Donald Sutherland
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Donald McNicol Sutherland, OC is a Canadian character actor with a film career spanning nearly 50 years. Some of Sutherland's more notable movie roles included offbeat warriors in such war movies as "The Dirty Dozen" in 1967, and "MASH" and "Kelly's Heroes" in 1970, as well as in such popular films as "Klute", "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", and "Ordinary People". His more recent credits include "Reign Over Me" with Don Cheadle and Adam Sandler; "Ask the Dust," written and directed by Robert Towne; "Land of the Blind," with Ralph Fiennes; "An American Haunting," opposite Sissy Spacek; "American Gun," with Marcia Gay Harden and Forest Whitaker; and "Fierce People," directed by Griffin Dunne. He is the father of actor Kiefer Sutherland.
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The Burnt Orange Heresy (2020)
Hired to steal a rare painting from one of most enigmatic painters of all time, an ambitious art dealer becomes consumed by his own greed and insecurity as the operation spins out of control.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Giuseppe Capotondi
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Mick Jagger | Claes Bang | Rosalind Halstead | Elizabeth Debicki
Alone (2020)
As: Edward
When an outbreak hits, Aidan barricades himself inside his apartment and starts rationing food. His complex is overrun by infected Screamers, and with the world falling apart into chaos, he is left completely alone fighting for his life.
Directed by: Johnny Martin
Stars: Robert Ri'chard | Donald Sutherland | John Posey | Tyler Posey | Summer Spiro
Ad Astra (2019)
As: Thomas Pruitt
The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: James Gray
Stars: Brad Pitt | Liv Tyler | Tommy Lee Jones | John Ortiz | Ruth Negga
The Physics of Sorrow (2019)
As: (additional voice)
Tracks an unknown man’s life as he sifts through memories of his youth in Bulgaria through to his increasingly rootless and melancholic adulthood in Canada.
Runtime: 27 min.
Directed by: Theodore Ushev
Stars: Rossif Sutherland | Donald Sutherland | Manuel Tadros | Theodore Ushev
Backdraft 2 (2019)
As: Ronald Bartel
Years after the original Backdraft, Sean, son of the late Steve "Bull" McCaffrey, is assigned to investigate a deadly fire only to realize it is something much more sinister.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Gonzalo López-Gallego
Stars: Joe Anderson | Donald Sutherland | William Baldwin | Jessamine-Bliss Bell | Alisha Bailey
American Hangman (2019)
As: Judge Straight
An unidentified man posts a live feed on social media showing that he has kidnapped two strangers and intends to kill one before the day is out. His intention is to hold a capital 'trial' online. As the authorities recognize what's happening, it becomes apparent that the online public is going to act as judge and jury.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Wilson Coneybeare
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Vincent Kartheiser | Oliver Dennis | Paul Braunstein | Paul Amato
Measure of a Man (2018)
As: Dr. Kahn
A bullied teen experiences a turning point summer in which he learns to stand up for himself.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Jim Loach
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Liana Liberato | Luke Wilson | Blake Cooper | Danielle Rose Russell
The Leisure Seeker (2017)
As: John Spencer
A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey from Boston to Key West, recapturing their passion for life and their love for each other on a road trip that provides revelation and surprise right up to the very end.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Paolo Virzì
Stars: Helen Mirren | Christian McKay | Donald Sutherland | Janel Moloney | Kirsty Mitchell
Milton's Secret (2016)
As: Grandpa Howard
11 year-old Milton Adams is growing up in an uncertain world. With his parents constantly stressing about their careers and finances, and the neighborhood bully tormenting him, Milton feels his whole world is in crisis. But when his Grandpa Howard comes to visit, he discovers anxiety about the past and worrying about the future only make things worse and prevent him from finding true happiness moment ...
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Barnet Bain
Stars: Michelle Rodriguez | Donald Sutherland | Mia Kirshner | David Sutcliffe | Ella Ballentine
Point and Shoot (2016)
As: Man
When an attempted burglary turns into an unlikely car-jacking, two aspiring criminals learn an important lesson : only practice makes perfect.
Runtime: 7 min.
Directed by: Thomas Leisten Schneider
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Lucas Near-Verbrugghe | Caleb Scott
Forsaken (2016)
As: Rev. Clayton
John Henry returns to his hometown in hopes of repairing his relationship with his estranged father, but a local gang is terrorizing the town. John Henry is the only one who can stop them, however he has abandoned both his gun and reputation as a fearless quick-draw killer.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Jon Cassar
Stars: Brian Cox | Kiefer Sutherland | Donald Sutherland | Demi Moore | Siobhan Williams
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
As: President Snow
With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale, Finnick, and Peeta – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to stage an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become increasingly obsessed with destroying her. The mortal traps, ...
Runtime: 137 min.
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Stars: Josh Hutcherson | Liam Hemsworth | Elizabeth Banks | Jennifer Lawrence | Woody Harrelson
Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time... (2015)
The first major profile of the great British film director Nicolas Roeg, examining his very personal vision of cinema as in such films as Don't Look Now, Performance, Walkabout and The Man Who Fell to Earth. Roeg reflects on his career, which began as a leading cinematographer, and on the themes that have obsessed him, such as our perception of time and the difficulty of human relationships.
Runtime: 65 min.
Directed by: David Thompson
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Julie Christie | Jenny Agutter | Luc Roeg | Dilly Barlow
Basmati Blues (2015)
As: Gurgon
Linda Watt is a sheltered but brilliant young scientist who is plucked out of her company's lab and sent to India by her CEO to sell "Rice 9," a genetically modified rice she's created. However, unbeknownst to her, the rice will destroy the Indian farmers she thinks she's helping.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Dan Baron
Stars: Brie Larson | Donald Sutherland | Utkarsh Ambudkar | Scott Bakula | Tyne Daly
Lady Ice (2015)
As: Andy Hammon
An insurance investigator romances a wealthy young beauty when he suspects she may be involved in fencing stolen jewels.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Tom Gries
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Robert Duvall | Jennifer O'Neill | Jon Cypher | Patrick Magee
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2015)
As: Himself
Documentary film about the making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Runtime: 134 min.
Directed by: Jon Mefford
Stars: Julianne Moore | Josh Hutcherson | Elizabeth Banks | Jennifer Lawrence | Francis Lawrence
Pirate's Passage (2015)
As: Captain Charles Johnson
Set in 1952 Grey Rocks – a centuries old town that was famous 250 years ago as a favored port of pirates – Pirate’s Passage follows the story of 12-year-old Jim. Fraught by the death of his father and forced to endure schoolyard bullying each day, Jim manages to carry on, buoyed by his optimistic imagination and fueled by his sense of adventure. The sudden arrival of Captain ...
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Mike Barth | Jamie Gallant
Stars: Carrie-Anne Moss | Kim Coates | Donald Sutherland | Megan Follows | Gage Munroe
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
As: President Snow
Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Josh Hutcherson | Liam Hemsworth | Jennifer Lawrence | Woody Harrelson
The Calling (2014)
As: Father Price
Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Port Dundas until a string of gruesome murders in the surrounding countryside brings her face to face with a serial killer driven by a higher calling.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Jason Stone
Stars: Gil Bellows | Ellen Burstyn | Susan Sarandon | Topher Grace | Donald Sutherland
Jappeloup (2013)
As: John Lester
A true sports story that utterly defies the odds, Duguay’s film captures the wild ups and downs of the Olympics-bound career of legendary equine star Jappeloup and his troubled rider, locked in a tense relationship with his horseman father and forever uncertain of his own skills as an equestrian
Runtime: 130 min.
Directed by: Christian Duguay
Stars: Tchéky Karyo | Daniel Auteuil | Guillaume Canet | Marina Hands | Lou de Laâge
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
As: President Snow
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th ...
Runtime: 146 min.
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Stars: Josh Hutcherson | Liam Hemsworth | Elizabeth Banks | Jennifer Lawrence | Woody Harrelson
Surviving the Game - Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
As: Himself
Documentary film about the making of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Runtime: 145 min.
Directed by: Jon Mefford
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Josh Hutcherson | Elizabeth Banks | Jennifer Lawrence | Lenny Kravitz
The Best Offer (2013)
As: Billy
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally damaged Claire to oversee the valuation and sale of her family’s priceless art collection, Virgil allows himself to form an attachment to her – and soon he ...
Runtime: 131 min.
Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Geoffrey Rush | Jim Sturgess | Sylvia Hoeks | Maximilian Dirr
Assassin's Bullet (2012)
As: Ambassador Ashdown
In Assassin's Bullet, Slater plays Robert Diggs, a black ops agent who comes to work for Ambassador Ashdown (Hunger Games star Donald Sutherland), tracking down a vigilante assassin in Eastern Europe. The maverick hit(wo)man has been taking out high-profile targets on the U.S. hit list, and Diggs must uncover the killer's identity before there's an international incident. The usual game ...
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Isaac Florentine
Stars: Timothy Spall | Donald Sutherland | Ivaylo Geraskov | Christian Slater | Elika Portnoy
Dawn Rider (2012)
As: Pop
A gripping story of vengeance and passion set in the American West. When the father of gunslinger John Mason (Slater) is shot to death by masked bandits, Mason sets out with guns blazing to track down those who killed him. During his quest, he finds himself involved in a grim love triangle when he falls for Alice, the determined and beautiful woman also adored by John’s best friend. Based on the timeless ...
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Terry Miles
Stars: Jill Hennessy | Donald Sutherland | Lochlyn Munro | Adrian Hough | Christian Slater
The Hunger Games (2012)
As: President Snow
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained ...
Runtime: 142 min.
Directed by: Gary Ross
Stars: Josh Hutcherson | Liam Hemsworth | Elizabeth Banks | Jennifer Lawrence | Woody Harrelson
Man on the Train (2011)
As: The Professor
A mysterious criminal rolls into a small town planning to knock off the local bank, assuming it will go off without a hitch. But when he encounters a retired poetry professor, his plans take an unlikely turn. With no place to stay, the professor generously welcomes him into his home. As the two men talk, a bond forms between these two polar opposites, and surprising moments of humor and ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Mary McGuckian
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Paula Boudreau | Kate O'Toole | Gary Hetzler | Larry Mullen Jr.
Jock of the Bushveld (2011)
As: Narrator / Sir Percy Fitzpatrick
Animated-family adventure based on a true story that tells the heart-warming, coming-of-age story of a man and his best-friend, a lovable and fearless dog named, Jock. Set in the Bushveld near what is today the world famous Kruger National Park, this animated family tale is about Jock's adventures with Fritz, his master. Jock escapes death, builds crazy friendships and displays his unrivalled loyalty ...
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Duncan MacNeillie
Stars: Ted Danson | Helen Hunt | Anthony Bishop | William Baldwin | Bryan Adams
Horrible Bosses (2011)
As: Jack Pellit
For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers... permanently.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Seth Gordon
Stars: Colin Farrell | Jennifer Aniston | Jason Sudeikis | Jason Bateman | Charlie Day
The Eagle (2011)
As: Aquila
In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca (Bell), Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to ...
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Kevin Macdonald
Stars: Mark Strong | Donald Sutherland | Denis O'Hare | Channing Tatum | Jamie Bell
The Mechanic (2011)
As: Harry Mckenna
Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But when he is ordered to take out his mentor and close friend Harry, Bishop is anything but detached.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Simon West
Stars: Jason Statham | Donald Sutherland | Mini Anden | Ben Foster | Tony Goldwyn
The Con Artist (2010)
As: Kranski
An ex-con finds his plan to go straight foiled by a loan shark who manipulates his target into taking on one last heist.
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: Risa Bramon Garcia
Stars: Rossif Sutherland | Russell Peters | Donald Sutherland | Rebecca Romijn | Terra Vnesa
Astro Boy (2009)
As: General Stone (voice)
Set in the futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy (Atom) is a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he had lost. Unable to fulfill his creator's expectations, Astro embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before returning to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who rejected him.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: David Bowers
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Donald Sutherland | Kristen Bell | Freddie Highmore | Bill Nighy
The Eastmans (2009)
As: Dr. Charles Eastman
Within a family of doctors, the parents and the adult children find themselves successful professionally but dysfunctional personally. When the patriarch ends up on the brink of death, however, they rally to bring him back from the edge. Then they wield their collective power to extract some changes from him.
Runtime: 60 min.
Stars: Jason Lewis | Donald Sutherland | Saffron Burrows | Jacqueline Bisset | James D'Arcy
Trumbo (2008)
As: Himself
Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. Trumbo was one of several writers, directors, and actors who invoked the First Amendment in refusing to answer questions under oath. They were blacklisted and imprisoned. We follow Trumbo to prison, to exile in Mexico ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Peter Askin
Stars: Paul Giamatti | Liam Neeson | Michael Douglas | Joan Allen | Dalton Trumbo
Fool's Gold (2008)
As: Nigel Honeycutt
Treasure hunter Ben "Finn" Finnegan has sunk his marriage to Tess and his trusty boat in his obsessive quest to find the legendary Queen's Dowry. When he finds a vital clue that may finally pinpoint the treasure's whereabouts, he drags Tess and her boss, billionaire Nigel Honeycutt, along on the hunt. But Finn is not the only one interested in the gold; his former mentor-turned-enemy Moe Fitch will stop at ...
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Andy Tennant
Stars: Ewen Bremner | Donald Sutherland | Kate Hudson | Alexis Dziena | Matthew McConaughey
Puffball (2007)
As: Lars
Powerful supernatural forces are unleashed when a young architect becomes pregnant after moving to an isolated and mysterious valley to build a house.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Stars: Miranda Richardson | Kelly Reilly | Rita Tushingham | William Houston | Oscar Pearce
Days Of Darkness (2007)
As: Himself
Jean-Marc is a man without qualities living in times that are out of joint. His wife and children ignore him; he's a mid-level government functionary in Montreal doing his job without care. He has an active imagination of sexual conquest, but his only real feelings come when he visits his aged mother, whose health is failing. When his wife leaves abruptly to work in Toronto, Jean-Marc sets out to reorder ...
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Denys Arcand
Stars: Marc Labrèche | Caroline Néron | Diane Kruger | Sylvie Léonard | Rufus Wainwright
Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia (2007)
As: Narrator (voice)
If it weren't for a series of cataclysmic events, a comet impact being first on the list, our planet could well still be the domain of dinosaurs. Following Pr Rodolfo Coria, a world-reknown Argentinian paleontologist, we visit sites of major discoveries he has contributed to in Patagonia and travel back in time to see these amazing beasts come to life in 3D...
Runtime: 41 min.
Directed by: Marc Fafard
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Rodolfo Coria
Reign Over Me (2007)
As: Richter Raines
A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Mike Binder
Stars: Liv Tyler | Jada Pinkett Smith | Don Cheadle | Adam Sandler | Saffron Burrows
Sleepwalkers (2007)
As: Businessman struck by a taxi
A bike messenger, an electrician, a postal worker, a business man and an office worker make their way through an evening in New York City. A collection of eight large-scale moving images projected on the walls of New York's Museum of Modern Art.
Runtime: 12 min.
Directed by: Doug Aitken
Stars: Ryan Donowho | Tilda Swinton | Donald Sutherland | Seu Jorge | Cat Power
Beerfest (2006)
As: Johann von Wolfhaus
During a trip to Germany to scatter their grandfather's ashes, German-American brothers Todd and Jan discover Beerfest, the secret Olympics of downing stout, and want to enter the contest to defend their family's beer-guzzling honor. Their Old Country cousins sneer at the Yanks' chances, prompting the siblings to return to America to prepare for a showdown the following year.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Jay Chandrasekhar
Stars: M.C. Gainey | Jay Chandrasekhar | Paul Soter | Erik Stolhanske | Steve Lemme
Ask the Dust (2006)
As: Hellfrick
Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Robert Towne
Stars: Colin Farrell | Eileen Atkins | Donald Sutherland | Salma Hayek | Idina Menzel
Land of the Blind (2006)
As: Thorne
A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Robert Edwards
Stars: Ralph Fiennes | Donald Sutherland | Lara Flynn Boyle | Tom Hollander | Marc Warren
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' (2006)
As: Himself
A featurette documentary that looks into the making of "The Dirty Dozen," containing interviews with the main cast, film scholars, and production personnel.
Runtime: 30 min.
Directed by: Constantine Nasr
Stars: Ernest Borgnine | George Kennedy | Leo Braudy | Alain Silver | Dr. Lawrence H. Suid
Fierce People (2005)
As: Ogden C. Osborne
A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Yanomani people, moves in with a wealthy ex-client.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Griffin Dunne
Stars: Anton Yelchin | Diane Lane | Donald Sutherland | Kristen Stewart | Elizabeth Perkins
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
As: Mr. Bennet
Pride & Prejudice is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters. If Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.
Runtime: 129 min.
Directed by: Joe Wright
Stars: Keira Knightley | Rosamund Pike | Matthew Macfadyen | Donald Sutherland | Simon Woods
Sir! No Sir! (2005)
As: Himself
Sir! No Sir! is a documentary film about the anti-war movement within the ranks of the United States Military during the Vietnam War. It consists in part of interviews with Vietnam veterans explaining the reasons they protested the war or even defected. The film tells the story of how, from the very start of the war, there was resentment within the ranks over the difference between the conflict ...
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: David Zeiger
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Troy Garity | Jane Fonda | Ed Asner
An American Haunting (2005)
As: John Bell
Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: Courtney Solomon
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Gaye Brown | Sissy Spacek | Matthew Marsh | James D'Arcy
Aurora Borealis (2005)
As: Ronald Shorter
A young man struggles to correct his life after the death of his father.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: James C.E. Burke
Stars: Juliette Lewis | Donald Sutherland | Louise Fletcher | Joshua Jackson | Steven Pasquale
American Gun (2005)
As: Carl Wilk
Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all affected by the proliferation of guns in American society.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Aric Avelino
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Donald Sutherland | Lisa Long | Marcia Gay Harden | Chris Warren, Jr.
Cold Mountain (2003)
As: Reverend Monroe
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind to tend their farm. As Inman makes his perilous journey home, Ada struggles to keep their home intact with the assistance of Ruby, a mysterious drifter sent ...
Runtime: 154 min.
Directed by: Anthony Minghella
Stars: Brendan Gleeson | Renée Zellweger | Nicole Kidman | Jude Law | Eileen Atkins
Baltic Storm (2003)
As: Lou Aldryn
A journalist from Berlin, Germany, and a Swedish lawyer discover the truth behind the sinking of the "MS Estonia" in 1994, where more than 850 people drowned.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Reuben Leder
Stars: Jürgen Prochnow | Donald Sutherland | Greta Scacchi | Dieter Laser | Barbara Schöne
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2003)
As: Himself / Casanova
A look at Fellini's creative process. In extensive interviews, Fellini talks a bit about his background and then discusses how he works and how he creates. Several actors, a producer, a writer, and a production manager talk about working with Fellini. Archive footage of Fellini and others on the set plus clips from his films provide commentary and illustration for the points interviewees make. Fellini is ...
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Damian Pettigrew
Stars: Roberto Benigni | Dante Ferretti | Luigi 'Titta' Benzi | Italo Calvino | Rinaldo Geleng
The Italian Job (2003)
As: John Bridger
Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, pedal-to-the-metal chase that careens up, down, above and below the streets of Los Angeles.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Stars: Jason Statham | Edward Norton | Mark Wahlberg | Charlize Theron | Seth Green
Five Moons Plaza (2003)
As: Rosario Sarracino
Just the night before his retirement District Attorney Saracini is given a film showing the kidnapping of Aldo Moro. As the District Attorney takes on the case he along with his team finds more compelling and secretive evidences. Too many secrets are found that should stayed as secrets.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Renzo Martinelli
Stars: Donald Sutherland | F. Murray Abraham | Giancarlo Giannini | Stefania Rocca | Aisha Cerami
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' (2002)
As: Himself
A behind the scenes look at the making of the movie M*A*S*H. The documentary reveals all of the chaos, politics, and conflict that was going on behind the scenes during production of the movie through new interviews done with director Robert Altman as well as Richard Zanuck, who was head of production for 20th Century Fox at the time, and others.
Runtime: 39 min.
Directed by: J.M. Kenny
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Robert Altman | Richard D. Zanuck | Ring Lardner, Jr. | Ingo Preminger
Path to War (2002)
From director John Frankenheimer ('The Manchurian Candidate') comes this powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider's look at the way our country goes to war--as seen from inside the LBJ White House leading up to and during Vietnam.
Runtime: 165 min.
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Stars: Philip Baker Hall | Michael Gambon | Donald Sutherland | Alec Baldwin | Bruce McGill
Big Shot's Funeral (2001)
As: Tyler
Yankie director Don Tyler faces mounting insecurity and declining health while on location in Beijing, so his assistant hires down-and-out camerman YoYo to take the reins. Scrambling, studio boss sells the sagging picture to a Japanese media company. But YoYo is determined to upstage the whole production by granting the director's wish to have a grand "comedy funeral". To raise the money for it, he ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Feng Xiaogang
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Paul Mazursky | Rosamund Kwan | Ying Da | Ge You
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
As: Dr. Cid (voice)
Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the Earth from its darkest hate and unleash the spirits within.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Hironobu Sakaguchi | Motonori Sakakibara
Stars: Ving Rhames | Steve Buscemi | Donald Sutherland | Ming-Na Wen | Alec Baldwin
The Big Heist (2001)
As: Jimmy Burke
Based on the 1986 book "The Heist: How a Gang Stole $8,000,000 at Kennedy Airport and Lived to Regret It", by Ernest Volkman and John Cummings, this TV movie tells the story about the 1978 Lufthansa Heist at JFK Airport in New York - the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil. The heist was also the subject of the much better-known 1990 film "Goodfella"s, directed by Martin Scorsese. ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Robert Markowitz
Stars: Jamie Harris | Donald Sutherland | John Heard | Nick Sandow | Janet Kidder
Uprising (2001)
As: Adam Czerniaków
Jews rise up in the Warsaw Ghetto against the Nazis in 1943.
Runtime: 177 min.
Directed by: Jon Avnet
Stars: Hank Azaria | Donald Sutherland | David Schwimmer | Jon Voight | Leelee Sobieski
Panic (2000)
As: Michael
Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful part of his life. He seeks the help of a therapist and meets a woman in the waiting room that he connects with.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Henry Bromell
Stars: William H. Macy | Donald Sutherland | Tracey Ullman | John Ritter | Neve Campbell
The Art of War (2000)
As: Douglas Thomas
When ruthless terrorists threaten to bring down the United Nations, they frame the one man they believe can stop them: an international security expert named Shaw. Now he must run from his own allies and become a solitary force for good, as he tries to stop what could become World War III.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Christian Duguay
Stars: Michael Biehn | Donald Sutherland | Wesley Snipes | Maury Chaykin | Anne Archer
Space Cowboys (2000)
As: Jerry O`Neill
Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force's test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of trained chimps. They blackmail their way into orbit when Russia's mysterious ‘Ikon’ communications satellite's orbit begins to degrade and threatens to crash to Earth.
Runtime: 130 min.
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Stars: James Cromwell | Tommy Lee Jones | Donald Sutherland | James Garner | Clint Eastwood
The Hunley (1999)
As: Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard
CSS Hunley tells the incredible true story of the crew of the manually propelled submarine CSS Hunley, during the siege of Charleston of 1864. It is a story of heroism in the face of adversity, the Hunley being the first submersible to sink an enemy boat in time of war. It also relates the human side of the story relating the uncommon and extaordinary temperament of the 9 men who led the Hunley ...
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: John Gray
Stars: Armand Assante | Donald Sutherland | Chris Bauer | Sebastian Roché | Gerry Becker
Instinct (1999)
As: Ben Hillard
In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually risk everything -- even put his very life on the line -- in a harrowing attempt to understand the bizarre actions of this madman.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: Jon Turteltaub
Stars: George Dzundza | Donald Sutherland | Anthony Hopkins | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Maura Tierney
Behind the Mask (1999)
As: Dr. Bob Shushan
Dr. Bob Shushan is an overworked and absent father who runs a centre for the mentally and physically challenged. When Shushan suffers a heart attack, his life is saved by James Jones, a young patient at the center. The two men forge a friendship and help each other rekindle the father-son bond that has been missing in their lives.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Tom McLoughlin
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Lorena Gale | Bradley Whitford | Mary McDonnell | Matthew Fox
Virus (1999)
As: Captain Robert Everton
When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: John Bruno
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Marshall Bell | Jamie Lee Curtis | William Baldwin | Joanna Pacula
Free Money (1998)
As: Judge Rausenberg
The Swede (Marlon Brando), a prison warden, rules his family and his prison with an iron hand in one of the coldest parts of North Dakota. When an inmate dies under mysterious circumstances, however, the FBI sends in agent Karen Polarski (Mira Sorvino) to investigate. On the home front, the sons-in-law of the Swede, Larry (Thomas Haden Church) and Bud (Charlie Sheen) accidentally discover ...
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Yves Simoneau
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Martin Sheen | Charlie Sheen | Marlon Brando | David Arquette
Without Limits (1998)
As: Bill Bowerman
The film follows the life of famous 1970s runner Steve Prefontaine from his youth days in Oregon to the University of Oregon where he worked with the legendary coach Bill Bowerman, later to Olympics in Munich and his early death at 24 in a car crash.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Robert Towne
Stars: Matthew Lillard | Donald Sutherland | Jeremy Sisto | Billy Crudup | Monica Potter
Fallen (1998)
As: Lt. Stanton
Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Gregory Hoblit
Stars: Denzel Washington | Donald Sutherland | James Gandolfini | John Goodman | Embeth Davidtz
The Assignment (1997)
As: Jack Shaw / Henry Fields
Jack Shaw (DONALD SUTHERLAND) has experienced the terror first-hand. He's a top CIA agent who's tracked international killer-for-hire Carlos "The Jackal" Sanchez for over twenty years and barely survived Carlos' devastating bombing of a Parisian cafe. Now, he finally gets a break when he discovers Carlos' dead ringer: American naval officer and dedicated family man Annibal Ramirez (AIDAN QUINN).
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Christian Duguay
Stars: Ben Kingsley | Aidan Quinn | Donald Sutherland | Claudia Ferri | Céline Bonnier
Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
As: Jacob Conrad
Bobby Bishop (Sheen) is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenko has time to tell Bishop about some conspiracy in the White House but then immediately gets killed by an assassin. Now bad guys are after Bobby as the only man who knows about a plot. Bishop must now not only survive, but to stop the conspirators ...
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: George P. Cosmatos
Stars: Linda Hamilton | Nicholas Turturro | Donald Sutherland | Charlie Sheen | Stephen Lang
Natural Enemy (1997)
As: Ted Robards
William McNamara plays a young man who was given away by his mother at birth, seeking revenge on her for abandoning him.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Douglas Jackson
Stars: Joe Pantoliano | Lesley Ann Warren | Christian Tessier | William McNamara | Donald Sutherland
Hollow Point (1996)
As: Garrett Lawton
Livingston is trying to merge the Russians, Chinese and Italian gangsters into one group with huge amounts of money and power. FBI agent Susan and DEA agent Max are trying to stop them.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
Stars: Donald Sutherland | John Lithgow | David Hemblen | Thomas Ian Griffith | Tia Carrere
A Time to Kill (1996)
As: Lucien Wilbanks
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Runtime: 149 min.
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Stars: Kevin Spacey | Oliver Platt | Samuel L. Jackson | Sandra Bullock | Matthew McConaughey
Outbreak (1995)
As: Donald McClintock
A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.
Runtime: 127 min.
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Stars: Morgan Freeman | Kevin Spacey | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Rene Russo | Dustin Hoffman
Citizen X (1995)
As: Col. Mikhail Fetisov
Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 people. His victims were mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a communists state, the police investigations were hampered by bureaucracy, incompetence and those in power. The story is told from the viewpoint of the detective in charge of the case.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Chris Gerolmo
Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn | Max von Sydow | Donald Sutherland | Stephen Rea | Joss Ackland
Disclosure (1994)
As: Bob Garvin
A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.
Runtime: 128 min.
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Stars: Dylan Baker | Donald Sutherland | Michael Douglas | Demi Moore | Jacqueline Kim
The Puppet Masters (1994)
As: Andrew Nivens
The Earth is invaded by alien parasites aka "slugs" that ride on people's backs and control their minds. A trio of American government agents attempt to thwart this.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Stuart Orme
Stars: Keith David | Will Patton | Julie Warner | Donald Sutherland | Eric Thal
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)
As: Capt. William Marsden
Lucy married at the turn of the last century, when she was fifteen and her husband was fifty. If Colonel William Marsden was a veteran of the "War for Southern Independence", Lucy became a "veteran of the veteran" with a unique perspective on Southern history and Southern manhood. Her story encompasses everything from the tragic death of a Confederate boy soldier to the feisty narrator's daily battles in ...
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Ken Cameron
Stars: Diane Lane | Donald Sutherland | Blythe Danner | Cicely Tyson | Anne Bancroft
The Lifeforce Experiment (1994)
As: Dr. 'MAC' MacLean
Sciene fiction directed by Piers Haggard.
Directed by: Piers Haggard
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Corin Nemec | Mimi Kuzyk | Vlasta Vrána
Younger and Younger (1993)
As: Jonathan Younger
The eccentric owner of a Los Angeles self-storage company finds his world come crashing down when his long-suffering wife dies, only to return as a beautiful ghost.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Percy Adlon
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Lolita Davidovich | Brendan Fraser | Sally Kellerman | Julie Delpy
Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
As: John Kittredge
The story of a young, gay black con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-class New York family.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Fred Schepisi
Stars: Ian McKellen | Stockard Channing | Donald Sutherland | Will Smith | Mary Beth Hurt
Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1993)
As: Dr. Norman Bethune
True story of Norman Bethune, a medical doctor who fought for justice in China during Mao's rise to power.
Runtime: 168 min.
Directed by: Phillip Borsos
Stars: Helen Mirren | Donald Sutherland | James Pax | Helen Shaver | Colm Feore
Benefit of the Doubt (1993)
As: Frank
Twenty two years earlier, Karen helped convict her father, Frank, for the murder of her mother. With his new freedom, thanks to parole, Frank returns home to seek revenge. Having always pleaded his innocence, Frank soon works his way back into Karen's life.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Heap
Stars: Christopher McDonald | Donald Sutherland | Graham Greene | Rider Strong | Amy Irving
Red Hot (1993)
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Paul Haggis
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Armin Mueller-Stahl | Balthazar Getty | Carla Gugino
The Setting Sun (1992)
As: John Williams
A Japanese soldier is forced to question alliances when he meets and falls in love with the leader of the rebel movement.
Runtime: 150 min.
Stars: Diane Lane | Donald Sutherland | Masaya Kato | Yuen Biao | Keishi Arashi
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
As: Merrick Jamison-Smythe
Blonde, bouncy Buffy is your typical high school cheerleader-- her goal is to "marry Christian Slater and die" and nothing gets in her way when it's time to shop. But all that changes when a strange man informs her she's been chosen by fate to kill vampires. With the help of a romantic rebel, Buffy is soon spending school nights protecting L.A. from Lothos, the Vampire King, his sidekick. Lefty and their ...
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Fran Rubel Kuzui
Stars: Luke Perry | Donald Sutherland | Kristy Swanson | Rutger Hauer | Paul Reubens
Shadow of the Wolf (1992)
As: Henderson
In the 1930's, Agaguk lives his traditional Inuit life. But one day, there is a murder in the tribe and Agaguk becomes a suspect. Soon he becomes persecuted by Henderson, a mean mountie, and he must flee through the cold winter of Northen Quebec.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Jacques Dorfmann | Pierre Magny
Stars: Jennifer Tilly | Donald Sutherland | Lou Diamond Phillips | Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu | Toshirō Mifune
Quicksand: No Escape (1992)
As: Murdoch
A hard-working architect is pulled into intrigue when his wife hires a private investigator to make sure he's just working late. The private eye sees an opportunity to frame him for a murder instead.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Michael Pressman
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Timothy Carhart | Jay Acovone | Tim Matheson | Felicity Huffman
The Railway Station Man (1992)
As: Roger Hawthorne
An Irish artist, widowed by an IRA bombing, gradually learns that the American man she has become involved with is not who he seems.
Directed by: Michael Whyte
Stars: John Lynch | Mark Tandy | Ingrid Craigie | Donald Sutherland | Julie Christie
JFK (1991)
As: X
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Runtime: 189 min.
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Stars: Gary Oldman | Michael Rooker | Kevin Bacon | Tommy Lee Jones | Kevin Costner
Scream of Stone (1991)
As: Ivan
A meeting of two world famous climbers, one an experienced mountaineer the other a sport climber, and a journalist (Ivan) results in a bet on which of the two is the best climber. Roger (the mountaineering expert) states that Martin (the sport climber) wouldn't survive a day on a 'real' climbing expedition, although he is considered to be the world's best sport climber (having just won an indoor 'world ...
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Stars: Brad Dourif | Donald Sutherland | Mathilda May | Al Waxman | Vittorio Mezzogiorno
Backdraft (1991)
As: Ronald Bartel
They say a blast of flames can take a life ... and hide a secret. But now firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey are battling each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.
Runtime: 137 min.
Directed by: Ron Howard
Stars: Kurt Russell | Robert De Niro | Donald Sutherland | Jennifer Jason Leigh | William Baldwin
Buster's Bedroom (1991)
As: O'Connor
A young woman who is obsessed with Buster Keaton stays in the sanatorium where the actor was once a patient.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Rebecca Horn
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Geraldine Chaplin | David Warrilow | Amanda Ooms | Valentina Cortese
Eminent Domain (1991)
As: Josef Borski
A high-ranking Polish politburo member is banished from the party, and must find out why. Set in 1979 Poland before the Solidarity events.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: John Irvin
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Anne Archer | Jodhi May | Paul Freeman | Anthony Bate
Lock Up (1989)
As: Warden Drumgoole
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: John Flynn
Stars: Tom Sizemore | John Amos | Donald Sutherland | Sylvester Stallone | Sonny Landham
Lost Angels (1989)
As: Dr. Charles Loftis
Rich L.A. party brat Tim spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a ticket to an asylum. But with the help of a psychiatrist who has taken an interest in him, will Tim try to pull himself out of the muck of teenage rebellion and ennui?
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Hugh Hudson
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Celia Weston | Amy Locane | Adam Horovitz | Don Bloomfield
A Dry White Season (1989)
As: Ben du Toit
Taking place during the 1976 Soweto uprising, the story follows a white school teacher whose life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Euzhan Palcy
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Jürgen Prochnow | Donald Sutherland | Janet Suzman | Zakes Mokae
Apprentice to Murder (1988)
As: John Reese
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Ralph L. Thomas
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Mia Sara | Rutanya Alda | Knut Husebø | Chad Lowe
People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe (1988)
As: Narrator
Documentary about chimps in Gombe.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Hugo van Lawick
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Jane Goodall
The Trouble with Spies (1987)
As: Appleton Porter
George Trent, a British spy, has gone incommunicado in Ibiza. Appleton Porter (Donald Sutherland) is sent to find out what happened to Trent. Porter settles into a small hotel with several busybody guests. He probes them for information about Trent, their former neighbor. Meanwhile, the spy survives several attempts on his life as he attempts to solve the mystery.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Burt Kennedy
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Ned Beatty | Michael Hordern | Ruth Gordon | Lucy Gutteridge
The Rosary Murders (1987)
As: Father Robert Koesler
A killer of Detroit clergy confesses to a priest (Donald Sutherland), who turns sleuth because he cannot tell the police.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Fred Walton
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Charles Durning | Anita Barone | B. Constance Barry | Roger Angelini
The Wolf at the Door (1986)
As: Paul Gauguin
Chronicling a period of time in Paul Gauguin's life, this film follows him through his struggles in love and the financial problems caused by the inability to sell his artwork.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Henning Carlsen
Stars: Max von Sydow | Donald Sutherland | Jean Yanne | Sofie Gråbøl | Valeri Glandut
Revolution (1985)
As: Sgt. Maj. Peasy
New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to find his son, and eventually becomes convinced that he must take a stand and fight for the freedom of the Colonies, alongside the aristocratic rebel Daisy McConnahay. As Tom undergoes his change of heart, the events of the ...
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: Hugh Hudson
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Nastassja Kinski | Joan Plowright | Al Pacino | Dave King
Heaven Help Us (1985)
As: Brother Thadeus
Sixteen-year-old Michael Dunn arrives at St. Basil's Catholic Boys School in Brooklyn circa 1965. There, he befriends all of the misfits in his class as they collide with the repressive faculty and discover the opposite sex as they come of age.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Michael Dinner
Stars: Andrew McCarthy | Donald Sutherland | John Heard | Mary Stuart Masterson | Kevin Dillon
Ordeal by Innocence (1985)
As: Dr. Arthur Calgary
Dr. Arthur Calgary visits the Argyle family to return an address book lost some time ago by Jack Argyle, only to find out that Jack has been executed for the murder of his mother. Calgary can prove that Jack was innocent. In spite of opposition from a hostile family, he is determined to solve the crime.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Desmond Davis | Alan Birkinshaw
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Ian McShane | Christopher Plummer | Faye Dunaway | Sarah Miles
Crackers (1984)
As: Westlake
Garvey is a San Francisco pawnshop operator. His unemployed and criminal friends Dillard, Turtle, and Weslake, team up with Boardwalk, a local pimp, to burgle Garvey's shop while the owner is out of town. During the elaborate planning process, Dillard falls for a Hispanic woman, the sister of a friend. Also, Boardwalk is assigned to case a local apartment, where he meets and falls for the maid. ...
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Louis Malle
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Wallace Shawn | Jack Warden | Sean Penn
The Winter of Our Discontent (1983)
As: Ethan Hawley
This story tells those self-denials of an honest man what necessary to reach his object of life.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Waris Hussein
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Teri Garr | Richard Masur | Tuesday Weld | Michael V. Gazzo
Max Dugan Returns (1983)
As: Brian Costello
An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Herbert Ross
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Marsha Mason | Jason Robards | Matthew Broderick | Charley Lau
A War Story (1981)
As: Narrator
A Canadian doctor interned at a Japanese POW Camp during WWII must tend to his fellow British prisoners who are being worked to death in a mine.
Runtime: 82 min.
Directed by: Anne Wheeler
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Frank C. Turner | David Edney
Threshold (1981)
As: Donald Sutherland
The celebrated heart surgeon Dr. Thomas Vrain supports the research of the offbeat scientist Aldo Gehring, who is inventing an artificial heart. Dr. Vrain performs the first artificial human heart transplant against the advice of the Ethics Committee.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Richard Pearce
Stars: Jeff Goldblum | Donald Sutherland | Mare Winningham | John Marley | Sharon Acker
Eye of the Needle (1981)
As: Henry Faber
A ruthless German spy, trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day, must spend time with a young woman and her crippled husband.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Richard Marquand
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Christopher Cazenove | Kate Nelligan | Philip Martin Brown | Stephen MacKenna
Gas (1981)
As: Nick the Noz
Susan Anspach stars in this comedy as a news reporter who investigates a story about stolen milk causing milk and gas prices to rise. During the course of her investigation, other people become involved, culminating in a multiple car chase.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Les Rose
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Howie Mandel | Helen Shaver | Susan Anspach | Sterling Hayden
Ordinary People (1980)
As: Calvin Jarrett
Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is trapped between the two trying to hold the family together.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Robert Redford
Stars: Timothy Hutton | Donald Sutherland | Mary Tyler Moore | M. Emmet Walsh | Judd Hirsch
Nothing Personal (1980)
As: Roger Keller
Environmentally concerned lawyer Abigail Adams works with Professor Roger Keller in his effort to protect baby seals from slaughter.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: George Bloomfield
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Dabney Coleman | Suzanne Somers | Roscoe Lee Browne | Lawrence Dane
North China Factory (1980)
As: Narrator
This documentary from 1980 depicts a factory community in China where over 6000 workers process, spin and weave raw cotton into 90 million yards of high-quality cloth per year. Also seen are the workers' residential, social, recreational and educational facilities, all located on factory property. The film presents an engrossing study of a lifestyle that is very different from that of the Western world.
Runtime: 56 min.
Directed by: Tony Ianzelo | Boyce Richardson
Stars: Donald Sutherland
Bear Island (1979)
As: Frank Lansing
A group of people converge on a barren Arctic island. They have their reasons for being there but when a series of mysterious accidents and murders take place, a whole lot of darker motives become apparent. Could the fortune in buried Nazi gold be the key to the mystery? Donald Sutherland and Vanessa Redgrave investigate
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Don Sharp
Stars: Christopher Lee | Vanessa Redgrave | Donald Sutherland | Richard Widmark | Barbara Parkins
A Man, a Woman and a Bank (1979)
As: Reese Halperin
Two novice thieves are plotting to rob a bank in Vancouver. A photographer snaps a shot of one thief as he is carrying the bank building's blueprints. The would-be thief then begins a relationship with the photographer and attempts to retrieve the photos. Meanwhile, the thieves' plot consists of this: one man will enter the bank building after dark, while the other man sits in a van and uses a computer ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Noel Black
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Paul Mazursky | Brooke Adams
Murder by Decree (1979)
As: Robert Lees
Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using information provided by a renowned psychic, Robert Lees, Holmes finds that the murders may have its roots in a Royal indiscretion and that a cover-up is being managed by politicians at the highest level, all of whom happen to be Masons.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Bob Clark
Stars: David Hemmings | Donald Sutherland | Christopher Plummer | James Mason | John Gielgud
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
As: Dr. Matthew Bennell
The first remake of the paranoid infiltration classic moves the setting for the invasion, from a small town to the city of San Francisco and starts as Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are in some way different. When questioned later they themselves seem changed, as they deny everything or make lame excuses. As the invaders increase in number ...
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Philip Kaufman
Stars: Jeff Goldblum | Donald Sutherland | Veronica Cartwright | Leonard Nimoy | Brooke Adams
The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
As: Robert Agar
In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Michael Crichton
Stars: Sean Connery | Donald Sutherland | Lesley-Anne Down | Alan Webb | Malcolm Terris
Animal House (1978)
As: Dave Jennings
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: John Landis
Stars: Tom Hulce | John Belushi | John Vernon | Verna Bloom | Tim Matheson
Blood Relatives (1978)
As: Carella
A Montreal police inspector (Donald Sutherland) cracks a murder case with clues from the victim's diary.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
Stars: Lisa Langlois | Donald Sutherland | Walter Massey | Laurent Malet | Aude Landry
The Disappearance (1977)
Thriller about a contract killer whose wife has disappeared. When he is hired by an international organisation to carry out a "shy" or hit, he suspects they are connected with her disappearance.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Stuart Cooper
Stars: David Hemmings | John Hurt | Donald Sutherland | Francine Racette | Paul Mayersberg
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
As: The Clumsy Waiter (segment "That's Armageddon")
A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: John Landis
Stars: Marcy Goldman | Marilyn Joi | Bong Soo Han | Saul Kahan | Evan C. Kim
Bethune (1977)
As: Norman Bethune
Biographical film about Norman Bethune (one of two starring Sutherland)
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Eric Till
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Kate Nelligan | David Gardner
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
As: Liam Devlin
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Hitler.
Runtime: 135 min.
Directed by: John Sturges
Stars: Michael Caine | Donald Sutherland | Robert Duvall | Donald Pleasence | Jenny Agutter
Fellini's Casanova (1976)
As: Giacomo Casanova
Casanova is a libertine, collecting seductions and sexual feats. But he is really interested in someone, and is he really an interesting person? Is he really alive?
Runtime: 155 min.
Directed by: Federico Fellini
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Carmen Scarpitta | Tina Aumont | Cicely Browne | Clara Algranti
1900 (1976)
As: Attila
Set in Bertolucci's ancestral region of Emilia, the film chronicles the lives of two men during the political turmoils that took place in Italy in the first half on the 20th century.
Runtime: 317 min.
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Stars: Robert De Niro | Gérard Depardieu | Stefania Sandrelli | Laura Betti | Dominique Sanda
End of the Game (1976)
As: Corpse of Lt. Robert Schmied
Hans Baerlach is a Swiss police detective who has dedicated much of his career to pursuing powerful and allegedly murderous businessman Richard Gastmann. Though Baerlach's partner meets his demise while investigating Gastmann, his replacement, Walter Tschanz, is undaunted. Meanwhile, the lovely Anna Crawley becomes involved in the case, which proceeds to take many twists and turns.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Maximilian Schell
Stars: Jacqueline Bisset | Martin Ritt | Jon Voight | Robert Shaw | Helmut Qualtinger
Bertolucci secondo il cinema (1976)
As: Himself
Documentary on the filming of Novecento by Bernardo Bertolucci
Runtime: 70 min.
Directed by: Gianni Amelio
Stars: Gérard Depardieu | Donald Sutherland | Romolo Valli | Sterling Hayden | Bernardo Bertolucci
The Day of the Locust (1975)
As: Homer Simpson
An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.
Runtime: 144 min.
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Stars: Karen Black | Donald Sutherland | William Atherton | Burgess Meredith | Geraldine Page
S*P*Y*S (1974)
As: Bruland
Two CIA bunglers (Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould) botch a Soviet defection, then both sides mark them for termination.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Irvin Kershner
Stars: Elliott Gould | Donald Sutherland | Joss Ackland | Zouzou | Xavier Gélin
Dan Candy's Law (1974)
As: Sgt. Dan Candy
The true story of Canadian Mountie Dan Candy's pursuit of a Native American that killed his partner.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Claude Fournier
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Kevin McCarthy | Gordon Tootoosis | Chief Dan George | Jean Duceppe
Don't Look Now (1973)
As: John Baxter
After Laura and John Baxter lose their only child in a horrible drowning, they are greeted by strange sightings of her throughout their everyday lives. When two old ladies approach them in Italy with news that their daughter may still be alive, it seems too good to be true. Perhaps it is...
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Clelia Matania | Julie Christie | Hilary Mason | Massimo Serato
Steelyard Blues (1973)
As: Jesse Veldini
A group of misfits decide to leave for a place that they can all be free. There mode of transportation is a PBY flying boat. The only problem is that the PBY needs a lot of work and they will need jobs to pay for the parts. When they find that they have only 10 days before the PBY is sold for scrap, they decide on borrowing the parts for their trip
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Alan Myerson
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Howard Hesseman | John Savage | Peter Boyle | Jane Fonda
FTA (1972)
As: Himself
A documentary about a political troupe headed by actors Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland which traveled to towns near military bases in the US in the early 1970s. The group put on shows called "F.T.A.", which stood for "F**k the Army", and was aimed at convincing soldiers to voice their opposition to the Vietnam War, which was raging at the time. Various singers, actors and other entertainers performed ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Francine Parker
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Jane Fonda | Michael Alaimo | Pamela Donegan | Len Chandler
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
As: Christ
Joe, a young American soldier, is hit by a mortar shell on the last day of World War I. He lies in a hospital bed in a fate worse than death - a quadruple amputee who has lost his arms, legs, eyes, ears, mouth and nose. Unbeknown to his doctors, he remains conscious and able to think, thereby reliving his life through strange dreams and memories and unable to distinguish whether he is awake or dreaming. He ...
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Dalton Trumbo
Stars: Timothy Bottoms | Donald Sutherland | Jason Robards | Marsha Hunt | Kathy Fields
Klute (1971)
As: John Klute
This acclaimed thriller stars Jane Fonda as Bree Daniel, a New York City call girl who becomes enmeshed in an investigation into the disappearance of a business executive. Detective John Klute is hired to follow Daniel, and eventually begins a romance with her, but it appears that he hasn't been the only person on her trail. When it becomes clear that Daniel is being targeted, it's up to her and Klute to ...
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Roy Scheider | Charles Cioffi | Dorothy Tristan | Jane Fonda
Little Murders (1971)
As: Rev. Dupas
Elliot Gould plays Alfred Chamberlain -- a one time successful photographer who is now down on his luck because he began to eliminate people from his photographs. He also suffers from an inability to feel or to be passionate about anything. But then Alfred meets Patsy Newqvist, who takes it upon herself to mold Alfred into "a strong, vital, self-assured man, that I can protect and take care of."
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Alan Arkin
Stars: Elliott Gould | Elizabeth Wilson | Marcia Rodd | Vincent Gardenia | Jon Korkes
The Act of the Heart (1970)
As: Father Michael Ferrier
A woman's peculiar religious convictions lead her on a self-destructive path.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Paul Almond
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Geneviève Bujold | Sharon Acker | Monique Leyrac | Eric House
Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
As: Charles / Pierre
An account of the adventures of two sets of identical twins, badly scrambled at birth, on the eve of the French Revolution. One set is haughty and aristocratic, the other poor and somewhat dim. They find themselves involved in palace intrigues as history happens around them. Based, very loosely, on Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities," Dumas's "The Corsican Brothers," etc.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Bud Yorkin
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Billie Whitelaw | Gene Wilder | Hugh Griffith | Jack MacGowran
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
As: Sgt. Oddball (tank commander)
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.
Runtime: 144 min.
Directed by: Brian G. Hutton
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Don Rickles | Clint Eastwood | Telly Savalas | Carroll O'Connor
M.A.S.H. (1970)
As: Captain Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and high jinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Robert Altman
Stars: Elliott Gould | Tom Skerritt | Donald Sutherland | Robert Duvall | Sally Kellerman
Alex in Wonderland (1970)
As: Alex Morrison
Bohemian Alex Morrison has just finished directing his first feature length movie. In its previews, the movie is considered a critical, artistic and surefire commercial success. As such, Alex seemingly has his choice of what his next project will be. Alex has a few thoughts in mind, such as a biopic of Lenny Bruce, or a movie about a black uprising in Los Angeles. As he makes the rounds both ...
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Paul Mazursky
Stars: Ellen Burstyn | Donald Sutherland | Meg Mazursky | Glenna Sargent | Viola Spolin
Joanna (1968)
As: Lord Peter Sanderson
When 17 year old Joanna comes to Swinging London, she meets a host of colourful characters, discovers the pleasures of casual sex and falls in love. That's when things get complicated.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Michael Sarne
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Calvin Lockhart | Glenna Forster-Jones | Geneviève Waïte | Christian Doermer
The Split (1968)
As: Dave Negli
A group of thieves attempt a daring robbery of a football stadium.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Gordon Flemyng
Stars: Ernest Borgnine | Gene Hackman | Jim Brown | Julie Harris | Diahann Carroll
Oedipus the King (1968)
As: Chorus Leader
This classic Greek tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the Gods.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Philip Saville
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Christopher Plummer | Richard Johnson | Orson Welles | Lili Palmer
Interlude (1968)
As: Lawrence
A young female journalist in London falls in love with a married orchestra conductor.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Kevin Billington
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Nora Swinburne | Oskar Werner | Barbara Ferris | Virginia Maskell
Sebastian (1968)
As: Ackerman
Sebastian is an undisciplined mathematics genius who works in the "cipher bureau" of the British Intelligence. While cracking enemy codes, Sebastian finds time to romance co-worker Rebecca Howard.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: David Greene
Stars: Dirk Bogarde | Susannah York | John Gielgud | Lilli Palmer | Janet Munro
Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
As: Scientist at computer
A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Ken Russell
Stars: Michael Caine | Oskar Homolka | Ed Begley | Karl Malden | Françoise Dorléac
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
As: Vernon Pinkley
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.
Runtime: 150 min.
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Stars: Ernest Borgnine | Charles Bronson | Jim Brown | John Cassavetes | Lee Marvin
The Bedford Incident (1965)
As: Hospitalman Nerney - Sick Bay
Richard Widmark plays a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. Sidney Poitier is a reporter given permission to interview the captain during a routine patrol. Poitier gets more than he bargained for when the Bedford discovers a Soviet sub in the depths and the captain begins a relentless pursuit, pushing his crew, and the on-screen tension, to breaking point in ...
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: James B. Harris
Stars: Martin Balsam | Sidney Poitier | Richard Widmark | Eric Portman | James MacArthur
Fanatic (1965)
As: Joseph
A young woman is terrorized by her fiance's demented mother who blames her for her son's death.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Silvio Narizzano
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Peter Vaughan | Stefanie Powers | Maurice Kaufmann | Tallulah Bankhead
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
As: Bob Carroll (segment "Vampire")
Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An architect returns to his ancestoral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a doctor discovers his new wife is a vampire; a huge plant takes over a house; a musician gets involved with voodoo; an art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Freddie Francis
Stars: Christopher Lee | Donald Sutherland | Peter Cushing | Bernard Lee | Max Adrian
Hamlet at Elsinore (1964)
As: Fortinbras
Christopher Plummer is joined by an all-star cast including Michael Caine, Robert Shaw, Roy Kinnear and Donald Sutherland in this historic production of Hamlet filmed on location at Elsinore, Denmark, the actual location where the play is set.
Runtime: 170 min.
Directed by: Philip Saville
Stars: Michael Caine | Christopher Plummer | Robert Shaw | Alec Clunes | June Tobin
The Castle of the Living Dead (1964)
As: Sgt. Paul / The Witch / The Old Man
Count Drago invites over entertainers to his castle, but what the people don't know is that Drago mummifies animals and humans!
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Luciano Ricci | Warren Kiefer
Stars: Christopher Lee | Donald Sutherland | Philippe Leroy | Gaia Germani | Mirko Valentin