Donald Sutherland Net Worth

Donald Sutherland's Quotes

• Pauline Kael reviewed The Day of the Locust (1975): "There's nothing specifically wrong with Donald Sutherland's performance. It's just awful." That was the most destructive, stupid piece of criticism I've ever received. I stopped reading reviews after that.
• I was up for a great part but they told me: "Sorry, you're the best actor but this part calls for a guy-next-door type. You don't look as if you've ever lived next door to anyone."
• When you're working for a good director, you become subjective and submissive. You become his concubine. All that you're seeking is his pleasure.
• Frank Lloyd Wright designed the house I was living in. From what I understood, he was having an affair with the wife of the man he was designing the house for. That man was very tall. So Wright, short and vain, designs the house in such a way that a tall person couldn't live in it without severe cranial damage. I hit my head *all* the time.
• [on his early roles] Well, I was always cast as an artistic homicidal maniac. But at least I was artistic!

Interesting Facts about Donald Sutherland

1. Grew up in the town of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, where he also graduated from high school.
2. At age 14, his first part-time job was as a news correspondent for local radio station, CKBW.
3. Attended and graduated from Bridgewater High School in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.
4. Was a member of the "UC Follies" comedy troupe in Toronto, Ontario.
5. Turned down starring in The Sweet Hereafter (1997) because the salary was too low. His role eventually went to Ian Holm.
6. Has dubbed (uncredited) the role taken by English actor William Devlin in The Shuttered Room (1967).
7. In addition to an on-screen small role as a computer scientist in Billion Dollar Brain (1967), he also provided the mechanical voice for the eponymous "brain".
8. Has three sons with Francine Racette: Roeg Sutherland,born 1974 Rossif Sutherland born 1978and Angus Sutherlandborn 1982.
9. He was featured in the computer game "Conspiracy" (digitised video and sound).
10. Both Sutherland and Alan Alda, who took up the role of Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H (1972) suffered from polio as children.
11. Former son-in-law of Tommy Douglas.
12. In two of his films in 2003, in Cold Mountain (2003) and The Italian Job (2003), he played a character who dies who was the father of a young woman, and both daughters were played by back-to-back winners of the Academy Award for Best Actress. In Cold Mountain (2003) his daughter was portrayed by Nicole Kidman, who won in 2003 for The Hours (2002), and in The Italian Job (2003) his daughter was portrayed by Charlize Theron, who would win in 2004 for her performance in Monster (2003).
13. Has two children with Shirley Douglas: Kiefer Sutherland and Rachel Sutherland.
14. Even though he receives top billing in The Day of the Locust (1975), he does not appear in the film for the first 42 minutes.
15. Has appeared throughout M*A*S*H (1970) wearing glasses and a fishing bucket hat. This look was later mirrored by his son, Kiefer Sutherland, in Article 99 (1992).
16. Has appeared in The Day of the Locust (1975) as a character named Homer Simpson, and then later made a guest appearance on The Simpsons (1989).
17. Being very tall, Sutherland has long since had a habit of slouching over so he could meet other actors eye to eye.
18. Two of his sons were named after directors he has worked with: Kiefer Sutherland was named after Warren Kiefer who directed Donald's first film Il castello dei morti vivi (1964), and his second son, Roeg Sutherland was named after Nicolas Roeg, who directed him in Don't Look Now (1973).
19. He was originally cast as Franklyn Madson in Dead Again (1991), but was eventually replaced by Derek Jacobi.
20. Has two roles in common with Alan Alda. Sutherland played Flan in Six Degrees of Separation (1993), the role Alda played in an audio-book publication. Sutherland also played Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H (1970), the role Alda played on M*A*S*H (1972).