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Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland

Actor·1935–2024·Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

22 horror credits

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), MAS*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.

Actor22 films

Mr. Harrigan's Phone

Mr. Harrigan's Phone

Mr. Harrigan

2022 3.0
Alone

Alone

Edward

2020
The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

President Coriolanus Snow

2012 3.0
Puffball

Puffball

Lars

2007
An American Haunting

An American Haunting

John Bell

2005
Virus

Virus

Captain Robert Everton

1999
Fallen

Fallen

Lt. Stanton

1998
Natural Enemy

Natural Enemy

Ted Robards

1996
Outbreak

Outbreak

General Donald McClintock

1995
Citizen X

Citizen X

Col. Mikhail Fetisov

1995
The Puppet Masters

The Puppet Masters

Andrew Nivens

1994
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Merrick Jamison-Smythe

1992 3.4
Apprentice to Murder

Apprentice to Murder

John Reese

1988
The Rosary Murders

The Rosary Murders

Father Robert Koesler

1987
Murder by Decree

Murder by Decree

Robert Lees

1979
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Matthew Bennell

1978 4.3
The Day of the Locust

The Day of the Locust

Homer Simpson

1975
Don't Look Now

Don't Look Now

John Baxter

1973 3.8
The Shuttered Room

The Shuttered Room

Zebulon (voice)

1967
Fanatic

Fanatic

Joseph

1965 3.5
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Bob Carroll

1965 3.5
The Castle of the Living Dead

The Castle of the Living Dead

Sgt. Paul / The Witch / The Old Man

1964