Donald McNichol Sutherland, (born 17 July 1935) is a Canadian actor whose film career spans 50 years. Sutherland is known for playing a diverse range of characters, both leading and supporting, in films such as
The Dirty Dozen (1967),
M*A*S*H (1970),
Kelly's Heroes (1970),
Klute (1971),
Don't Look Now (1973),
S*P*Y*S (1974),
Fellini's Casanova (1976),
1900 (1976),
The Eagle Has Landed (1976),
Animal House (1978),
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978),
Ordinary People (1980),
Eye of the Needle (1981),
Max Dugan Returns (1983),
A Dry White Season (1989),
JFK (1991),
A Time to Kill (1996),
Panic (2000),
The Italian Job (2003),
Cold Mountain (2003),
Pride & Prejudice (2005), and
The Hunger Games franchise (2012–2015). He is the father of actor
Kiefer Sutherland.