Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland | |
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Born | Donald McNichol Sutherland 17 July 1935 |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1957–present |
Spouses | Lois Hardwick
(m. 1959; div. 1966) |
Children | 5, including Kiefer, Rossif and Angus |
Relatives | Sarah Sutherland (granddaughter) |
Awards | Full list |
Donald McNichol Sutherland
Sutherland rose to fame after starring in films such as
Sutherland has also received accolades for his television roles. For his portrayal of Colonel Mikhail Fetisov in Citizen X (1995) he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He played Adam Czerniaków in Uprising (2001), and Clark Clifford in Path to War (2002) earning the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.
Sutherland has received various honours including inductions into the
Early life and education
Sutherland was born 17 July 1935 at the
Sutherland graduated from
Career
After departing the
In 1967, he appeared in "The Superlative Seven", an episode of
Sutherland found himself as a
He won acclaim for his performance in the Italian director
In the 1991
He played an astronaut in
Sutherland provided
Beginning in 2012, Sutherland portrayed President Snow, the main antagonist of The Hunger Games film franchise, in The Hunger Games (2012), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014), and Part 2 (2015). His role was well received by fans and critics. On 26 March 2012, he was a guest on the Opie and Anthony radio show where he mentioned he had been offered the lead roles in Deliverance and Straw Dogs, although turned down both offers because he did not want to appear in violent films at the time. The role in Deliverance went to Jon Voight and the role in Straw Dogs to Dustin Hoffman, and both films enjoyed critical and box office success. After declining these violent roles, he quipped: "and then I played a fascist in 1900 by Bernardo Bertolucci." The television program Crossing Lines premiered on 23 June 2013, on the US NBC network.[22] Sutherland, who played the Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court named Michel Dorn, was one of only two actors to appear in all episodes across three seasons.[23]
In 2016, he was a member of the main competition jury of the
Personal life
Sutherland was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on 18 December 1978[28] and promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada in 2019.[29] He was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2000.[30] He maintains a home in Georgeville, Quebec.[31]
Sutherland has been married three times. His first marriage, to Lois May Hardwick,[32] lasted from 1959 to 1966. His second marriage, which lasted from 1966 to 1970, was to Shirley Douglas, daughter of Canadian social democratic politician and the "father" of Canada's universal healthcare system, Tommy Douglas.[33] Sutherland and Douglas have two children, twins Kiefer and Rachel. From 1970 to 1972, he had an affair with married Klute co-star Jane Fonda.[34]
Sutherland married French Canadian actress Francine Racette in 1972, after meeting her on the set of the Canadian pioneer drama Alien Thunder. They have three sons – Rossif Sutherland, Angus Redford Sutherland, and Roeg Sutherland[33] – all of whom were named after directors Sutherland has worked with. Kiefer is named after American-born director and writer Warren Kiefer, who, under the assumed name of Lorenzo Sabatini,[35] directed Sutherland in his first feature film, the Italian low-budget horror film Il castello dei morti vivi (Castle of the Living Dead); Roeg is named after director Nicolas Roeg; Rossif is named after French director Frédéric Rossif; and Angus Redford has his middle name after Robert Redford.[33]
Sutherland became a blogger for the American
Documents declassified in 2017 show that Sutherland was on the National Security Agency watchlist between 1971 and 1973 at the request of the Central Intelligence Agency because of his anti-war activities.[38]
Filmography
Film
Selected credits
- The Dirty Dozen (1967)
- M*A*S*H (1970)
- Kelly's Heroes (1970)
- Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
- Klute (1971)
- F.T.A. (1972)
- Steelyard Blues (1973)
- Don't Look Now (1973)
- The Day of the Locust (1975)
- 1900 (1976)
- Fellini's Casanova (1976)
- The Eagle has Landed (1976)
- National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
- Ordinary People (1980)
- Threshold (1981)
- Eye of the Needle (1981)
- The Rosary Murders (1987)
- A Dry White Season (1989)
- Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990)
- JFK (1991)
- Backdraft (1991)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
- Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
- Outbreak (1995)
- A Time to Kill (1996)
- Without Limits (1998)
- Space Cowboys (2000)
- The Art of War (2000)
- The Italian Job (2003)
- Cold Mountain (2003)
- Pride and Prejudice (2005)
- Lord of War (2005)
- Reign Over Me (2007)
- Fool's Gold (2008)
- The Eagle (2011)
- Horrible Bosses (2011)
- The Hunger Games (2012)
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
- The Leisure Seeker (2017)
- Basmati Blues (2017)
- American Hangman (2019)
- Ad Astra (2019)
- The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019)
- Backdraft 2 (2019)
- Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022)
- Miranda's Victim (2023)
Television
Selected credits
- The Saint (1966)
- The Avengers (1967)
- The Champions 1969 (Episode 16: Shadow of the Panther)
- The Winter of Our Discontent (1983)
- Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)
- Citizen X (1995)
- The Big Heist (2001)
- Uprising (2001)
- Path to War (2002)
- Commander in Chief (2005-2006)
- Human Trafficking (2005)
- Dirty Sexy Money (2007-2009)
- The Pillars of the Earth (2010)
- Trust (2018)
- The Undoing (2020)
- Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023)
Theatre
Year | Project | Role | Venue |
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1969 | Buck White | Black Man / Honey Man | Broadway debut
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1981 | Lolita | Humbert Humbert | Brooks Atkinson Theatre , Broadway
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2001 | Ten Unknowns | Malcolm Raphelson | Mitzi E. Newhouse, Lincoln Center |
Honours
- 1978: Officer of the Order of Canada (OC)
- 1983: 4th Genie Awards, winner, Best Actor, Threshold
- 2000: Canada's Walk of Fame
- 2000: Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement[39]
- 2005: Honorary Doctor of Arts (Hon DArt) from Middlebury College (Middlebury, Vermont, US)[40]
- 2011: Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (7024 Hollywood Boulevard, next to his son Kiefer).[41]
- 2019: Companion of the Order of Canada (CC)[42]
- 2023 (19 Oct): commemorative postage stamp
Awards and nominations
References
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- ^ The Courier & Advertiser, Dundee, 23 November 2013.
- ^ MM. "Episode #85 – 5–14". Home.arcor.de. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
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- ^ Adams, Thelma (11 November 2015). "'Hunger Games' Antihero Donald Sutherland on the Finale—and Snow's Love for Katniss". Observer. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
In 1968 [sic], while shooting Kelly's Heroes in Yugoslavia opposite Clint Eastwood, he "contracted spinal meningitis. They didn't have the antibiotics and I died. I saw the blue tunnel and, like, crap, if you're ever with anyone who is in a coma, talk to them. They can hear you. I could hear everything. I heard them making my funeral arrangements."
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- ^ General, Office of the Secretary to the Governor (20 June 2019). "Governor General Announces 83 New Appointments to the Order of Canada". The Governor General of Canada. Archived from the original on 28 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
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- ^ Sutherland, Donald (10 July 2008). "Obama for President". Huffington Post.
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External links
- Donald Sutherland at IMDb
- Donald Sutherland at Turner Classic Movies
- Donald Sutherland at the Internet Broadway Database
- Donald Sutherland discography at Discogs
- On the Money (Carole Cadwalladr interview), The Guardian, 30 March 2008.