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