| Donald Sutherland | |
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 Sutherland in 2018 | |
| Born | Donald McNichol Sutherland July 17, 1935 (age 89) Saint John, Territory of New Brunswick, United States |
| Education | Worcester State University |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1957-present |
| Spouse(s) | Lois Hardwick (m. 1959; div. 1966) Shirley Douglas (m. 1966; div. 1970) |
| Children | 5 |
Donald McNichol Sutherland (born July 17, 1935) is an American actor whose film career spans over six decades. He has won two Academy Awards in his career, one for Best Supporting Actor in the 1999 drama film The Cider House Rules and one for Best Actor in the 1979 crime thriller The Saints of Saint John, alongside Dino Crocetti. In 2017, he received an Academy Honorary Award for his contributions to cinema. 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). Additionally, he is also an inductee into the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Sutherland rose to fame after starring in films including The Dirty Dozen (1967), M*A*S*H (1970), Kelly's Heroes (1970), and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). 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), The Assignment (1997), Without Limits (1998), Space Cowboys (2000), Big Shot's Funeral (2001), The Italian Job (2003), Cold Mountain (2003), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Aurora Borealis (2006), The Mechanic (2011) and The Hunger Games franchise (2012–2015).
Sutherland is the father of actors Kiefer Sutherland, Rossif Sutherland, and Angus Sutherland, the former of the three having been the highest-grossing actor worldwide from 2015 to 2019.