Donald McNichol Sutherland (born July 17, 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.
Golden Globe Awards
Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Known For
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
(2023)
Coriolanus Snow (voice) (uncredited)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
(2014)
President Coriolanus Snow
M*A*S*H
(1970)
Hawkeye Pierce
Animal House
(1978)
Dave Jennings
Virus
(1999)
Captain Robert Everton
Outbreak
(1995)
General Donald McClintock
Moonfall
(2022)
Holdenfield
Pride & Prejudice
(2005)
Mr. Bennet
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
(2013)
President Coriolanus Snow
Fallen
(1998)
Lt. Stanton
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
(2015)
President Coriolanus Snow
The Mechanic
(2011)
Harry McKenna
Disclosure
(1994)
Bob Garvin
Ad Astra
(2019)
Thomas Pruitt
Horrible Bosses
(2011)
Jack Pellit
JFK
(1991)
X
Full Filmography
Acting
Hamlet at Elsinore
(1964)
Fortinbras
The Castle of the Living Dead
(1964)
Sgt. Paul / The Witch / The Old Man
Fanatic
(1965)
Joseph
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
(1965)
Bob Carroll
The Bedford Incident
(1965)
Hospitalman Nerney - Sick Bay
Promise Her Anything
(1966)
Autograph Seeking Father (uncredited)
The Dirty Dozen
(1967)
Vernon Pinkley
Billion Dollar Brain
(1967)
Scientist at Computer
Oedipus the King
(1968)
Chorus Leader
Joanna
(1968)
Lord Peter Sanderson
The Sunshine Patriot
(1968)
Benedeck
Sebastian
(1968)
Ackerman
Interlude
(1968)
Lawrence
The Split
(1968)
Dave Negli
Start the Revolution Without Me
(1970)
Charles / Pierre
Alex in Wonderland
(1970)
Alex Morrison
Kelly's Heroes
(1970)
Sgt. Oddball (tank commander)
M*A*S*H
(1970)
Hawkeye Pierce
Act of the Heart
(1970)
Father Michael Ferrier
Johnny Got His Gun
(1971)
Christ
Klute
(1971)
John Klute
Little Murders
(1971)
Rev. Dupas
'Klute' in New York
(1971)
Self
FTA
(1972)
Self
Steelyard Blues
(1973)
Jesse Veldini
Lady Ice
(1973)
Andy Hammon
Don't Look Now
(1973)
John Baxter
Alien Thunder
(1974)
Sgt. Dan Candy
S*P*Y*S
(1974)
Bruland
The Day of the Locust
(1975)
Homer Simpson
End of the Game
(1975)
Corpse of Lt. Robert Schmied (uncredited)
Abicinema
(1975)
Self
The Eagle Has Landed
(1976)
Liam Devlin
Fellini's Casanova
(1976)
Giacomo Casanova
The Cinema According to Bertolucci
(1976)
Self
1900
(1976)
Attila Mellanchini
The Spiral
(1976)
Narrator (English version) (voice)
The Disappearance
(1977)
Jay Mallory
The Kentucky Fried Movie
(1977)
The Clumsy Waiter (segment "That's Armageddon")
Bethune
(1977)
Norman Bethune
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
(1978)
Matthew Bennell
The First Great Train Robbery
(1978)
Robert Agar
Animal House
(1978)
Dave Jennings
Blood Relatives
(1978)
Carella
Murder by Decree
(1979)
Robert Lees
A Man, a Woman and a Bank
(1979)
Reese Halperin
Bear Island
(1979)
Frank Lansing
North China Factory
(1980)
Narrator (voice)
Nothing Personal
(1980)
Roger Keller
Ordinary People
(1980)
Calvin Jarrett
Threshold
(1981)
Dr. Thomas Vrain
Eye of the Needle
(1981)
Faber
A War Story
(1981)
Narrator (voice)
Gas
(1981)
Nick the Noz
Night of 100 Stars
(1982)
Self
Fellini nel cestino
(1983)
Self
Max Dugan Returns
(1983)
Brian Costello
The Winter of Our Discontent
(1983)
Ethan Hawley
Ordeal by Innocence
(1984)
Dr. Arthur Calgary
Crackers
(1984)
Westlake
Terror in the Aisles
(1984)
Matthew Bennell (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cloudbusting
(1985)
William Reich
Revolution
(1985)
Sgt. Maj. Peasy
Heaven Help Us
(1985)
Brother Thadeus
The Wolf at the Door
(1986)
Paul Gauguin
The Trouble with Spies
(1987)
Appleton Porter
The Rosary Murders
(1987)
Father Robert Koesler
Apprentice to Murder
(1988)
John Reese
People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe
(1988)
Narrator (voice)
Lost Angels
(1989)
Dr. Charles Loftis
Lock Up
(1989)
Warden Drumgoole
A Dry White Season
(1989)
Ben du Toit
Kate Bush: Sensual World
(1990)
Self (archive footage)
Scream of Stone
(1991)
Ivan
Eminent Domain
(1991)
Josef Borski
Buster's Bedroom
(1991)
O'Connor
Backdraft
(1991)
Ronald Bartel
JFK
(1991)
X
The Setting Sun
(1992)
John Williams
The Railway Station Man
(1992)
Roger Hawthorne
Quicksand: No Escape
(1992)
Murdoch
Shadow of the Wolf
(1992)
Henderson
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
(1992)
Merrick Jamison-Smythe
The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas
(1992)
Narrator (voice)
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
(1992)
Narrator (voice)
Benefit of the Doubt
(1993)
Frank
The Mighty River
(1993)
Narrator (English Version) (voice)
Six Degrees of Separation
(1993)
Flan
Younger and Younger
(1993)
Jonathan Younger
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
(1993)
Dr. Norman Bethune
Red Hot
(1993)
Kirov
La Classe américaine
(1993)
Assassin (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Lifeforce Experiment
(1994)
Dr. 'Mac' MacLean
Disclosure
(1994)
Bob Garvin
The Puppet Masters
(1994)
Andrew Nivens
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
(1994)
William Marsden
Citizen X
(1995)
Col. Mikhail Fetisov
Outbreak
(1995)
General Donald McClintock
Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class
(1995)
Self (archive footage)
Natural Enemy
(1996)
Ted Robards
A Time to Kill
(1996)
Lucien Wilbanks
Hollow Point
(1996)
Garrett Lawton
Shadow Conspiracy
(1997)
Jacob Conrad
The Assignment
(1997)
Jack Shaw / Henry Fields
Fallen
(1998)
Lt. Stanton
Without Limits
(1998)
Bill Bowerman
Free Money
(1998)
Judge Rausenberg
The Hunley
(1999)
Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard
Behind the Mask
(1999)
Dr. Bob Shushan
Virus
(1999)
Captain Robert Everton
Instinct
(1999)
Ben Hillard
Space Cowboys
(2000)
Jerry O`Neill
Panic
(2000)
Michael
The Art of War
(2000)
Douglas Thomas
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
(2000)
Self
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
(2000)
Self
Big Shot's Funeral
(2001)
Tyler
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
(2001)
Narrator (voice)
The Big Heist
(2001)
Jimmy Burke
Uprising
(2001)
Adam Czerniaków
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
(2001)
Dr. Cid (voice)
The Magic of Fellini
(2002)
Self (archive footage)
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
(2003)
Self - Casanova
The Italian Job
(2003)
John Bridger
Baltic Storm
(2003)
Lou Aldryn
Path to War
(2003)
Clark Clifford
Five Moons Plaza
(2003)
Rosario Sarracino
Cold Mountain
(2003)
Reverend Monroe
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
(2005)
Self
Sir! No Sir!
(2005)
Self
American Gun
(2005)
Carl Wilk
Aurora Borealis
(2005)
Ronald Shorter
Pride & Prejudice
(2005)
Mr. Bennet
An American Haunting
(2005)
John Bell
Lord of War
(2005)
Colonel Oliver Southern (voice)
Operation Dirty Dozen
(2006)
Self (uncredited)
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
(2006)
Self
Ask the Dust
(2006)
Hellfrick
Beerfest
(2006)
Johann von Wolfhaus (uncredited)
Land of the Blind
(2006)
Thorne
Fierce People
(2007)
Ogden C. Osborne
Puffball
(2007)
Lars
Reign Over Me
(2007)
Richter Raines
Sleepwalkers
(2007)
Businessman struck by a taxi
Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia
(2007)
Narrator (voice)
Trumbo
(2007)
Self
Days of Darkness
(2007)
Donald Sutherland
Fool's Gold
(2008)
Nigel Honeycutt
Stonehenge: Decoded
(2008)
Narrator (voice)
Astro Boy
(2009)
General Stone (voice)
The Eastmans
(2009)
Dr. Charles Eastman
The Con Artist
(2010)
Kranski
Man on the Train
(2011)
The Professor
Horrible Bosses
(2011)
Jack Pellit
Jock the Hero Dog
(2011)
Narrator / Sir Percy Fitzpatrick (voice)
The Eagle
(2011)
Aquila
The Mechanic
(2011)
Harry McKenna
Assassin's Bullet
(2012)
Ambassador Ashdown
Dawn Rider
(2012)
Pop
The Hunger Games
(2012)
President Coriolanus Snow
The Hunger Games: Letters From The Rose Garden
(2012)
Self
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
(2012)
Self (President Coriolanus Snow)
Jappeloup
(2013)
John Lester
The Best Offer
(2013)
Billy
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
(2013)
President Coriolanus Snow
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
(2014)
President Coriolanus Snow
The Calling
(2014)
Father Price
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
(2014)
Self (President Coriolanus Snow)
Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...
(2015)
Self
Forsaken
(2015)
Rev. Clayton
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
(2015)
President Coriolanus Snow
Pirate's Passage
(2015)
Captain Charles Johnson (voice)
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
(2015)
Self (President Coriolanus Snow)
Point and Shoot
(2016)
Man
For the Love of Spock
(2016)
Matthew Bennell (archive footage)
Milton's Secret
(2016)
Grandpa Howard
Basmati Blues
(2017)
Gurgon
A Reindeer's Journey
(2018)
Narrator (English Version) (voice)
The Leisure Seeker
(2018)
John Spencer
Measure of a Man
(2018)
Dr. Kahn
The Physics of Sorrow
(2019)
(additional voice)
Ad Astra
(2019)
Thomas Pruitt
American Hangman
(2019)
Judge Straight
Backdraft 2
(2019)
Ronald Bartel
Reach For The Stars
(2019)
Self
Alone
(2020)
Edward
The Burnt Orange Heresy
(2020)
Jerome Debney
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
(2021)
Narrator (voice)
Moonfall
(2022)
Holdenfield
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
(2022)
Mr. Harrigan
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
(2023)
Coriolanus Snow (voice) (uncredited)
Miranda's Victim
(2023)
Judge Wren
Ozi: Voice of the Forest
(2024)
Albino Crocodile (voice)
Production
Writing