Donald Sutherland
Biography
Donald McNichol Sutherland (July 17, 1935 – June 20, 2024) was a Canadian actor whose film career spanned over 6 decades. He was 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 was the father of actors Kiefer Sutherland, Rossif Sutherland, and Angus Sutherland.
CritifyHub Reviews Featuring Donald Sutherland
Venice’s Red Echoes: Don’t Look Now Still Unravels the Soul
What happens when a city becomes a mirror for your deepest wounds? Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now (1973) turns Venice’s labyrinthine canals into a haunting canvas, where grief festers and visions blur ... Read more
A Tapestry of War and Want: Cold Mountain’s Timeless Yearning
Ever wonder how love can endure when war tears the world apart? Cold Mountain (2003), Anthony Minghella’s sweeping adaptation of Charles Frazier’s novel, dares to answer with a raw, aching pulse. Set ... Read more
Dystopia in Sharp Focus: The Hunger Games’ Cinematic Rebellion
The Hunger Games (2012), directed by Gary Ross, transforms Suzanne Collins’ novel into a visually arresting and emotionally resonant dystopian spectacle, leveraging its incisive world-building and Jen... Read more
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