With more than 140 film credits spanning six decades, Canadian-born Sutherland began his career with small roles in British and Italian films before his breakthrough in THE DIRTY DOZEN (1967). Since then he has starred in such varied films as M*A*S*H, KLUTE, DON'T LOOK NOW, DAY OF THE LOCUST, ORDINARY PEOPLE and THE HUNGER GAMES series.
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1935
1935
Meet Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland is born in New Brunswick, Canada.
1964
1964
Feature debut
Sutherland makes his feature debut in the Italian Gothic horror film CASTLE OF THE LIVING DEAD, during which he meets his second wife, Shirley Douglas. They go on to have two children, Kiefer and Rachel.
1970
1970
M*A*S*H
Robert Altman's groundbreaking wartime comedy M*A*S*H gives Sutherland his first starring role in an ensemble cast that includes Elliott Gould and Sally Kellerman. The film's overlapping dialogue style became an Altman signature.
1971
1971
Seeing Klute for the First Time
Musician Clint Mansell shares what it was like to learn about new directors and forms of storytelling as introduced through Sutherland's characters.
Klute
Sutherland plays the title role in Alan J. Pakula's taut suspense thriller (and love story), KLUTE, for which Jane Fonda wins a Best Actress Oscar.
1973
1973
Sutherland in Venice
Producer Jonathan Cavendish calls Sutherland's performance in DON'T LOOK NOW one of his best. The terrifying film also shaped his feelings about the city of Venice.
Don't Look Now
Nicolas Roeg's innovative paranormal shocker DON'T LOOK NOW features Sutherland in a harrowing role opposite Julie Christie as grieving parents in Venice dealing with the loss of their child and a psychic message that could be easily misread.
1976
1976
Casanova
A trip to Italy provides Sutherland with standout roles for directors Federico Fellini and Bernardo Bertolucci in CASANOVA and 1900, playing one of history's most legendary lovers and a sadistic villain during Italy's decades-long class struggle.
1980
1980
Ordinary People
Robert Redford's Best Picture-winning ORDINARY PEOPLE gives Sutherland one of his most acclaimed leading roles as the father in a troubled family that includes Mary Tyler Moore and Timothy Hutton.
1991
1991
JFK
Oliver Stone's sprawling political conspiracy epic JFK gives Sutherland a much-noticed supporting role as the mysterious X.
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