Donald Sutherland
Canadian, Actor
Donald McNichol Sutherland (17 July 1935 – 20 June 2024) was a Canadian actor whose film career spanned over seven decades. He received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. He is cited as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. He received an Academy Honorary Award in 2017.
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Donald Sutherland was born on Wednesday, 17 July 1935 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. His full name at birth was Donald McNichol Sutherland. He was best known as an actor. Sutherland's country of citizenship (nationality) was Canadian. He died on Thursday, 20 June 2024 in Miami, Florida, USA at the age of 88. Donald attended high school at Bridgewater Junior Senior High School, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada. For university, he studied at University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His religion is listed as Atheist. He was 6' 4" (193 cm) tall and weighed 185 lbs (84 kg) with an average build. He had blue eyes and grey hair (color). His net worth was reported to be $60,000,000 US dollars. His zodiac star sign was Cancer.
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| Full name at birth | Donald McNichol Sutherland
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| Claim to fame | his roles as Vernon Pinkley in the 1967 World War II drama film The Dirty Dozen, Capt. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce in the 1970 dark war comedy film M*A*S*H, Sgt. Oddball in the 1970 World War II comedy-drama heist film Kelly’s Heroes, Detective John Klute in the 1971 neo-noir psychological thriller film Klute, John Baxter in the 1973 thriller film Don’t Look Now, Homer Simpson in the 1975 satirical historical drama film The Day of the Locust, Professor Dave Jennings in the 1978 comedy film National Lampoon's Animal House, Calvin Jarrett in the 1980 drama film Ordinary People, Mr. X in the 1991 epic political thriller film JFK, Merrick in the 1992 comedy vampire film Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Col. Mikhail Fetisov in the 1995 HBO crime drama television film Citizen X, Clark Clifford in the 2002 HBO biographical television film Path to War, Speaker of the House Nathan Templeton in the ABC political drama series Commander in Chief, Patrick “Tripp” Darling III in the ABC primetime drama series Dirty Sexy Money, President Coriolanus Snow in the four original Hunger Games films, J. Paul Getty in the FX drama series Trust, and Judge Isaac Parker in the Paramount+ original Western drama web miniseries Lawmen: Bass Reeves
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| Date of birth | 17 July 1935
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| Place of birth | Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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| Date of death | 20 June 2024
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| Age | 88 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Miami, Florida, USA
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| Cause of death | Long Illness
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| Occupation | Actor, Producer, Writer
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| Height | 6' 4" (193 cm)
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| Net worth | $60,000,000 USD
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But even with no money you could still go to places like the Scotch Club and, you know, John Lennon might be sitting right over there, but I was certainly not a part of any of that circle. I was truly peripheral.
- Had a near-death experience in 1979 when he was ill with meningitis. Doctors told him he had died for a time, and he claims to have had an out-of-body experience.
- In 2003, twice played a character who dies who was the father of a young woman, in Cold Mountain (2003) and The Italian Job (2003). Both actresses (Nicole Kidman and Charlize Theron) were nominated for Best Actress (although Theron was nominated for Monster (2003) and not her role in The Italian Job (2003).
- He and Alan Alda both play Republicans with Presidential aspirations on television. Alda appears on The "The West Wing" (1999), Sutherland on "Commander in Chief" (2005).
- Made two guest appearances on "The Saint" (1962), playing two different characters.
- Former son-in-law of Tommy Douglas.
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