredited)
2006
Film
S*P*Y*S
Bruland
1974
Film
Sir! No Sir!
Self
2005
Film
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
Self
2006
Film
Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...
Self
2015
Film
A Man, a Woman and a Bank
Reese Halperin
1979
Film
Blood Relatives
Steve Carella
1978
Film
The Disappearance
Jay Mallory
1977
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
The Magic of Fellini
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
The Railway Station Man
Roger Hawthorne
1992
Film
Nothing Personal
Roger Keller
1980
Film
The Big Heist
Jimmy Burke
2001
Film
The Man on the Train
The Professor
2011
Film
Benefit of the Doubt
Frank
1993
Film
Threshold
Dr. Thomas Vrain
1981
Film
The Lifeforce Experiment
Dr. 'Mac' MacLean
1994
Film
Five Moons Plaza
Rosario Sarracino
2003
Film
Lee Oswald: Assassin
Charles Givens
1966
Film
Quicksand: No Escape
Murdoch
1992
Film
The Trouble with Spies
Appleton Porter
1987
Film
The Green Fog
2018
Film
Sebastian
Ackerman
1968
For King and Country: Out There
Canadian
1963
Film
Pirate's Passage
Captain Charles Johnson (voice)
2015
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
Self
2000
Film
'Klute' in New York
Self
1971
Film
Sleepwalkers
Businessman Struck by a Taxi
2007
Film
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Self - President Coriolanus Snow
2014
Film
The Awful Manners
Man walking (uncredited)
1974
Film
Interlude
Lawrence
1968
Film
The Winter of Our Discontent
Ethan Hawley
1983
North China Factory
Narrator (voice)
1980
Fellini nel cestino
Self
1983
Series
Queen Victoria's Empire
Narrator (voice)
2001
Film
Milton's Secret
Grandpa Howard
2016
Film
Joanna
Lord Peter Sanderson
1968
Film
Alien Thunder
Sgt. Dan Candy
1974
Film
The Physics of Sorrow
(voice)
2019
Film
Act of the Heart
Father Michael Ferrier
1970
Film
The World Ten Times Over
Tall Man in Nightclub (uncredited)
1963
Film
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Narrator (voice)
2001
Film
Kate Bush: The Sensual World - The Video
Self (archive footage)
1990
Film
The Eastmans
Dr. Charles Eastman
2009
Film
The Sunshine Patriot
Benedeck
1968
Film
A War Story
Narrator (voice)
1981
The Hunger Games: Letters From The Rose Garden
Self
2012
Point and Shoot
Man
2016
Film
Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia
Narrator
2007