Editing Donald Sutherland

{{Short description|Canadian actor (1935–2024)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Donald Sutherland
| honorific_suffix   = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|size=100%}}
| image              = Donald Sutherland (cropped).JPG
| caption            = Sutherland in 2013
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1935|7|17|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Saint John, New Brunswick]], Canada
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2024|6|20|1935|7|17|df=y}}
| death_place        = Miami, Florida,<!--Links not needed per MOS:OVERLINK--> US
| years_active       = 1960–2023
| notable_works      = [[Donald Sutherland filmography|Filmography]]
| occupation         = Actor
| alma_mater         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Victoria University, Toronto]]
* [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]]
}}
| spouse             = {{Plainlist|
* {{marriage|Lois May Hardwick|1959|1966|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Shirley Douglas]]|1966|1970|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Francine Racette]]|1972}}
}}
| children           = 5, including [[Kiefer Sutherland|Kiefer]], [[Rossif Sutherland|Rossif]], and [[Angus Sutherland (actor)|Angus]]
| relatives          = [[Sarah Sutherland]] (granddaughter)
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Donald Sutherland|Full list]]
}}

'''Donald McNichol Sutherland''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|size=100%|CC}} (17 July 1935 – 20 June 2024) was a Canadian actor. With a career spanning six decades,<ref name="TG">{{Cite news |last=Pulver |first=Andrew |date=20 June 2024 |title=Donald Sutherland, Don't Look Now and Hunger Games actor, dies aged 88 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/20/actor-donald-sutherland-dies-hunger-games-dont-look-now |access-date=21 June 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622030834/https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/20/actor-donald-sutherland-dies-hunger-games-dont-look-now |url-status=live}}</ref> he received [[List of awards and nominations received by Donald Sutherland|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 [[90th Academy Awards|2017]]. Sutherland was a prominent [[anti-war activist]] during the [[Vietnam War]] era.

Sutherland rose to fame after roles in the war films ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]'' (1967), ''[[M*A*S*H (film)|M*A*S*H]]'' (1970), and ''[[Kelly's Heroes]]'' (1970). He subsequently appeared in many leading and supporting roles, including ''[[Klute]]'' (1971), ''[[Don't Look Now]]'' (1973), ''[[The Day of the Locust (film)|The Day of the Locust]]'' (1975), ''[[1900 (film)|1900]]'' (1976), ''[[Fellini's Casanova]]'' (1976), ''[[Animal House]]'' (1978), ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film)|Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' (1978), ''[[Ordinary People]]'' (1980), ''[[Max Dugan Returns]]'' (1983), ''[[A Dry White Season]]'' (1989), ''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]'' (1991), ''[[Six Degrees of Separation (film)|Six Degrees of Separation]]'' (1993), ''[[Disclosure (1994 film)|Disclosure]]'' (1994), ''[[Without Limits]]'' (1998), ''[[Space Cowboys]]'' (2000), ''[[The Italian Job (2003 film)|The Italian Job]]'' (2003), and ''[[Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)|Pride & Prejudice]]'' (2005). He portrayed [[President Snow]] in [[The Hunger Games (franchise)|''The Hunger Games'' franchise]] (2012–2015).

On television, his performance in the [[HBO]] movie ''[[Citizen X]]'' (1995) won him the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie]]. For his portrayal of [[Clark Clifford]] in the HBO film ''[[Path to War]]'' (2002) he earned the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film]]. He also acted in ''[[Uprising (2001 film)|Uprising]]'' (2001), ''[[Human Trafficking (miniseries)|Human Trafficking]]'' (2005), ''[[Trust (American TV series)|Trust]]'' (2018), and ''[[The Undoing]]'' (2020).

Sutherland was made an [[Officer of the Order of Canada]] (OC) in 1978, raised to [[Companion of the Order of Canada|Companion]] (CC) in 2019, inducted into the [[Canadian Walk of Fame]] in 2000 and the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 2011. He is the father of [[Kiefer Sutherland|Kiefer]], [[Rossif Sutherland|Rossif]], and [[Angus Sutherland (actor)|Angus Sutherland]], all actors.

== Early life and education ==
[[File:Sutherland in Puppet Club at Victoria School.png|thumb|Sutherland (third from the right) at the Puppet Club at Victoria School in Saint John, 1948]]
Donald McNichol Sutherland was born on 17 July 1935 at the [[Saint John General Hospital]] in [[Saint John, New Brunswick]], Canada,<ref name="CTVAtlantic">{{cite news |title=Donald Sutherland honoured in his hometown of Saint John |url=https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/donald-sutherland-honoured-in-his-hometown-of-saint-john-1.3689650 |access-date=28 November 2023 |work=[[CTV Atlantic]] |date=22 November 2017 |language=en |archive-date=4 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204090620/https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/donald-sutherland-honoured-in-his-hometown-of-saint-john-1.3689650 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Chase's Annual Events|author1=Chase, W.D.R.|author2=Chase, H.M.|date=1994|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=9780809237326|issn=0740-5286|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WA3vAAAAMAAJ|access-date=6 December 2014|archive-date=1 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901100002/https://books.google.com/books?id=WA3vAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> the youngest son of Dorothy Isobel ({{nee|McNichol}}; 1892–1956) and Frederick McLea Sutherland (1894–1983), who worked in sales and ran the local gas, electricity, and bus company.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800010767/bio|title=Donald Sutherland Biography|publisher=Movies.yahoo.com|access-date=2 March 2011|archive-date=3 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603235357/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800010767/bio|url-status=live}}</ref> He was of Scottish, German, and English ancestry.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0911FE345511728DDDAE0994D8415B8084F1D3|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Tom|last=Buckley|title=At the Movies|date=17 October 1980|access-date=7 February 2017|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203191816/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0911FE345511728DDDAE0994D8415B8084F1D3|url-status=live}}</ref> His grandfather was a Scots church minister.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Hepburn |first=David |date=21 June 2024 |title=Donald Sutherland and Scotland: Looking back at the actor's Scottish roots and pride at his Scottish heritage |url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/donald-sutherland-and-scotland-looking-back-at-the-actors-scottish-roots-4674367 |website=[[The Scotsman]]}}</ref> As a child, he had [[rheumatic fever]], [[hepatitis]], and [[polio]].<ref name="Gainesville">{{cite news|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9FgzAAAAIBAJ&pg=6752,4746901&dq=donald-sutherland+scotia|first= Bob|last= Thomas|work= Gainesville Sun|agency= Associated Press|date= 14 October 1989|title= Sutherland gets a 'kick-start' for his soul|access-date= 17 June 2012|archive-date= 7 December 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221207040725/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9FgzAAAAIBAJ&pg=6752,4746901&dq=donald-sutherland+scotia|url-status= live}}</ref> During the first six years of his life, Sutherland and his family lived on present-day Kennebecasis River Road in [[Hampton, New Brunswick|Hampton]], a town in [[Kings County, New Brunswick|Kings County]], having moved there from Saint John while he was an infant. He first received education at a one-room schoolhouse in Hampton; Sutherland's family moved back to Saint John when he was six, his father having secured a position in the [[NB Power|New Brunswick Power Company]] as its vice president and general manager. Sutherland attended the Victoria School in Saint John, and later played hockey for the school. During this time, Sutherland also practiced [[puppetry]].<ref name="TJPQ">{{cite news |last1=Dwyer |first1=Erin |title=The Sutherland connection; Saint Johners recall Donald Sutherland's clumsiness and love of puppets as a boy |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/423170787 |access-date=21 June 2024 |work=[[Telegraph-Journal]] |date=16 February 2002 |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622030711/https://www.proquest.com/docview/423170787/3D783ACF4C7D493BPQ/1 |id={{ProQuest|423170787}} |url-status=live}}</ref>

In a letter Sutherland sent to a [[Saint John Free Public Library]] representative in 2017, he detailed how he and his family had lived in a farmhouse in [[Lakeside, New Brunswick|Lakeside]], located in present-day Hampton, before moving to [[Bridgewater, Nova Scotia]], at the age of 12,<ref name="CTVAtlantic"/> where he spent his teenage years.<ref name="Gainesville"/> He obtained his first part-time job, at the age of 14, as a news correspondent for [[Independent Local Radio|local radio]] station [[CKBW-FM|CKBW]].<ref name="sutherland-interview">{{cite magazine |last1=Schulman |first1=Michael |title=Road Trip with Donald Sutherland and Helen Mirren |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/happy-campers |access-date=20 June 2024 |magazine=The New Yorker |publisher=Condé Nast |date=5 February 2018 |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606074140/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/happy-campers |url-status=live}}</ref> At the age of 19, Sutherland spent four months as an [[Student exchange program|exchange student]] in Finland, where he lived near an iron mine located in [[Otanmäki]], [[Kainuu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/nalkapeli-tahti-asui-nuorena-suomessa-rakastuin-kainuulaiseen-tyttoon/4536524#gs.an5nd1|title=Nälkäpeli-tähti asui nuorena Suomessa: Rakastuin kainuulaiseen tyttöön|trans-title='The Hunger Games' star lived in Finland when he was young: "I fell in love with a Kainuu-born girl!"|last=Pyrhönen|first=Kari|work=[[MTV Uutiset]]|date=17 November 2014|access-date=22 June 2024|language=fi}}</ref><ref>Kanto, Erkki; Kanto, Ilona (2001). ''Miten Hollywood valloitetaan? Suomalaisella sisulla menestystä tavoittelemassa – tositarinoita showmaailman mekasta'' (in Finnish). Hämeenlinna: Karisto. pp. 27, 28. {{ISBN|951-23-4162-X}}.</ref>

Sutherland graduated from [[Bridgewater Junior Senior High School|Bridgewater High School]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Tess |last2=Fahey |first2=Mary |title=New Brunswickers make their mark in entertainment |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1700592223 |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=[[The Daily Gleaner]] |date=3 August 2015 |page=A8 |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622055051/https://www.proquest.com/docview/1700592223/A24E35CEA1DE4AEEPQ/1 |id={{ProQuest|1700592223}} |url-status=live }}</ref> He then began studying at the [[University of Toronto]] before transferring to its affiliate college, [[Victoria University, Toronto|Victoria University]],<ref name="SaultStar-1">{{cite news |title=Don Sutherland films 'Casanova' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sault-star/149817493/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=[[The Sault Star]] |date=1 August 1975 |page=21 |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622054442/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sault-star/149817493/ |url-status=live }}</ref> where he met his first wife Lois May Hardwick.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 2010 |title=Obituary: Lois Sutherland, 1936–2010 |url=http://www.the-archer.co.uk/archive/2010/2010Dec09.pdf |website=the-archer.co.uk |publisher=The Archer |access-date=25 March 2021 |archive-date=1 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601130149/http://www.the-archer.co.uk/archive/2010/2010Dec09.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> He graduated in 1958,<ref name="SaultStar-1"/> with a [[dual degree]] in engineering and drama.<ref>{{cite news |title=In memoriam: Donald Sutherland, Canadian acting legend and U of T alum |url=https://alumni.utoronto.ca/news/memoriam-donald-sutherland-canadian-acting-legend |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=University of Toronto Alumni |date=21 June 2024 |language=en |archive-date=21 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621232944/https://alumni.utoronto.ca/news/memoriam-donald-sutherland-canadian-acting-legend |url-status=live }}</ref> He had at one point been a member of the "UC Follies" comedy troupe in [[Toronto]]. He changed his mind about becoming an engineer, and left Canada for Britain in 1957,<ref name="DVDinterview">Sutherland in a TV interview during the shooting of ''[[The Eagle Has Landed (film)|The Eagle Has Landed]]'' (on the DVD): "I was in England from 1957 until 1968." [Checked 17 June 2012.]</ref> studying at the [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]] (LAMDA).<ref name="bbc-obit">{{cite news |title=Obituary: Donald Sutherland |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52070783 |access-date=20 June 2024 |work=BBC |date=20 June 2024 |archive-date=20 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620184822/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52070783 |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Career ==
=== 1960–1968: Early work and breakthrough ===
While at LAMDA, Sutherland began appearing in [[West End theatre|West End]] productions.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ktla.com/entertainment/actor-donald-sutherland-dies-at-88/amp/ | title=Actor Donald Sutherland dies at 88 | date=20 June 2024 | access-date=21 June 2024 | archive-date=21 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621142435/https://ktla.com/entertainment/actor-donald-sutherland-dies-at-88/amp/ | url-status=live }}</ref> He dropped out of his first year and moved to Scotland where he acted at the [[Perth Theatre|Perth Repertory Theatre]] for 18 months from 1960. He appeared as Heracles in [[Benn Levy]]'s ''The Rape of the Belt'' and toured throughout Scotland, including [[Arbroath]], [[Dunfermline]] and [[Kirkcaldy]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strachan |first=Graeme |date=20 June 2024 |title=How Donald Sutherland became a Hollywood movie icon after Perth Rep snub |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/3100586/donald-sutherland-perth-rep-hunger-games/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813220927/https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/3100586/donald-sutherland-perth-rep-hunger-games/ |archive-date=13 August 2022 |access-date=21 June 2024 |website=thecourier.co.uk}}</ref><ref>[[The Courier (Dundee)|''The Courier & Advertiser'']], Dundee, 23 November 2013.</ref> His roommate was actor [[Michael Sheard]].<ref name=":0" /> In the early-to-mid-1960s, Sutherland began to gain small roles in British films and TV, such as a hotel receptionist in ''[[The Sentimental Agent]]'' episode "A Very Desirable Plot" (1963).<ref>{{Cite web |title=CTVA UK – "The Sentimental Agent" (ITC UK)(1963) starring Carlos Thompson |url=https://ctva.biz/UK/ITC/SentimentalAgent.htm |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=ctva.biz |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622055819/https://ctva.biz/UK/ITC/SentimentalAgent.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://watch.plex.tv/show/the-sentimental-agent/season/1/episode/9 |title=The Sentimental Agent · S1 E9 · A Very Desirable Plot |date=23 November 1963 |language=en |access-date=22 June 2024 |via=watch.plex.tv |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622124202/https://watch.plex.tv/show/the-sentimental-agent/season/1/episode/9 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was featured alongside [[Christopher Lee]] in horror films such as ''[[Castle of the Living Dead]]'' (1964) and the [[anthology film]] ''[[Dr. Terror's House of Horrors]]'' (1965).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52070783 | title=From villains to lovers – Donald Sutherland played them all | date=20 June 2024 | access-date=22 June 2024 | publisher=[[BBC.com]] | archive-date=20 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620184822/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52070783 | url-status=live }}</ref> He also had a supporting role in the [[Hammer Films]] production ''[[Die! Die! My Darling!]]'' (1965), with [[Tallulah Bankhead]] and [[Stefanie Powers]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/error?aspxerrorpath=/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20150035840 |access-date=22 June 2024 |title=Fanatic |website=collections-search.bfi.org.uk |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622045750/https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/error?aspxerrorpath=/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20150035840 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the same year, he appeared in the [[Cold War]] classic ''[[The Bedford Incident]]'' and in the TV series ''[[Gideon's Way]]'', in the 1966 episode "The Millionaire's Daughter".<ref>{{cite news |title=A softer sort of Gideon |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/western-daily-press/149816330/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=[[Western Daily Press]] |date=18 February 1966 |page=2 |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622045749/https://www.newspapers.com/article/western-daily-press/149816330/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1966, Sutherland appeared in the [[BBC TV]] play ''Lee Oswald – Assassin'', playing a friend of [[Lee Harvey Oswald]], Charles Givens (even though Givens himself was an [[African Americans|African American]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=BFI Screenonline: Lee Oswald – Assassin (1966) |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1181129/index.html |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=www.screenonline.org.uk |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029152554/http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1181129/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He also appeared in the TV series ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.srf.ch/kultur/film-serien/nachruf-auf-hollywood-star-donald-sutherland-war-liebenswert-und-furchterregend-zugleich | title=Donald Sutherland war liebenswert und furchterregend zugleich | date=20 June 2024 | access-date=22 June 2024 | publisher=[[SRF.ch]] | language=de | archive-date=22 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622030711/https://www.srf.ch/kultur/film-serien/nachruf-auf-hollywood-star-donald-sutherland-war-liebenswert-und-furchterregend-zugleich | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1967, he appeared in "The Superlative Seven", an episode of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''.<ref name="variety-obit">{{cite news |last1=Schultz |first1=Rick |title=Donald Sutherland, Star of 'MASH,' 'Klute' and 'Hunger Games,' Dies at 88 |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/donald-sutherland-dead-mash-hunger-games-1236043323/ |access-date=21 June 2024 |work=Variety |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |date=20 June 2024 |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622030710/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/donald-sutherland-dead-mash-hunger-games-1236043323/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1966 he also made a second, and more substantial appearance in ''The Saint'' (S5,E14). The episode, "Escape Route", which was directed by the show's star, [[Roger Moore]], who later recalled Sutherland "asked me if he could show it to some producers as he was up for an important role... they came to view a [[rough cut]] and he got ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]''".<ref>{{cite web| author= MM| url= http://home.arcor.de/simon.templar/saint/085.htm| title= Episode #85 – 5–14| publisher= Home.arcor.de| access-date= 2 March 2011 | url-status=dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121013005850/http://home.arcor.de/simon.templar/saint/085.htm| archive-date= 13 October 2012 | df= dmy-all}}</ref> The film, which starred [[Lee Marvin]], [[Charles Bronson]], and several other popular actors, was the [[1967 in film|fifth highest-grossing film of 1967]] and [[MGM]]'s highest-grossing film of the year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1967/0DIDO.php|publisher=The Numbers|title=The Dirty Dozen, Box Office Information|access-date=8 March 2012|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203030924/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1967/0DIDO.php|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1968, after the breakthrough in the UK-filmed ''The Dirty Dozen'', Sutherland left London for [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]].<ref name=DVDinterview/>

=== 1970–1979: Stardom and praise ===
[[File:Klute-Jane-Fonda-Donald-Sutherland-The_Los_Angeles_Times_Thu_Jun_24_1971_(cropped).jpg|thumb|Sutherland and [[Jane Fonda]] starring in the film ''[[Klute]]'' (1971)]]
Sutherland then appeared in two war films, playing the lead role as [[Hawkeye Pierce]] in the [[Robert Altman]]–directed comedy ''[[M*A*S*H (film)|M*A*S*H]]'' in 1970;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosenbaum |first=Jonathan |date=7 September 2011 |title=M*A*S*H |url=http://chicagoreader.com/film/mash-2/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=Chicago Reader |language=en-US |archive-date=28 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828115339/https://chicagoreader.com/film/mash-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and, again in 1970, as [[hippie]] tank commander "Oddball" in ''[[Kelly's Heroes]]'' alongside [[Clint Eastwood]], [[Telly Savalas]] and [[Don Rickles]]. His health was threatened by [[spinal meningitis]] contracted during the filming of the latter film.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Greenstreet |first=Rosanna |date=16 March 2012 |title=Q&A: Donald Sutherland |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/mar/16/donald-sutherland-actor |access-date=21 June 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |quote=I died in Yugoslavia in 1968 for a few seconds. In a coma: spinal meningitis, bacterial. Saw the blue tunnel. MGM flew me to London and Charing Cross hospital for six weeks, then back to the film ''Kelly's Heroes'', with my brain a boiled cauliflower. |archive-date=21 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621142324/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/mar/16/donald-sutherland-actor |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Hunger Games' Antihero Donald Sutherland on the Finale—and Snow's Love for Katniss |work=[[The New York Observer|Observer]] |date=11 November 2015 |first=Thelma |last=Adams |url=https://observer.com/2015/11/the-rebel-actor-donald-sutherland-enters-the-arena-again/ |access-date=30 November 2023 |quote=In 1968 [''[[sic]]''], while shooting ''Kelly's Heroes'' in Yugoslavia opposite Clint Eastwood, he "contracted spinal meningitis. They didn't have the antibiotics and I died. I saw the blue tunnel and, like, crap, if you're ever with anyone who is in a coma, talk to them. They can hear you. I could hear everything. I heard them making my funeral arrangements."|archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211205017/https://observer.com/2015/11/the-rebel-actor-donald-sutherland-enters-the-arena-again/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Sutherland starred with [[Gene Wilder]] in the 1970 comedy ''[[Start the Revolution Without Me]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Screen: 'Start the Revolution Without Me' Bows |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/118766219 |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=5 February 1970 |page=31|archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622055052/https://www.proquest.com/docview/118766219/53A0EE6E6F824E8DPQ/1 |id={{ProQuest|118766219}} |url-status=live }}</ref> During the filming of the [[Academy Award]]-winning detective thriller ''[[Klute]]'' (1971), Sutherland had an intimate relationship with co-star [[Jane Fonda]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 June 1971 |title=Jane Fonda in Sex, Suspense Thriller |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/65529949/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=The Los Angeles Times |pages=63 |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622124204/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/65529949/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Mark|last=Cousins|title=Donald Sutherland – Jane Fonda, "Klute", and "Don't Look Now|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/03/19/sutherland_scene_by_scene_2_article.shtml|work=BBC|date=19 March 2001|access-date=4 April 2008|archive-date=30 November 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061130052527/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/03/19/sutherland_scene_by_scene_2_article.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Sutherland and Fonda went on to co-produce and star together in the [[Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War|anti–Vietnam War]] documentary ''[[F.T.A.]]'' (1972), consisting of a series of sketches performed outside army bases in the [[Pacific Rim]] and interviews with U.S. troops who were then on active service. As a follow-up to their appearance in ''Klute'', Sutherland and Fonda performed together in ''[[Steelyard Blues]]'' (1973), a "freewheeling, [[Age of Aquarius|Age-of-Aquarius]], romp-and-roll caper" from the writer [[David S. Ward]].<ref>Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974, p 60</ref>

Sutherland found himself as a [[leading man]] throughout the 1970s in films such as the [[Venice]]-based [[psychological horror]] film ''[[Don't Look Now]]'' (1973), co-starring [[Julie Christie]], a role which saw him nominated for the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best Actor]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=BAFTA Awards |url=https://awards.bafta.org/award/1974/film/actor |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=awards.bafta.org |archive-date=28 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428212529/http://awards.bafta.org/award/1974/film/actor |url-status=live }}</ref> He took a leading role in the [[war film]] ''[[The Eagle Has Landed (film)|The Eagle Has Landed]]'' (1976) acting opposite [[Michael Caine]] and [[Robert Duvall]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |date=26 March 1977 |title='Eagle Has Landed' on Screens With Lively Splash of Adventure |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/26/archives/eagle-has-landed-on-screens-with-lively-splash-of-adventure.html |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=22 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322172552/https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/26/archives/eagle-has-landed-on-screens-with-lively-splash-of-adventure.html |url-status=live }}</ref> That same year he starred in [[Federico Fellini]]'s film ''[[Fellini's Casanova|Federico Fellini's Casanova]]'' (1976) playing [[Giacomo Casanova]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Il CASANOVA DI FEDERICO FELLINI (1976) |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/film/9b826806-43fa-5dce-b5d2-a80606a9f517/il-casanova-di-federico-fellini |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=BFI |language=en |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622051725/https://www.bfi.org.uk/film/9b826806-43fa-5dce-b5d2-a80606a9f517/il-casanova-di-federico-fellini |url-status=live }}</ref> A year later, he had parts as a clumsy waiter in the comedy ''[[The Kentucky Fried Movie]]'' and as a contract killer in the thriller ''[[The Disappearance (film)|The Disappearance]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Lawrence |last=Van Gelder |date=11 August 1977 |title='Kentucky Fried' A Yolky Film |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/08/11/archives/kentucky-fried-a-yolky-film.html |access-date=26 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=25 September 1981 |title=SUTHERLAND IN 'DISAPPEARANCE' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/25/movies/sutherland-in-disappearance.html |access-date=26 June 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

[[File:Novecento - Sutherland-De Niro-Depardieu.jpg|left|thumb|Sutherland, [[Robert De Niro]], and [[Gérard Depardieu]] in [[Bernardo Bertolucci|Bertolucci]]'s 1976 epic film ''[[1900 (film)|1900]]'']]
Sutherland took the role of a [[health inspector]] in the science fiction/horror film ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film)|Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' (1978) alongside [[Brooke Adams (actress)|Brooke Adams]], [[Leonard Nimoy]], and [[Jeff Goldblum]].<ref>{{Cite web |access-date=22 June 2024 |title=Pod people: the legacy of Invasion of the Body Snatchers |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/pod-people-legacy-invasion-body-snatchers |date=22 October 2021 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |archive-date=14 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114174328/https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/pod-people-legacy-invasion-body-snatchers |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote of his performance, "Mr. Sutherland is by turns personable and opaque, affecting in a way that he hasn't been since ''Klute''".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/22/archives/screen-body-snatchers-return-in-all-their-creepy-glory.html|title= Screen: 'Body Snatchers' Return in All Their Creepy Glory|work= The New York Times|date= 22 December 1978|accessdate= 22 June 2024|last1= Maslin|first1= Janet}}</ref> He helped launch the internationally popular Canadian television series ''[[Witness to Yesterday]]'', with a performance as the [[Montreal]] doctor [[Norman Bethune]], a physician and humanitarian, largely talking of Bethune's experiences in revolutionary China.<ref name="CBCBethune">{{cite news|title=Donald Sutherland as Norman Bethune|url=http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/donald-sutherland-as-norman-bethune|publisher=CBC|date=25 October 2017|access-date=25 October 2017|archive-date=21 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721163508/http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/donald-sutherland-as-norman-bethune|url-status=live}}</ref> Sutherland also had a role as pot-smoking Professor Dave Jennings in ''[[Animal House|National Lampoon's Animal House]]'' in 1978, making himself known to younger fans as a result of the film's popularity. When cast, he was offered either $40,000 upfront or two per cent of the film's gross earnings. Thinking the film would certainly not be a big success, he chose the upfront payment.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Riley |first=Jenelle |date=5 November 2014 |title=Donald Sutherland Reflects on Long Run of Success, Looks to 'Snowy' Future |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/features/donald-sutherland-the-hunger-games-1201347477/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=31 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131010444/https://variety.com/2014/film/features/donald-sutherland-the-hunger-games-1201347477/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="bi-Animal House">{{cite news |last1=Pallotta |first1=Frank |title=The Huge 'Animal House' Blunder That Cost Donald Sutherland Millions |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/animal-house-mistake-that-cost-donald-sutherland-millions-2014-3 |access-date=20 June 2024 |work=Business Insider |publisher=Insider |archive-date=28 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728050216/https://www.businessinsider.com/animal-house-mistake-that-cost-donald-sutherland-millions-2014-3 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film eventually grossed $141.6 million.<ref>{{cite web | title = ''National Lampoon's Animal House'' | website = Box Office Mojo | url = http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=animalhouse.htm | access-date = 25 October 2017 | archive-date = 19 June 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170619213514/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=animalhouse.htm | url-status = live }}</ref> Also, in 1978 Sutherland starred in the [[Heist film|heist]] [[comedy film]] ''[[The First Great Train Robbery]]'', alongside [[Sean Connery]].<ref name="abcau-best">{{cite news |last1=Neal |first1=Matt |title=From The Hunger Games to M*A*S*H, here are seven of Donald Sutherland's most celebrated performances |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-22/donald-sutherland-seven-films/104005764 |access-date=21 June 2024 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=21 June 2024 |language=en-AU |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622030715/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-22/donald-sutherland-seven-films/104005764 |url-status=live }}</ref> Sutherland's performance as Attila, an [[Italian fascism|Italian fascist]] in [[Bernardo Bertolucci]]'s 1976 epic film ''[[1900 (film)|1900]]'', received praise from critics such as [[A. O. Scott]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' for his portrayal of a sadistic, "over-the-top villainy" villain.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=A. O. |author1-link=A. O. Scott |title=A Five-Hour Crash Course in Italian History That's Also Great Filmmaking |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/movies/1900-movie.html |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=6 May 2020 |archive-date=2 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002083838/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/movies/1900-movie.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 1980–2009: Established actor ===
[[File:Blanche Baker and Donald Sutherland in Lolita rehearsal, cropped.jpg|thumb|[[Blanche Baker]] and Sutherland during ''[[Lolita (play)|Lolita]]'' rehearsal, 1980]]
Sutherland received praise for his role as the conflicted and grieving father in the [[Robert Redford]]-directed family drama ''[[Ordinary People]]'' (1980), alongside [[Mary Tyler Moore]] and [[Timothy Hutton]].<ref name="TG"></ref><ref>{{Cite web |access-date=22 June 2024 |title=Donald Sutherland dies: Five essential roles by the Canadian acting legend |url=https://www.thealbertan.com/national-entertainment/donald-sutherland-dies-five-essential-roles-by-the-canadian-acting-legend-9113964 |date=21 June 2024 |publisher=[[The Albertan]] |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622030716/https://www.thealbertan.com/national-entertainment/donald-sutherland-dies-five-essential-roles-by-the-canadian-acting-legend-9113964 |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 1980, [[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote, "Mr. Sutherland realizes his best film role in years, playing a fellow who, filled with love for both his wife and his son, is angrily accused by each of fence-sitting, of being weak and indecisive when he's really the only one in the family with some idea of what is wrong."<ref>{{cite news|first=Vincnt|last=Canby|author-link=Vincent Canby|date=19 September 1980|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/people-re.html|title=Review: Redford's Ordinary People|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=22 June 2024|archive-date=12 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212082208/http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/people-re.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Sutherland was nominated for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/14/movies/ordinary-people-tops-golden-globe-nominations.html|title=Ordinary People tops 10 Golden Globe Award Nominations|work=[[The New York Times]]|agency=[[United Press International]]|date=14 January 1981|accessdate=22 June 2024|archive-date=16 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416210957/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/14/movies/ordinary-people-tops-golden-globe-nominations.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1981, he starred in the English [[spy thriller]] ''[[Eye of the Needle (film)|Eye of the Needle]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|title=Eye of the Needle movie review (1981)|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/eye-of-the-needle-1981 |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]] |language=en |date=1 January 1981 |archive-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528193006/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/eye-of-the-needle-1981 |url-status=live }}</ref> and narrated [[Anne Wheeler]]'s Canadian [[docudrama]] ''[[A War Story]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A War Story|url=https://www.nfb.ca/film/war_story/|website=[[National Film Board of Canada]] |access-date=22 June 2024|language=en |archive-date=24 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224223451/https://www.nfb.ca/film/war_story/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ohayon |first=Albert |date=9 November 2016 |title=A War Story: Triumph of the Human Spirit |url=https://blog.nfb.ca/blog/2016/11/09/war-story-triumph-human-spirit/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=NFB Blog |language=en-CA |archive-date=10 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210134859/https://blog.nfb.ca/blog/2016/11/09/war-story-triumph-human-spirit/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He played the role of physician-hero [[Norman Bethune]] in ''Bethune'' (1977) and ''[[Bethune: The Making of a Hero]]'' (1990).<ref name="CBCBethune"/><ref>{{Cite news|first=Brian D.|last=Johnson|author-link=Brian D. Johnson|date=10 August 1987|title=Making A Legend |url=https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1987/8/10/making-a-legend|work=[[Maclean's]] |access-date=22 June 2024 |archive-date=19 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219162453/https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1987/8/10/making-a-legend |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> In 1983, he co-starred with [[Teri Garr]] and [[Tuesday Weld]] in an adaptation of [[John Steinbeck]]'s ''[[The Winter of Our Discontent (film)|The Winter of Our Discontent]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Connor |first=John J. |date=6 December 1983 |title=TV: ADAPTED STEINBECK |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/06/arts/tv-adapted-steinbeck.html |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=24 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524134928/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/06/arts/tv-adapted-steinbeck.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hill |first=Michael E. |date=3 December 1983 |title='Winter of Our Discontent'/Putting Steinbeck on the Screen |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1983/12/04/winter-of-our-discontent-putting-steinbeck-on-the-screen/28b9375c-3b32-4d50-baee-2f732e60a511/ |url-status=live |access-date=22 June 2024 |archive-date=28 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828110637/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1983/12/04/winter-of-our-discontent-putting-steinbeck-on-the-screen/28b9375c-3b32-4d50-baee-2f732e60a511/ }}</ref> Some of Sutherland's better known roles in the 1980s and 1990s were in the apartheid drama ''[[A Dry White Season]]'' (1989), alongside [[Marlon Brando]] and [[Susan Sarandon]];<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 October 2012 |title=A Dry White Season :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19890922/REVIEWS/909220302 |access-date=22 June 2024 |archive-date=12 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012074105/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19890922/REVIEWS/909220302 |url-status=dead }}</ref> as a sadistic warden in ''[[Lock Up (1989 film)|Lock Up]]'' (1989) with [[Sylvester Stallone]];<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Kevin |date=4 August 1989 |title=MOVIE REVIEW : More Muscular Madness From Stallone in 'Lock Up' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-08-04-ca-540-story.html |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=3 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903071553/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-08-04-ca-540-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> as an incarcerated pyromaniac in the [[firefighter]] thriller ''[[Backdraft (film)|Backdraft]]'' (1991) alongside [[Kurt Russell]] and [[Robert De Niro]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 January 2010 |title=Backdraft {{!}} Movies |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,314445,00.html |access-date=22 June 2024 |archive-date=10 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110001150/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,314445,00.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> as the humanitarian doctor-activist [[Norman Bethune]] in 1990's ''[[Bethune: The Making of a Hero]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 August 1990 |title=Bethune saga finally hits the big screen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette/114860808/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] |pages=40 |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622045749/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette/114860808/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and as a snobbish New York City [[art dealer]] in ''[[Six Degrees of Separation (film)|Six Degrees of Separation]]'' (1993), with [[Stockard Channing]] and [[Will Smith]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 June 2024 |title=Will Smith Pays Tribute to Late "Six Degrees of Separation" Costar Donald Sutherland: 'Rest in Peace, Donald' |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/smith-pays-tribute-six-degrees-032119196.html |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=Yahoo Entertainment |language=en-US |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622045749/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/smith-pays-tribute-six-degrees-032119196.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 1991 [[Oliver Stone]] film ''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]'', he played a mysterious Washington [[Espionage|intelligence officer]], reputed to have been [[L. Fletcher Prouty]], who spoke of links to the [[military–industrial complex]] in the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]].<ref>L. Fletcher Prouty ''JFK'', p. xiv, Citadel Press, 1996 {{ISBN|978-0-8065-1772-8}}</ref> He played psychiatrist and visionary [[Wilhelm Reich]] in the video for [[Kate Bush]]'s 1985 single, "[[Cloudbusting]]".<ref>{{Cite web |title=SuicideGirls |url=https://www.suicidegirls.com/girls/anderswolleck/blog/2679561/donald-sutherland/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=SuicideGirls |archive-date=24 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424024655/https://www.suicidegirls.com/girls/anderswolleck/blog/2679561/donald-sutherland/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1992, he played the role of Merrick in the film ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', with [[Kristy Swanson]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Soraya |date=31 July 2022 |title=The Unsung Brilliance of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' the Movie |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/07/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-movie-joss-whedon/671005/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=The Atlantic |language=en |archive-date=6 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806235238/https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/07/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-movie-joss-whedon/671005/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Colangelo |first=B. J. |date=30 December 2023 |title=The Star That Joss Whedon Believes Caused The Buffy Movie To 'Fall Apart' |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1478811/joss-whedon-believes-donald-sutherland-caused-buffy-movie-fall-apart/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=SlashFilm |language=en-US |archive-date=14 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114233811/https://www.slashfilm.com/1478811/joss-whedon-believes-donald-sutherland-caused-buffy-movie-fall-apart/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1994, he played the head of a government agency hunting for aliens who take over people's bodies (a premise similar to ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'') in the film of [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s 1951 book ''[[The Puppet Masters (film)|The Puppet Masters]]''.<ref name="PuppetMastersProd">{{cite magazine |last=Beeler|first=Michael|date=December 1994|title= The Puppet Masters|url=https://archive.org/details/cinefantastique_1970-2002/Cinefantastique%20Vol%2025%20No%206-Vol%2026%20No%201%20%28Dec%201994%29/page/n39/mode/1up?view=theater|magazine=Cinefantastique |location= |publisher= Fourth Castle Micromedia|access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> In 1994, Sutherland played a software company's scheming CEO in [[Barry Levinson]]'s drama ''[[Disclosure (1994 film)|Disclosure]]'' opposite [[Michael Douglas]] and [[Demi Moore]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 April 2015 |title='Disclosure' Reveals Moore But Very Little Plot Coherence – tribunedigital-chicagotribune |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-12-09/entertainment/9412090080_1_demi-moore-star-drop-zone |access-date=22 June 2024 |archive-date=9 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409112356/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-12-09/entertainment/9412090080_1_demi-moore-star-drop-zone |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> in 1994 he played a [[KGB]] officer in the video game [[KGB (video game)|Conspiracy]],<ref name="cgw199404">{{Cite magazine|date=April 1994|title=Invasion Of The Data Stashers|url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=117|magazine=Computer Gaming World|pages=20–42|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111041726/http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=117|archivedate=11 November 2017}}</ref> and in 1995 was cast as Maj. Gen. Donald McClintock in [[Wolfgang Petersen]]'s ''[[Outbreak (1995 film)|Outbreak]]''. In 1995, he was also in the [[HBO]] film ''[[Citizen X]]'', which won him the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie]] and the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film]]. He was later cast in 1996 (for only the second time) with his son Kiefer in [[Joel Schumacher]]'s ''[[A Time to Kill (1996 film)|A Time to Kill]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lindsay |first=Benjamin |date=20 June 2024 |title=Kiefer Sutherland Remembers His Father, Donald Sutherland |url=https://www.thewrap.com/kiefer-sutherland-remembers-donald-sutherland-death/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622050503/https://www.thewrap.com/kiefer-sutherland-remembers-donald-sutherland-death/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1998 he took the role of [[Bill Bowerman]] in the sports drama ''[[Without Limits]]'' for which he was nominated for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1999|title= Winners & Nominees 1999|website= Golden Globe Awards|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120702/https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1999|accessdate= 22 June 2024|archive-date= 19 January 2018}}</ref> Critic [[Roger Ebert]] wrote, "Sutherland's performance is the film's treasure... brings a deep patience to Bowerman, who understands that running is a matter of endurance and strategy, as well as heart".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/without-limits-1998|title= Without Limits movie review|website= Rogerebert.com|accessdate= 22 June 2024}}</ref> Sutherland played the famous [[American Civil War]] General [[P. G. T. Beauregard|P.G.T. Beauregard]] in the 1999 film ''[[The Hunley]]''.<ref name="variety-hunley">{{cite news |last1=Fries |first1=Laura |title=The Hunley |url=https://variety.com/1999/tv/reviews/the-hunley-1117742961/ |access-date=20 June 2024 |work=Variety |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |date=7 July 1999 |archive-date=20 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620184822/https://variety.com/1999/tv/reviews/the-hunley-1117742961/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

He played an astronaut in ''[[Space Cowboys]]'' (2000), with co-stars [[Clint Eastwood]], [[Tommy Lee Jones]], and [[James Garner]]. Sutherland was a model for [[Chris Claremont]] and [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]] to create [[Donald Pierce]], the [[Marvel Comics]] character whose last name comes from Sutherland's character in the 1970 film ''[[MASH (film)|M*A*S*H]]'', [[List of M*A*S*H characters#Hawkeye Pierce|Hawkeye Pierce]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Passion Of Donald Pierce: Meet Wolverine 3's Cyborg Foe |url=https://www.cbr.com/passion-of-donald-pierce-meet-wolverine-3s-cyborg-foe/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=11 October 2016 |archive-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125132954/http://www.cbr.com/passion-of-donald-pierce-meet-wolverine-3s-cyborg-foe/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He starred as [[Adam Czerniaków]] in the [[NBC]] miniseries ''[[Uprising (2001 film)|Uprising]]'' (2001). He starred as [[Clark Clifford]] in the HBO film ''[[Path to War]]'' (2002), which again earned him the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film]]. In more recent years, Sutherland was known for his role as Reverend Monroe in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] drama ''[[Cold Mountain (film)|Cold Mountain]]'' (2003),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morgan |first=David |date=20 June 2024 |title=Donald Sutherland 1935–2024 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/donald-sutherland-1935-2024/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622045751/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/donald-sutherland-1935-2024/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lou Aldryn in the drama thriller ''[[Baltic Storm]]'' (2003),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rehlin |first=Gunnar |date=23 March 2004 |title=Baltic Storm |url=https://variety.com/2004/film/reviews/baltic-storm-1200534380/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622124204/https://variety.com/2004/film/reviews/baltic-storm-1200534380/ |url-status=live }}</ref> John Bridger in the [[remake]] of ''[[The Italian Job (2003 film)|The Italian Job]]'' (2003),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Queenan |first=Joe |date=20 September 2003 |title=Cut to the chase |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/sep/20/features.joequeenan |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622050314/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/sep/20/features.joequeenan |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Nathan Templeton (Commander in Chief)|Nathan Templeton]] in the TV series ''[[Commander in Chief (TV series)|Commander in Chief]]'' (2005–2006),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commander in Chief |url=https://goldenglobes.com/tv-show/commander-in-chief/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=Golden Globes |language=en-US |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622050504/https://goldenglobes.com/tv-show/commander-in-chief/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Ogden C. Osbourne in the film ''[[Fierce People (film)|Fierce People]]'' (2005) with [[Diane Lane]] and [[Anton Yelchin]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schager |first=Nick |date=20 August 2007 |title=Review: Fierce People |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/fierce-people/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=Slant Magazine |language=en-US |archive-date=15 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315090633/https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/fierce-people/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Sutherland played the family patriarch, Mr. Bennet, in ''[[Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)|Pride & Prejudice]]'' (2005) directed by [[Joe Wright]] starring alongside [[Keira Knightley]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 August 2011 |title=Chicago Film Critics Awards 2005 |url=http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/chicago-film-critics-awards-2005/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |archive-date=23 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823101654/http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/chicago-film-critics-awards-2005/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Elley |first=Derek |date=12 September 2005 |title=Pride & Prejudice |url=https://variety.com/2005/film/awards/pride-prejudice-2-1200523317/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=30 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330161053/https://variety.com/2005/film/awards/pride-prejudice-2-1200523317/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Roisin O'Connor of ''[[The Independent]]'' wrote that he gives "arguably the most moving scene of the movie, [where] he gives his consent to [[Elizabeth Bennet|Elizabeth]] to marry [[Mr. Darcy]]."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/donald-sutherland-pride-and-prejudice-mr-bennett-b2566465.html|title= 'I kept trying to quit that damn job': Donald Sutherland's scene-stealing role in Pride and Prejudice|website= The Independent|date= 21 June 2024|accessdate= 22 June 2024}}</ref> That same year he starred in the miniseries ''[[Human Trafficking (miniseries)|Human Trafficking]]'' (2005) acting opposite [[Mira Sorvino]]. For his performance he was nominated for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2006|title= Nominees / Winners 2005|website= [[Emmy Awards|Television Academy]]|accessdate= 22 June 2024|archive-date= 13 May 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230513083137/https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2006|url-status= live}}</ref> He also played a minor role in [[Mike Binder]]'s ''[[Reign Over Me]]'' (2007).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Scott |first=A. O. |date=23 March 2007 |title=Who Else but an Old Buddy Can Tell How Lost You Are? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/movies/23reig.html |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=1 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401000558/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/movies/23reig.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Sutherland starred as [[Patrick "Tripp" Darling III|Tripp Darling]] in the prime time drama series ''[[Dirty Sexy Money]]'' for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=DIRTY SEXY MONEY |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/devwatch.aspx?id=dirty_sexy_money |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=www.thefutoncritic.com |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622043236/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/devwatch.aspx?id=dirty_sexy_money |url-status=live }}</ref> He played multi-millionaire Nigel Honeycut in the 2008 film ''[[Fool's Gold (2008 film)|Fool's Gold]]''. His distinctive voice was also used in many radio and [[Television advertisement|television commercials]], including those for [[Delta Air Lines]], [[Volvo]] automobiles, and [[Simply Orange]] orange juice.<ref>{{cite web |title=Watch This Eerie New Ad From Delta |url=https://fortune.com/2016/02/22/new-delta-ad/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |publisher=[[Fortune.com]] |date=22 February 2016 |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322202532/https://fortune.com/2016/02/22/new-delta-ad/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=In appreciation: Donald Sutherland's enigma variations, in 5 roles |url=https://www.aol.com/appreciation-donald-sutherland-enigma-variations-175400514.html |access-date=22 June 2024 |publisher=[[AOL.com]] |date=21 June 2024 |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622030844/https://www.aol.com/appreciation-donald-sutherland-enigma-variations-175400514.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Inside Hunger Games star Donald Sutherland's net worth when he died after star amassed fortune |url=https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/donald-sutherland-net-worth-died-548869 |access-date=22 June 2024 |publisher=The Mirror US |date=20 June 2024 |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622050306/https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/donald-sutherland-net-worth-died-548869 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 2010–2023: ''The Hunger Games'' and final roles ===
[[File:Olympic flag carried into BC Place at 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Several notable Canadians, including Sutherland (right front), carrying the Olympic flag at the [[2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony]] in Vancouver|upright=1.3]]
Sutherland provided [[voice-overs]] and narration during the intro of the first semifinal of [[Eurovision Song Contest 2009]], and the [[2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony|Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver]], and was also one of the Olympic flag bearers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/legendary-actor-donald-sutherland-olympic-flagbearer-2010-dies-88|title=Legendary actor Donald Sutherland, Olympic flagbearer in 2010, dies at 88|publisher=Olympics|access-date=21 June 2024|archive-date=22 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622050305/https://olympics.com/en/news/legendary-actor-donald-sutherland-olympic-flagbearer-2010-dies-88|url-status=live}}</ref> He was also the narrator of [[CTV Television Network|CTV]]'s "I Believe" television ads in the lead-up to the Games.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cwjaAgAAQBAJ&dq=donald+sutherland+I+Believe+olympics&pg=PA150|title=Feeling Canadian: Television, Nationalism, and Affect|date=12 April 2011 |publisher=Google Docs|isbn=978-1-55458-308-9 |access-date=21 June 2024|archive-date=22 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622050317/https://books.google.com/books?id=cwjaAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA150&lpg=PA150&dq=donald+sutherland+I+Believe+olympics&source=bl&ots=TBU2awou4X&sig=ACfU3U2QM_JknhTbvLVsNZ2DLJI38-t0QA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjSoJemz-2GAxV4hIkEHRSZAN8Q6AF6BAglEAM#v=onepage&q=donald%20sutherland%20I%20Believe%20olympics&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010, he starred alongside an ensemble cast in a [[The Pillars of the Earth (miniseries)|TV adaptation]] of [[Ken Follett]]'s novel ''[[The Pillars of the Earth]]'' (2010) acting alongside [[Ian McShane]], [[Matthew Macfadyen]], [[Rufus Sewell]], [[Hayley Atwell]], and [[Eddie Redmayne]].<ref name="g&m-Pillars of the Earth">{{cite news |last1=MacDonald |first1=Gayle |title=Old and young in Pillars of the Earth |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/old-and-young-in-pillars-of-the-earth/article1387542/ |access-date=20 June 2024 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=21 July 2010 |language=en-CA |archive-date=20 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620184824/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/old-and-young-in-pillars-of-the-earth/article1387542/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The following year he acted in several films including the crime thriller ''[[The Mechanic (2011 film)|The Mechanic]]'', the historical epic ''[[The Eagle (2011 film)|The Eagle]]'', and the comedy ''[[Horrible Bosses]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/donald_sutherland|title= Donald Sutherland|website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date= 22 June 2024|archive-date= 18 April 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240418224301/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/donald_sutherland|url-status= live}}</ref> He also played a priest in the [[Moby Dick (2011 miniseries)|2011 miniseries adaptation]] of the [[Herman Melville]] novel ''[[Moby-Dick]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/arts/television/william-hurt-in-moby-dick-on-encore-review.html|title= Ahab Has a Wife and a Heart. Oh, and a Whale|work= The New York Times|date= 31 July 2011|access-date= 22 June 2024|archive-date= 8 November 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211108182702/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/arts/television/william-hurt-in-moby-dick-on-encore-review.html|url-status= live|last1= Stanley|first1= Alessandra}}</ref>

Beginning in 2012, Sutherland portrayed [[List of The Hunger Games characters#Coriolanus Snow|President]] [[Coriolanus Snow]], the main [[antagonist]] of ''[[The Hunger Games (film series)|The Hunger Games]]'' film franchise, in ''[[The Hunger Games (film)|The Hunger Games]]'' (2012), ''[[The Hunger Games: Catching Fire]]'' (2013), ''[[The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1]]'' (2014), and ''[[The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2|Part 2]]'' (2015). His role was well-received by fans and critics.<ref name=wapo/> In 2012 he played [[Captain Flint]] in the British series ''[[Treasure Island (2012 TV series)|Treasure Island]]'', an adaptation of the [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] [[Treasure Island (2012 TV series)|1883 novel of the same name]] acting opposite [[Eddie Izzard]] and [[Elijah Wood]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/article/eddie-izzard-elijah-wood-donald-sutherland-cast-in-syfys-treasure-island-com-175838|title= Eddie Izzard, Elijah Wood, Donald Sutherland Cast in Syfy's "Treasure Island"|website= Playbill|access-date= 22 June 2024|archive-date= 19 October 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211019194024/https://www.playbill.com/article/eddie-izzard-elijah-wood-donald-sutherland-cast-in-syfys-treasure-island-com-175838|url-status= live}}</ref>

[[File:Donald Sutherland - Monte-Carlo Television Festival.jpg|thumb|Sutherland at the 2013 [[Monte-Carlo Television Festival]]|right|upright]]
On 26 March 2012, he was a guest on the ''[[Opie and Anthony]]'' radio show where he mentioned he had been offered the lead roles in ''[[Deliverance]]'' and ''[[Straw Dogs (1971 film)|Straw Dogs]]'', although turned down both offers because he did not want to appear in violent films at the time.<ref name=iw>{{cite news|last=Lyttleton|first=Oliver|title=5 Things You Might Not Know About 'Deliverance,' Released 40 Years Ago Today|date=30 July 2012|work=[[IndieWire]]|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2012/07/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-deliverance-released-40-years-ago-today-251460/|access-date=28 September 2017|archive-date=28 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928150843/http://www.indiewire.com/2012/07/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-deliverance-released-40-years-ago-today-251460/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=straw>{{cite book|first=David|last=Weddle|author-link=David Weddle|title=If They Move...Kill 'Em!|publisher=[[Grove Press]]|location=New York City|date=1994|isbn=0-8021-3776-8}}</ref> The role in ''Deliverance'' went to [[Jon Voight]] and the role in ''Straw Dogs'' to [[Dustin Hoffman]], and both films enjoyed critical and box office success.<ref name=iw/><ref name=straw/> After declining these violent roles, he quipped: "And then I played a [[fascism|fascist]]" in ''[[1900 (film)|1900]]'' by [[Bernardo Bertolucci]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/1900-1977|title=1900|first=Roger|last=Ebert|authorlink=Roger Ebert|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|via=[[RogerEbert.com]]|date=1 January 1977|access-date=21 June 2024|archive-date=1 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101160644/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/1900-1977|url-status=live}}</ref> Sutherland appeared in the European police procedural ''[[Crossing Lines]]'', which premiered on 23 June 2013, on the US [[NBC]] network.<ref name=nabs>{{cite web | last=Meza | first=Ed | title=NBC Nabs 'Crossing Lines' | website=Variety | date=20 March 2013 | url=https://variety.com/2013/tv/global/nbc-nabs-crossing-lines-1200326311/ | access-date=21 June 2024 | archive-date=16 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216213233/https://variety.com/2013/tv/global/nbc-nabs-crossing-lines-1200326311/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Sutherland, who played the Chief Prosecutor for the [[International Criminal Court]] named Michel Dorn, was one of only two actors to appear in all episodes across three seasons from 2013 to 2015.<ref name=nabs/> In 2016, he was a member of the main competition jury of the [[2016 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-film-festival-unveils-jury-869908 |title=Cannes Film Festival Unveils Full Jury |date=25 April 2016 |access-date=25 April 2016 |author=Rhonda Richford |work=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=26 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426101859/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-film-festival-unveils-jury-869908 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 6 September 2017, it was announced that Sutherland, along with three other recipients, would receive an [[Academy Honorary Award|Honorary Oscar]] from the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] "for a lifetime of indelible characters, rendered with unwavering truthfulness". At the ceremony, he was honored by [[Jennifer Lawrence]], [[Colin Farrell]], and [[Whoopi Goldberg]]. This was Sutherland's only [[Academy Award]] in his then six decade long film career.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/business/media/burnett-sutherland-honorary-oscars.html|title=Charles Burnett and Donald Sutherland Among 4 to Receive Honorary Oscars|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 September 2017|last1=Barnes|first1=Brooks|access-date=7 September 2017|archive-date=7 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907085343/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/business/media/burnett-sutherland-honorary-oscars.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Sutherland starred opposite [[Helen Mirren]] playing an elderly married couple in the comedy-drama ''[[The Leisure Seeker]]'' (2017) based on the [[The Leisure Seeker (novel)|2009 novel of the same name]] by [[Michael Zadoorian]]. The film premiered at the [[Venice International Film Festival]]. Deborah Young of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' wrote, "Sutherland's dignified but memory-robbed English prof often rings true through a veil of gentle humor".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/leisure-seeker-review-1034861/|title= 'The Leisure Seeker': Film Review Venice 2017|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date= 3 September 2017|access-date= 22 June 2024|archive-date= 18 October 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231018162411/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/leisure-seeker-review-1034861/|url-status= live}}</ref> That year he also took a supporting role in the romantic comedy ''[[Basmati Blues]]'' starring [[Brie Larson]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.vulture.com/2018/02/basmati-blues-how-it-got-made.html|title= The Inside Story of How and Why Basmati Blues Got Made|website= Vulture|date= 9 February 2018|access-date= 22 June 2024|archive-date= 12 February 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180212112736/http://www.vulture.com/2018/02/basmati-blues-how-it-got-made.html|url-status= live}}</ref>

In 2018, Sutherland portrayed an oil tycoon [[J. Paul Getty]] in the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] a historical drama series ''[[Trust (American TV series)|Trust]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wollaston |first=Sam |date=12 September 2018 |title=Trust review: Danny Boyle's Getty drama looks lavish but lacks depth |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/sep/12/trust-review-john-paul-getty-iii-abduction-drama-danny-boyle |access-date=20 June 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=20 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620184847/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/sep/12/trust-review-john-paul-getty-iii-abduction-drama-danny-boyle |url-status=live }}</ref> Kristen Baldwin of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' wrote, "Sutherland does a typically excellent job conveying J. Paul Getty's stern disappointment in his feckless progeny".<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://ew.com/tv/2018/03/21/trust-fx-ew-review/|title= FX's Trust is a flashy, fickle kidnapping drama: EW review|magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date= 22 June 2024|archive-date= 23 March 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230323001321/https://ew.com/tv/2018/03/21/trust-fx-ew-review/|url-status= live}}</ref> The following year he acted in the [[James Gray (director)|James Gray]] directed science fiction drama ''[[Ad Astra (film)|Ad Astra]]'' and the crime thriller ''[[The Burnt Orange Heresy]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_burnt_orange_heresy|title= The Burnt Orange Hersey|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= 5 July 2024|archive-date= 6 October 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201006225844/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_burnt_orange_heresy|url-status= live}}</ref> In 2020, he appeared in the [[HBO]] limited series ''[[The Undoing]]'' (2020) alongside [[Hugh Grant]] and [[Nicole Kidman]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=18 January 2021 |title='Ozark,' 'The Crown' and Netflix Lead 26th Annual Critics' Choice Awards TV Nominations |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/awards/ozark-the-crown-schitts-creek-26th-annual-critics-choice-awards-tv-nominations-2021-1234887254/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=18 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118230541/https://variety.com/2021/tv/awards/ozark-the-crown-schitts-creek-26th-annual-critics-choice-awards-tv-nominations-2021-1234887254/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=28 November 2018 |title=Donald Sutherland To Star In HBO Limited Series 'The Undoing' |url=https://deadline.com/2018/11/donald-sutherland-star-hbo-limited-series-the-undoing-nicole-kidman-hugh-grant-1202510446/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=29 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129135053/https://deadline.com/2018/11/donald-sutherland-star-hbo-limited-series-the-undoing-nicole-kidman-hugh-grant-1202510446/ |url-status=live }}</ref> For his performance he received the [[Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/critics-choice-awards-2021-complete-winners-list-1234708683/ |title=Critics Choice Awards: 'Nomadland', 'The Crown' Among Top Honorees – Complete Winners List |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=7 March 2021 |access-date=22 June 2024 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503112622/https://deadline.com/2021/03/critics-choice-awards-2021-complete-winners-list-1234708683/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Sutherland took the role of Mr. Harrigan in the 2022 [[Netflix]] film ''[[Mr. Harrigan's Phone]]'' written and directed by [[John Lee Hancock]], based on the novella of the same name from the book ''[[If It Bleeds]]'' by [[Stephen King]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/mr-harrigans-phone-donald-sutherland-jaeden-martell-to-star-in-netflix-blumhouse-movie-blumfest-1234848145/ | title='Mr. Harrigan's Phone': Donald Sutherland & Jaeden Martell To Star In Netflix Blumhouse Movie – BlumFest | author=Anthony D'Alessandro | date=1 October 2021 | website=Deadline | access-date=25 September 2022 | archive-date=7 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007152954/https://deadline.com/2021/10/mr-harrigans-phone-donald-sutherland-jaeden-martell-to-star-in-netflix-blumhouse-movie-blumfest-1234848145/ | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023, he took the role of Isaac C. Parker in the series ''[[Lawmen: Bass Reeves]]'' on [[Paramount+]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2024/06/david-oyelowo-donald-sutherland-dead-reaction-bass-reeves-1235979525/|title= David Oyelowo Remembers 'Bass Reeves' Co-Star Donald Sutherland As "Inquisitive, Hungry Artist Still On The Hunt For The Truth"|website= [[Deadline Hollywood]]|date= 20 June 2024|access-date= 22 June 2024|archive-date= 21 June 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240621141956/https://deadline.com/2024/06/david-oyelowo-donald-sutherland-dead-reaction-bass-reeves-1235979525/|url-status= live}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Sutherland was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] on 22 December 1978,<ref name="OCC">{{cite news |title=Order of Canada honors 64 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator/149818359/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=[[The Hamilton Spectator]] |agency=[[The Canadian Press]] |date=23 December 1978 |page=16 |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622063336/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator/149818359/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and was promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/media/news/2019/governor-general-announces-83-new-appointments-order-canada|title=Governor General Announces 83 New Appointments to the Order of Canada|last=General|first=Office of the Secretary to the Governor|date=20 June 2019|website=The Governor General of Canada|access-date=27 June 2019|archive-date=28 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628034534/https://www.gg.ca/en/media/news/2019/governor-general-announces-83-new-appointments-order-canada|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was inducted into [[Canada's Walk of Fame]] in March 2000.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sutherland, Young get stars on Canada's Walk of Fame |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/423095370 |access-date=20 June 2024 |work=[[Telegraph-Journal]] |agency=[[Canwest]] |date=31 March 2000 |id={{ProQuest|423095370}} |archive-date=21 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621142322/https://www.proquest.com/docview/423095370 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/00_donald_sutherland.xml.htm Canada's Walk of Fame: Donald Sutherland, actor] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030073843/http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/00_donald_sutherland.xml.htm |date=30 October 2006 }}, canadaswalkoffame.com; accessed 15 June 2014.</ref> He had maintained a residence in [[Georgeville, Quebec|Georgeville]], a village in Quebec,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ould-Hammou |first1=Hénia |last2=Stevenson |first2=Verity |title=Donald Sutherland, famed actor dead at 88, remembered 'like a Quebecer' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/donald-sutherland-obit-quebec-1.7242299 |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=[[CBC News]] |date=21 June 2024 |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622064626/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/donald-sutherland-obit-quebec-1.7242299 |url-status=live }}</ref> since 1977. Referred to as his "emotional home," Sutherland occupied this house during the summer. He had additional houses in other places, including Paris, France. Sutherland also owned a [[condominium]] in [[Miami]], Florida.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2024/06/20/donald-sutherland-death-florida-hunger-games-mash/74158943007/ |title=Beloved actor and Florida resident Donald Sutherland dies at 88 |work=The Palm Beach Post |last1=Bridges |first1=C. A. |last2=Alexander |first2=Bryan |date=20 June 2024 |access-date=31 March 2025 |archive-date=29 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329163654/https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2024/06/20/donald-sutherland-death-florida-hunger-games-mash/74158943007/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Donald Sutherland's talent, kindness remembered in Hollywood and back home in Canada |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/donald-sutherland-quebec-canada-memories-1.7241920 |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=[[CBC News]] |date=20 June 2024 |archive-date=21 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621164432/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/donald-sutherland-quebec-canada-memories-1.7241920 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Marriages and family ===
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Sutherland married three times. His first marriage, to Lois May Hardwick, a head school teacher,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Obituary: Lois Sutherland, 1936–2010|url=http://www.the-archer.co.uk/archive/2010/2010Dec09.pdf|url-status=live|website=The Archer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601130149/http://www.the-archer.co.uk:80/archive/2010/2010Dec09.pdf |archive-date=1 June 2011}}</ref> lasted from 1959 to 1966. His second marriage, which lasted from 1966 to 1970, was to [[Shirley Douglas]], daughter of [[Tommy Douglas]], the social democratic former [[premier of Saskatchewan]].<ref name="Observer">[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/mar/30/television.television ''The Observer''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129193027/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/mar/30/television.television |date=29 January 2017 }}, 30 March 2008: ''On the money'' – interview with Donald Sutherland; retrieved 16 June 2012.</ref> Sutherland and Douglas had two children, twins Kiefer and Rachel.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaloi |first1=Stephanie |title=Donald Sutherland's 5 Children: All About His Sons and Daughter |url=https://people.com/parents/all-about-donald-sutherland-kids/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=20 June 2024 |language=en |archive-date=21 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621041737/https://people.com/parents/all-about-donald-sutherland-kids/ |url-status=live }}</ref> From 1970 to 1972, he had an affair with ''[[Klute]]'' co-star [[Jane Fonda]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinema.com/news/item/3394/donald-sutherlands-love-for-jane-fonda.phtml|title=Donald Sutherland's Love For Jane Fonda|date=14 March 2001|author=World Entertainment News Network|work=www.cinema.com|access-date=21 July 2023|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029185233/https://www.cinema.com/news/item/3394/donald-sutherlands-love-for-jane-fonda.phtml|url-status=live}}</ref> with whom he had participated in anti-Vietnam war activism.<ref>{{cite news |title=Donald Sutherland, magnetic Hollywood star whose work ranged from Don't Look Now to The Hunger Games – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/06/20/donald-sutherland-hollywood-dont-look-now-mash-hunger-games/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=20 June 2024 |archive-date=21 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621222409/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/06/20/donald-sutherland-hollywood-dont-look-now-mash-hunger-games/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Sutherland married his long-term partner [[Francine Racette]] in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Christie and Sutherland |work=Irish Independent |date=25 May 1991 |accessdate=27 February 2025 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001715/19910525/161/0013| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The couple had been together since meeting on the set of the Canadian pioneer drama ''[[Alien Thunder]]'' in the early 1970s. They had three sons – Rossif, Angus, and Roeg<ref name=Observer/> – all of whom were named after directors Sutherland had worked with. Kiefer (his son with Douglas) is named after American-born director and writer [[Warren Kiefer]], who, under the assumed name of Lorenzo Sabatini,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Curti |first1=Roberto |title=Warren Kiefer: The Man Who Wasn't There |journal=Offscreen |date=December 2011 |volume=15 |issue=12 |url=http://www.offscreen.com/index.php/pages/essays/warren_kiefer |access-date=22 June 2024 |archive-date=17 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517071701/http://www.offscreen.com/index.php/pages/essays/warren_kiefer |url-status=live }}</ref> directed Sutherland in his first feature film, the Italian low-budget horror film ''Il castello dei morti vivi'' ''([[Castle of the Living Dead]])'';<ref>{{cite news |title=Donald Sutherland |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune/149817689/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=[[The South Bend Tribune]] |date=2 March 1985 |page=16 |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622060354/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune/149817689/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="FirstRoleCastle">{{Cite web |date=4 March 2016 |title=Castle Of The Living Dead |website=[[TV Guide]] |url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/castle-of-the-living-dead/review/110496/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212329/http://www.tvguide.com/movies/castle-of-the-living-dead/review/110496/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> Roeg is named after director [[Nicolas Roeg]]; Rossif is named after French director [[Frédéric Rossif]]; and Angus's middle name is after [[Robert Redford]].<ref name=Observer/>

=== Politics ===
[[File:Rita Martenson, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland.jpg|right|thumb|upright=.8|Sutherland (seated) performing in the [[anti-Vietnam War]] FTA ([[Free the Army|Free The Army]]) road show, 1971]]
Sutherland was an antiwar activist who started the Free Theatre Associates (aka [[Free The Army tour|Free The Army]]) tour with [[Jane Fonda]], [[Peter Boyle]], [[Howard Hesseman]], [[Elliott Gould]], [[Mike Nichols]], [[Ben Vereen]], [[Dick Gregory]], [[Nina Simone]], and other celebrities as an alternative to [[Bob Hope]]'s [[United Service Organizations|USO]] in Vietnam.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saad |first=Nardine |date=20 June 2024 |title=Prolific actor Donald Sutherland, the stately star of 'MASH,' 'Ordinary People' and 'Hunger Games,' has died |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-06-20/donald-sutherland-dead-hunger-games-mash |access-date=21 June 2024 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US |archive-date=21 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621142322/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-06-20/donald-sutherland-dead-hunger-games-mash |url-status=live }}</ref> Documents declassified in 2017 show that Sutherland was on the [[National Security Agency]] watchlist between 1971 and 1973 at the request of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] because of his [[Anti-war movement|anti-war]] activities.<ref>{{cite news |date=25 September 2017 |title=National Security Agency Tracking of U.S. Citizens – "Questionable Practices" from 1960s & 1970s |url=https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/cybervault-intelligence-nuclear-vault/2017-09-25/national-security-agency-tracking-us |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103044145/https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/cybervault-intelligence-nuclear-vault/2017-09-25/national-security-agency-tracking-us |archive-date=3 January 2020 |access-date=3 January 2020 |publisher=National Security Archive}}</ref> Sutherland was a vocal opponent of the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>{{cite news |title=FTA: unearthing Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland's anti-Vietnam war film |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/mar/04/fta-jane-fonda-donald-sutherland-anti-vietnam-war-film |work=The Guardian |date=4 March 2021 |access-date=21 June 2024 |archive-date=21 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621142343/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/mar/04/fta-jane-fonda-donald-sutherland-anti-vietnam-war-film |url-status=live }}</ref> He also opposed the U.S.-led [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invasion of Iraq]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Jasper Gerard meets Donald Sutherland |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/interview-jasper-gerard-meets-donald-sutherland-rnk5kctcxgn |work=[[The Times]] |date=11 September 2005 |access-date=21 June 2024 |archive-date=21 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621142325/https://www.thetimes.com/article/interview-jasper-gerard-meets-donald-sutherland-rnk5kctcxgn |url-status=live }}</ref>

Sutherland became a blogger for the American [[news websites|news website]] ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' during the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 United States presidential election campaign]].<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/donald-sutherland huffingtonpost.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601210604/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/donald-sutherland |date=1 June 2008 }}, blog entries by Donald Sutherland</ref> In his blogs, he stated his support for [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/donald-sutherland/obama-for-president_b_112046.html|work=Huffington Post|first=Donald|last=Sutherland|title=Obama for President|date=10 July 2008|access-date=7 May 2013|archive-date=5 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105065657/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/donald-sutherland/obama-for-president_b_112046.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Although he was proud to be Canadian, was an officer in the [[Order of Canada]], and had no intention of changing his citizenship, Sutherland complained in 2015 that he was not allowed to vote because he was an [[expatriate]] for over five years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 July 2015 |title=Donald Sutherland blasts ruling on long-term expats' right to vote |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/donald-sutherland-blasts-ruling-on-long-term-expats-right-to-vote-1.3171242 |website=cbc.ca |access-date=21 June 2024 |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526025358/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/donald-sutherland-blasts-ruling-on-long-term-expats-right-to-vote-1.3171242 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hopper |first=Tristin |date=29 July 2015 |title='I'm Canadian': Expat actor Donald Sutherland blasts inability to vote in federal elections |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/im-canadian-expat-donald-sutherland-blasts-inability-to-vote-in-canadian-federal-elections |website=National Post |access-date=21 June 2024 |archive-date=21 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621142345/https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/im-canadian-expat-donald-sutherland-blasts-inability-to-vote-in-canadian-federal-elections |url-status=live }}</ref> The Supreme Court of Canada allowed expats to vote in national elections in a decision handed down in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Perkel |first=Colin |date=10 January 2019 |title=Was Canada's law banning expats from voting constitutional? The Supreme Court is set to weigh in |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4835155/supreme-court-expat-voting-rights/ |access-date=21 June 2024 |website=Globalnews.ca |language=en-US |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326034728/https://globalnews.ca/news/4835155/supreme-court-expat-voting-rights/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Kathleen |date=11 January 2019 |title=Supreme Court of Canada guarantees voting rights for expats |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/supreme-court-expat-voting-rights-ruling-1.4970305 |website=cbc.ca |access-date=21 June 2024 |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610182700/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/supreme-court-expat-voting-rights-ruling-1.4970305 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Death and tributes ==
Sutherland died under hospice care at the [[University of Miami]] hospital on 20 June 2024, aged 88, from [[chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]].<ref name=cause>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/hunger-games-actor-donald-sutherland-161538441.html |title='The Hunger Games' Actor Donald Sutherland's Death Certificate Revealed|publisher=Yahoo! Entertainment |access-date=2 September 2024|date=11 July 2024}}</ref><ref name=deadline>{{Cite web |last=Pedersen |first=Erik |date=20 June 2024 |title=Donald Sutherland Dies: Revered Actor In 'Klute', 'Ordinary People', 'Hunger Games' & Scores Of Others Was 88 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/donald-sutherland-dead-1235978933/ |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=20 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620172949/https://deadline.com/2024/06/donald-sutherland-dead-1235978933/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Coyle |first=Jake |date=20 June 2024 |title=Donald Sutherland, the towering actor whose career spanned 'M.A.S.H.' to 'Hunger Games,' dies at 88 |url=https://www.cp24.com/news/donald-sutherland-the-towering-actor-whose-career-spanned-m-a-s-h-to-hunger-games-dies-at-88-1.6934567 |access-date=20 June 2024 |publisher=[[CP24]] |language=en |archive-date=20 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620191008/https://www.cp24.com/mobile/news/donald-sutherland-the-towering-actor-whose-career-spanned-m-a-s-h-to-hunger-games-dies-at-88-1.6934567 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=wapo>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/06/20/donald-sutherland-dead/|title=Donald Sutherland, 'shape-shifty' movie stalwart, dies at 88|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> Kiefer Sutherland announced his death on [[Twitter|X/Twitter]] adding, "He loved what he did and did what he loved, and one can never ask for more than that. A life well lived".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/donald-sutherland-tributes-death-trudeau-doughlas-mash-b2566405.html|title= Donald Sutherland tributes: Michael Douglas, Helen Mirren and Justin Trudeau pay respects to 'true artist'|website=The Independent |date= 21 June 2024|access-date= 21 June 2024|archive-date= 21 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621141447/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/donald-sutherland-tributes-death-trudeau-doughlas-mash-b2566405.html|url-status= live}}</ref> Upon hearing of his death, Canadian Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] wrote, "We've lost one of the greats. Donald Sutherland brought a level of brilliance to his craft few could match. A remarkable, legendary actor — and a great Canadian". U.S. President [[Joe Biden]] wrote, "Donald Sutherland was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and one-of-a-kind actor who inspired and entertained the world for decades".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2024/film/news/donald-sutherland-death-celebrity-tributes-1236043329/|title= Ron Howard, Helen Mirren, Edgar Wright and More Remember Donald Sutherland: 'Incredible Range, Creative Courage'|website= Variety|date= 20 June 2024|access-date= 21 June 2024|archive-date= 21 June 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240621141610/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/donald-sutherland-death-celebrity-tributes-1236043329/|url-status= live}}</ref> Numerous members of the film industry wrote condolences, including [[Jane Fonda]], [[Alec Baldwin]], [[William Baldwin]], [[Tom Blyth]], [[Josh Brolin]], [[Kim Cattrall]], [[John Cusack]], [[Michael Douglas]], [[Roland Emmerich]], [[Elliott Gould]], [[Ron Howard]], [[John Leguizamo]], [[Janet Maslin]], [[Helen Mirren]], [[David Oyelowo]], [[Lou Diamond Phillips]], [[Richard Roeper]], [[Will Smith]], [[Henry Winkler]], [[Edgar Wright]], [[Rachel Zegler]] and [[Jennifer Lawrence]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/donald-sutherland-obit-ron-howard-edgar-wright-fc9621c7f0e387bcdad215a0970e1146 |title=Elliott Gould, Justin Trudeau, Helen Mirren and more mourn Donald Sutherland |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |date=20 June 2024 |access-date=21 June 2024 |archive-date=21 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621141554/https://apnews.com/article/donald-sutherland-obit-ron-howard-edgar-wright-fc9621c7f0e387bcdad215a0970e1146 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2024/06/donald-sutherland-death-reactions-hollywood-1235979206/ |title=Hollywood Reacts to Death of Donald Sutherland: 'RIP to the GOAT'|website= [[Deadline Hollywood]]|date= 20 June 2024|access-date= 21 June 2024|archive-date= 21 June 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240621141448/https://deadline.com/2024/06/donald-sutherland-death-reactions-hollywood-1235979206/|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Parkel |first=Inga |date=21 June 2024 |title=Donald Sutherland tributes: Hollywood pays respects to 'true artist' after death |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/donald-sutherland-tributes-death-trudeau-doughlas-mash-b2566405.html |access-date=21 June 2024 |website=[[The Independent]] |language=en |archive-date=21 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621141447/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/donald-sutherland-tributes-death-trudeau-doughlas-mash-b2566405.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=William Baldwin Tributes Three-Time Co-Star Donald Sutherland: 'I Have Never Known Anybody Remotely Like Him' |date=20 June 2024 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/donald-sutherland-william-baldwin-tribute-co-star-1235979609/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621142116/https://deadline.com/2024/06/donald-sutherland-william-baldwin-tribute-co-star-1235979609/ |archive-date=21 June 2024 |access-date=21 June 2024 |work=Deadline}}</ref> Following his death, a funeral was held in Miami and his remains were cremated.<ref name=cause/>

== Artistry and legacy ==
Throughout his life, multiple sources have considered Sutherland as being one of the greatest actors to have never been nominated for an Academy Award.<ref>{{cite news|last=Singler|first=Leigh|date=19 February 2009|title=Oscars: the best actors never to have been nominated|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2009/feb/19/best-actors-never-nominated-for-oscars|access-date=6 June 2013|archive-date=17 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117200738/https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2009/feb/19/best-actors-never-nominated-for-oscars|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kiang|first=Jessica|date=1 January 2016|title=30 Great Actors Who've Never Been Oscar Nominated|work=Indiewire|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2016/01/30-great-actors-whove-never-been-oscar-nominated-90109/|access-date=6 June 2016|archive-date=15 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015124743/https://www.indiewire.com/2016/01/30-great-actors-whove-never-been-oscar-nominated-90109/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Robey|first=Tim|date=1 February 2016|title=20 great actors who've never been nominated for an Oscar|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/what-to-watch/oscars-best-actors-never-nominated/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/what-to-watch/oscars-best-actors-never-nominated/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=6 June 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He was given the [[Academy Honorary Award]] during the [[90th Academy Awards]] in 2017.<ref name="Honors">{{cite web|date=6 September 2017|title=The Academy to honor Charles Burnett, Owen Roizman, Donald Sutherland and Agnès Varda with Oscars at 2017 Governors Awards|url=http://www.oscars.org/news/academy-honor-charles-burnett-owen-roizman-donald-sutherland-and-agnes-varda-oscars-2017|access-date=10 July 2018|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|archive-date=2 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202200636/https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-honor-charles-burnett-owen-roizman-donald-sutherland-and-agnes-varda-oscars-2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2023, Sutherland told [[The Canadian Press]] that he had not spent much time reflecting on the legacy of his career, stating "You know, it's over or very nearly over, so I guess I got to get down to thinking about it." [[Viking Canada]] is set to publish his memoir, ''Made Up, But Still True'', in November 2024.<ref>{{cite news |title=Canadian acting legend Donald Sutherland dies at 88, son Kiefer says |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/canadian-acting-legend-donald-sutherland-dies-at-88-son-kiefer-says-1.6934568 |access-date=20 June 2024 |work=[[CTV News]] |agency=[[The Canadian Press]] |date=20 June 2024 |language=en |archive-date=21 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621141555/https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/canadian-acting-legend-donald-sutherland-dies-at-88-son-kiefer-says-1.6934568 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following his death, the City of Saint John, his birthplace and childhood residence, opened a [[condolence book]] signing to the public.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Nick |title=Saint John, N.B., takes steps to remember hometown star Donald Sutherland |url=https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/saint-john-n-b-takes-steps-to-remember-hometown-star-donald-sutherland-1.6936429 |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=[[CTV Atlantic]] |date=21 June 2024 |language=en |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622050311/https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/saint-john-n-b-takes-steps-to-remember-hometown-star-donald-sutherland-1.6936429 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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[[Helen Mirren]] named Sutherland as "one of the smartest actors I ever worked with. He had a wonderful enquiring brain and a great knowledge of a wide variety of subjects. He combined this great intelligence with a deep sensitivity, and with seriousness about his profession as an actor. This all made him into the legend of film that he became."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/donald-sutherland-dead-hollywood-tribute-1235928033/|title=Kiefer Sutherland, Edgar Wright, Helen Mirren Remember Donald Sutherland: "One of the Most Important Actors in the History of Film"|work=THR|access-date=20 June 2024|archive-date=21 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621141544/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/donald-sutherland-dead-hollywood-tribute-1235928033/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[David Oyelowo]], who worked with Sutherland on what became his final performance in ''[[Lawmen: Bass Reeves]],'' stated that "Given the iconic status he rightly achieved, having a front row seat to Donald Sutherland's last onscreen performance was both a privilege and clear evidence to me of his deep passion for the craft of acting. The glint in his eye was that of an inquisitive, hungry artist still on the hunt for the truth. Seeing that glint, up close, in the eyes of a legend was something to behold."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/david-oyelowo-donald-sutherland-dead-reaction-bass-reeves-1235979525/ |title=David Oyelowo Remembers 'Bass Reeves' Co-Star Donald Sutherland As "Inquisitive, Hungry Artist Still On The Hunt For The Truth" |date=20 June 2024 |access-date=20 June 2024 |archive-date=21 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621141956/https://deadline.com/2024/06/david-oyelowo-donald-sutherland-dead-reaction-bass-reeves-1235979525/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Jane Fonda]], who worked with Sutherland on the 1971 film ''Klute'', wrote: "Donald was a brilliant actor and a complex man who shared quite a few adventures with me, such as the ''[[FTA Show]]'', an anti-Vietnam war tour that performed for 60,000 active duty soldiers, sailors, and marines in Hawaii, Okinawa, the Philippines, and Japan in 1971. I am heartbroken."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/jane-fonda-donald-sutherland-death-klute-co-star-1235979654/ |title=Jane Fonda On The Passing Of Donald Sutherland: "I Am Heartbroken" |date=20 June 2024 |access-date=20 June 2024 |archive-date=21 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621141957/https://deadline.com/2024/06/jane-fonda-donald-sutherland-death-klute-co-star-1235979654/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Sutherland's [[BBC]] obituary says that the "late Donald Sutherland cast a literal and figurative shadow over his industry for almost 50 years".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52070783|title=Obituary: Donald Sutherland|work=BBC|access-date=20 June 2024|archive-date=20 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620184822/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52070783|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s [[Peter Bradshaw]] wrote that "Sutherland was an utterly unique actor and irreplaceable star" and "was an aristocrat of screen actors".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/20/donald-sutherland-filmography|title=Donald Sutherland was an irreplaceable aristocrat of cinema|work=[[The Guardian]]|author=Peter Bradshaw|access-date=21 June 2024|archive-date=21 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621142112/https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/20/donald-sutherland-filmography|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''{{'}}s [[Owen Gleiberman]] wrote that "in 1970, Donald Sutherland ... was the coolest movie star on the planet. The moment I saw him in "MASH," I knew he was the person I wanted to be, the same way that I wanted to be [[Mick Jagger]] or [[Steve McQueen]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Remembering Donald Sutherland: From Cool in 'MASH' to Sexy in 'Don't Look Now' to Tragic in 'Ordinary People,' He Was a Chameleon, and the Most Human of Movie Stars|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/columns/donald-sutherland-tribute-invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-mash-1236043841/|author=Owen Gleiberman|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=20 June 2024 |access-date=21 June 2024|archive-date=21 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621142120/https://variety.com/2024/film/columns/donald-sutherland-tribute-invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-mash-1236043841/|url-status=live}}</ref> Canadian Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] stated, "He was a man with a strong presence, a brilliance in his craft, and truly a great Canadian artist and he will be deeply missed."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Iorizzo |first=Ellie |date=21 June 2024 |title=PM Justin Trudeau remembers 'truly great Canadian artist' Donald Sutherland |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/pm-justin-trudeau-remembers-truly-great-canadian-artist-donald-sutherland/ar-BB1oBn1p |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622050310/https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/pm-justin-trudeau-remembers-truly-great-canadian-artist-donald-sutherland/ar-BB1oBn1p |archive-date=22 June 2024 |access-date=21 June 2024 |website=www.msn.com |publisher=The Irish News (US)}}</ref>

== Acting credits and accolades ==
{{Main|Donald Sutherland filmography|List of awards and nominations received by Donald Sutherland}}
[[File:Donald Sutherland Star on Canada's Walk of Fame.jpg|thumb|Sutherland's star on [[Canada's Walk of Fame]]]]

Over his career he received [[List of awards and nominations received by Donald Sutherland|numerous accolades]] including a [[Primetime Emmy Award]], a [[Golden Globe Award]], and an [[Academy Honorary Award]]. He received the {{lang|fr|[[Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]]}} in 2012, and the Companion of the Order of Canada (CC) in 2019. In 2023, [[Canada Post]] issued a stamp in his honour, commemorating his career as one of Canada's most respected and versatile actors.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article-film-star-donald-sutherland-depicted-in-profile-on-new-canadian-stamp/ |title=Film star Donald Sutherland depicted in profile on new Canadian stamp |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |agency=[[The Canadian Press]] |date=19 October 2023 |access-date=12 December 2023 |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124041134/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article-film-star-donald-sutherland-depicted-in-profile-on-new-canadian-stamp/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1978: Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] (OC)<ref name="OCC"/>
* 2000: [[Canada's Walk of Fame]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca |first=Zone Divertissement- |date=20 June 2024 |title=Actor Donald Sutherland dead at 88 |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/2082249/actor-donald-sutherland-dead-at-88 |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=Radio-Canada.ca |language=fr-ca |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622050327/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/2082249/actor-donald-sutherland-dead-at-88 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2000: [[Governor General's Performing Arts Award]] for Lifetime Artistic Achievement<ref>{{cite web|title=Donald Sutherland biography|url=http://ggpaa.ca/award-recipients/2000/sutherland-donald.aspx|publisher=Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation|access-date=4 February 2015|archive-date=5 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205000300/http://ggpaa.ca/award-recipients/2000/sutherland-donald.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2005: Honorary [[Doctor of Arts]] (Hon DArt) from [[Middlebury College]] ([[Middlebury, Vermont]], US)<ref>{{cite news|title=Rudolph Giuliani to deliver Middlebury College commencement address May 22|url=http://www.middlebury.edu/newsroom/archive/2005/node/112294|publisher=BBC|access-date=4 October 2013|date=10 March 2005|archive-date=5 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005024610/http://www.middlebury.edu/newsroom/archive/2005/node/112294|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2011: Star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] (7024 Hollywood Boulevard, next to his son Kiefer).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodchamber.net/index.php?module=blogs&blog_id=34 |title=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce |publisher=Hollywoodchamber.net |access-date=2 March 2011 |archive-date=3 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303041448/http://www.hollywoodchamber.net/index.php?module=blogs&blog_id=34 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2012: [[List of members of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Commandeur]] of the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Donald Sutherland receives French honour |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18386171 |date=10 June 2012 |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=10 June 2012 |archive-date=6 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306071033/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18386171 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2017: [[Academy Honorary Award]].<ref name="Honors"/>
* 2019: Companion of the [[Order of Canada]] (CC)<ref>{{cite press release|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date= 18 November 2019 |title= Governor General to Invest 39 Recipients into the Order of Canada During a Ceremony at Rideau Hall|url= https://www.gg.ca/en/media/news/2019/governor-general-invest-39-recipients-order-canada-during-ceremony-rideau-hall-0|publisher= Rideau Hall Press Office|access-date= 21 November 2019 |archive-date= 19 November 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191119102727/https://www.gg.ca/en/media/news/2019/governor-general-invest-39-recipients-order-canada-during-ceremony-rideau-hall-0|url-status= live}}</ref>
* 2023 (19 October): [[Canada Post]] [[commemorative postage stamp]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Post |first=Canada |date=19 October 2023 |title=Stamp celebrates the achievements of Donald Sutherland, a Canadian screen legend |url=https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/blogs/personal/perspectives/donald-sutherland-stamp/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=Magazine {{!}} Canada Post |language=en-CA |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622050306/https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/blogs/personal/perspectives/donald-sutherland-stamp/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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