Donald Sutherland filmography

Donald Sutherland filmography
Film	141
Television series	42

Donald Sutherland's career spans more than 55 years. He has been nominated for eight Golden Globe Awards, winning two for his performances in the television films Citizen X (1995) and Path to War (2002); the former also earned him a Primetime Emmy Award. An inductee of the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Canadian Walk of Fame, he also received a Canadian Academy Award for the drama film Threshold (1981). Multiple film critics and media outlets have cited him as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.^[1]^[2]^[3] In 2017, he received an Academy Honorary Award for his contributions to cinema.^[4] In 2021, he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries for his work in the HBO miniseries The Undoing (2020).

Sutherland rose to fame after starring in films including The Dirty Dozen (1967), M*A*S*H (1970), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Klute (1971), Don't Look Now (1973), Fellini's Casanova (1976), 1900 (1976), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Animal House (1978), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Ordinary People (1980), and Eye of the Needle (1981). He later went on to star in many other films where he appeared either in leading or supporting roles such as A Dry White Season (1989), JFK (1991), Outbreak (1995), A Time to Kill (1996), Without Limits (1998), Big Shot's Funeral (2001), The Italian Job (2003), Cold Mountain (2003), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Aurora Borealis (2006) and The Hunger Games franchise (2012–2015).

Filmography[]

Film[]


Year	Title	Role	Notes
1963	The World Ten Times Over	Tall Man in Nightclub	Uncredited
1964	Castle of the Living Dead	Sgt. Paul / The witch / The old man
1965	Fanatic	Joseph
	Dr. Terror's House of Horrors	Dr. Bob Carroll	Segment: "Vampire"
	The Bedford Incident	Hospitalman Nerney - Sick Bay
1966	Promise Her Anything	Autograph-seeking Father	Uncredited
1967	Billion Dollar Brain	Scientist at Computer
	The Dirty Dozen	Vernon L. Pinkley
	The Shuttered Room	Zebulon	Voice
1968	Sebastian	Ackerman
	Joanna	Lord Peter Sanderson
	The Split	Dave Negli
	Interlude	Lawrence
	Oedipus the King	Chorus Leader
1970	MASH*	Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated — Laurel Award for Top Male Comedic Performance
	Start the Revolution Without Me	Charles / Pierre
	Kelly's Heroes	Sergeant "Oddball"
	The Act of the Heart	Father Michael Ferrier
	Alex in Wonderland	Alex Morrison
1971	Little Murders	Rev. Dupas
	Johnny Got His Gun	Christ
	Klute	John Klute	NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
1972	F.T.A.	Himself	Documentary, also producer
1973	Steelyard Blues	Jesse Veldini	Also executive producer Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor
	Lady Ice	Andy Hammon
	Don't Look Now	John Baxter	Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor
1974	Alien Thunder	Sergeant Dan Candy
1974	SPYS*	Bruland
1975	The Day of the Locust	Homer Simpson
1975	End of the Game	Corpse of Lt. Robert Schmied
1976	1900	Attila Mellanchini
	Fellini's Casanova	Giacomo Casanova
	The Eagle Has Landed	Liam Devlin
1977	The Kentucky Fried Movie	The Clumsy Waiter	Segment: "That's Armageddon"
1977	The Disappearance	Jay Mallory
1978	Blood Relatives	Steve Carella
	National Lampoon's Animal House	Professor Dave Jennings
	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Matthew Bennell	Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actor
1979	Murder by Decree	Robert Lees
	A Man, a Woman and a Bank	Reese Halperin
	The Great Train Robbery	Agar
	Bear Island	Frank Lansing
1980	North China Factory	Narrator	Documentary
	Ordinary People	Calvin Jarrett	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
	Nothing Personal	Roger Keller
1981	Threshold	Dr. Thomas Vrain	Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for Best Actor
	Gas	Nick the Noz
	Eye of the Needle	Henry Faber
1983	Max Dugan Returns	Officer Brian Costello
1984	Ordeal by Innocence	Dr. Arthur Calgary
1984	Crackers	Weslake
1985	Revolution	Sergeant Major Peasy
1985	Heaven Help Us	Brother Thadeus
1986	The Wolf at the Door	Paul Gauguin
1987	The Trouble with Spies	Appleton Porter
1987	The Rosary Murders	Father Robert Koesler
1988	Apprentice to Murder	John Reese
1989	Lost Angels	Doctor Charles Loftis
	A Dry White Season	Ben du Toit
	Lock Up	Warden Drumgoole	Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor
1990	Buster's Bedroom	O'Connor
1990	Bethune: The Making of a Hero	Dr. Norman Bethune
1991	Scream of Stone	Ivan
	JFK	X
	Eminent Domain	Josef Borski
	Backdraft	Ronald Bartel
1992	The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas	Narrator
	The Railway Station Man	Roger Hawthorne
	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Merrick Jamison-Smythe
	The Setting Sun	John Williams
1993	Younger and Younger	Jonathan Younger
	Six Degrees of Separation	Flan Kittredge
	Red Hot	Kirov
	Shadow of the Wolf	Henderson
	Benefit of the Doubt	Frank
1994	The Puppet Masters	Andrew Nivens
	Punch	Craman
	Disclosure	Bob Garvin
1995	Outbreak	Major General Donald McClintock
1996	Hollow Point	Garrett Lawton
1996	A Time to Kill	Lucien Wilbanks
1997	The Assignment	Jack Shaw
1997	Shadow Conspiracy	Jacob Conrad
1998	Free Money	Judge Rolf Rausenberger
	Fallen	Lieutenant Stanton
	Without Limits	Bill Bowerman	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated — National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor (2nd Place)
1999	Virus	Captain Robert Everton
1999	Instinct	Doctor Ben Hillard
2000	Panic	Michael
	Space Cowboys	Captain Jerry O'Neill
	The Art of War	United Nations Secretary-General Douglas Thomas
	Threads of Hope	Narrator	Documentary
2001	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	Dr. Sid	Voice^[5]
2001	Big Shot's Funeral	Rob Tyler
2002	Fellini: I'm a Born Liar	Himself / Giacomo Casanova	Documentary
2003	The Italian Job	John Bridger
	Five Moons Square	Rosario Sarracino
	Baltic Storm	Lou Aldryn
	Cold Mountain	Reverend Monroe
2005	Aurora Borealis	Ronald	Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
	Fierce People	Ogden C. Osbourne
	Pride and Prejudice	Mr. Bennet	Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
	American Gun	Carl Wilk
	Lord of War	Colonel Oliver Southern	Voice
	An American Haunting	John Bell
2006	Ask the Dust	Hellfrick
	Beerfest	Johann von Wolfhaus	Uncredited
	Land of the Blind	Thorne
2007	Reign Over Me	Judge Raines
	Puffball	Lars
	Days of Darkness	Himself
	Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia	Narrator
	Trumbo	Himself	Documentary
2008	Fool's Gold	Nigel Honeycutt
2009	Astro Boy	President Stone	Voice^[5]
2010	The Con Artist	John Kranski
2011	The Mechanic	Harry McKenna
	The Eagle	Aquila
	Horrible Bosses	Jack Pellitt
	Man on the Train	The Professor
	Jock the Hero Dog	Narrator / Sir Percy Fitzpatrick	Voice^[5]
2012	The Hunger Games	President Coriolanus Snow
	Dawn Rider	Cochrane
	Assassin's Bullet	Ambassador Ashdown
2013	The Best Offer	Billy Whistler
	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	President Coriolanus Snow	Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
	Jappeloup	John Lester
2014	The Calling	Father Price
2014	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1	President Coriolanus Snow	Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain Nominated — Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Villain
2015	Forsaken	Rev. Clayton
2015	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2	President Coriolanus Snow
2016	Milton's Secret	Grandpa Howard
2017	The Leisure Seeker	John Spencer
2017	Basmati Blues	Gurgon
2018	Measure of a Man	Dr. Kahn
2019	American Hangman	Judge Straight
	Backdraft 2	Ronald Bartel	Direct-to-DVD
	Ad Astra	Colonel Thomas Pruitt
	The Burnt Orange Heresy	Jerome Debney
2020	Alone	Edward
2022	Moonfall	Holdenfield
2022	Mr. Harrigan’s Phone	Mr. Harrigan	Filming

Television[]


Year	Title	Role	Notes
1962	Studio 4	Switchboard Operator	Episode: "Flight Into Danger"
1962	Man of the World	Unhelpful Neighbour	Episode: "Portrait of a Girl"; uncredited
1963	The Odd Man	Mitch Scott	Episode: "A Pattern of Little Silver Devils"
1963	The Sentimental Agent	Hotel Clerk	Episode: "A Very Desirable Plot"
1964	Hamlet at Elsinore	Prince Fortinbras	Television film
1965	The Sullavan Brothers	Jonathan Vickers	1 episode
1965–1966	The Saint	John Wood / Jim McCleery	2 episodes
1966	A Farewell to Arms	Sim	2 episodes
	Court Martial	Cpl. Brown	Episode: "All Is a Dream to Me"
	Theatre 625	Union Captain / Priest	2 episodes
	Gideon's Way	Phillip Guest	1 episode Episode: "The Millionaires' Daughter"
1967	The Avengers	Jessel	Episode: "The Superlative Seven"
1967–1968	Man in a Suitcase	Earle / Willard	2 episodes
1968	The Sunshine Patriot	Benedeck	Television film
1969	The Champions	David Crayley	Episode: "Shadow of the Panther"
1969	The Name of the Game	Jerry Trevor	Episode: "The Suntan Mob"
1977	Bethune^[6]	Dr. Norman Bethune	Television film
1983	The Winter of Our Discontent	Ethan Allen Hawley	Television film
1992	Quicksand: No Escape	Murdoch	Television film Nominated — CableACE Award for Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries
1994	Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All	Captain William Marsden	Television film
1994	The Lifeforce Experiment	Dr. 'MAC' MacLean	Television film
1995	Citizen X	Colonel Mikhail Fetisov	Television film Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
1996	The Simpsons	Hollis Hurlbut	Voice Episode: "Lisa the Iconoclast"
1996	Natural Enemy	Ted Robards	Television film
1999	Behind the Mask	Dr. Bob Shushan	Television film
1999	The Hunley	Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard	Television film
2001	The Big Heist	Jimmy Burke	Television film
	Uprising	Adam Czerniaków	Television film
	Queen Victoria's Empire	Narrator	4 episodes
2002	Path to War	Clark Clifford	Television film Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
2004	Salem's Lot	Richard Straker	2 episodes
2004	Frankenstein	Captain Walton	2 episodes
2005–2006	Commander-in-Chief	Nathan Templeton	19 episodes Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
2005	Human Trafficking	Agent Bill Meehan	4 episodes Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
2007–2009	Dirty Sexy Money	Patrick "Tripp" Darling III	23 episodes Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
2010	The Pillars of the Earth	Earl Bartholomew	4 episodes
2011	Moby Dick	Father Mapple	2 episodes
2012	Treasure Island	Captain Flint	Episode #1.1
2013–2015	Crossing Lines	Michel Dorn	34 episodes
2015	Pirate's Passage	Captain Charles Johnson	Voice Television film
2016–2017	Ice	Pieter Van De Bruin	8 episodes
2018	Trust	J. Paul Getty	10 episodes
2020	The Undoing	Franklin Renner	6 episodes Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film

References[]

^ Singler, Leigh (19 February 2009). "Oscars: the best actors never to have been nominated". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
^ Kiang, Jessica (1 January 2016). "30 Great Actors Who've Never Been Oscar Nominated". Indiewire. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
^ Robey, Tim (1 February 2016). "20 great actors who've never been nominated for an Oscar". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
^ "The Academy to honor Charles Burnett, Owen Roizman, Donald Sutherland and Agnès Varda with Oscars at 2017 Governors Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Donald Sutherland at Behind The Voice Actors
^ Bethune: The Making of a Hero

[1] Singler, Leigh (19 February 2009). "Oscars: the best actors never to have been nominated". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 June 2013.

[2] Kiang, Jessica (1 January 2016). "30 Great Actors Who've Never Been Oscar Nominated". Indiewire. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

[3] Robey, Tim (1 February 2016). "20 great actors who've never been nominated for an Oscar". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

[4] "The Academy to honor Charles Burnett, Owen Roizman, Donald Sutherland and Agnès Varda with Oscars at 2017 Governors Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2018.

[btva-5] Donald Sutherland at Behind The Voice Actors

[6] Bethune: The Making of a Hero

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