Donald Sutherland filmography explained

Donald Sutherland
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Film:	141
Television Series:	42
Music Videos:	1
Theatre:	1

Donald Sutherland's career spanned over 60 years. 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

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	class=unsortable	Ref.
1963	data-sort-value="World Ten Times Over, The"	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"
	data-sort-value="Bedford Incident, The"	The Bedford Incident	Hospitalman Nerney – Sick Bay
1966	Promise Her Anything	Autograph-seeking Father	Uncredited
1967	Billion Dollar Brain	Scientist at computer
	data-sort-value="Dirty Dozen, The"	The Dirty Dozen	Vernon L. Pinkley
	data-sort-value="Shuttered Room, The"	The Shuttered Room	Zebulon	Voice
1968	Sebastian	Ackerman
	Joanna	Lord Peter Sanderson
	data-sort-value="Split, The"	The Split	Dave Negli
	Interlude	Lawrence
	Oedipus the King	Chorus Leader
1970	MASH*	Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
	Start the Revolution Without Me	Charles / Pierre
	Kelly's Heroes	Sergeant "Oddball"
	data-sort-value="Act of the Heart, The"	The Act of the Heart	Father Michael Ferrier
	Alex in Wonderland	Alex Morrison
1971	Little Murders	Rev. Dupas
	Johnny Got His Gun
	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
1974	SPYS*	Bruland
1975	data-sort-value="Day of the Locust, The"	The Day of the Locust	Homer Simpson
1975	End of the Game	Corpse of Lt. Robert Schmied
1976	1900	Attila Mellanchini
	Fellini's Casanova
	data-sort-value="Eagle Has Landed, The"	The Eagle Has Landed
1977	data-sort-value="Kentucky Fried Movie, The"	The Kentucky Fried Movie	The Clumsy Waiter	Segment: "That's Armageddon"
1977	data-sort-value="Disappearance, The"	The Disappearance	Jay Mallory
1978	Blood Relatives	Steve Carella
	Animal House	Professor Dave Jennings
	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Matthew Bennell
	data-sort-value="First Great Train Robbery, The"	The First Great Train Robbery	Agar
1979	Murder by Decree
	data-sort-value="Man, a Woman and a Bank, A"	A Man, a Woman and a Bank	Reese Halperin
	Bear Island	Frank Lansing
1980	North China Factory	Narrator	Voice Documentary
	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
1984	Crackers	Weslake
1985	Revolution	Sergeant Major Peasy
1985	Heaven Help Us	Brother Thadeus
1986	data-sort-value="Wolf at the Door, The"	The Wolf at the Door	Paul Gauguin
1987	data-sort-value="Trouble with Spies, The"	The Trouble with Spies	Appleton Porter
1987	data-sort-value="Rosary Murders, The"	The Rosary Murders	Father Robert Koesler
1988	Apprentice to Murder	John Reese
1989	Lost Angels	Doctor Charles Loftis
	data-sort-value="Dry White Season, A"	A Dry White Season	Ben du Toit
	Lock Up	Warden Drumgoole
1990	Buster's Bedroom	O'Connor
1990		Dr. Norman Bethune
1991	Scream of Stone	Ivan
	JFK	X
	Eminent Domain	Josef Borski
	Backdraft	Ronald Bartel
1992	data-sort-value="Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas, The"	The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas	Narrator	Voice
	data-sort-value="Railway Station Man, The"	The Railway Station Man	Roger Hawthorne
	Buffy the Vampire Slayer
	data-sort-value="Setting Sun, The"	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	data-sort-value="Puppet Masters, The"	The Puppet Masters	Andrew Nivens
	Punch	Craman
	Disclosure	Bob Garvin
1995	Outbreak	Major General Donald McClintock
1996	Hollow Point	Garrett Lawton
1996	data-sort-value="Time to Kill, A"	A Time to Kill	Lucien Wilbanks
1997	data-sort-value="Assignment, The"	The Assignment	Jack Shaw
1997	Shadow Conspiracy	Jacob Conrad
1998	Free Money	Judge Rolf Rausenberger
	Fallen	Lieutenant Stanton
	Without Limits
1999	Virus	Captain Robert Everton
1999	Instinct	Doctor Ben Hillard
2000	Panic	Michael
	Space Cowboys	Captain Jerry O'Neill
	data-sort-value="Art of War, The"	The Art of War	UN Secretary-General Douglas Thomas
	Threads of Hope	Narrator	Voice Documentary
2001		Dr. Sid	Voice^[12]
2001	Big Shot's Funeral	Rob Tyler
2002			Documentary
2003	data-sort-value="Italian Job, The"	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
	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
		Narrator	Voice Documentary
	Trumbo	Himself	Documentary
2008	Fool's Gold	Nigel Honeycutt
2009	Astro Boy	President Stone	Voice
2010	data-sort-value="Con Artist, The"	The Con Artist	John Kranski
2011	data-sort-value="Mechanic, The"	The Mechanic	Harry McKenna
	data-sort-value="Eagle, The"	The Eagle	Aquila
	Horrible Bosses	Jack Pellitt
	Man on the Train	The Professor
	Jock the Hero Dog	Narrator / Sir Percy Fitzpatrick	Voice
2012	data-sort-value="Hunger Games, The"	The Hunger Games
	Dawn Rider	Cochrane
	Assassin's Bullet	Ambassador Ashdown
	Out of the Shadows	Narrator	Voice Documentary
2013	data-sort-value="Best Offer, The"	The Best Offer	Billy Whistler
	data-sort-value="Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The"		President Coriolanus Snow
	Jappeloup	John Lester
2014	data-sort-value="Calling, The"	The Calling	Father Price
2014	data-sort-value="Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, The"		President Coriolanus Snow
2015	Forsaken	Rev. Clayton
2015	data-sort-value="Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, The"		President Coriolanus Snow
2016	Milton's Secret	Grandpa Howard
2017	data-sort-value="Leisure Seeker, The"	The Leisure Seeker	John Spencer
2017	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
	data-sort-value="Burnt Orange Heresy, The"	The Burnt Orange Heresy	Jerome Debney
2020	Alone	Edward
2022	Moonfall	Holdenfield
2022	Mr. Harrigan's Phone	Mr. Harrigan
2023	Miranda's Victim	Judge Wren
2023		Albino Crocodile	Voice Final film role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1962	Studio 4	Switchboard Operator	Episode: "Flight Into Danger"
1962	Man of the World	Unhelpful Neighbour	Uncredited Episode: "Portrait of a Girl"
1963	data-sort-value="Odd Man, The"	The Odd Man	Mitch Scott	Episode: "A Pattern of Little Silver Devils"
1963	data-sort-value="Sentimental Agent, The"	The Sentimental Agent	Hotel Clerk	Episode: "A Very Desirable Plot"
1964	Hamlet at Elsinore		Television film
1965	data-sort-value="Sullavan Brothers, The"	The Sullavan Brothers	Jonathan Vickers	Episode: "The Corrupters"
1965–1966	data-sort-value="Saint, The"	The Saint	John Wood / Jim McCleery	2 episodes
1966	data-sort-value="Farewell to Arms, A"	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	data-sort-value="Avengers, The"	The Avengers	Jessel	Episode: "The Superlative Seven"
1967–1968	Man in a Suitcase	Earle / Willard	2 episodes
1968	data-sort-value="Sunshine Patriot, The"	The Sunshine Patriot	Benedeck	Television film
1969	data-sort-value="Champions, The"	The Champions	David Crayley	Episode: "Shadow of the Panther"
1969	data-sort-value="Name of the Game, The"	The Name of the Game	Jerry Trevor	Episode: "The Suntan Mob"
1977	Bethune^[13]	Dr. Norman Bethune	Television film
1983	data-sort-value="Winter of Our Discontent, The"	The Winter of Our Discontent	Ethan Allen Hawley	Television film
1992		Murdoch	Television film
1994	Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All	Captain William Marsden	Television film
1994	data-sort-value="Lifeforce Experiment, The"	The Lifeforce Experiment	Dr. 'MAC' MacLean	Television film
1995	Citizen X	Colonel Mikhail Fetisov	Television film
1996	data-sort-value="Simpsons, The"	The Simpsons	Hollis Hurlbut	Voice Episode: "Lisa the Iconoclast"
1996	Natural Enemy	Ted Robards	Television film
1999	Behind the Mask	Dr. Bob Shushan	Television film
1999	data-sort-value="Hunley, The"	The Hunley	Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard	Television film
2001	data-sort-value="Big Heist, The"	The Big Heist		Television film
	Uprising		Television film
	Queen Victoria's Empire	Narrator	Voice 4 episodes
2002	Path to War		Television film
2004	Salem's Lot		2 episodes
2004	Frankenstein	Captain Walton	2 episodes
2005–2006	Commander in Chief		19 episodes
2005	Human Trafficking	Agent Bill Meehan	4 episodes
2007–2009	Dirty Sexy Money		23 episodes
2009	data-sort-value="Eastmans, The"	The Eastmans	Dr. Charles Eastman	Unaired pilot
2010	data-sort-value="Pillars of the Earth, The"	The Pillars of the Earth	Earl Bartholomew	4 episodes
2011	Moby Dick		2 episodes
2012	Treasure Island		Episode #1.1
2013–2015	Crossing Lines	Michel Dorn	34 episodes
2015	Pirate's Passage		Voice Television film
2016–2017	Ice	Pieter Van De Bruin	8 episodes
2018	Trust		10 episodes
2020	data-sort-value="Undoing, The"	The Undoing	Franklin Renner	6 episodes
2022	Swimming with Sharks	Redmond	6 episodes
2023			6 episodes

Theatre

Year	Project	Role	Venue	class=unsortable	Ref.
1969	Buck White	Black Man / Honey Man	George Abbott Theatre, Broadway debut	^[14]
1981	Lolita		Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway	^[15]
2001	Ten Unknowns	Malcolm Raphelson		^[16]

References

Notes and References

"'Sense,' 'Babe' Take Home Top Golden Globes" by Elaine Dutka; Claudia Puig, Los Angeles Times (22 Jan, 1996) Retrieved from
"Partial list of winners at the 60th annual Golden Globe Awards" at the Moose Jaw Times-Herald (26 Jan, 2003) [Final Edition] Retrieved from
"Major winners at Primetime Emmy Awards" at The Montreal Gazette (12 Sept, 1995) Retrieved from
"Stars claim their all-too-fitting spots on Walk of Fame" by Michael Rechtshaffen, Edmonton Sun (16 Feb, 2011) Retrieved from
"Big changes for Canadian Walk of Fame gala approaches, drastic changes being considered" by John Mackay, Nelson Daily News (2 June, 2005) Retrieved from
"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
News: Singler. Leigh. 19 February 2009. Oscars: the best actors never to have been nominated. The Guardian. 6 June 2013.
News: Kiang. Jessica. 1 January 2016. 30 Great Actors Who've Never Been Oscar Nominated. Indiewire. 6 June 2016.
News: Robey. Tim. 1 February 2016. 20 great actors who've never been nominated for an Oscar. The Daily Telegraph. 6 June 2016.
Web site: 6 September 2017. The Academy to honor Charles Burnett, Owen Roizman, Donald Sutherland and Agnès Varda with Oscars at 2017 Governors Awards. 10 July 2018. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
"Critics Choice Awards winners list: 'Nomadland,' Chadwick Boseman take biggest honors" at USA Today (8 March, 2021) Retrieved from
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Donald-Sutherland/ Donald Sutherland
[Bethune: The Making of a Hero]
Web site: Buck White (Broadway, 1969). Playbill. June 20, 2024.
Web site: Lolita (Broadway, 1981). Playbill. June 20, 2024.
Web site: Baitz's Ten Unknowns, with Donald Sutherland, Begins at LCT Feb. 8. Playbill. June 20, 2024.