Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland at the Mill Valley Film Festival, 2005
Birth name	Donald McNichol Sutherland[1]
Born	July 17, 1935 (1935-07-17) (age 72) Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Spouse(s)	Lois Hardwick (1959-1966) Shirley Douglas (1966-1970) Francine Racette (1974-present)
Awards Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries/Movie 1995 Citizen X Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries 1996 Citizen X 2003 Path to War

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Biography

Early life

Sutherland was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of Dorothy Isobel (née McNichol) and Frederick McLae Sutherland, who worked in sales and ran the local gas, electricity, and bus company.^[2][1] He got his first part time job aged 14 as a news correspondent for local radio station CKBW Radio in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. He then studied at Victoria College, University of Toronto, and graduated with a double major in engineering and drama. He had, at one point, been a member of "UC Follies" comedy troupe in Toronto. He changed his mind about becoming an engineer and subsequently left Canada for England to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Saint John[3] is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, and the oldest incorporated city in Canada. ... This article is about the Canadian province. ... Née redirects here. ... A part-time job carries less hours per week than a full-time job, and usually pays less than a full-time job. ... Logo used by the Independent Broadcasting Authority for promoting Independent Local Radio services. ... Website: http://www. ... Victoria University (Vic for short) is a federated school of the University of Toronto, consisting of Victoria College and Emmanuel College. ... The University of Toronto (U of T) is a public research university in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... A double degree, sometimes called a conjoint degree, joint, ordual degree, programme normally involves a student working for two university degrees in parallel. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Main LAMDA building on Talgarth Road The MacOwan Theatre The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), founded 1861, is a leading British drama school in west London. ...

Acting career

In the early 1960s, Sutherland began to get small parts in British film and TV, in the mid 1960s getting notable roles in horror films with Christopher Lee such as Castle of the Living Dead (1964), and Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965). His first great successes came with the three war films The Dirty Dozen in 1967 with Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson, in 1970 as the lead Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce in Robert Altman's M*A*S*H (film) and as tank commander Sgt. Oddball in Kelly's Heroes with Clint Eastwood and Telly Savalas. Sutherland had an intimate relationship (on and off-screen) with actress Jane Fonda, during the filming of the Academy award-winning detective thriller Klute.^[3] This article is about motion pictures. ... For other persons named Christopher Lee, see Christopher Lee (disambiguation). ... Dr. Terrors House of Horrors is a 1964 British horror film from Amicus Productions, directed by veteran horror film director Freddie Francis. ... For the rap group, see D12. ... Lee Marvin (February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. ... For other persons named Charles Bronson, see Charles Bronson (disambiguation). ... Captain Benjamin Franklin Hawkeye Pierce is the lead fictional character in the M*A*S*H novels, film, and television series. ... For other persons named Robert Altman, see Robert Altman (disambiguation). ... M*A*S*H is a 1970 satirical American dark comedy film directed by Robert Altman, based extremely loosely on the novel written by Richard Hooker. ... This article is about the armoured fighting vehicle. ... Kellys Heroes is an offbeat 1970 war film about a group of enterprising World War II American soldiers from the 35th Infantry Division. ... This article is about the actor/producer/director. ... Aristotelis Telly Savalas (January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was a prominent Emmy Award-winning American film and television actor whose career spanned four decades. ... An intimate relationship is a particularly close interpersonal relationship. ... Jane Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Klute is a 1971 film which tells the story of a prostitute who assists a detective in solving a mystery. ...

Sutherland and Fonda went on to co-produce and star together in the anti-Vietnam war film F.T.A. (1972) consisting of a series of sketches performed outside army bases in the Pacific Rim and interviews with the American troops who were then on active service. Sutherland found himself in demand as a leading man throughout the 1970s in films such as the Venice-based psychological horror Don't Look Now (1973), the war film The Eagle Has Landed (1976), and as the ever optimistic health inspector in the sci-fi horror Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) alongside Brooke Adams and Jeff Goldblum. He also had a small role as the pot-smoking Professor Dave Jennings in National Lampoon's Animal House in 1978. Opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War began slowly and in small numbers in 1964 on various college campuses in the United States. ... The USS Abraham Lincoln Battle Group along with ships from Australia, Chile, Japan, Canada, and Korea speed towards Honolulu in RIMPAC 2000. ... Leading man or leading gentleman is an informal term for the actor who plays a secondary lead or supporting role, usually a love interest, to the leading actress in a film or play. ... For other uses, see Venice (disambiguation). ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... For the 1983 PBS sketch-comedy, see You Cant Do That On Television. ... The war film is a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects. ... The Eagle Has Landed is a book by Jack Higgins first published in 1975. ... Health inspector is a city public employee who examines food establishments and ensures they maintain health standards set by the city or state. ... Sci-fi is an abbreviation for science fiction. ... Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1978 science fiction film based on the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney. ... Brooke Adams in Invasion of the Body Snatchers, (1978) Brooke Adams (born February 8, 1949 in New York) is an actress. ... Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (born October 22, 1952) is an Academy-Award nominated American actor. ... National Lampoons Animal House is a 1978 comedy film in which a misfit group of fraternity boys take on the system at their college. ...

Donald Sutherland as Matthew Bennell in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

He also received acclaim for his performances in the 1976 Bernardo Bertolucci Italian fascism epic 1900 and for the role as the torn father in the Academy award-winning family drama Ordinary People (1980) alongside Mary Tyler Moore and Timothy Hutton. Image File history File links DSutherland_Invasion. ... Image File history File links DSutherland_Invasion. ... // Plot Summary The first remake of the paranoid infiltration classic moves the setting for the invasion from a small town to the city of San Fransisco and starts as Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are in some way different. ... Bernardo Bertolucci (born March 16, 1940) is an Italian writer and Academy Award winning film director. ... Fascism is an authoritarian political ideology (generally tied to a mass movement) that considers individual and other societal interests subordinate to the interests of the state. ... 1900 (also called Novecento) is a 1976 epic film starring Robert de Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Donald Sutherland, Alida Valli and Burt Lancaster, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... This article is about the film. ... This article is about the actress. ... Image:Timhut. ...

He played the part of fellow countryman, Canadian Norman Bethune, a physician, humanitarian and hero in China, in two separate biographical films in 1977 and 1990. A prolific actor, some of Sutherland's better-known roles in the 1980s and 1990s were the South African apartheid drama A Dry White Season (1989) alongside Marlon Brando and Susan Sarandon; the fire fighter thriller Backdraft (1991) alongside Kurt Russell and De Niro; and as the snobbish NYC art dealer in Six Degrees of Separation (1993) with Stockard Channing and Will Smith. In the 1991 Oliver Stone film, JFK, Sutherland played a mysterious Washington intelligence officer who spoke of links to the military-industrial complex in relation to Kennedy's assassination. He also guest starred in The Simpsons episode "Lisa the Iconoclast". He starred as Wilhem Reich in the video to the 1985 Kate Bush single Cloudbusting. Dr. Norman Bethune 1922 Henry Norman Bethune, MD (March 3, 1890 – November 12, 1939) was a Canadian physician, medical innovator, and humanitarian. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A Dry White Season is a 1989 film starring Marlon Brando, Donald Sutherland, and Susan Sarandon. ... Marlon Brando, Jr. ... Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... This article is about the profession. ... Backdraft is an American movie released in 1991, directed by Ron Howard and written by Gregory Widen. ... Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. ... Robert De Niro in the 1978 film The Deer Hunter Robert De Niro, Jr. ... This article is about the state. ... An art dealer is a person or company that buys and sells works of art. ... For the Battlestar Galactica episode, see Six Degrees of Separation (Battlestar Galactica). ... Stockard Channing press kit photo Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard on February 13, 1944) is an American actress. ... “W. S.” redirects here. ... William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946), known simply as Oliver Stone, is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director and screenwriter. ... JFK is an American film directed by Oliver Stone, first released on December 20, 1991. ... Spy and Secret agent redirect here. ... President Dwight Eisenhower famously referred to the military-industrial complex in his farewell address. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Lisa the Iconoclast is the sixteenth episode of The Simpsons seventh season, and is probably the most important episode for Jebediah Springfield since The Telltale Head. The episodes plot bears a striking resemblance to the short story The Washingtonians by Bentley Little. ... Wilhelm Reich (March 24, 1897 – November 3, 1957) was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. ... Kate Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. ... Cloudbusting was the second single to be released from Hounds of Love by Kate Bush. ...

In more recent years, Sutherland has been noted for his role as the Reverend Monroe in the civil war drama Cold Mountain (2003), in the re-make of The Italian Job (2003), in the TV series Commander in Chief (2005) and in Pride and Prejudice (2005) starring alongside Keira Knightley. He earned an Emmy nomination in 2006 for his performance in the TV movie "Human Trafficking". This article is about the film. ... In film, a remake is a newer version of a previously released film or a newer version of the source (play, novel, story, etc. ... The Italian Job is a 2003 action-adventure film, directed by F. Gary Gray. ... A Commander-in-Chief is the commander of a nations military forces or significant element of those forces. ... Movie Poster Jane Austens novel Pride and Prejudice (1813) has been the subject of numerous television and film adaptations. ... Keira Christina Knightley (pronounced IPA: ;[1] born 26 March 1985) is an English[2] film and television actress. ... An Emmy Award. ... “Telefilm” redirects here. ... Human Trafficking is a television mini-series about an agent going undercover to stop an organization from trafficking human beings. ...

Sutherland will also be starring in the prime-time serial, Dirty Sexy Money, for ABC. Sutherland's distinctive voice was also used in many radio and television commercials, including those for Volvo automobiles. He is also the spokesperson for Simply Orange orange juice. Further information: Primetime (TV series) Prime time is the block of programming on television during the middle of the evening. ... Serials in television and radio are series, often in a weekly prime time slot, that rely on a continuing plot that unfolds in a serial fashion, episode by episode. ... Dirty Sexy Money is an American television series created by Craig Wright, who also serves as executive producer alongside Greg Berlanti, Bryan Singer, Matthew Gross, Peter Horton and Josh Reims, with Melissa Berman producing. ... This article is about the American broadcast network. ... A television advertisement, advert or commercial is a form of advertising in which goods, services, organizations, ideas, etc. ... Volvo Cars is the luxury car maker using the Volvo Trademark. ... Simply Orange is a Apopka, Florida-based grower of oranges for orange juice. ...

Personal life

Sutherland was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on 18 December 1978.^[4] He was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2000.^[5] Sutherland maintains a home in Georgeville in Quebec's Eastern Townships. Seal of the Order of Canada The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Orders Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means (those) desiring a better country (Hebrews 11. ... is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the Canadian province. ... The Eastern Townships (in French les Cantons de lest) is a region in south central Quebec, lying between the Saint Lawrence River and the US border. ...

Sutherland met his current wife, the French-Canadian actress, Francine Racette, on the set of the Canadian pioneer drama Alien Thunder. They have three sons, including actors Rossif Sutherland, Angus Sutherland as well as Roeg Sutherland. Kiefer Sutherland and his twin sister Rachel were born to Sutherland and his second wife Shirley Douglas. Sutherland's son Kiefer is also a successful actor, best known for his role as Jack Bauer on the TV action/thriller series 24. Canadiens redirects here. ... Francine Racette, born 1947 in Quebec, Canada, is a French-Canadian actress. ... Alien Thunder (also known as Dan Candys Law) is a 1974 Canadian western film directed by Claude Fournier and starring Donald Sutherland. ... Rossif Sutherland (b. ... Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born December 21, 1966) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning television and film actor, well known for his lead role of Jack Bauer on the television series 24. ... Shirley Douglas OC (born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian television, film and stage actress. ... }} Jack Bauer is the fictional protagonist of the American television series 24, in which he has trained and worked in various capacities as a government agent, including US Army Delta Force, LAPD SWAT, and finally the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) Los Angeles. ... For other uses, see 24 (disambiguation). ...

Filmography

Main article: Donald Sutherland filmography

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References

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External links

• Donald Sutherland at the Internet Movie Database
• Donald Sutherland at the TCM Movie Database
• Donald Sutherland at the Internet Broadway Database
• Donald Sutherland at Yahoo! Movies