
Donald Sutherland
Highest Rated: 100% Path to War (2002)
Lowest Rated: 0% Benefit of the Doubt (1993)
Birthday: Jul 17, 1935
Birthplace: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
While Donald Sutherland was born and raised in Canada, he didn't truly find his true calling until he moved to the United Kingdom when he was in his early 20s. Acting was a part of his Canadian childhood, but he spent most of his time studying to become an engineer. That changed once he got to London in the late 1950s. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, which led to a number of appearances in British media, including the horror flick "The Castle of the Living Dead" (1964) and an adaptation of "A Farewell to Arms" (1966). His breakout performance was in the award-winning ensemble war film "The Dirty Dozen" (1967), which segued nicely into his next notable roles as Hawkeye in Robert Altman's "MASH" (1970) and Oddball in "Kelly's Heroes" (1970). Sutherland became a star during the '70s, appearing in everything from the psychological thriller "Don't Look Now" (1973) to Bernardo Bertolucci's epic "1900" (1976). He also opened himself up to a different generation of viewers with his role as a professor in "National Lampoon's Animal House" (1978). To kick off the '80s, Sutherland received acclaim for his performance alongside Mary Tyler Moore in the Oscar-winning drama "Ordinary People" (1980). He continued to appear in a variety of projects, including the apartheid drama "A Dry White Season" (1989) and the Kurt Russell-starring thriller "Backdraft" (1990). Memorable turns in Oliver Stone's "JFK" (1991) and the original film version of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1992) peppered the early '90s for Sutherland. For his role in HBO's "Citizen X" (1995), Sutherland earned multiple awards, including an Emmy. He closed out the decade with appearances in "Outbreak" (1995), "Without Limits" (1998), and "A Time to Kill" (1996), the latter of which was one of the rare times when Sutherland appeared in a work alongside his son Kiefer. In the 2000s, he appeared in the remake of "The Italian Job" (2003) as well as in the Keira Knightley-starring adaptation of "Pride & Prejudice" (2005). In 2012, he began performing one of the most notable roles of his late-stage career, appearing as the villainous President Snow in "The Hunger Games" (2012), going on to reprise the role in the complete four-film franchise. By the time "The Hunger Games" wrapped up, Sutherland was awarded an Honorary Oscar in 2017 for his multi-decade career. Even as he entered his 80s, Sutherland did not slow down, starring in Danny Boyle's "Trust" (FX 2018) and appearing alongside Brad Pitt in "Ad Astra" (2019).
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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33% | No Score Yet | Alone | Edward (Character) | - | 2020 |
83% | 40% | Ad Astra | Thomas Pruitt (Character) | $50.2M | 2019 |
40% | 16% | Backdraft 2 | Ronald Bartel (Character) | - | 2019 |
44% | 57% | American Hangman | Judge Straight (Character) | - | 2019 |
67% | 81% | The Burnt Orange Heresy | Jerome Debney (Character) | $143.8K | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Physics of Sorrow | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2019 |
52% | 67% | Measure of a Man | Dr. Kahn (Character) | - | 2018 |
10% | 49% | Basmati Blues | Gurgon (Character) | - | 2017 |
38% | 56% | The Leisure Seeker | John Spencer (Character) | $3.2M | 2017 |
38% | 69% | Milton's Secret | Grandpa Howard (Character) | - | 2016 |
42% | 87% | Forsaken | Reverend William Clayton (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Pirate's Passage |
Captain Charles Johnson (Voice), Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 2015 |
69% | 66% | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 | President Snow (Character) | $281.7M | 2015 |
68% | 71% | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 | President Snow (Character) | - | 2014 |
52% | 33% | The Calling | Father Price (Character) | - | 2014 |
56% | 77% | The Best Offer | Billy Whistler (Character) | $82K | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Jappeloup | John Lester (Character) | - | 2013 |
90% | 89% | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | President Snow (Character) | - | 2013 |
7% | 12% | Assassin's Bullet | Ambassador Ashdown (Character) | - | 2012 |
56% | 42% | Treasure Island | Unknown (Character) | - | 2012 |
84% | 81% | The Hunger Games | President Snow (Character) | $408M | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 22% | Dawn Rider | Pop (Character) | - | 2012 |
53% | 51% | The Mechanic | Harry (Character) | $29.1M | 2011 |
69% | 70% | Horrible Bosses | Jack Pellit (Character) | $117.5M | 2011 |
39% | 41% | The Eagle | Uncle Aquila (Character) | $19.5M | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Jock |
Narrator/ |
- | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 29% | The Man on the Train | The Professor (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 27% | The Con Artist | Kranski (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Out of the Shadows | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2010 |
50% | 50% | Astro Boy | Stone (Voice) | $19.5M | 2009 |
11% | 48% | Fool's Gold | Nigel Honeycutt (Character) | $70.2M | 2008 |
100% | 52% | Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia | Narrator | - | 2007 |
64% | 81% | Reign Over Me | Judge Raines (Character) | $19.7M | 2007 |
84% | 78% | Trumbo | Unknown (Character) | $108.3K | 2007 |
0% | 13% | Puffball | Lars (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 38% | Behind the Mask | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
17% | 63% | Land of the Blind | Thorne (Character) | - | 2006 |
35% | 41% | Ask the Dust | Hellfrick (Character) | $742.6K | 2006 |
14% | 36% | An American Haunting | John Bell (Character) | $16.3M | 2005 |
68% | 64% | Aurora Borealis | Ronald (Character) | $60.6K | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Human Trafficking | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
24% | 57% | Fierce People | Ogden C. Osborne (Character) | $85.4K | 2005 |
39% | 43% | American Gun | Carl (Character) | $24K | 2005 |
86% | 89% | Pride & Prejudice | Mr. Bennet (Character) | $38.4M | 2005 |
50% | 48% | Salem's Lot | Richard Straker (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 18% | Baltic Storm | Lou Aldryn (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Five Moons Plaza | Rosario Sarracino (Character) | - | 2003 |
73% | 80% | The Italian Job | John Bridger (Character) | $106.1M | 2003 |
70% | 77% | Cold Mountain | Reverend Monroe (Character) | $95.6M | 2003 |
100% | 73% | Path to War | Clark Clifford (Character) | - | 2002 |
44% | 48% | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Doctor Cid (Voice) | $32.1M | 2001 |
20% | 71% | Big Shot's Funeral | Tyler (Character) | $529 | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Heist | Jimmy Burke (Character) | - | 2001 |
91% | 62% | Panic | Michael (Character) | $775.8K | 2000 |
16% | 36% | The Art of War | Douglas Thomas (Character) | $30.2M | 2000 |
78% | 53% | Space Cowboys | Jerry O'Nell (Character) | $90.4M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Behind the Mask | Dr. Bob Shushan (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 70% | The Hunley | Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard (Character) | - | 1999 |
12% | 21% | Virus | Capt. Robert Everton (Character) | $14M | 1999 |
27% | 67% | Instinct | Ben Hillard (Character) | $34.1M | 1999 |
40% | 72% | Fallen | Lieutenant Stanton (Character) | $25.2M | 1998 |
79% | 91% | Without Limits | Bill Bowerman (Character) | $777.4K | 1998 |
29% | 26% | Free Money | Judge Rolf Rausenberger (Character) | - | 1998 |
0% | 18% | Shadow Conspiracy | Jacob Conrad (Character) | $2.3M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Natural Enemy | Ted Robards (Character) | - | 1997 |
60% | 62% | The Assignment |
Jack Shaw/ |
$540.1K | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Hollow Point | Garrett Lawton (Character) | - | 1996 |
67% | 85% | A Time to Kill | Lucien Wilbanks (Character) | $108.7M | 1996 |
86% | 86% | Citizen X | Col. Mikhail Fetisov (Character) | - | 1995 |
59% | 55% | Outbreak | Maj. Gen. Donald McClintock (Character) | $65.9M | 1995 |
26% | 32% | The Puppet Masters | Andrew Nivens (Character) | $8.6M | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead Men Talk | Dr. "MAC" MacLean (Character) | - | 1994 |
59% | 41% | Disclosure | Bob Garvin (Character) | $81.3M | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Bethune | Unknown (Character) | - | 1993 |
0% | 20% | Benefit of the Doubt | Frank (Character) | $73.3K | 1993 |
No Score Yet | 47% | Shadow of the Wolf | Henderson (Character) | $1.2M | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Younger & Younger | Jonathan Younger (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | 83% | The Mighty River | Narrator | - | 1993 |
88% | 71% | Six Degrees of Separation | Flan (Character) | $6.3M | 1993 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Red Hot | Kirov (Character) | - | 1993 |
36% | 43% | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Merrick Jamison-Smythe (Character) | $14.1M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Setting Sun | John Williams (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Quicksand: No Escape | Murdoch (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Railway Station Man | Roger Hawthorne (Character) | - | 1992 |
74% | 75% | Backdraft | Ronald Bartel (Character) | $75.7M | 1991 |
84% | 88% | JFK | X (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Scream of Stone | Ivan (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Buster's Bedroom | O'Connor (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eminent Domain | Josef Borski (Character) | $81.9K | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bethune: The Making of a Hero | Dr. Norman Bethune (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Lost Angels | Lost Angels (Character) | $1M | 1989 |
23% | 50% | Lock Up | Warden Drumgoole (Character) | $20.3M | 1989 |
81% | 75% | A Dry White Season | Ben du Toit (Character) | $3.3M | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The Trouble With Spies | Appleton Porter (Character) | $57K | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 23% | Apprentice to Murder | John Reese (Character) | $140.3K | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 31% | The Rosary Murders | Father Robert Koesler (Character) | $1.7M | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Wolf at the Door | Paul Gauguin (Character) | $39K | 1986 |
33% | 74% | Heaven Help Us | Brother Thadeus (Character) | - | 1985 |
10% | 32% | Revolution | Sgt. Maj. Peasy (Character) | $295.3K | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 23% | Ordeal by Innocence | Dr. Arthur Calgary (Character) | - | 1984 |
0% | 33% | Crackers | Weslake (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Winter of Our Discontent | Ethan Hawley (Character) | - | 1983 |
71% | 68% | Max Dugan Returns | Brian Costello (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The War Story | Narrator | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Threshold | Dr. Thomas Vrain (Character) | - | 1981 |
82% | 74% | Eye of the Needle | Faber (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gas | Nick the Noz (Character) | - | 1981 |
89% | 88% | Ordinary People | Calvin Jarrett (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 28% | Bear Island | Frank Lansing (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Nothing Personal | Roger Keller (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 22% | A Man, a Woman and a Bank | Reese Halperin (Character) | - | 1979 |
80% | 64% | Murder by Decree | Robert Lees (Character) | - | 1979 |
74% | 68% | The Great Train Robbery | Agar (Character) | - | 1978 |
93% | 82% | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Matthew Bennell (Character) | - | 1978 |
90% | 89% | National Lampoon's Animal House | Prof. Dave Jennings (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Disappearance | Jay Mallory (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bethune | Dr. Norman Bethune (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blood Relatives | Steve Carella (Character) | - | 1977 |
81% | 66% | The Kentucky Fried Movie | The Clumsy Waiter (Character) | - | 1977 |
58% | 85% | 1900 | Attila Mellanchini (Character) | $66.1K | 1976 |
67% | 67% | The Eagle Has Landed | Liam Devlin (Character) | - | 1976 |
50% | 29% | End of the Game | Corpse of Lt. Robert Schmied (Character) | - | 1976 |
50% | 80% | Fellini's Casanova | Giacomo Casanova (Character) | - | 1976 |
60% | 76% | The Day of the Locust | Homer Simpson (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shadow Catcher | Unknown (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | 16% | S.P.Y.S | Bruland (Character) | - | 1974 |
60% | 33% | Steelyard Blues | Jesse Veldini (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | 8% | Dan Candy's Law | Sgt. Dan Candy (Character) | - | 1973 |
95% | 76% | Don't Look Now | John Baxter (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | 20% | Lady Ice | Andy Hammon (Character) | - | 1973 |
82% | 67% | F.T.A. |
Self, Producer |
- | 1972 |
67% | 81% | Little Murders | Rev. Dupas (Character) | - | 1971 |
93% | 80% | Klute | John Klute (Character) | - | 1971 |
67% | 87% | Johnny Got His Gun | Christ (Character) | - | 1971 |
85% | 83% | M*A*S*H | "Hawkeye" Pierce (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Act of the Heart | Father Michael Ferrier (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | 32% | Alex in Wonderland | Alex Morrison (Character) | - | 1970 |
78% | 88% | Kelly's Heroes | Sgt. Oddball (Character) | - | 1970 |
83% | 77% | Start the Revolution Without Me |
Charles/ |
- | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Suntan Mob | Jerry Trevor (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sunshine Patriot | Benedeck (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oedipus the King | Chorus Leader (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | 32% | The Split | Dave Negli (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Interlude | Lawrence (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Joanna | Lord Peter Sanderson (Character) | - | 1968 |
33% | No Score Yet | Sebastian | Ackerman (Character) | - | 1968 |
79% | 90% | The Dirty Dozen | Vernon L. Pinkley (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | 25% | Promise Her Anything | Autograph Seeking Father (Character) | - | 1966 |
86% | 75% | The Bedford Incident | Hospitalman Nerney (Character) | - | 1965 |
100% | 62% | Dr. Terror's House of Horrors | Bob Carroll (Character) | - | 1965 |
50% | 58% | Die! Die! My Darling! | Joseph (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | 17% | Castle of the Living Dead |
Sgt. Paul/ |
- | 1964 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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76% | 65% | The Undoing | Franklin Renner (Character) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Discovering | Unknown (Character) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 60 Minutes | Guest | 2017-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ice | Pieter Van De Bruin (Character) | 2017-2018 |
No Score Yet | 85% | Ice | Unknown (Character) | 2016-2018 |
78% | 78% | Trust | J. Paul Getty (Character) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Page | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live with Kelly and Ryan | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The View | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today | Guest | 2018 2016 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today's Take | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entertainment Studios.TV | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Morning America | Guest | 2014-2015 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | etalk | Guest | 2014 2011 2008 |
No Score Yet | 74% | Crossing Lines | Michel Dorn (Character) | 2013-2014 |
No Score Yet | 100% | The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Treasure Island | Unknown (Character) | 2012 |
77% | No Score Yet | The Pillars of the Earth | Bartholomew (Character) | 2010 |
68% | No Score Yet | Dirty Sexy Money | Tripp Darling (Character) | 2007-2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kickin' It: With Byron Allen | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entertainers: With Byron Allen | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entertainment Studios.com | Guest | 2008 |
82% | No Score Yet | Commander in Chief | Nathan Templeton (Character) | 2005-2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Human Trafficking | Agent Bill Meehan (Character) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Frankenstein | Unknown (Character) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Salem's Lot | Richard Straker (Character) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Uprising | Unknown (Character) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Actors Studio | Guest | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Living Edens | Narrator | 1998 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Hollis Hurlbut (Guest Voice) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All | Unknown (Character) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Johnny Carson | Guest | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Man in a Suitcase | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967-1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Avengers | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Saint | John Wood (Guest Star) | 1965-1966 |
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