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Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland

Highest Rated: 100% Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia (2007)

Lowest Rated: 0% Benefit of the Doubt (1993)

Birthday: Jul 17, 1935

Birthplace: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

While Donald Sutherland was born and raised in Canada, he didn't truly find his true calling until he moved to the United Kingdom when he was in his early 20s. Acting was a part of his Canadian childhood, but he spent most of his time studying to become an engineer. That changed once he got to London in the late 1950s. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, which led to a number of appearances in British media, including the horror flick "The Castle of the Living Dead" (1964) and an adaptation of "A Farewell to Arms" (1966). His breakout performance was in the award-winning ensemble war film "The Dirty Dozen" (1967), which segued nicely into his next notable roles as Hawkeye in Robert Altman's "MASH" (1970) and Oddball in "Kelly's Heroes" (1970). Sutherland became a star during the '70s, appearing in everything from the psychological thriller "Don't Look Now" (1973) to Bernardo Bertolucci's epic "1900" (1976). He also opened himself up to a different generation of viewers with his role as a professor in "National Lampoon's Animal House" (1978). To kick off the '80s, Sutherland received acclaim for his performance alongside Mary Tyler Moore in the Oscar-winning drama "Ordinary People" (1980). He continued to appear in a variety of projects, including the apartheid drama "A Dry White Season" (1989) and the Kurt Russell-starring thriller "Backdraft" (1990). Memorable turns in Oliver Stone's "JFK" (1991) and the original film version of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1992) peppered the early '90s for Sutherland. For his role in HBO's "Citizen X" (1995), Sutherland earned multiple awards, including an Emmy. He closed out the decade with appearances in "Outbreak" (1995), "Without Limits" (1998), and "A Time to Kill" (1996), the latter of which was one of the rare times when Sutherland appeared in a work alongside his son Kiefer. In the 2000s, he appeared in the remake of "The Italian Job" (2003) as well as in the Keira Knightley-starring adaptation of "Pride & Prejudice" (2005). In 2012, he began performing one of the most notable roles of his late-stage career, appearing as the villainous President Snow in "The Hunger Games" (2012), going on to reprise the role in the complete four-film franchise. By the time "The Hunger Games" wrapped up, Sutherland was awarded an Honorary Oscar in 2017 for his multi-decade career. Even as he entered his 80s, Sutherland did not slow down, starring in Danny Boyle's "Trust" (FX 2018) and appearing alongside Brad Pitt in "Ad Astra" (2019). Donald Sutherland died on June 20, 2024 in Miami, FL at the age of 88.

Highest rated movies

100% 74% Path to War
100% 63% Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
93% 82% Invasion of the Body Snatchers 93% 76% Don't Look Now
93% 80% Klute
91% 62% Panic
91% 89% National Lampoon's Animal House 90% 89% The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Filmography

Movies

Credit
82% 91% Miranda's Victim Judge Wren (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet 56% Ozi: Voice of the Forest Albino Crocodile (Voice) - 2023
45% 50% Mr. Harrigan's Phone Mr. Harrigan (Character) - 2022
35% 70% Moonfall Holdenfield (Character) $19.0M 2022
63% 76% JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass Narrator - 2021
27% 39% Alone Edward (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Physics of Sorrow Unknown (Voice) - 2019
66% 81% The Burnt Orange Heresy Jerome Debney (Character) $143.8K 2019
83% 40% Ad Astra Thomas Pruitt (Character) $50.2M 2019
40% 16% Backdraft 2 Ronald Bartel (Character) - 2019
44% 54% American Hangman Judge Straight (Character) - 2019
52% 66% Measure of a Man Dr. Kahn (Character) - 2018
38% 57% The Leisure Seeker John Spencer (Character) $3.2M 2017
10% 48% Basmati Blues Gurgon (Character) - 2017
38% 70% Milton's Secret Grandpa Howard (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 71% Pirate's Passage Captain Charles Johnson (Voice),
Screenwriter,
Producer
- 2015
40% 86% Forsaken Reverend William Clayton (Character) - 2015
69% 66% The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 President Snow (Character) $281.7M 2015
55% 33% The Calling Father Price (Character) - 2014
69% 71% The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 President Snow (Character) - 2014
58% 77% The Best Offer Billy Whistler (Character) $82.0K 2013
No Score Yet 62% Jappeloup: The Ride to Victory John Lester (Character) - 2013
90% 89% The Hunger Games: Catching Fire President Snow (Character) - 2013
7% 12% Assassin's Bullet Ambassador Ashdown (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 22% Dawn Rider Pop (Character) - 2012
84% 81% The Hunger Games President Snow (Character) $408.0M 2012
56% 41% Treasure Island Flint (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 44% Jock Narrator/Sir Percy (Voice) - 2011
No Score Yet 30% The Man on the Train The Professor (Character) - 2011
69% 70% Horrible Bosses Jack Pellit (Character) $117.5M 2011
39% 41% The Eagle Uncle Aquila (Character) $19.5M 2011
53% 51% The Mechanic Harry (Character) $29.1M 2011
No Score Yet 27% The Con Artist Kranski (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Out of the Shadows Unknown (Voice) - 2010
51% 50% Astro Boy Stone (Voice) $19.5M 2009
11% 48% Fool's Gold Nigel Honeycutt (Character) $70.2M 2008
100% 53% Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia Narrator - 2007
84% 78% Trumbo Unknown (Character) $108.3K 2007
64% 81% Reign Over Me Judge Raines (Character) $19.7M 2007
0% 14% Puffball Lars (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 38% Behind the Mask Unknown (Character) - 2007
35% 41% Ask the Dust Hellfrick (Character) $742.6K 2006
17% 63% Land of the Blind Thorne (Character) - 2006
24% 58% Fierce People Ogden C. Osborne (Character) $85.4K 2005
69% 64% Aurora Borealis Ronald (Character) $60.6K 2005
39% 43% American Gun Carl (Character) $24.0K 2005
13% 35% An American Haunting John Bell (Character) $16.3M 2005
87% 89% Pride & Prejudice Mr. Bennet (Character) $38.4M 2005
No Score Yet 87% Human Trafficking Unknown (Character) - 2005
69% 49% Salem's Lot Richard Straker (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Five Moons Plaza Rosario Sarracino (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 18% Baltic Storm Lou Aldryn (Character) - 2003
70% 77% Cold Mountain Reverend Monroe (Character) $95.6M 2003
72% 80% The Italian Job John Bridger (Character) $106.1M 2003
100% 74% Path to War Clark Clifford (Character) - 2002
20% 71% Big Shot's Funeral Tyler (Character) $529 2001
44% 48% Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Doctor Cid (Voice) $32.1M 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Big Heist Jimmy Burke (Character) - 2001
91% 62% Panic Michael (Character) $775.8K 2000
16% 35% The Art of War Douglas Thomas (Character) $30.2M 2000
78% 53% Space Cowboys Jerry O'Nell (Character) $90.4M 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Behind the Mask Dr. Bob Shushan (Character) - 1999
26% 67% Instinct Ben Hillard (Character) $34.1M 1999
12% 23% Virus Capt. Robert Everton (Character) $14.0M 1999
No Score Yet 72% The Hunley Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard (Character) - 1999
29% 30% Free Money Judge Rolf Rausenberger (Character) - 1998
79% 91% Without Limits Bill Bowerman (Character) $777.4K 1998
40% 72% Fallen Lieutenant Stanton (Character) $25.2M 1998
7% 20% Shadow Conspiracy Jacob Conrad (Character) $2.3M 1997
62% 62% The Assignment Jack Shaw/Henry Fields (Character) $540.1K 1997
No Score Yet 39% Natural Enemy Ted Robards (Character) - 1997
67% 85% A Time to Kill Lucien Wilbanks (Character) $108.7M 1996
No Score Yet 57% Hollow Point Garrett Lawton (Character) - 1996
86% 86% Citizen X Col. Mikhail Fetisov (Character) - 1995
59% 56% Outbreak Maj. Gen. Donald McClintock (Character) $65.9M 1995
26% 33% The Puppet Masters Andrew Nivens (Character) $8.6M 1994
59% 41% Disclosure Bob Garvin (Character) $81.3M 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dead Men Talk Dr. "MAC" MacLean (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 40% Younger & Younger Jonathan Younger (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 83% Red Hot Kirov (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 47% Shadow of the Wolf Henderson (Character) $1.2M 1993
0% 24% Benefit of the Doubt Frank (Character) $73.3K 1993
88% 71% Six Degrees of Separation Flan (Character) $6.3M 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Bethune Unknown (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 83% The Mighty River Narrator - 1993
No Score Yet 50% Quicksand: No Escape Murdoch (Character) - 1992
36% 43% Buffy the Vampire Slayer Merrick Jamison-Smythe (Character) $14.1M 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Setting Sun John Williams (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Railway Station Man Roger Hawthorne (Character) - 1992
73% 75% Backdraft Ronald Bartel (Character) $75.7M 1991
84% 88% JFK X (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 63% Scream of Stone Ivan (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Buster's Bedroom O'Connor (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bethune: The Making of a Hero Dr. Norman Bethune (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 60% Eminent Domain Josef Borski (Character) $81.9K 1990
40% 66% Lost Angels Lost Angels (Character) $1.0M 1989
31% 50% Lock Up Warden Drumgoole (Character) $20.3M 1989
82% 75% A Dry White Season Ben du Toit (Character) $3.3M 1989
No Score Yet 17% The Trouble With Spies Appleton Porter (Character) $57.0K 1987
No Score Yet 29% Apprentice to Murder John Reese (Character) $140.3K 1987
No Score Yet 41% The Rosary Murders Father Robert Koesler (Character) $1.7M 1987
No Score Yet 88% Wolf at the Door Paul Gauguin (Character) $39.0K 1986
29% 75% Heaven Help Us Brother Thadeus (Character) - 1985
10% 31% Revolution Sgt. Maj. Peasy (Character) $295.3K 1985
0% 33% Crackers Weslake (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 27% Ordeal by Innocence Dr. Arthur Calgary (Character) - 1984
71% 67% Max Dugan Returns Brian Costello (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Winter of Our Discontent Ethan Hawley (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet The War Story Narrator - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Threshold Dr. Thomas Vrain (Character) - 1981
85% 75% Eye of the Needle Faber (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gas Nick the Noz (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 50% Nothing Personal Roger Keller (Character) - 1980
90% 88% Ordinary People Calvin Jarrett (Character) - 1980
86% 64% Murder by Decree Robert Lees (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 22% A Man, a Woman and a Bank Reese Halperin (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 32% Bear Island Frank Lansing (Character) - 1979
77% 69% The Great Train Robbery Agar (Character) - 1978
93% 82% Invasion of the Body Snatchers Matthew Bennell (Character) - 1978
91% 89% National Lampoon's Animal House Prof. Dave Jennings (Character) - 1978
83% 66% The Kentucky Fried Movie The Clumsy Waiter (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 23% The Disappearance Jay Mallory (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bethune Dr. Norman Bethune (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 53% Blood Relatives Steve Carella (Character) - 1977
50% 84% 1900 Attila Mellanchini (Character) $66.1K 1976
58% 80% Fellini's Casanova Giacomo Casanova (Character) - 1976
71% 68% The Eagle Has Landed Liam Devlin (Character) - 1976
43% 33% End of the Game Corpse of Lt. Robert Schmied (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Cinema According to Bertolucci Unknown (Character) - 1976
63% 75% The Day of the Locust Homer Simpson (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shadow Catcher Unknown (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 16% S.P.Y.S Bruland (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 7% Dan Candy's Law Sgt. Dan Candy (Character) - 1973
93% 76% Don't Look Now John Baxter (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet 17% Lady Ice Andy Hammon (Character) - 1973
50% 31% Steelyard Blues Jesse Veldini (Character) - 1973
84% 67% F.T.A. Self,
Producer
- 1972
67% 87% Johnny Got His Gun Christ (Character) - 1971
93% 80% Klute John Klute (Character) - 1971
71% 80% Little Murders Rev. Dupas (Character) - 1971
79% 88% Kelly's Heroes Sgt. Oddball (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 31% Alex in Wonderland Alex Morrison (Character) - 1970
83% 76% Start the Revolution Without Me Charles/Pierre (Character) - 1970
85% 83% M*A*S*H "Hawkeye" Pierce (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Act of the Heart Father Michael Ferrier (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Suntan Mob Jerry Trevor (Character) - 1969
20% 50% Joanna Lord Peter Sanderson (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Interlude Lawrence (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 30% The Split Dave Negli (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sunshine Patriot Benedeck (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Oedipus the King Chorus Leader (Character) - 1968
29% 55% Sebastian Ackerman (Character) - 1968
82% 90% The Dirty Dozen Vernon L. Pinkley (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 26% Promise Her Anything Autograph Seeking Father (Character) - 1966
100% 63% Dr. Terror's House of Horrors Bob Carroll (Character) - 1965
50% 58% Die! Die! My Darling! Joseph (Character) - 1965
86% 75% The Bedford Incident Hospitalman Nerney (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 18% Castle of the Living Dead Sgt. Paul/The witch/The old man (Character) - 1964

TV

Credit
79% 93% Lawmen: Bass Reeves Judge Isaac Parker (Character) 2023
71% 84% Swimming With Sharks Redmond (Character) 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet JFK: Destiny Betrayed Narrator 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Treasure Island Capt. Flint (Character) 2012 2020
75% 66% The Undoing Franklin Renner (Character) 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet 60 Minutes Guest 2017-2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ice Pieter Van De Bruin (Character) 2017-2018
No Score Yet 73% Ice Unknown (Character) 2016-2018
78% 79% Trust J. Paul Getty (Character) 2018
No Score Yet 12% The View Guest 2018
No Score Yet 64% Crossing Lines Michel Dorn (Character) 2013-2015
No Score Yet 100% The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson Guest 2013
77% 86% The Pillars of the Earth Bartholomew (Character) 2010
68% No Score Yet Dirty Sexy Money Tripp Darling (Character) 2007-2009
82% No Score Yet Commander in Chief Nathan Templeton (Character) 2005-2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Salem's Lot Richard Straker (Character) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Inside the Actors Studio Guest 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Living Edens Narrator 1998
85% 76% The Simpsons Hollis Hurlbut (Guest Voice) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All Unknown (Character) 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Name of the Game Unknown (Guest Star) 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Man in a Suitcase Unknown (Guest Star) 1967-1968
No Score Yet 87% The Avengers Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet El Santo John Wood (Guest Star) 1965-1966