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Donald Sutherland is a Actor, Writer and Producer Canadien born on 17 july 1935 at Saint John (Canada)

Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland participated to 159 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 17 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Actor

Disclosure
Disclosure (1994)
, 2h8
Directed by Barry Levinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland, Caroline Goodall, Roma Maffia, Dylan Baker
Roles Bob Garvin
Rating62% 3.1009753.1009753.1009753.1009753.100975
Technology company DigiCom is about to merge with a publishing company, and company founder and president Bob Garvin (Donald Sutherland) plans to retire. Tom Sanders (Michael Douglas), head of manufacturing for the Seattle-based advanced products division, expects to be promoted to run the division, which is to be spun off as a publicly traded company after the merger. However, he learns that the post has instead gone to operations executive Meredith Johnson (Demi Moore), a former girlfriend. Garvin introduces Meredith to her new subordinates. Co-workers like Mark Lewyn (Dennis Miller) comment on how attractive Meredith is. Others, like chief financial officer Stephanie Kaplan (Rosemary Forsyth), seem to be aware that Tom and Meredith had a relationship.
Outbreak
Outbreak (1995)
, 2h8
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, Duncan Henderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Cuba Gooding Jr., Patrick Dempsey, Donald Sutherland
Roles General Donald McClintock
Rating65% 3.299463.299463.299463.299463.29946
Motaba, a fictional virus which causes a deadly fever, is discovered in the African jungle in 1967. To keep the virus a secret, U.S. Army officers Donald McClintock (Donald Sutherland) and William Ford (Morgan Freeman) destroy the camp where it was found.
The Italian Job, 2h
Directed by F. Gary Gray
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Donald Sutherland, Edward Norton, Seth Green, Jason Statham
Roles John Bridger
Rating69% 3.498423.498423.498423.498423.49842
John Bridger, a professional safecracker, has assembled a team to steal 35 million dollars worth of gold bullion from a safe held by Italian gangsters in Venice that had stolen it weeks earlier. The team includes Charlie Croker, a thief and John's protege, Napster, a computer expert, Rob, their wheelman, Steve, their inside man, and Left Ear, their explosives expert. They successfully complete the theft by stealing the actual safe and stealing the gold from it while the gangsters are occupied with a decoy. After leaving the city, the team agrees to split up the gold and part ways once they return to the United States. However, Steve turns on them: in the Alps near Austria, he and his own men intercept their van and take the gold, shoots and kills John, while the rest of the team falls into the river trying to escape.
Backdraft
Backdraft (1991)
, 2h12
Directed by Ron Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about the labor movement, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, Donald Sutherland
Roles Ronald Bartel
Rating66% 3.3494853.3494853.3494853.3494853.349485
Two firefighters of Engine 17 of the Chicago Fire Department, are brothers. Lt. Stephen "Bull" McCaffrey, the elder, is experienced, while Brian has labored under his brother's shadow all his life. He returns to firefighting after a number of other careers falter, though Stephen has doubts that Brian is fit to be a firefighter. As a child, Brian witnessed the death of their firefighting father, Dennis, when he accompanied him on a call.
A Time to Kill, 2h29
Directed by Joel Schumacher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about racism, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Films about capital punishment
Actors Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, Kevin Spacey, Ashley Judd, Donald Sutherland
Roles Lucien Wilbanks
Rating74% 3.74923.74923.74923.74923.7492
Two white supremacists (Nicky Katt and Doug Hutchison) come across a ten-year-old black girl named Tonya (Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly) in rural Mississippi. They violently rape and beat Tonya and dump her in a nearby river after a failed attempt to hang her; she survives, and the men are arrested.
Space Cowboys, 2h10
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Dans l'espace, Political films, Space opera, Buddy films, Satellite, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, Marcia Gay Harden, William Devane
Roles Jerry O`Neill
Rating64% 3.24913.24913.24913.24913.2491
In 1958, two U.S. Air Force pilots and aspiring astronauts, William "Hawk" Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones) and Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood), are testing a modified X-plane when Hawk decides to try to break a height record. The plane stalls and they are forced to eject, narrowly missing a B-50 Superfortress piloted by navigator "Tank" Sullivan (James Garner) as they parachute to safety. On the ground, Frank punches Hawk for putting their lives at risk, but their fight is broken up by engineer Jerry O'Neill (Donald Sutherland). Their supervising officer, Bob Gerson (James Cromwell), chastises Hawk for his recklessness, before taking them to a press conference, where it is announced that the Air Force will no longer be involved in space flight tests as this has now been handed off to the newly created NASA, ending the four's dreams of reaching space.
Ad Astra
Ad Astra (2019)
, 2h4
Directed by James Gray
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Dans l'espace, Sur la Lune, Mars in film, Sur la Lune
Actors Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Liv Tyler, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland, Jamie Kennedy
Roles Thomas Pruitt
Rating64% 3.2452353.2452353.2452353.2452353.245235
Sur Terre, dans un futur proche, l’ingénieur et astronaute de la NASA Roy McBride s'occupe de la maintenance d'une antenne de 30 km de hauteur. Celle-ci est détruite lors d’une surcharge électrique venue de Neptune, qui cause des ravages également sur Terre.
Pride & Prejudice, 2h7
Directed by Joe Wright, Tim Bevan, Paul Webster, Eric Fellner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Simon Woods, Tom Hollander
Roles Mr. Bennet
Rating78% 3.9031753.9031753.9031753.9031753.903175
During the late 18th century, the Bennet family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their five daughters—Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia—live in comparative financial independence as gentry on a working farm in rural England. As Longbourn is destined to be inherited by Mr. Bennet's cousin, Mr. Collins, Mrs. Bennet is anxious to marry off her five daughters before Mr. Bennet dies.
Fool's Gold, 1h53
Directed by Andy Tennant
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Alexis Dziena, Ewen Bremner, Ray Winstone, Donald Sutherland
Roles Nigel Honeycutt
Rating57% 2.8500452.8500452.8500452.8500452.850045
Benjamin "Finn" Finnegan (Matthew McConaughey) is a treasure hunter looking for a treasure from a Spanish galleon, known as the Aurelia, that was lost at sea with the 1715 Treasure Fleet. In his search to find the treasure, his wife, Tess (Kate Hudson), divorces him. Tess has been working as a steward on a huge yacht owned by multi-millionaire, Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland). Finn finds a clue to the location of the treasure and manages to get on Honeycutt's yacht The Precious Gem and convince him, his daughter, Gemma (Alexis Dziena), and Tess to join him in searching for the treasure. A local gangster named Bigg Bunny (Kevin Hart) and Finn's mentor, Moe Fitch (Ray Winstone), are intent on finding the treasure first.
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, 1h46
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation, Romance, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Films about video games, Political films, Dystopian films, Impact events in fiction, Films based on video games, Disaster films
Actors Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Donald Sutherland, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi
Roles Dr. Cid (voice)
Rating63% 3.198343.198343.198343.198343.19834
In 2065, Earth is infested by alien life forms known as Phantoms. By physical contact Phantoms consume the Gaia spirit of living beings, killing them instantly, though a minor contact may only result in an infection. The surviving humans live in "barrier cities", areas protected by an energy shield that prevents Phantoms from entering, and are engaged in an ongoing struggle to free the planet. After being infected by a Phantom during one of her experiments, Aki Ross (Ming-Na) and her mentor, Doctor Sid (Donald Sutherland), uncover a means of defeating the Phantoms by gathering eight spirit signatures that, when joined, can negate the Phantoms. Aki is searching for the sixth spirit in the ruins of New York City when she is cornered by Phantoms but is rescued by Gray Edwards (Alec Baldwin) and his squad "Deep Eyes", consisting of Ryan Whittaker (Ving Rhames), Neil Fleming (Steve Buscemi) and Jane Proudfoot (Peri Gilpin). It is revealed that Gray was once romantically involved with Aki.
M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H (1970)
, 1h56
Directed by Robert Altman, Fred Williamson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Medical-themed films, Politique, Sports films, American football films, Musical films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, René Auberjonois
Roles Hawkeye Pierce
Rating73% 3.697213.697213.697213.697213.69721
Set in 1951 in South Korea, the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is assigned two replacements: Captains "Hawkeye" Pierce and "Duke" Forrest, who arrive in a stolen Jeep. They are insubordinate, womanizing, mischievous rule-breakers but they soon prove to be excellent combat surgeons. They immediately clash with their new tent mate Frank Burns, who is both a religious man and an inferior, stubborn, inept and incompetent surgeon who, when he causes mistakes, selfishly accuses anyone that is aside him. Hawkeye and Duke pressure Lt. Colonel Henry Blake, the unit CO, to have Burns removed from "their" tent. They also ask him to apply for a specialist thoracic surgeon to be assigned to the 4077th. Their wish is granted when Captain "Trapper" John McIntyre arrives at the 4077th.
Ordinary People, 2h4
Directed by Robert Redford
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about suicide, Films about psychiatry
Actors Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Timothy Hutton, Judd Hirsch, Elizabeth McGovern, M. Emmet Walsh
Roles Calvin Jarrett
Rating76% 3.8481953.8481953.8481953.8481953.848195
The Jarretts are an upper-middle-class family in suburban Chicago trying to return to normal life after the death of one teenage son and the attempted suicide of their surviving son, Conrad (Timothy Hutton). Conrad has recently returned home from a four-month stay in a psychiatric hospital. He feels alienated from his friends and family and begins seeing a psychiatrist, Dr. Berger (Judd Hirsch). Berger learns that Conrad was involved in a sailing accident in which his older brother, Buck, whom everyone idolized, died. Conrad now deals with post-traumatic stress disorder and survivor's guilt.
Lock Up
Lock Up (1989)
, 1h49
Directed by John Flynn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Sylvester Stallone, Donald Sutherland, John Amos, Darlanne Fluegel, Frank McRae, Sonny Landham
Roles Warden Drumgoole
Rating64% 3.2048953.2048953.2048953.2048953.204895
Frank Leone, a skilled mechanic and football player in Hoboken, New Jersey, is a model prisoner nearing the end of his sentence in Norwood, a low security prison. He occasionally spends time outside prison in his garage fixing cars, playing football and spending time with his girlfriend Melissa.
Astro Boy
Astro Boy (2009)
, 1h34
Directed by David Bowers
Origin Hong kong
Genres Science fiction, Action, Animation
Themes Films set in the future, Superhero films, Robot films
Actors Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell, Bill Nighy, Donald Sutherland, Nathan Lane
Roles General Stone (voice)
Rating62% 3.101733.101733.101733.101733.10173
Toby Tenma is a teenager who lives in the futuristic city-state Metro City, which floats above the polluted "Surface". Toby's father, Dr. Tenma, is a famous roboticist and head of the Ministry of Science, but has a distant relationship with his son. Dr. Tenma meets the city's obstructive leader President Stone to demonstrate a new defensive robot called the Peacekeeper. To power it, Tenma's friend Dr. Elefun unveils the Blue and Red Core, two energy spheres which have opposing positive and negative energy. Stone has the destructive Red Core placed into the Peacekeeper, causing it to go berserk, leading to Toby being disintegrated after sneaking into the room.
Klute
Klute (1971)
, 1h54
Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider, Rita Gam, Nathan George
Roles John Klute
Rating70% 3.5476953.5476953.5476953.5476953.547695
The film begins with the disappearance of Pennsylvania executive Tom Gruneman (played by Robert Milli). The police reveal that an obscene letter was found in Gruneman's office, addressed to a prostitute in New York City named Bree Daniels (Jane Fonda), who had received several similar letters from him. After six months of fruitless police work, Peter Cable (Charles Cioffi), an executive at Gruneman's company, hires family friend and detective John Klute (Donald Sutherland) to investigate Gruneman's disappearance.