Donald Sutherland filmography
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| Film | 141 |
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| Television series | 42 |
| Music videos | 1 |
| Theatre | 1 |
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)[1] and Path to War (2002);[2] the former also earned him a Primetime Emmy Award.[3] An inductee of the Hollywood Walk of Fame[4] and Canadian Walk of Fame,[5] he also received a Canadian Academy Award for the drama film Threshold (1981).[6] Multiple film critics and media outlets have cited him as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.[7][8][9] In 2017, he received an Academy Honorary Award for his contributions to cinema.[10] 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).[11]
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).
Acting credits
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Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 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 – Sick Bay | |||
| 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 | Voice | ||
| 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 | |||
| 1972 | F.T.A. | Himself | Documentary, also producer | |
| 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 | North China Factory | Narrator | Voice Documentary |
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| 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 | |||
| Threads of Hope | Narrator | Voice Documentary |
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| 2001 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Dr. Sid | Voice[12] | |
| Big Shot's Funeral | Rob Tyler | |||
| 2002 | Fellini: I'm a Born Liar | Himself / Giacomo Casanova | Documentary | |
| 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 Oliver Southern | Voice | ||
| Sir! No Sir! | Himself | Documentary | ||
| 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 | |||
| Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia | Narrator | Voice Documentary |
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| Trumbo | Himself | Documentary | ||
| 2008 | Fool's Gold | Nigel Honeycutt | ||
| 2009 | Astro Boy | President Stone | Voice[12] | |
| 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 | Voice[12] | ||
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | President Coriolanus Snow | ||
| Dawn Rider | Cochrane | |||
| Assassin's Bullet | Ambassador Ashdown | |||
| Out of the Shadows | Narrator | Voice Documentary |
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| 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 | Direct-to-DVD | ||
| Ad Astra | Colonel Thomas Pruitt | |||
| The Burnt Orange Heresy | Jerome Debney | |||
| 2020 | Alone | Edward | [13] | |
| 2022 | Moonfall | Holdenfield | [14] | |
| Mr. Harrigan's Phone | Mr. Harrigan | [15] | ||
| 2023 | Miranda's Victim | Judge Wren | [16] | |
| Ozi: Voice of the Forest | Smiley | Voice | [17] |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Studio 4 | Switchboard Operator | Episode: "Flight Into Danger" | |
| Man of the World | Unhelpful Neighbour | Uncredited Episode: "Portrait of a Girl" |
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| 1963 | The Odd Man | Mitch Scott | Episode: "A Pattern of Little Silver Devils" | |
| The Sentimental Agent | Hotel Clerk | Episode: "A Very Desirable Plot" | ||
| 1964 | Hamlet at Elsinore | Prince Fortinbras | Television film | |
| 1965 | The Sullavan Brothers | Jonathan Vickers | Episode: "The Corrupters" | |
| 1965–1966 | The Saint | John Wood / Jim McCleery | 2 episodes | |
| 1966 | A Farewell to Arms | Sim | 2 episodes | |
| 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 | |
| 1968 | The Sunshine Patriot | Benedeck | Television film | |
| 1969 | The Champions | David Crayley | Episode: "Shadow of the Panther" | |
| The Name of the Game | Jerry Trevor | Episode: "The Suntan Mob" | ||
| 1977 | Bethune[18] | Dr. Norman Bethune | Television film | |
| 1983 | The Winter of Our Discontent | Ethan Allen Hawley | Television film | |
| 1992 | Quicksand: No Escape | Murdoch | Television film | |
| 1994 | Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All | Captain William Marsden | Television film | |
| The Lifeforce Experiment | Dr. 'MAC' MacLean | Television film | ||
| 1995 | Citizen X | Colonel Mikhail Fetisov | Television film | |
| 1996 | The Simpsons | Hollis Hurlbut | Voice Episode: "Lisa the Iconoclast" |
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| 1996 | Natural Enemy | Ted Robards | Television film | |
| 1999 | Behind the Mask | Dr. Bob Shushan | Television film | |
| The Hunley | Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard | Television film | ||
| 2001 | The Big Heist | Jimmy Burke | Television film | |
| Uprising | Adam Czerniaków | Television film | ||
| Queen Victoria's Empire | Narrator | Voice 4 episodes |
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| 2002 | Path to War | Clark Clifford | Television film | |
| 2004 | Salem's Lot | Richard Straker | 2 episodes | |
| Frankenstein | Captain Walton | 2 episodes | ||
| 2005–2006 | Commander in Chief | Nathan Templeton | 19 episodes | |
| 2005 | Human Trafficking | Agent Bill Meehan | 4 episodes | |
| 2007–2009 | Dirty Sexy Money | Patrick "Tripp" Darling III | 23 episodes | |
| 2009 | The Eastmans | Dr. Charles Eastman | Unaired pilot | |
| 2010 | The Pillars of the Earth | Earl Bartholomew | 4 episodes | |
| 2011 | Moby Dick | Father Mapple | 2 episodes | |
| 2012 | Treasure Island | Captain Flint | Episode #1.1 | |
| 2013–2015 | Crossing Lines | Michel Dorn | 34 episodes | |
| 2015 | Pirate's Passage | Captain Charles Johnson | Voice Television film |
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| 2016–2017 | Ice | Pieter Van De Bruin | 8 episodes | |
| 2018 | Trust | J. Paul Getty | 10 episodes | |
| 2020 | The Undoing | Franklin Renner | 6 episodes | |
| 2022 | Swimming with Sharks | Redmond | 6 episodes | |
| 2023 | Lawmen: Bass Reeves | Judge Isaac C. Parker | 6 episodes |
Theatre
[edit]| Year | Project | Role | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Buck White | Black Man / Honey Man | George Abbott Theatre, Broadway debut | [19] |
| 1981 | Lolita | Humbert Humbert | Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway | [20] |
| 2001 | Ten Unknowns | Malcolm Raphelson | Mitzi E. Newhouse, Lincoln Center | [21] |
Music video
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Cloudbusting | Wilhelm Reich | Single by Kate Bush |
Video game
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Conspiracy | Rukov's father | 1993 CD-ROM version only |
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Partial list of winners at the 60th annual Golden Globe Awards" at the Moose Jaw Times-Herald (26 Jan, 2003) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest 345305552
- ^ "Major winners at Primetime Emmy Awards" at The Montreal Gazette (12 Sept, 1995) Retrieved from ProQuest 432903001
- ^ "Stars claim their all-too-fitting spots on Walk of Fame" by Michael Rechtshaffen, Edmonton Sun (16 Feb, 2011) Retrieved from ProQuest 2226821796
- ^ "Big changes for Canadian Walk of Fame gala approaches, drastic changes being considered" by John Mackay, Nelson Daily News (2 June, 2005) Retrieved from ProQuest 357459439
- ^ "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 ProQuest 293094607
- ^ Singler, Leigh (19 February 2009). "Oscars: the best actors never to have been nominated". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ^ Kiang, Jessica (1 January 2016). "30 Great Actors Who've Never Been Oscar Nominated". Indiewire. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ Robey, Tim (1 February 2016). "20 great actors who've never been nominated for an Oscar". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ "The Academy to honor Charles Burnett, Owen Roizman, Donald Sutherland and Agnès Varda with Oscars at 2017 Governors Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ "Critics Choice Awards winners list: 'Nomadland,' Chadwick Boseman take biggest honors" at USA Today (8 March, 2021) Retrieved from ProQuest 2497904111
- ^ a b c Donald Sutherland at Behind The Voice Actors
- ^ N'Duka, Amanda (28 October 2019). "Donald Sutherland, Tyler Posey Star In 'Alone' Indie Thriller". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ N'Duka, Amanda (October 13, 2020). "Stanley Tucci & Game of Thrones Alum John Bradley Join Roland Emmerich's Moonfall Space Epic For Lionsgate". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 15, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (October 1, 2021). "'Mr. Harrigan's Phone': Donald Sutherland & Jaeden Martell To Star In Netflix Blumhouse Movie – BlumFest". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
- ^ Devore, Britta (27 May 2022). "'Miranda's Victim' Casts Abigail Breslin, Luke Wilson, and Donald Sutherland in Courtroom Drama". Collider. Archived from the original on May 30, 2022. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (July 12, 2021). "Amandla Stenberg, Laura Dern And Donald Sutherland Among Those Joining Environmental Animated Pic 'Ozi'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ Bethune: The Making of a Hero
- ^ "Buck White (Broadway, 1969)". Playbill. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
- ^ "Lolita (Broadway, 1981)". Playbill. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
- ^ "Baitz's Ten Unknowns, with Donald Sutherland, Begins at LCT Feb. 8". Playbill. Retrieved June 20, 2024.