Kiefer Sutherland Net Worth

Kiefer Sutherland's Quotes

• (his reaction to winning the Golden Globe Award!) Now I know how Charlie Sheen feels, I've lost all feeling in my lower half.
• When you're a young actor you like to go for characters with a bit of flair, so in many films I ended up playing the weirdos. But I can assure you I'm not a psycho or a criminal or a bully.
• There are two kinds of event in rodeo and bull riding's one of the roughstock events. I was into immobilising cows myself.
• On his 1990s career: You could say I was not on everybody's first list to do the bigger films. Luckily, other opportunities have come along.
• (on the much-hyped broken engagement to Julia Roberts) You can't do all these interviews about how wonderful you both are and then when it falls apart six days before your wedding not expect people to have a shot at you. I know Julia and I unwittingly asked for it.

Interesting Facts about Kiefer Sutherland

1. Grandson of former Saskatchewan premier Tommy Douglas, leader of the first elected socialist government in North America. Douglas was premier from 1944-1961, and was known as the father of Canada's government-funded medical system.
2. Owns Ironworks Studio together with his musical partner singer/songwriter/composer Jude Cole. Kiefer also owns a valuable collection of about 50 vintage guitars which he and his partners has been playing in studio sessions and live performances.
3. Son of actor Donald Sutherland and actress Shirley Douglas
4. Was engaged to Julia Roberts.
5. Among the many reasons cited for the break-up of his first marriage, one was his friendship with The Lost Boys (1987) castmate Jason Patric and other members of the "brat pack" -- ironically enough, his friendship with Jason Patric dissolved after his fiancé Julia Roberts left with Patric for Europe three days before her scheduled 1991 marriage to Sutherland was to take place. In 2011, Sutherland and Patric co-starred in the Broadway revival of Patric's father's play "That Championship Season".
6. Traveled with the rodeo circuit in the late 1990s and won rodeos in Phoenix and Albuquerque.
7. Plays ice hockey on a celebrity team.
8. Earned first place in the US Team Roping Championships.
9. Twin sister Rachel Sutherland is a television post-production supervisor in Toronto, Ontario.
10. Named after Warren Kiefer, pen name of Warren Kiefer. Sabatini directed Il castello dei morti vivi (1964), in which Donald Sutherland made his theatrical film debut.
11. Daughter, Sarah Sutherland, with Camelia Lynne, was born on February 18, 1988.
12. Was Gary Oldman's passenger when Oldman was arrested for drunk driving in 1991.
13. Daughter, Sarah Sutherland, likes to make fun of the fact that he's computer illiterate.
14. During filming of Stand by Me (1986), he stayed in character off-camera by often picking on Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman and Jerry O'Connell.
15. In an episode of 24 (2001), his character mentions that he and his wife and daughter should take a trip up into Canada. His father, Donald Sutherland, was born in Saint John, New Brunswick.
16. Is on screen for less than three minutes in Taking Lives (2004), even though he shares top billing with Ethan Hawke and Angelina Jolie.
17. Has appeared in one scene of Article 99 (1992) wearing glasses and a fishing bucket hat, a tip to father Donald Sutherland, who sported the same look in M*A*S*H (1970).
18. For his role in The Wild (2006), he had to practice roaring like a lion. Rather than doing it at his home with his daughter and stepdaughter around, he practiced in his car while driving on the freeway, completely unaware of a woman in the next lane watching him.
19. When starting up on the rodeo circuit he decided to buy all the things needed. The horses, the bulls/cows, the tractors, the 900 acre ranch in Montana, then sold it once he was finished.
20. His role as Jack Bauer in 24 (2001) is his first regular role on a television series.