Donald McNichol Sutherland, is a Canadian actor whose film career spans more than five decades. 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 subsequently established himself as one of the most respected, prolific and versatile character actors from Canada.
Birth Name
Donald McNichol Sutherland
Born
Wednesday, 17 July 1935
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Moonfall | Holdenfield | 2022 |
| Armageddon Time | 2022 |
| My Name Is Lopez | Self | 2021 |
| The Undoing | Franklin Reinhardt | 2020 |
| Alone | Edward | 2020 |
| The Burnt Orange Heresy | Jerome Debney | 2020 |
| Ad Astra | Thomas Pruitt | 2019 |
| The Movies | Calvin (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Backdraft 2 | Ronald Bartel | 2019 |
| American Hangman | Judge Straight | 2019 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Moonfall | Holdenfield | 2022 |
| Armageddon Time | 2022 |
| My Name Is Lopez | Self | 2021 |
| The Undoing | Franklin Reinhardt | 2020 |
| Alone | Edward | 2020 |
| The Burnt Orange Heresy | Jerome Debney | 2020 |
| Ad Astra | Thomas Pruitt | 2019 |
| The Movies | Calvin (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Backdraft 2 | Ronald Bartel | 2019 |
| American Hangman | Judge Straight | 2019 |
| Hal | Self | 2018 |
| Measure Of A Man | Dr. Kahn | 2018 |
| Trust | J. Paul Getty | 2018 |
| The Leisure Seeker | John Spencer | 2018 |
| Basmati Blues | Gurgon | 2017 |
| Ice | Pieter Van De Bruin | 2016 |
| For the Love of Spock | Matthew Bennell | 2016 |
| Milton's Secret | Grandpa Howard | 2016 |
| Point and Shoot | Man | 2016 |
| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | President Snow | 2015 |
| Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration | Calvin Jarrett (archive footage) | 2015 |
| Forsaken | Reverend Samuel Clayton | 2015 |
| Pirate's Passage | Captain Charles Johnson | 2015 |
| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | President Snow | 2014 |
| The Calling | Father Price | 2014 |
| Altman | Self | 2014 |
| The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | President Snow | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Crossing Lines | Michel Dorn | 2013 |
| Jäger des Augenblicks - Ein Abenteuer am Mount Roraima | Ivan | 2013 |
| Jappeloup | John Lester | 2013 |
| The Best Offer | Billy Whistler | 2013 |
| Assassin's Bullet | Ambassador Ashdown | 2012 |
| Dawn Rider | Cochrane | 2012 |
| The Hunger Games | President Snow | 2012 |
| Treasure Island | Flint | 2012 |
| Man On The Train | The Professor | 2011 |
| Jock The Hero Dog | Narrator / Sir Percy Fitzpatrick | 2011 |
| Horrible Bosses | Jack Pellit | 2011 |
| Moby Dick | Father Mapple | 2011 |
| The Eagle | Uncle Aquila | 2011 |
| The Mechanic | Harry McKenna | 2011 |
| The Con Artist | John Kranski / Kranski | 2010 |
| The Pillars of the Earth | Bartholomew | 2010 |
| Out of the Shadows | Narrator | 2010 |
| For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots | (voice) | 2010 |
| Astro Boy | President Stone (voice) | 2009 |
| The Eastmans | Dr. Charles Eastman | 2009 |
| Stonehenge: Decoded | Narrator | 2008 |
| Fool's Gold | Nigel Honeycutt | 2008 |
| The Last Continent | Narrated by | 2007 |
| Dirty Sexy Money | Patrick 'Tripp' Darling III | 2007 |
| Days of Darkness | Himself / Donald Sutherland | 2007 |
| Trumbo | Himself | 2007 |
| Puffball: The Devil's Eyeball | Lars | 2007 |
| Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2007 |
| Reign Over Me | Judge Raines | 2007 |
| The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | 2007 |
| America's Game: The Superbowl Champions | Narrator | 2006 |
| Beerfest | Johann von Wolfhaus | 2006 |
| Ask The Dust | Hellfrick | 2006 |
| Land of the Blind | Thorne | 2006 |
| Human Trafficking | Meehan | 2005 |
| Sunday Pants | The Clumsy Waiter (segment "Hall of Presidents") (voice) | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self, Self (archive footage) | 2005 |
| Commander in Chief | Nathan Templeton | 2005 |
| Pride & Prejudice | Mr. Bennet | 2005 |
| Lord Of War | Colonel Oliver Southern (voice) | 2005 |
| Sir! No Sir! | Himself | 2005 |
| An American Haunting | John Bell | 2005 |
| Aurora Borealis | Ronald Shorter | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Himself - Guest | 2005 |
| Fierce People | Ogden C. Osborne | 2005 |
| American Gun | Carl Wilk | 2005 |
| Frankenstein | Captain Walton | 2004 |
| Salem's Lot | Richard Straker | 2004 |
| Cold Mountain | Reverend Monroe | 2003 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years | Hawkeye Pierce (archive footage) | 2003 |
| Sex at 24 Frames Per Second | Himself (archive footage) | 2003 |
| Baltic Storm | Lou Aldryn | 2003 |
| The Italian Job | John Bridger | 2003 |
| Five Moons Plaza | Rosario Sarracino | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself | 2003 |
| Fellini: I'm a Born Liar | Himself / Casanova | 2002 |
| Path To War | Clark Clifford | 2002 |
| The Magic of Fellini | Himself (archive footage) | 2002 |
| Da wan | Tyler | 2001 |
| Uprising | Adam Czerniakow / Adam Czerniaków | 2001 |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Himself - Guest | 2001 |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Dr. Sid (voice) | 2001 |
| Queen Victoria's Empire | Narrator (voice) | 2001 |
| History vs. Hollywood | Himself | 2001 |
| Panic | Michael | 2000 |
| The Art Of War | Douglas Thomas | 2000 |
| Space Cowboys | Jerry O'Neill | 2000 |
| The Hunley | Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard | 1999 |
| Instinct | Ben Hillard | 1999 |
| Behind The Mask | Dr. Bob Shushan | 1999 |
| Virus | Captain Robert Everton | 1999 |
| Free Money | Judge Rolf Rausenberger | 1998 |
| Without Limits | Bill Bowerman | 1998 |
| Fallen | Lt. Stanton | 1998 |
| The Assignment | Henry Fields | 1997 |
| The View | Himself | 1997 |
| Shadow Conspiracy | Jacob Conrad | 1997 |
| Natural Enemy | Ted Robards | 1996 |
| Life and Times | Himself (archive footage), Narrator | 1996 |
| A Time to Kill | Lucien Wilbanks | 1996 |
| Hollow Point | Garrett Lawton | 1996 |
| MADtv | Himself | 1995 |
| Outbreak | General Donald McClintock | 1995 |
| Citizen X | Col. Mikhail Fetisov | 1995 |
| Disclosure | Bob Garvin | 1994 |
| The Puppet Masters | Andrew Nivens | 1994 |
| The Mighty River | Narrator (voice) | 1994 |
| Inside the Actors Studio | Himself - Guest | 1994 |
| The Lifeforce Experiment | Dr. 'MAC' MacLean | 1994 |
| Six Degrees of Separation | John Kittredge / Flan | 1993 |
| Younger and Younger | Jonathan Younger | 1993 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself - Guest | 1993 |
| Benefit of the Doubt | Frank | 1993 |
| Red Hot | Kirov | 1993 |
| The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas | Narrator (voice) | 1992 |
| The Railway Station Man | Roger Hawthorne | 1992 |
| The Setting Sun | John Williams | 1992 |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Merrick | 1992 |
| HBO First Look | Himself | 1992 |
| Shadow of the Wolf | Henderson | 1992 |
| Quicksand: No Escape | Murdoch | 1992 |
| The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power | Narrator (voice) | 1992 |
| JFK | X | 1991 |
| Backdraft | Ronald Bartel | 1991 |
| Buster's Bedroom | O'Connor | 1991 |
| Eminent Domain | Josef Borski | 1990 |
| Bethune: The Making of a Hero | Dr. Norman Bethune | 1990 |
| The Simpsons | Hollis Hurlbut | 1989 |
| A Dry White Season | Ben | 1989 |
| Lock Up | Warden Drumgoole | 1989 |
| Lost Angels | Dr. Charles Loftis | 1989 |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | Himself - Guest | 1989 |
| Apprentice To Murder | John Reese | 1988 |
| The Trouble With Spies | Appleton Porter | 1987 |
| The Rosary Murders | Father Robert Koesler | 1987 |
| Oviri | Paul Gauguin | 1986 |
| American Masters | Self - Actor | 1986 |
| Kate Bush: The Whole Story | Papa (clip: Cloudbusting) (archive footage) | 1986 |
| Revolution | Sgt. Maj. Peasy | 1985 |
| Heaven Help Us | Brother Thadeus | 1985 |
| Crackers | Weslake | 1984 |
| The Winter of Our Discontent | Ethan Hawley | 1983 |
| Max Dugan Returns | Brian Costello | 1983 |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Frank Capra | Himself | 1982 |
| Threshold | Donald Sutherland | 1981 |
| Gas | Nick the Noz | 1981 |
| Eye Of The Needle | Faber | 1981 |
| Ordinary People | Calvin Jarrett | 1980 |
| Nothing Personal | Roger Keller | 1980 |
| Bear Island | Frank Lansing | 1979 |
| A Man, a Woman and a Bank | Reese Halperin | 1979 |
| Murder By Decree | Robert Lees | 1979 |
| Invasion Of The Body Snatchers | Matthew Bennell | 1978 |
| The Great Train Robbery | Agar | 1978 |
| National Lampoon's Animal House | Dave Jennings | 1978 |
| Blood Relatives | Carella | 1978 |
| The Disappearance | Jay Mallory | 1977 |
| The Kentucky Fried Movie | The Clumsy Waiter (segment "That's Armageddon") | 1977 |
| The Eagle Has Landed | Liam Devlin | 1976 |
| Fellini's Casanova | Giacomo Casanova | 1976 |
| 1900 | Attila Mellanchini | 1976 |
| The Spiral | Narrator (voice) | 1976 |
| Arena | Himself | 1975 |
| End of the Game | Corpse of Lt. Robert Schmied | 1975 |
| The Day of the Locust | Homer Simpson | 1975 |
| S*P*Y*S | Bruland | 1974 |
| Alien Thunder | Sgt. Dan Candy | 1974 |
| Don't Look Now | John Baxter | 1973 |
| Lady Ice | Andy Hammon | 1973 |
| Steelyard Blues | Jesse Veldini | 1973 |
| FTA | Himself | 1972 |
| Johnny Got His Gun | Christ | 1971 |
| Klute | John Klute | 1971 |
| Parkinson | Himself - Guest | 1971 |
| Little Murders | Rev. Dupas | 1971 |
| Act of the Heart | Father Michael Ferrier | 1970 |
| Start The Revolution Without Me | Charles / Pierre | 1970 |
| Kelly's Heroes | Oddball | 1970 |
| MASH | Hawkeye Pierce | 1970 |
| Alex In Wonderland | Alex Morrison | 1970 |
| The David Frost Show | Himself - Guest | 1969 |
| Joanna | Lord Peter Sanderson | 1968 |
| The Split | Dave Negli | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Jerry Trevor | 1968 |
| The Champions | David Crayley | 1968 |
| Oedipus the King | Chorus Leader | 1968 |
| Interlude | Lawrence | 1968 |
| The Dick Cavett Show | Hawkeye Pierce (archive footage) | 1968 |
| Sebastian | Ackerman | 1968 |
| Billion Dollar Brain | Scientist at computer | 1967 |
| Man in a Suitcase | Keith Earle, Willard | 1967 |
| The Dirty Dozen | Vernon Pinkley | 1967 |
| The Shuttered Room | Zebulon (voice) | 1967 |
| Promise Her Anything | Autograph Seeking Father (uncredited) | 1966 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Charles Givens | 1965 |
| The Bedford Incident | Hospitalman Nerney - Sick Bay | 1965 |
| Court Martial | Cpl. Brown | 1965 |
| Die! Die! My Darling! | Joseph | 1965 |
| Dr. Terror's House Of Horrors | Dr. Bob Carroll (segment "Vampire") | 1965 |
| Gideon C.I.D. | Philip Guest | 1964 |
| The Castle of the Living Dead | The old man | 1964 |
| Theatre 625 | Priest, Union Captain | 1964 |
| Hamlet at Elsinore | Fortinbras | 1964 |
| The Sentimental Agent | Hotel Clerk | 1963 |
| The Saint | Jim McCleery, John Wood | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Guest, Himself | 1961 |
| The Avengers | Jessel | 1961 |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | 1951 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Pirate's Passage | 2015 |
| Steelyard Blues | 1973 |
| FTA | 1972 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2021 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 2008 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 2006 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 2006 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 2006 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |
| 2003 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Won |
| 1999 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 1996 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Won |
| 1995 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | Won |
| 1981 | Golden Globe | Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |
| 1971 | Golden Globe | Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
