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The towering presence of this Canadian character actor is not often noticed, but his contributions are legendary. He has been in almost a hundred and fifty different show and films. He is also the father of renowned actor Kiefer Sutherland. Born in New Brunswick, Sutherland worked several different jobs... See full bio »

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???? Basmati Blues (filming)
Gurgon
 
2013 Crossing Lines (TV series) (post-production)
Michel Dorn
 
2013 The Calling (post-production)
Father Price
 
???? Living Loaded (TV movie) (post-production)
Grant
 
2013 Jappeloup
John Lester
 
2013 The Best Offer
Billy Whistler
 
2012 Dawn Rider
Cochrane
 
2012/I Assassin's Bullet
Ambassador Ashdown
 
2012 Treasure Island (TV movie)
Flint
 
2011 Jock the Hero Dog
Narrator/Sir Percy Fitzpatrick (voice)
 
2011 Horrible Bosses
Jack Pellit
 
2011 Moby Dick (TV mini-series)
Father Mapple
Part 2 (2011) … Father Mapple
Part 1 (2011) … Father Mapple
 
2011 The Eagle
Uncle Aquila
 
2011 My Life As an Experiment (TV movie)
Sam Bobkin
 
2010 The Con Artist
John Kranski
 
2010 The Pillars of the Earth (TV mini-series)
Bartholomew
New Beginnings (2010) … Bartholomew
Witchcraft (2010) … Bartholomew
Legacy (2010) … Bartholomew
Battlefield (2010) … Bartholomew
 
2009 Astro Boy
President Stone (voice)
 
2009 The Eastmans (TV movie)
Dr. Charles Eastman
 
2007 The Age of Ignorance
Award Show Presenter (uncredited)
 
2007 Sleepwalkers (short)
Businessman struck by a taxi
 
2006 Beerfest
Johann von Wolfhaus (uncredited)
 
2006 Ask the Dust
Hellfrick
 
2005 Human Trafficking (TV movie)
Meehan
 
2005 Lord of War
Colonel Oliver Southern (voice)
 
2005 American Gun
Carl Wilk
 
2005 Fierce People
Ogden C. Osborne
 
2005 Aurora Borealis
Ronald Shorter
 
2004 Frankenstein (TV mini-series)
Captain Walton
 
2004 'Salem's Lot (TV movie)
Richard Straker
 
2003 Baltic Storm
Lou Aldryn
 
2003 Five Moons Plaza
Rosario Sarracino
 
2002 Path to War (TV movie)
Clark Clifford
 
1993-2002 Great Books (TV series)
Narrator
Dracula (2002) … Narrator (voice)
Nineteen Eighty Four (2000) … Narrator
Pride and Prejudice (1999) … Narrator
Crime and Punishment (1999) … Narrator
Galileo's Dialogue (1998) … Narrator
 
2001 Da wan
Tyler
 
2001 Uprising (TV movie)
Adam Czerniakow
 
2001 The Big Heist (TV movie)
Jimmy Burke
 
2000 Panic
Michael
 
1999 The Hunley (TV movie)
Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard
 
1999 Behind the Mask (TV movie)
Dr. Bob Shushan
 
1998 Free Money
Judge Rolf Rausenberger
 
1997 The Assignment
Jack Shaw/Henry Fields
 
1997 Shadow Conspiracy
Jacob Conrad
 
1996 Natural Enemy (video)
Ted Robards
 
1996 Hollow Point
Garrett Lawton
 
1996 The Simpsons (TV series)
Hollis Hurlbut
Lisa the Iconoclast (1996) … Hollis Hurlbut (voice)
 
1995 Outbreak
General Donald McClintock
 
1995 Citizen X (TV movie)
Col. Mikhail Fetisov
 
1994 Punch
Craman
 
1994 The Lifeforce Experiment (TV movie)
Dr. 'MAC' MacLean
 
1993 Red Hot
Kirov
 
1993 Younger and Younger
Jonathan Younger
 
1993 Benefit of the Doubt
Frank
 
1992 Shadow of the Wolf
Henderson
 
1992 The Setting Sun
John Williams
 
1992 The Railway Station Man (TV movie)
Roger Hawthorne
 
1992 Quicksand: No Escape (TV movie)
Murdoch
 
1991 JFK
X
 
1991 Buster's Bedroom
O'Connor
 
1991 Long Road Home (TV movie) (uncredited)
 
1990 Eminent Domain
Josef Borski
 
1989 A Dry White Season
Ben du Toit
 
1989 Lost Angels
Dr. Charles Loftis
 
1987 The Trouble with Spies
Appleton Porter
 
1987 The Rosary Murders
Father Robert Koesler
 
1985 Revolution
Sgt. Maj. Peasy
 
1984 Crackers
Weslake
 
1983 The Winter of Our Discontent (TV movie)
Ethan Hawley
 
1983 Max Dugan Returns
Brian Costello
 
1981 A War Story
Narrator of the diary (voice)
 
1981 Threshold
Dr. Thomas Vrain
 
1981 Gas
Nick the Noz
 
1980 Nothing Personal
Roger Keller
 
1979 Bear Island
Frank Lansing
 
1979 A Man, a Woman and a Bank
Reese Halperin
 
1977 The Disappearance
Jay Mallory
 
1977 The Kentucky Fried Movie
The Clumsy Waiter (segment "That's Armageddon")
 
1977 Bethune (TV movie)
Dr. Norman Bethune
 
1976 1900
Attila Mellanchini
 
1975 End of the Game
Corpse of Lt. Robert Schmied
 
1974 S*P*Y*S
Bruland
 
1974 Alien Thunder
Sgt. Dan Candy
 
1973 Lady Ice
Andy Hammon
 
1973 Steelyard Blues
Jesse Veldini
 
1972 Norman Corwin Presents (TV series)
The First Big Try (1972)
 
1971 Klute
John Klute
 
1971 Little Murders
Rev. Dupas
 
1970 Alex in Wonderland
Alex Morrison
 
1970 Act of the Heart
Father Michael Ferrier
 
1970 Start the Revolution Without Me
Charles/Pierre
 
1969 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Jerry Trevor
The Suntan Mob (1969) … Jerry Trevor
 
1969 The Champions (TV series)
David Crayley
Shadow of the Panther (1969) … David Crayley
 
1968 The Sunshine Patriot (TV movie)
Benedeck
 
1968 Joanna
Lord Peter Sanderson
 
1968 The Split
Dave Negli
 
1968 Oedipus the King
Chorus Leader
 
1968 Interlude
Lawrence
 
1967-1968 Man in a Suitcase (TV series)
Earle / Willard
Which Way Did He Go, McGill? (1968) … Earle
Day of Execution (1967) … Willard
 
1968 Sebastian
Ackerman
 
1967 Billion Dollar Brain
Scientist at Computer
 
1967 The Shuttered Room
Zebulon (voice)
 
1967 The Avengers (TV series)
Jessel
The Superlative Seven (1967) … Jessel
 
1965-1966 The Saint (TV series)
John Wood / McCleery
Escape Route (1966) … John Wood
The Happy Suicide (1965) … McCleery
 
1966 Gideon C.I.D. (TV series)
Philip Guest
The Millionaire's Daughter (1966) … Philip Guest
 
1966 Theatre 625 (TV series)
Priest / Union Captain
On the March to the Sea (1966) … Union Captain
Focus (1966) … Priest
 
1966 Court Martial (TV series)
Corporal Brown
All Is a Dream to Me (1966) … Corporal Brown
 
1966 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Charles Givens
Lee Oswald: Assassin (1966) … Charles Givens
 
1966 A Farewell to Arms (TV mini-series)
Sim
 
1965 Promise Her Anything
Autograph Seeking Father (uncredited)
 
1965 The Bedford Incident
Hospitalman Nerney - Sick Bay
 
1963-1965 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Canadian / Intern
The Death of Bessie Smith (1965) … Intern
The Rose Tattoo (1964)
For King and Country #1: Out There (1963) … Canadian
 
1965 Die! Die! My Darling!
Joseph
 
1965 Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Dr. Bob Carroll (segment 5 "Vampire")
 
1964 Castle of the Living Dead
Sgt. Paul/The witch/The old man
 
1964 Hamlet at Elsinore (TV movie)
Fortinbras, Prince of Norway
 
1963 The Sentimental Agent (TV series)
Hotel Clerk
A Very Desirable Plot (1963) … Hotel Clerk
 
1963 The World Ten Times Over
Tall Man in Nightclub (uncredited)
 
1963 The Odd Man (TV series)
Mitch Scott
A Pattern of Little Silver Devils (1963) … Mitch Scott
 
1963 Terry-Thomas (TV movie)
 
1963 Suspense (TV series)
Dr. Hal Seaton
The Troubled Heart (1963) … Dr. Hal Seaton
 
1962 Man of the World (TV series)
Unhelpful neighbour
Portrait of a Girl (1962) … Unhelpful neighbour (uncredited)
 
1962 Studio 4 (TV series)
Switchboard Operator
Flight Into Danger (1962) … Switchboard Operator
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
1973 Steelyard Blues (executive producer)
 
1972 FTA (documentary) (producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (4 titles)
2007 Poor Boy's Game (special thanks)
 
2005 Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont (special thanks)
 
2002 Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2000 American Masters (TV series documentary) (thanks - 1 episode)
 
Show ShowSelf (97 titles)
2012 The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games (video documentary)
Himself
 
2008-2012 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 17 August 2012 (2012) … Himself
Episode dated 20 March 2012 (2012) … Himself
Episode dated 4 February 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2012 Out of the Shadows (documentary)
Narrator
 
2011 Kurier Romy 2011 (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Preis der Jury
 
2011 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2011 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself - Actor
Episode dated 28 January 2011 (2011) … Himself - Actor
 
2011 The Graham Norton Show (TV series)
Himself
 
2010 Vancouver 2010: XXI Olympic Winter Games (TV mini-series)
Himself - Opening Ceremony Narrator & Olympic Flagbearer
 
2007-2009 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 7 January 2009 (2009) … Himself
Episode dated 13 December 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2008 Stonehenge: Decoded (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2008 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Himself
Episode #14.11 (2008) … Himself
 
2007 The Last Continent (documentary)
Narrator (uncredited)
 
2007 Trumbo (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2007 America's Game: The Superbowl Champions (TV series documentary)
Narrator
1966 Green Bay Packers (2007) … Narrator (voice)
 
2006 On Set Diaries (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 The Bennets (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV documentary)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
 
2006 MADtv (TV series)
Himself
Episode #11.10 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 The 32nd Annual People's Choice Awards (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 14 November 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2005 GMTV (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 26 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 HARDtalk Extra (TV series)
Himself
Donald Sutherland (2005) … Himself
 
2004 The Life and Times of Arthur Erickson (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
 
2002 The 74th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Announcer
 
2002 Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (documentary)
Himself / Casanova
 
2002 Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 The Making of 'Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 Queen Victoria's Empire (TV series documentary)
Narrator
Engines of Change (2001) … Narrator (voice)
Passage to India (2001) … Narrator (voice)
The Moral Crusade (2001) … Narrator (voice)
The Scramble for Africa (2001) … Narrator (voice)
 
2001 Scene by Scene (TV series)
Himself
Donald Sutherland (2001) … Himself
 
2001 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 16 March 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
2001 Life and Times (TV series documentary)
Narrator
 
2001 History vs. Hollywood (TV series documentary)
Himself
M*A*S*H: Comedy Under Fire (2001) … Himself
 
2000 Backstory (TV series documentary)
Himself
M*A*S*H (2000) … Himself
 
2000 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2000 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself - Actor
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000) … Himself - Actor
 
2000 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 10 August 2000 (2000) … Himself
 
2000 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Making of 'Space Cowboys' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Threads of Hope (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1999 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV documentary)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
 
1999 Virus: Ghost in the Machine (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
Himself
Donald Sutherland (1998) … Himself
 
1998 The Living Edens (TV series documentary)
Narrator
Bhutan: The Last Shangri-La (1998) … Narrator
 
1997 Showbiz Today (TV series)
 
1996 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Clint Eastwood (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1996 The 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
 
1995 The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special & Presenter: Best Drama Series
 
1978-1994 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 9 December 1994 (1994) … Himself
Episode dated 26 July 1978 (1978) … Himself
 
1993-1994 Great Books (TV series)
Himself - Narrator
Alice in Wonderland (1994) … Himself - Narrator
Frankenstein: The Making of the Monster (1993) … Himself - Narrator
Origin of Species: Beyond Genesis … Himself - Narrator
 
1994 The War of the Worlds: Great Books (video documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1994 A Century of Cinema (documentary)
Himself
 
1993 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.215 (1993) … Himself
 
1993 Le fleuve aux grandes eaux (documentary short)
Narrator (voice: English version)
 
1992 The 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1992 Untitled 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Featurette (TV documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1992 The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1989 Cinéma cinémas (TV series documentary)
Himself
Donald Sutherland Paris oct 89 (1989) … Himself
 
1989 The Arsenio Hall Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 21 September 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1989 The 61st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Honorary Award to the National Film Board of Canada
 
1988 People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1987 The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode #1.1 (1987) … Himself - Guest
 
1987 Give Me Your Answer True (documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Zoom su Fellini (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1982 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Frank Capra (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)
Himself
 
1981 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special documentary)
Himself - Presenter: Helen Hayes
 
1981 The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
 
1981 The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Motion Picture [Drama]
 
1980 The American Movie Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1980 Les rendez-vous du dimanche (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 20 January 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1980 North China Commune (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1980 Wuxing People's Commune (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1980 North China Factory (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1977 The 49th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Cinematography
 
1976 The Spiral (documentary)
Narrator on English Release (voice)
 
1976 Bertolucci secondo il cinema (TV documentary)
 
1974 The Shadow Catcher (documentary)
Edward S. Curtis (voice)
 
1974 Film '72 (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 9 July 1974 (1974) … Himself
 
1973 Cinema (TV series documentary)
Himself
Donald Sutherland (1973) … Himself
 
1972 FTA (documentary)
Himself
 
1972 The 44th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Audience Member
 
1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.43 (1971) … Himself
Episode #3.151 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The Irv Kupcinet Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 5 March 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1970 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 28 October 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1967 Operation Dirty Dozen (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1965 The American Civil War (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (23 titles)
2013 The Frame (TV series)
 
2013 Jäger des Augenblicks - Ein Abenteuer am Mount Roraima (documentary)
Ivan (uncredited)
 
2012 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
 
2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2008 President Hollywood (TV documentary)
Nathan Templeton (uncredited)
 
2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
 
2007 Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Corazón de... (TV series)
 
2005 Pride and Prejudice Revisited (TV documentary)
Mr. Bennet (uncredited)
 
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
 
2005 Sir! No Sir! (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2003 Inventing Grace, Touching Glory (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (video documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Life and Times (TV series documentary)
 
2002 The Magic of Fellini (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Private Screenings (TV series)
 
2000 Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (TV documentary)
Capt. Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce
 
1995 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1986 Kate Bush: The Whole Story (video)
Papa (clip: Cloudbusting)
 
1984 La edad de oro (TV series)
 
1982 Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (TV documentary)
Actor in 'Klute' (uncredited)
 

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Other Works:

TV commercial for Cigna Insurance (voice) (1997-1999). See more »

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Height:

6' 4" (1.93 m)
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Personal Quote:

Pauline Kael reviewed The Day of the Locust: "There's nothing specifically wrong with Donald Sutherland's performance. It's just awful. That was the most destructive, stupid piece of criticism I've ever received. I stopped reading reviews after that. See more »

Trivia:

[29 February 2000] Radio interview with Michael Enright on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's "This Morning". See more »

Trademark:

Offbeat grin See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer