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Donald Sutherland

  • Birthplace: St John, New Brunswick, Canada
  • Birthday: July 17, 1935

Perhaps one of the most prolific and widely-recognized actors of his generation, Donald Sutherland made a career playing some of the most unusual and memorable characters in cinema history. Though best known for playing odd, off-beat roles, like a hippie tank commander in “Kelly’s Heroes” (1970), an anti-authoritarian surgeon in “M*A*S*H” (1970) and a stoned-out college professor in “Animal House” (1978), Sutherland cut a wide swath of characters throughout his career, mainly in order to avoid being typecast as freaked-out weirdos…more

Credits

Actor

Career Milestones

  • 2007

    Cast as Patrick Tripp Darling III on ABC s Dirty Sexy Money ; earned a Golden Globe (2008) nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Series

  • 2007

    Played an aging aristocratic billionaire in Griffin Dunne s Fierce People

  • 2006

    Co-starred with Colin Farrell in the Robert Towne-directed adaptation of Ask the Dust

  • 2006

    Played a Virginia firearms-shop owner in Aric Avelino s film debut American Gun

  • 2005

    Cast as Speaker of the House, Nathan Templeton in Rod Lurie s ABC drama Commander in Chief ; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor

Awards

  • 2003

    Golden Globe Award: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

  • 1999

    Golden Satellite Award: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (Drama)

  • 1996

    Golden Globe Award: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV

  • 1995

    Emmy Award: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special

  • 1983

    Genie Award: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Upcoming Appearances

In Dirty Sexy Money

Wednesday, Oct 22 at 10:01 pm ABC

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