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).
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
2022 | Moonfall | Holdenfield | ||
Mr. Harrigan's Phone | Mr. Harrigan | |||
2023 | Miranda's Victim | Judge Wren | ||
Ozi: Voice of the Forest | Albino Crocodile | Voice Final film role |
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" | ||
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 [13] | 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" | |
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 | ||
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 | |
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 |
Year | Project | Role | Venue | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1969 | Buck White | Black Man / Honey Man | George Abbott Theatre, Broadway debut | [14] |
1981 | Lolita | Humbert Humbert | Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway | [15] |
2001 | Ten Unknowns | Malcolm Raphelson | Mitzi E. Newhouse, Lincoln Center | [16] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1985 | Cloudbusting | Wilhelm Reich | Single by Kate Bush |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1993 | Conspiracy | Rukov's father | 1993 CD-ROM version only |
John Uhler Lemmon III was an American actor. Considered proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, Lemmon was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in dramedy pictures. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. He received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1988, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1991, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 1996. The Guardian labeled him as "the most successful tragi-comedian of his age."
Donald McNichol Sutherland was a Canadian actor. With a career spanning six decades, he received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards as well as a BAFTA Award nomination. Considered one of the best actors never nominated for an Academy Award, he was given an Academy Honorary Award in 2017.
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globes, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award.
Samuel Atkinson Waterston is an American actor. Waterston is known for his work in theater, television, and film. He has received numerous accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and a BAFTA Award. His acting career has spanned over five decades acting on stage and screen. Waterston received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010 and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2012.
Edward Allen Harris is an American actor and filmmaker. His performances in Apollo 13 (1995), The Truman Show (1998), Pollock (2000), and The Hours (2002) earned him critical acclaim and Academy Award nominations.
Jason Nelson Robards Jr. was an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he gained a reputation as an interpreter of the works of playwright Eugene O'Neill. Robards received numerous accolades and is one of 24 performers to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting having earned competitive wins for two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Emmy Award. He was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1979, and earned the National Medal of Arts in 1997, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1999.
Lois Maureen Stapleton was an American actress. She received numerous accolades becoming one of the few actors to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting winning an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and two Tony Awards. She has also received a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award.