Donald Sutherland (1935–2024) was a Canadian film, television, and stage actor, which spanned over 60 years of his career. He was nominated for eight Golden Globe Awards, winning two for his performances in the television films Citizen X (1995)"'Sense,' 'Babe' Take Home Top Golden Globes" by Elaine Dutka; Claudia Puig, Los Angeles Times (22 Jan, 1996) Retrieved from and Path to War (2002);"Partial list of winners at the 60th annual Golden Globe Awards" at the Moose Jaw Times-Herald (26 Jan, 2003) [Final Edition] Retrieved from the former also earned him a Primetime Emmy Award."Major winners at Primetime Emmy Awards" at The Montreal Gazette (12 Sept, 1995) Retrieved from An inductee of the Hollywood Walk of Fame"Stars claim their all-too-fitting spots on Walk of Fame" by Michael Rechtshaffen, Edmonton Sun (16 Feb, 2011) Retrieved from and Canadian Walk of Fame,"Big changes for Canadian Walk of Fame gala approaches, drastic changes being considered" by John Mackay, Nelson Daily News (2 June, 2005) Retrieved from he also received a Canadian Academy Award for the drama film Threshold (1981)."Service With a Sneer No one plays a villain quite like Donald Sutherland, who's almost as scary as `Outbreak's' killer virus. His secret: You have to remember that bad guys are people too" by Lawrence Christon, Los Angeles Times (12 March, 1995) Retrieved from 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)."Critics Choice Awards winners list: 'Nomadland,' Chadwick Boseman take biggest honors" at USA Today (8 March, 2021) Retrieved from

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), The First Great Train Robbery (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), Without Limits (1998), Space Cowboys (2000), 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).

Film

Year Title Role Notes 1963 The World Ten Times Over Tall man in nightclub Uncredited 1964 Castle of the Living Dead Sgt. Paul / The witch / The old man 1965 Fanatic Joseph Dr. Terror's House of Horrors Dr. Bob Carroll Segment: "Vampire" The Bedford Incident Hospitalman Nerney 1966 Promise Her Anything Autograph-seeking Father Uncredited 1967 Billion Dollar Brain Scientist at computer The Dirty Dozen Vernon L. Pinkley The Shuttered Room Zebulon Whately (voice) Dubbed William Devlin 1968 Sebastian Ackerman Joanna Lord Peter Sanderson The Split Dave Negli Interlude Lawrence Oedipus the King Chorus Leader 1970 M*A*S*H Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce Start the Revolution Without Me Charles / Pierre Kelly's Heroes Sergeant "Oddball" The Act of the Heart Father Michael Ferrier Alex in Wonderland Alex Morrison 1971 Little Murders Rev. Dupas Johnny Got His Gun Christ Klute John Klute 1973 Steelyard Blues Jesse Veldini Also executive producer Lady Ice Andy Hammon Don't Look Now John Baxter 1974 Alien Thunder Sergeant Dan Candy S*P*Y*S Bruland 1975 The Day of the Locust Homer Simpson End of the Game Corpse of Lt. Robert Schmied 1976 1900 Attila Mellanchini Fellini's Casanova Giacomo Casanova The Eagle Has Landed Liam Devlin 1977 The Kentucky Fried Movie The Clumsy Waiter Segment: "That's Armageddon" The Disappearance Jay Mallory 1978 Blood Relatives Steve Carella Animal House Professor Dave Jennings Invasion of the Body Snatchers Matthew Bennell The First Great Train Robbery Agar 1979 Murder by Decree Robert Lees A Man, a Woman and a Bank Reese Halperin Bear Island Frank Lansing 1980 Ordinary People Calvin Jarrett Nothing Personal Roger Keller 1981 Threshold Dr. Thomas Vrain Gas Nick the Noz Eye of the Needle Henry Faber 1983 Max Dugan Returns Officer Brian Costello 1984 Ordeal by Innocence Dr. Arthur Calgary Crackers Weslake 1985 Revolution Sergeant Major Peasy Heaven Help Us Brother Thadeus 1986 The Wolf at the Door Paul Gauguin 1987 The Trouble with Spies Appleton Porter The Rosary Murders Father Robert Koesler 1988 Apprentice to Murder John Reese 1989 Lost Angels Doctor Charles Loftis A Dry White Season Ben du Toit Lock Up Warden Drumgoole 1990 Buster's Bedroom O'Connor Bethune: The Making of a Hero Dr. Norman Bethune 1991 Scream of Stone Ivan JFK X Eminent Domain Josef Borski Backdraft Ronald Bartel 1992 The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas Narrator (voice) The Railway Station Man Roger Hawthorne Buffy the Vampire Slayer Merrick Jamison-Smythe The Setting Sun John Williams 1993 Younger and Younger Jonathan Younger Six Degrees of Separation Flan Kittredge Red Hot Kirov Shadow of the Wolf Henderson Benefit of the Doubt Frank 1994 The Puppet Masters Andrew Nivens Punch Craman Disclosure Bob Garvin 1995 Outbreak Major General Donald McClintock 1996 Hollow Point Garrett Lawton A Time to Kill Lucien Wilbanks 1997 The Assignment Jack Shaw Shadow Conspiracy Jacob Conrad 1998 Free Money Judge Rolf Rausenberger Fallen Lieutenant Stanton Without Limits Bill Bowerman 1999 Virus Captain Robert Everton Instinct Doctor Ben Hillard 2000 Panic Michael Space Cowboys Captain Jerry O'Neill The Art of War UN Secretary-General Douglas Thomas 2001 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Dr. Sid (voice) Donald Sutherland at Behind The Voice Actors Big Shot's Funeral Rob Tyler 2003 The Italian Job John Bridger Five Moons Square Rosario Sarracino Baltic Storm Lou Aldryn Cold Mountain Reverend Monroe 2005 Aurora Borealis Ronald Fierce People Ogden C. Osbourne Pride & Prejudice Mr. Bennet American Gun Carl Wilk Lord of War Colonel Southern (voice) An American Haunting John Bell 2006 Ask the Dust Hellfrick Beerfest Johann von Wolfhaus Uncredited Land of the Blind Thorne 2007 Reign Over Me Judge Raines Puffball Lars Days of Darkness Himself 2008 Fool's Gold Nigel Honeycutt 2009 Astro Boy President Stone (voice) 2010 The Con Artist John Kranski 2011 The Mechanic Harry McKenna The Eagle Aquila Horrible Bosses Jack Pellitt Man on the Train The Professor Jock the Hero Dog Narrator / Sir Percy Fitzpatrick (voices) 2012 The Hunger Games President Coriolanus Snow Dawn Rider Cochrane Assassin's Bullet Ambassador Ashdown 2013 The Best Offer Billy Whistler The Hunger Games: Catching Fire President Coriolanus Snow Jappeloup John Lester 2014 The Calling Father Price The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 President Coriolanus Snow 2015 Forsaken Rev. Clayton The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 President Coriolanus Snow 2016 Milton's Secret Grandpa Howard 2017 The Leisure Seeker John Spencer Basmati Blues Gurgon 2018 Measure of a Man Dr. Kahn 2019 American Hangman Judge Straight Backdraft 2 Ronald Bartel Ad Astra Colonel Thomas Pruitt The Burnt Orange Heresy Jerome Debney 2020 Alone Edward 2021 JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass The Narrator 2022 Moonfall Holdenfield Mr. Harrigan's Phone Mr. Harrigan 2023 Miranda's Victim Judge Wren Ozi: Voice of the Forest Smiley (voice)

Television Year Title Role Notes 1962 Studio 4 Switchboard Operator Episode: "Flight into Danger" 1963 The Odd Man Mitch Scott Episode: "A Pattern of Little Silver Devils" The Sentimental Agent Hotel Clerk Episode: "A Very Desirable Plot" 1965 The Sullavan Brothers Jonathan Vickers Episode: "The Corrupters" 1965–1966 The Saint John Wood / Jim McCleery 2 episodes1966 Court Martial Cpl. Brown Episode: "All Is a Dream to Me" Theatre 625 Union Captain / Priest 2 episodes Gideon's Way Phillip Guest Episode: "The Millionaires' Daughter" 1967 The Avengers Jessel Episode: "The Superlative Seven" 1967–1968 Man in a Suitcase Earle / Willard 2 episodes 1969 The Champions David Crayley Episode: "Shadow of the Panther" The Name of the Game Jerry Trevor Episode: "The Suntan Mob" 1996 The Simpsons Hollis Hurlbut (voice) Episode: "Lisa the Iconoclast" 2005–2006 Commander in Chief Nathan Templeton Main role 2007–2009 Dirty Sexy Money Patrick "Tripp" Darling III Main role 2013–2015 Crossing Lines Michel Dorn Main role 2016–2017 Ice Pieter Van De Bruin Main role (season 1) 2018 Trust J. Paul Getty Main role 2020 The Undoing Franklin Renner Main role 2022 Swimming with Sharks Redmond Main role 2023 Lawmen: Bass Reeves Judge Isaac C. Parker Main role

TV films, miniseries, and specials Year Title Role 1964 Hamlet at Elsinore Prince Fortinbras 1966A Farewell to ArmsSim 1968 The Sunshine Patriot Benedeck 1977 Bethune Dr. Norman BethuneBethune: The Making of a Hero 1983 The Winter of Our Discontent Ethan Allen Hawley 1992 Quicksand: No Escape Murdoch 1994 Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All Captain William Marsden The Lifeforce Experiment Dr. 'MAC' MacLean 1995 Citizen X Colonel Mikhail Fetisov 1996 Natural Enemy Ted Robards 1999 Behind the Mask Dr. Bob Shushan The Hunley Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard 2001 The Big Heist Jimmy Burke Uprising Adam Czerniaków 2002 Path to War Clark Clifford 2004Salem's LotRichard StrakerFrankensteinCaptain Walton2005Human TraffickingAgent Bill Meehan 2009 The Eastmans Dr. Charles Eastman 2010The Pillars of the EarthEarl Bartholomew2011Moby DickFather Mapple 2012 Treasure Island Captain Flint 2015 Pirate's Passage Captain Charles Johnson (voice)

Theatre Year Title Role VenueNotes1960The Rape of the BeltHeraclesWebster Theatre, ArbroathPerth Theatre, Perth1960–1961Robinson CrusoeMate1961Great ExpectationsAbel MagwitchNottingham Playhouse, Nottingham1962On a Clear Day You Can See CanterburyHectorTheatre Royal Stratford East, NewhamThe GimmickDel RioIreland and UK tourWest End debut1963Red on WhiteBill HigginsTheatre Royal, Windsor1964Spoon RiverVarious rolesRoyal Court Theatre, London1969 Buck White Black Man / Honey Man George Abbott Theatre, New York Broadway debut 1981 Lolita Humbert Humbert Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York 2000Enigma VariationsAbel ZnorkoRoyal Alexandra Theatre, TorontoSavoy Theatre, LondonFestival Theatre, Malvern2001 Ten Unknowns Malcolm Raphelson Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, New York

Music videos + Year Title Role Artist 1985 Cloudbusting Wilhelm ReichKate Bush

Video games + Year Title Role Notes 1993 Conspiracy Rukov's Father 1993 CD-ROM version only

Documentary appearances Year Title Role Notes 1972 F.T.A. Himself Also producer 1980 North China Factory Narrator (voice) 1993–2000Great BooksNarrator (voice)2000 Threads of Hope Narrator (voice) 2001Queen Victoria's EmpireNarrator (voice) 2002 Fellini: I'm a Born Liar Himself / Giacomo Casanova 2005Sir! No Sir!Himself2007 Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia Narrator (voice) Trumbo Himself 2012 Out of the Shadows Narrator (voice)

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