
Donald Sutherland
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.
TV Shows(51)

Lawmen: Bass Reeves
Judge Isaac Parker
2023

Swimming with Sharks
Redmond
2022

JFK: Destiny Betrayed
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021

The Undoing
Franklin Reinhart
2020

Trust
J. Paul Getty Sr.
2018

Ice
Pieter Van De Bruin
2016

Crossing Lines
Michael Dorn
2013

The Frame
President Coriolanus Snow
2013

Treasure Island
Captain Flint
2012

Moby Dick
Father Mapple
2011

The Pillars of the Earth
Earl Bartholomew
2010

Dirty Sexy Money
Patrick "Tripp" Darling III
2007

The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Narrator (voice)
2006

Commander in Chief
Nathan Templeton
2005

Frankenstein
Captain Walton
2004

Salem's Lot
Richard Straker
2004

Uprising
Adam Czerniaków
2001

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
2001

Queen Victoria's Empire
Narrator (voice)
2001

History vs. Hollywood
Self
2001

Backstory
Self
2000

The View
Self
1997

Scene by Scene
Self
1997

Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
William Marsden
1994

HBO First Look
Self
1992
Romy Award
Self
1990

The Simpsons
Hollis Hurlbut (voice)
1989

American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Friday People
1985

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975

Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Film '72
Self
1971

The Champions
David Crayley
1968

The Name of the Game
Jerry Trevor
1968

The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968

Man in a Suitcase
Willard
1967

BBC Play of the Month
Charles Givens
1965

Gideon's Way
Philip Guest
1965

Theatre 625
Priest
1964

The Saint
John Wood
1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962

Man of the World
Unhelpful Neighbour (uncredited)
1962
Studio 4
Switchboard Operator
1962

The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961

The Avengers
Jessel
1961

The Oscars
Self
1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Ethan Hawley
1951

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Movies(192)

OZI: Voice of the Forest
Mr. Smiley
2024

Miranda's Victim
Judge Wren
2023

Mr. Harrigan's Phone
Mr. Harrigan
2022

Moonfall
Holdenfield
2022

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021

Alone
Edward
2020

Citizen Jane Fonda
2020

The Burnt Orange Heresy
Jerome Debney
2020

Reach for the Stars
Self
2019

Ad Astra
Thomas Pruitt
2019

The Physics of Sorrow
(voice)
2019

Backdraft 2
Ronald Bartel
2019

American Hangman
Judge Straight
2019

Measure of a Man
Dr. Kahn
2018

The Leisure Seeker
John Spencer
2018

Basmati Blues
Gurgon
2017

Milton's Secret
Grandpa Howard
2016
Point and Shoot
Man
2016

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
President Coriolanus Snow
2015

Forsaken
Rev. Clayton
2015

Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...
Self
2015

The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Self - President Coriolanus Snow
2015

Pirate's Passage
Captain Charles Johnson (voice)
2015

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
President Coriolanus Snow
2014

The Calling
Father Price
2014

Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Self - President Coriolanus Snow
2014

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
President Coriolanus Snow
2013

Jappeloup
John Lester
2013

The Best Offer
Billy Whistler
2013

The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
Self - President Coriolanus Snow
2012
The Hunger Games: Letters From The Rose Garden
Self
2012

Assassin's Bullet
Ambassador Ashdown
2012

Dawn Rider
Pop
2012

The Hunger Games
President Coriolanus Snow
2012

The Man on the Train
The Professor
2011

Jock the Hero Dog
Narrator / Sir Percy Fitzpatrick (voice)
2011

Horrible Bosses
Jack Pellit
2011

The Eagle
Aquila
2011

The Mechanic
Harry McKenna
2011

The Con Artist
Kranski
2010

Astro Boy
President Stone (voice)
2009

The Eastmans
Dr. Charles Eastman
2009

Stonehenge: Decoded
Narrator (voice)
2008

Fool's Gold
Nigel Honeycutt
2008

Puffball
Lars
2007

Days of Darkness
Donald Sutherland
2007

Trumbo
Self
2007

Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia
Narrator
2007

Reign Over Me
Richter Raines
2007

Sleepwalkers
Businessman Struck by a Taxi
2007

Fierce People
Ogden C. Osborne
2006

Beerfest
Johann von Wolfhaus (uncredited)
2006

Land of the Blind
Thorne
2006

Ask the Dust
Hellfrick
2006

Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
Self
2006

Fellini dice...
Self
2006

Operation Dirty Dozen
Self (uncredited)
2006

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Self
2005

Pride & Prejudice
Mr. Bennet
2005

Lord of War
Colonel Oliver Southern (voice)
2005

American Gun
Carl Wilk
2005

Sir! No Sir!
Self
2005

An American Haunting
John Bell
2005

Aurora Borealis
Ronald Shorter
2005

Cold Mountain
Reverend Monroe
2003

Path to War
Clark Clifford
2003

Baltic Storm
Lou Aldryn
2003

The Italian Job
John Bridger
2003

Five Moons Plaza
Rosario Sarracino
2003

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Self - Casanova
2003

The Magic of Fellini
Self (archive footage)
2002

Big Shot's Funeral
Tyler
2001

Uprising
Adam Czerniaków
2001

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Dr. Sid (voice)
2001

The Big Heist
Jimmy Burke
2001

The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Narrator (voice)
2001

Panic
Michael
2000

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
2000

The Art of War
Douglas Thomas
2000

Space Cowboys
Jerry O'Neill
2000
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
Self
2000

The Hunley
Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard
1999

Instinct
Ben Hillard
1999

Behind the Mask
Dr. Bob Shushan
1999

Virus
Captain Robert Everton
1999

Free Money
Judge Rausenberg
1998

Without Limits
Bill Bowerman
1998

Fallen
Lt. Stanton
1998

The Assignment
Jack Shaw / Henry Fields
1997

Shadow Conspiracy
Jacob Conrad
1997

Natural Enemy
Ted Robards
1996

Hollow Point
Garrett Lawton
1996

A Time to Kill
Lucien Wilbanks
1996

Hearst Castle: Building the Dream
Narrator
1996

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Self (archive footage)
1995

Outbreak
General Donald McClintock
1995

Citizen X
Col. Mikhail Fetisov
1995

Disclosure
Bob Garvin
1994

The Puppet Masters
Andrew Nivens
1994

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
William Marsden
1994

The Lifeforce Experiment
Dr. 'Mac' MacLean
1994

La Classe américaine
Assassin (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993

Six Degrees of Separation
Flan
1993

Younger and Younger
Jonathan Younger
1993

Bethune: The Making of a Hero
Dr. Norman Bethune
1993

Red Hot
Kirov
1993

Benefit of the Doubt
Frank
1993

The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas
Narrator (voice)
1992

The Railway Station Man
Roger Hawthorne
1992

The Setting Sun
John Williams
1992

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Merrick Jamison-Smythe
1992

Shadow of the Wolf
Henderson
1992

Quicksand: No Escape
Murdoch
1992

JFK
X
1991

Scream of Stone
Ivan
1991

Backdraft
Ronald Bartel
1991

Buster's Bedroom
O'Connor
1991

Eminent Domain
Josef Borski
1991

Kate Bush: The Sensual World - The Video
Self (archive footage)
1990

A Dry White Season
Ben du Toit
1989

Lock Up
Warden Drumgoole
1989

Lost Angels
Dr. Charles Loftis
1989

Apprentice to Murder
John Reese
1988

People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe
Narrator (voice)
1988

The Trouble with Spies
Appleton Porter
1987

The Rosary Murders
Father Robert Koesler
1987

The Wolf at the Door
Paul Gauguin
1986

Revolution
Sgt. Maj. Peasy
1985

Heaven Help Us
Brother Thadeus
1985

Ordeal by Innocence
Dr. Arthur Calgary
1984

Crackers
Westlake
1984

The Winter of Our Discontent
Ethan Hawley
1983

Max Dugan Returns
Brian Costello
1983
Fellini nel cestino
Self
1983

Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982

A War Story
Narrator (voice)
1981

Threshold
Dr. Thomas Vrain
1981

Eye of the Needle
Faber
1981

Gas
Nick the Noz
1981

Ordinary People
Calvin Jarrett
1980

Nothing Personal
Roger Keller
1980
North China Factory
Narrator (voice)
1980

Bear Island
Frank Lansing
1979

A Man, a Woman and a Bank
Reese Halperin
1979

Murder by Decree
Robert Lees
1979

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Matthew Bennell
1978

The First Great Train Robbery
Robert Agar
1978

Animal House
Dave Jennings
1978

End of the Game
Corpse of Lt. Robert Schmied (uncredited)
1978

Blood Relatives
Carella
1978

The Disappearance
Jay Mallory
1977

The Kentucky Fried Movie
The Clumsy Waiter (segment "That's Armageddon")
1977

Bethune
Dr. Norman Bethune
1977

The Eagle Has Landed
Liam Devlin
1976

Fellini's Casanova
Giacomo Casanova
1976

1900
Attila Mellanchini
1976

The Cinema According to Bertolucci
Self
1976

Abicinema
Self
1975

The Day of the Locust
Homer Simpson
1975

S*P*Y*S
Bruland
1974

Alien Thunder
Sgt. Dan Candy
1974

The Awful Manners
Man walking (uncredited)
1974

Don't Look Now
John Baxter
1973

Lady Ice
Andy Hammon
1973

Steelyard Blues
Jesse Veldini
1973

FTA
Self
1972

'Klute' in New York
Self
1971

Johnny Got His Gun
Christ
1971

Klute
John Klute
1971

Little Murders
Rev. Dupas
1971

Alex in Wonderland
Alex Morrison
1970

Act of the Heart
Father Michael Ferrier
1970

Kelly's Heroes
Sgt. Oddball (Tank Commander)
1970

M*A*S*H
Hawkeye Pierce
1970

Start the Revolution Without Me
Charles / Pierre
1970

The Sunshine Patriot
Benedeck
1968

Joanna
Lord Peter Sanderson
1968

The Split
Dave Negli
1968

Oedipus the King
Chorus Leader
1968

Interlude
Lawrence
1968

Sebastian
Ackerman
1968

Billion Dollar Brain
Scientist at Computer
1967

The Shuttered Room
Zebulon (voice)
1967

The Dirty Dozen
Vernon Pinkley
1967

Promise Her Anything
Autograph Seeking Father (uncredited)
1966

The Bedford Incident
Hospitalman Nerney - Sick Bay
1965

Fanatic
Joseph
1965

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Bob Carroll
1965

The Castle of the Living Dead
Sgt. Paul / The Witch / The Old Man
1964

Hamlet at Elsinore
Fortinbras
1964

The World Ten Times Over
Tall Man in Nightclub (uncredited)
1963
For King and Country: Out There
Canadian
1963