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->''"I have never planned anything. I have been doing this job for over fifty years. I have been paid to work with some wonderful people and it has been a huge gift, to me."''

Donald [=McNichol=] Sutherland [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CC]] (born 17 July 1935 in Saint John, New Brunswick) is one of the most prolific and acclaimed Canadian actors of all time, with a career spanning more than sixty years.

He is the father of Creator/KieferSutherland.
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!!Partial filmography:
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[[folder:Film roles]]
* ''Film/TheCastleOfTheLivingDead'' (1964) as Sgt. Paul[=/=]The Witch[=/=]The Old Man
* ''Film/DrTerrorsHouseOfHorrors'' (1965) as Dr. Bob Carroll
* ''Film/TheBedfordIncident'' (1965) as Hospitalman Nerney
* ''Film/PromiseHerAnything'' (1966) as Autograph-Seeking Father ({{uncredited|role}})
* ''Film/BillionDollarBrain'' (1967) as Scientist at Computer
* ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' (1967) as Vernon L. Pinkley
* ''Theatre/OedipusTheKing'' (1968) as Chorus Leader
* ''Film/{{MASH}}'' (1970) as Capt. "Hawkeye" Pierce
* ''Film/StartTheRevolutionWithoutMe'' (1970) as Charles[=/=]Pierre
* ''Film/KellysHeroes'' (1970) as Sgt. Oddball
* ''Literature/JohnnyGotHisGun'' (1971) as Christ
* ''Film/{{Klute}}'' (1971) as John Klute
* ''Film/DontLookNow'' (1973) as John Baxter
* ''Literature/TheDayOfTheLocust'' (1975) as Homer Simpson
* ''Film/{{Novecento}}'' (1976) as Attila Mellanchini
* ''Film/FellinisCasanova'' (1976) as Giacomo Casanova
* ''Film/TheEagleHasLanded'' (1976) as Liam Devlin
* ''Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie'' (1977) as The Clumsy Waiter
* ''Film/AnimalHouse'' (1978) as Dave Jennings
* ''Literature/TheGreatTrainRobbery'' (1978) as Agar
* ''Film/{{Invasion of the Body Snatchers|1978}}'' (1978) as Matthew Bennell
* ''Film/MurderByDecree'' (1979) as Robert Lees
* ''Film/OrdinaryPeople'' (1980) as Calvin Jarrett
* ''Film/EyeOfTheNeedle'' (1981) as Faber
* ''Film/MaxDuganReturns'' (1983) as Brian Costello
* ''Literature/OrdealByInnocence'' (1984) as Arthur Calgary
* ''Film/HeavenHelpUs'' (1985) as Brother Thadeus
* ''Film/{{Revolution|1985}}'' (1985) as Sgt. Maj. Peasy
* ''Film/LockUp'' (1989) as Warden Drumgoole
* ''Film/{{Backdraft}}'' (1991) as Ronald Bartel
* ''Film/{{JFK}}'' (1991) as X
* ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' (1992) as Merrick
* ''Theatre/SixDegreesOfSeparation'' (1993) as Flan
* ''Film/{{Disclosure}}'' (1994) as Bob Garvin
* ''Film/ThePuppetMasters'' (1994) as Andrew Nivens
* ''Film/{{Outbreak}}'' (1995) as Gen. Donald [=McClintock=]
* ''Film/ATimeToKill'' (1996) as Lucien Wilbanks
* ''Film/{{The Assignment|1997}}'' (1997) as Jack Shaw[=/=]Henry Fields
* ''Film/{{Fallen}}'' (1998) as Lt. Stanton
* ''Film/{{Virus}}'' (1999) as Capt. Robert Everton
* ''Film/{{Instinct}}'' (1999) as Ben Hillard
* ''Film/SpaceCowboys'' (2000) as Jerry O'Neill
* ''Film/TheArtOfWar'' (2000) as Douglas Thomas
* ''Literature/ColdMountain'' (2003) as Rev. Monroe
* ''Film/{{The Italian Job|2003}}'' (2003) as John Bridger
* ''Film/FiercePeople'' (2005) as Ogden C. Osborne
* ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'' (2005) as Mr. Bennet
* ''Film/LordOfWar'' (2005) as Col. Oliver Southern (voice)
* ''Film/AnAmericanHaunting'' (2006) as John Bell
* ''WesternAnimation/AstroBoy'' (2009) as President Stone (voice)
* ''Film/HorribleBosses'' (2011) as Jack Pellit
* ''Film/TheHungerGames'' (2012) as President Snow
** ''Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire'' (2013) President Snow
** ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjay'' (2014/2015) as President Snow
* ''Film/TheBestOffer'' (2013) as Billy Whistler
* ''Film/{{Forsaken}}'' (2015) as Rev. Samuel Clayton
* ''Film/AdAstra'' (2019) as Thomas Pruitt
* ''Film/{{Moonfall}}'' (2022) as Holdenfield
* ''Film/MrHarrigansPhone'' (2022) as Mr. Harrigan
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[[folder:Television roles]]
* ''Series/TheSaint'' (2 episodes, 1965–66) as Jim [=McCleery=][=/=]John Wood
* ''Series/{{The Avengers|1960s}}'' (1 episode, 1967) as Jessel
* ''Series/ManInASuitcase'' (2 episodes, 1967–68) as Willard[=/=]Keith Earle
* ''Series/{{The Champions|1968}}'' (1 episode, 1969) as David Crayley
* ''Film/CitizenX'' (TV movie, 1995) as Col. Mikhail Fetisov
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' ([[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E16LisaTheIconoclast 1 episode]], 1996) as Hollis Hurlbut (voice)
* ''Film/PathToWar'' (TV movie, 2002) as Clark Clifford
* ''Literature/SalemsLot'' (2 episodes, 2004) as Richard Straker
* ''Series/{{Frankenstein|2004}}'' (2 episodes, 2004) as Capt. Walton
* ''Series/HumanTrafficking'' (4 episodes, 2005) as Meehan
* ''WesternAnimation/SundayPants'' (1 episode, 2005) as The Clumsy Waiter (voice)
* ''Series/CommanderInChief'' (19 episodes, 2005–06) as Nathan Templeton
* ''Series/DirtySexyMoney'' (23 episodes, 2007–09) as Patrick 'Trip' Darling III
* ''Series/ThePillarsOfTheEarth'' (8 episodes, 2010) as Bartholomew
* ''Literature/MobyDick'' (2 episodes, 2011) as Father Mapple
* ''Series/{{Treasure Island|2012}}'' (2 episodes, 2012) as Flint
* ''Series/CrossingLines'' (34 episodes, 2013–15) as Michael Dorn
* ''WesternAnimation/PiratesPassage'' (TV movie, 2015) as Capt. Charles Johnson (voice)
* ''Series/{{Trust}}'' (9 episodes, 2018) as J. Paul Getty
* ''Series/TheUndoing'' (6 episodes, 2020) as Franklin Reinhardt
* ''Series/LawmenBassReeves'' (8 episodes, 2023) as Judge Parker
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!!Tropes:

* FakeNationality: Many of his roles are as [[FakeAmerican Fake Americans]]. He's also played a handful of [[FakeBrit Fake Brits]] (''Literature/TheGreatTrainRobbery'', ''Film/MurderByDecree'', ''[[Film/Revolution1985 Revolution]]'', ''[[Film/PrideAndPrejudice2005 Pride & Prejudice]]''), Fake Italians (''Film/{{Novecento}}'', ''Film/FellinisCasanova''), FakeIrish (''Film/TheEagleHasLanded'', ''Film/{{Virus}}''), Fake Frenchmen (''Film/StartTheRevolutionWithoutMe'', ''The Wolf at the Door''), and a Fake German-Pretending-to-be-British (''Film/EyeOfTheNeedle'').
* LargeAndInCharge: He stands at 6'4 and plays a lot of authority figures.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: His four sons are all named after directors.
** [[Creator/KieferSutherland Kiefer]] was named after Warren Kiefer, who directed Donald in ''Castle of the Living Dead''.
** Roeg is named after Creator/NicolasRoeg, who directed Donald in ''Film/DontLookNow''.
** Rossif is named after French documentary director Frédéric Rossif, who -- in a subversion -- ''didn't'' work with Donald.
** Angus' middle name is Redford after Creator/RobertRedford, who directed Donald in ''Film/OrdinaryPeople''.
* NoStuntDouble: He did this for ''Film/DontLookNow'' and ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1978'', and nearly suffered severe injuries for both films. His cameo in ''Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie'' also [[CarryingACake technically qualifies]].
* RealLifeRelative: In the 2015 western ''Film/{{Forsaken}}'', Creator/KieferSutherland plays the protagonist and Donald Sutherland plays his father.
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