DONALD SUTHERLAND BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
 
Donald Sutherland was born on July 17th, 1935 in Saint John, New Brunswick in Canada with the middle name McNichol, born to parents Dorothy and Frederick Sutherland.  As a teenager he worked as a radio DJ and then after high school enrolled at the University of Toronto where he graduated with a degree in Engineering as well as drama.  He also went on to study drama between 1958 and 1960 in England at the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art.
 
He originally had plans pf pursuing a career in engineering, however he decide to see if he had any luck as an actor.  He worked briefly with the Toronto Follies in a tour troupe  but did not do much work as a stage actor like most actors started out, instead he went straight to film work taking on small roles in such films as, "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors" (1965) and such television series as, "The Saint" starring Roger Moore and "Court Martial". 
 
Although he never reached a high level of stardom as his career progressed he managed to add over 150 credits to his resume from a number of television shows and films.  A big break came for him when he as chosen last minute to play, Vernon Pinkley in the film, "The Dirty Dozen" (1967) starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan and a host of other great actors which turned out to be a highly successful film.
 
Soon he was staring such films as, "MASH" (1970), "Kelly's Heroes" (1970) starring Clint Eastwood, "Klute" (1971) co-starring Jane Fonda, "Lady Ice" (1973), "Alien Thunder" (1974), "1900" (1976) and "Animal House" (1978).
 
He was appearing with such famous actors as Jane Fonda and although he was just as talented, he still could not reach the level of stardom he desired in Hollywood, yet he continued to work on a number of more successful films such as, "Ordinary People" (1980), "Revolution" (1985), "A Dry White Season" (1989) and the very successful, "JFK" (1991).
 
Up until this point he still had not won an Oscar for any of his roles, but roles continued to be offered to him.  He was seen on the big screen in, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1992), "Shadow of the Wolf" (1992), "Disclosure" (1994) starring alongside Michael Douglas and Demi Moore, "Space Cowboys" (2000) and "Cold Mountain" (2003) starring Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger and Jude Law.
 
He was appearing on the big screen with more top stars such as Marlon Brando, Nicole Kidman, Clint Eastwood and Tommy Lee Jones.  Some of his latest roles have been in, "Fierce People" (2005), "Land of the Blind" (2006), 'Reign Over Me" (2007), "The Con Artist" (2010), "The Eagle" (2011) and soon to release in 2012, "Dawn Rider".
 
Along with his many successful film roles he has also made a number of television appearances throughout his career such as on, "Great Books", "Commander in Chiefs", "Dirty Sexy Money", "Man in a Suitcase" and "Play of the Week".  He also won an Emmy for his role in the television movie, "Citizen X" (1995) as well as another Emmy nomination for the television miniseries, "Human Trafficking" (2006).
 
Throughout his lifetime he has married a total of three times.  His first wife was Lois Hardwick whom he wed in 1959 and divorced later in 1966.  He then married Shirley Douglas in 1966 and they had two children together before this marriage also came to an end in 1970.  His third and final time to marry was to Francine Racette in 1990 and they have three children together and remain married today.  His son, Keifer Sutherland followed in his fathers footsteps and also became a successful actor.  Donald currently resides in Santa Monica, California and continues to work in the industry. 
 
 
Filmography

2012 Dawn Rider 
2013 Jappeloup
2012 The Hunger Games
2011 My Life As an Experiment
2011 Sofia 
2012 Treasure Island 
2011 Jock 
2011 Horrible Bosses 
2011 Man on the Train 
2011 Moby Dick
2011 The Eagle 
2011 The Mechanic
2010 The Pillars of the Earth
2010 The Con Artist
2009 Astro Boy
2007-2009 Dirty Sexy Money
2009 The Eastmans 
2008 Fool's Gold 
2007 The Age of Ignorance
2007 Puffball: The Devil's Eyeball 
2007 Reign Over Me 
2007 Sleepwalkers
2006 Beerfest
2005-2006 Commander in Chief
2006 Ask the Dust
2006 Land of the Blind 
2005 An American Haunting
2005 Human Trafficking
2005 Lord of War 
2005 American Gun
2005 Pride & Prejudice
2005 Fierce People
2005 Aurora Borealis
2004 Frankenstein
2004 'Salem's Lot
2003 Cold Mountain 
2003 Baltic Storm 
2003 The Italian Job 
2003 Five Moons Plaza 
2002 Path to War 
1993-2002 Great Books 
2001 Da wan 
2001 Uprising
2001 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001 The Big Heist
2000 The Art of War 
2000 Space Cowboys 
2000 Panic 
1999 The Hunley 
1999 Instinct 
1999 Behind the Mask 
1999 Virus 
1998 Free Money 
1998 Without Limits
1998 Fallen 
1997 The Assignment 
1997 Shadow Conspiracy 
1997 Natural Enemy 
1996 A Time to Kill 
1996 Hollow Point
1996 The Simpsons
1995 Outbreak
1995 Citizen X
1994 Disclosure
1994 The Puppet Masters 
1994 Punch 
1994 Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
1994 The Lifeforce Experiment 
1993 Six Degrees of Separation
1993 Red Hot 
1993 Younger and Younger
1993 Benefit of the Doubt
1992 The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas
1992 Shadow of the Wolf
1992 The Setting Sun
1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992 Quicksand: No Escape
1992 The Railway Station Man
1991 JFK
1991 Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein
1991 Backdraft
1991 Long Road Home
1991 Buster's Bedroom 
1990 Eminent Domain 
1990 Bethune: The Making of a Hero 
1989 A Dry White Seaso
1989 Lock Up
1989 Lost Angels
1988 Apprentice to Murder
1987 The Trouble with Spies
1987 The Rosary Murders 
1986 Oviri 
1985 Revolution
1985 Ordeal by Innocence 
1985 Heaven Help Us
1984 Crackers 
1983 The Winter of Our Discontent
1983 Max Dugan Returns
1981 A War Story
1981 Threshold
1981 Gas
1981 Eye of the Needle
1980 Ordinary People
1980 Nothing Personal
1979 Bear Island
1979 A Man, a Woman and a Bank
1979 The Great Train Robbery
1979 Murder by Decree
1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978 Animal House 
1978 Blood Relatives 
1977 The Disappearance 
1977 The Kentucky Fried Movie
1977 Bethune
1976 The Eagle Has Landed
1976 Fellini's Casanova
1976 1900
1975 End of the Game 
1975 The Day of the Locust 
1974 S*P*Y*S
1974 Alien Thunder
1973 Don't Look Now
1973 Lady Ice
1973 Steelyard Blues
1972 Norman Corwin Presents
1971 Klute 
1971 Johnny Got His Gun 
1971 Little Murders 
1970 Alex in Wonderland
1970 Act of the Heart 
1970 Kelly's Heroes 
1970 Start the Revolution Without Me 
1970 MASH 
1969 The Name of the Game
1969 The Champions
1968 The Sunshine Patriot 
1968 Joanna 
1968 The Split 
1968 Oedipus the King
1968 Interlude
1967-1968 Man in a Suitcase
1968 Sebastian 
1967 Billion Dollar Brain
1967 The Dirty Dozen 
1967 The Avengers 
1965-1966 The Saint
1966 Gideon C.I.D.
1966 Theatre 625
1966 Court Martial
1966 BBC Play of the Month 
1966 A Farewell to Arms 
1965 Promise Her Anything 
1965 The Bedford Incident 
1963-1965 Play of the Week
1965 Die! Die! My Darling! 
1965 Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1964 Castle of the Living Dead 
1964 Hamlet at Elsinore 
1963 The Sentimental Agent 
1963 The World Ten Times Over
1963 The Odd Man 
1963 Terry-Thomas
1963 Suspense 
1962 Man of the World 
1962 Studio 4