Actor / Spokesperson / Film Producer / Character Actor / Screenwriter | * 07/17/1935 (88) | Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)
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Donald McNichol Sutherland (born 17 July 1935) is a Canadian actor whose film career spans over seven decades. He has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Critics Choice Award. He has been cited as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. In 2017, he received an Academy Honorary Award. Sutherland rose to fame after starring in films such as The Dirty Dozen (1967), M*A*S*H (1970), and Kelly's Heroes (1970). He subsequently starred in many films both in leading and supporting roles, including Klute (1971), Don't Look Now (1973), The Day of the Locust (1975), Fellini's Casanova (1976), 1...">()
Donald McNichol Sutherland (born 17 July 1935) is a Canadian actor whose film career spans over 6 decades. He has been 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 is the father of actors Kiefer Sutherland, Rossif Sutherland, and Angus Sutherland.
Companion of The Order of Canada Romy (TV award) Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres Academy Honorary Award Canada's Walk of Fame Governor General's Performing Arts Award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Officer of The Order of Canada Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Filmnominated for: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedynominated for: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Rolenominated for: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Dramanominated for: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movienominated for: National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actornominated for: Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picturenominated for: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movienominated for: Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villainnominated for: MTV Movie Award for Best Villainnominated for: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor
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Educated at: London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, University of Toronto, Victoria University, Victoria College, British Columbia, Bridgewater Junior Senior High School
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