July 17, 1935
Donald Sutherland
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Born in Saint John, New Brunswick.
Sutherland is a Canadian actor whose film career spans more than five decades. He is the son of Dorothy (McNichol) and Frederick Sutherland, who worked in sales and ran the local gas, electricity and bus company. His teenage years were spent in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. He obtained his first part-time job, at the age of 14, as a news correspondent for local radio station CKBW.
Sutherland graduated from Bridgewater High School. He then studied at Victoria College, University of Toronto, where he graduated with a double major in engineering and drama. 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, studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Sutherland rose to fame after starring in series of successful 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), Animal House (1978), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Ordinary People (1980) and Eye of the Needle (1981). Since then, he established himself as one of the most respected, prolific and versatile character actors of Canada.
He later went on to star in many other successful films where he appeared either in leading or supporting roles such as A Dry White Season (1989), JFK (1991), A Time to Kill (1996), Without Limits (1998), The Italian Job (2003), Cold Mountain (2003), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Aurora Borealis (2006) and The Hunger Games franchise (2012–2015).
Sutherland 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 brought him a Primetime Emmy Award. Sutherland has also received a Canadian Academy Award for the drama film Threshold (1981). Several media outlets and movie critics describe him as one of the best actors who has never been nominated for an Oscar.
Sutherland was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on December 18, 1978. He is an inductee of Hollywood Walk of Fame and Canadian Walk of Fame.
He is father of actors Rossif Sutherland, Angus Sutherland, and Kiefer Sutherland. He maintains a home in Georgeville, Quebec.
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Kiefer and Donald Sutherland
Hi I have always wondered if Donald Sutherland had been visiting Saint John NB when his movie the Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) was playing at the Paramount Theater. Being thirteen and excitable... I could have sworn that there was a man looking just like him outside standing on the sidewalk to the side of the theater....so I picked up my pace and the other kids followed along and I said to them, did you see that man? ... of course, they said what man? Thirty nine years later, I still think it may have been him...who knows? :)
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