Kiefer Sutherland is an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
-born Canadian actor,
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and
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, best known for his portrayal of
Jack BauerJack Bauer is the main protagonist of the American television series 24. His character has worked in various capacities on the show, often as a member of the fictional Counter Terrorist Unit based in Los Angeles, and working with the FBI in Washington, D.C...
on the
FoxFox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
thriller drama series
2424 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
for which he has won an
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(receiving 5 other nominations), a
Golden Globe awardThe Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign...
(receiving 4 other nominations), two
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(receiving 3 other nominations) and two
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. He is the son of Canadian actors
Donald SutherlandDonald McNichol Sutherland, OC is a Canadian 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, , MASH , and Kelly's Heroes , as well as in such popular films as Klute, Invasion of the...
and
Shirley DouglasShirley Jean Douglas, OC is a Canadian television, film and stage actress and activist. Her acting career combined with her family name has made her recognisable in Canadian film, television and politics.-Personal life:...
.
Early life
Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland was born in
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, England, the son of
Donald SutherlandDonald McNichol Sutherland, OC is a Canadian 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, , MASH , and Kelly's Heroes , as well as in such popular films as Klute, Invasion of the...
and
Shirley DouglasShirley Jean Douglas, OC is a Canadian television, film and stage actress and activist. Her acting career combined with her family name has made her recognisable in Canadian film, television and politics.-Personal life:...
, both of whom are successful Canadian actors. He has
ScottishScottish Canadians are people of Scottish descent or heritage living in Canada. As the third-largest ethnic group in Canada and among the first to settle in Canada, Scottish people have made a large impact on Canadian culture since colonial times...
ancestry from both parents, and is the grandson of Canadian politician
Tommy DouglasThomas Clement "Tommy" Douglas, was a Scottish-born Baptist minister who became a prominent Canadian social democratic politician...
, widely credited for bringing
universal health careMedicare is the unofficial name for Canada's publicly funded universal health insurance system. The formal terminology for the insurance system is provided by the Canada Health Act and the health insurance legislation of the individual provinces and territories.Under the terms of the Canada Health...
to Canada. Sutherland and his twin sister, Rachel, were born in London (in Saint Mary's Hospital) while his parents were working there.
He received his first given name from Warren Kiefer, the Italian director who gave his father his first movie role.
His family moved to
Corona, CaliforniaCorona is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 152,374, up from 124,966 at the 2000 census...
and in 1972, his parents divorced. In 1975, Sutherland moved with his mother to
TorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
. He attended elementary school at Crescent Town Elementary School, St. Clair Junior High
East YorkEast York can refer to:*East York, Pennsylvania, United States*East York, Ontario, Canada...
, and
John G. Althouse Middle SchoolJohn G. Althouse Middle School is a middle school located in Toronto, Ontario, near the intersection of Lloyd Manor Road and Princess Margaret Boulevard....
in Toronto. He attended five different high schools including
St. Andrew's CollegeSt. Andrew's College, also known as SAC, is an independent school founded in 1899 located in Aurora, Ontario, Canada. It is a university-preparatory school for boys in grades 6 to 12, with a focus on academic achievement, athletics, and leadership development...
,
Martingrove Collegiate InstituteMartingrove Collegiate Institute is a non-semestered public secondary school located on the southeast corner at the intersection of Eglinton Avenue and Martin Grove Road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is overseen by the Toronto District School Board. The school is home to the gifted program in...
,
Harbord Collegiate InstituteHarbord Collegiate Institute is a public secondary school located in downtown Toronto, Canada. Specifically, the school is located in the Palmerston-Little Italy/The Annex neighbourhood, situated on the north side of Harbord Street, between Euclid Ave. and Manning St...
,
Silverthorn Collegiate InstituteSilverthorn Collegiate Institute is a high school located in the west end of Toronto. It is under the sanction of the Toronto District School Board. The name comes from the "The Silverthorn Woods" or "Silverthorn's Bush" that border it on the south and the west...
,
Malvern Collegiate InstituteMalvern Collegiate Institute is a Toronto high school that was founded in 1903 as "East Toronto High School", in what was then the village of East Toronto...
and Annex Village Campus. He also spent a semester at
Regina Mundi Catholic CollegeRegina Mundi Catholic College is a Catholic school in London, Ontario, administered by the London District Catholic School Board. It is also the second catholic high school administered in London...
in London (Ontario) and attended weekend acting lessons at
Sir Frederick Banting Secondary SchoolSir Frederick Banting Secondary School is a high school located in London, Ontario, Canada. It was officially opened in 1969, and has history of excellence in the arts, in sports and in community service. Banting is recognized for having a strong French Immersion program and a music program...
.
Sutherland reported on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2009) that he and Robert Downey, Jr. were room-mates for three years when he first moved to Hollywood to pursue his career in acting.
Career
Stand by MeStand by Me is a 1986 American drama film directed by Rob Reiner. Based on the novella The Body by Stephen King, the film takes its title from the Ben E. King song of the same name, which plays over the end credits.-Plot:...
was the first film Sutherland made in the United States. He played the neighborhood bully in this
coming of ageComing of age is a young person's transition from childhood to adulthood. The age at which this transition takes place varies in society, as does the nature of the transition. It can be a simple legal convention or can be part of a ritual, as practiced by many societies...
story about the search for a dead body. Sutherland has appeared in more than 70 films, most notably
The Lost BoysThe Lost Boys is a 1987 American teen comedy horror film directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Dianne Wiest, Edward Herrmann, Alex Winter, Jamison Newlander, and Barnard Hughes....
, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me,
A Few Good MenA Few Good Men is a 1992 drama film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, and Demi Moore. It was adapted for the screen by Aaron Sorkin from his play of the same name. A courtroom drama, the film revolves around the trial of two U.S...
,
FlatlinersFlatliners is a 1990 American thriller film starring Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin and Oliver Platt as medical students using physical science in an attempt to find out if there's anything out there beyond death by conducting clandestine experiments with near-death...
,
Young GunsYoung Guns is a 1988 action/western film, directed by Christopher Cain and written by John Fusco. The film was the first to be produced by Morgan Creek Productions...
,
The VanishingThe Vanishing is a 1993 thriller starring Jeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland and Nancy Travis. It is an American remake of a 1988 Franco-Dutch film, also directed by George Sluizer.-Plot:...
,
The Three MusketeersThe Three Musketeers is a 1993 film from Walt Disney Pictures and Caravan Pictures, directed by Stephen Herek from a screenplay by David Loughery and starring Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Tim Curry and Rebecca De Mornay....
, Eye for an Eye, Dark City,
A Time To KillA Time to Kill is a 1996 film adaptation of John Grisham's 1989 legal thriller novel of the same name. Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film features an ensemble cast that includes Sandra Bullock, Samuel L...
, and
The SentinelThe Sentinel is a 2006 action thriller film about a veteran United States Secret Service bodyguard who is suspected as a traitor after an attempted assassination of the president reveals that someone within the Service is providing information to the assassins...
.
The actor is also a frequent collaborator with director
Joel SchumacherJoel T. Schumacher is an American film director, screenwriter and producer.-Early life:Schumacher was born in New York City, the son of Marian and Francis Schumacher. His mother was a Swedish Jew, and his father was a Baptist from Knoxville, Tennessee, who died when Joel was four years old...
, and has appeared in
The Lost BoysThe Lost Boys is a 1987 American teen comedy horror film directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Dianne Wiest, Edward Herrmann, Alex Winter, Jamison Newlander, and Barnard Hughes....
,
FlatlinersFlatliners is a 1990 American thriller film starring Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin and Oliver Platt as medical students using physical science in an attempt to find out if there's anything out there beyond death by conducting clandestine experiments with near-death...
,
Phone BoothPhone Booth is a 2002 American suspense-thriller film about a man who is held hostage in a telephone booth by a sniper. It stars Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Katie Holmes, and Radha Mitchell. The film was directed by Joel Schumacher, with music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams...
and the big screen adaptation of
A Time to KillA Time to Kill is a 1996 film adaptation of John Grisham's 1989 legal thriller novel of the same name. Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film features an ensemble cast that includes Sandra Bullock, Samuel L...
, in which he appeared onscreen with his father Donald for the first time in his career.
In 2005, Sutherland was inducted into
Canada's Walk of FameCanada's Walk of Fame , located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a walk of fame that acknowledges the achievements and accomplishments of successful Canadians...
in Toronto, where both of his parents have also been inducted. In 2009, he was awarded a star on the
Hollywood Walk of FameThe Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California...
. Sutherland was the first
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guest to be the child of a former guest; his father, Donald, appeared on the show in 1998. Sutherland was featured on the cover of the April 2006 edition of
Rolling StoneRolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
, in an article entitled "Alone in the Dark with Kiefer Sutherland." The article began with Sutherland revealing his interest to be killed off in 24. However, he stated, "Don't get me wrong. I love what I do." It also revealed that he devoted 10 months a year working on 24.
He has starred in Japanese commercials for Calorie Mate, performing a parody of his Jack Bauer character. Sutherland also provides voice-overs for the current ad campaign for the
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. In mid-2006, he voiced the Apple, Inc. advertisement announcing the inclusion of
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chips in their
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computer line. He also voices the introduction to NHL games on the
VersusVersus is a sports-oriented cable television channel in the United States. It was previously known as Outdoor Life Network and was launched on July 1, 1995, focusing on fishing, hunting, and other outdoor sports...
network in the U.S. He has appeared in a Brazilian TV commercials for
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sedan and a voice-over for a commercial for
Bank of AmericaBank of America Corporation, an American multinational banking and financial services corporation, is the second largest bank holding company in the United States by assets, and the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by market capitalization. The bank is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina...
. He voiced Sgt. Roebuck in
Treyarch'sTreyarch is an American video game developer company, founded in 1996 by Peter Akemann and Doğan Köslü , and acquired by Activision in 2001...
video game
Call of Duty: World at WarCall of Duty: World at War is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision for PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360. It is generally considered to be the fifth mainstream game of the Call of Duty series and returns the setting to World War II. The game was...
.
Sutherland is currently a celebrity producer of
The 1 Second FilmThe 1 Second Film is a non-profit collaborative art project being created by thousands of people around the world, including many celebrities....
. In 2011, he made his Broadway debut, opposite Brian Cox, Jim Gaffigan, Chris Noth and Jason Patric in the Broadway revival of
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, which opened in March 2011. The show has since closed. Sutherland is currently preparing to film the pilot for the new
FoxFox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
series
TouchTouch is an upcoming American television series written and created by Tim Kring. On February 22, 2011, it was announced that Kiefer Sutherland would star in the series. On September 22, 2011, Fox announced that they were picking up Touch for a 13-episode season, to premiere sometime in the spring...
. Sutherland will play the father of an autistic boy, who communicates to his father through numbers and mathematics, because he cannot bear to be touched.
24
Since 2001, Sutherland has been associated most widely with the role of
Jack BauerJack Bauer is the main protagonist of the American television series 24. His character has worked in various capacities on the show, often as a member of the fictional Counter Terrorist Unit based in Los Angeles, and working with the FBI in Washington, D.C...
, on the critically acclaimed television series
2424 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
. After being nominated four times for the "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series"
Primetime Emmy AwardThe Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming...
, Sutherland won the award in 2006 for his role in 24s fifth season. In the opening skit of the 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards, Sutherland made an appearance as his 24 character, Jack Bauer. He was also nominated for Best actor in a Drama Television Series in the 2007 Golden Globe Awards for 24. According to his 2006 contract, his salary of $40 million for three seasons of the show made him the highest-earning actor on television. Sutherland constantly emphasizes that the show is merely "entertainment." The Dean of the
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,
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Patrick Finnegan, visited the set of 24 in February 2007 to urge the show's makers to reduce the number of torture scenes and Sutherland accepted an invitation from the U.S. military to tell West Point cadets that it is wrong to torture prisoners. In an interview with
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Magazine,
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tells that it would be an "unbearable loss" if they killed off Sutherland's character. In an interview with Charlie Rose on January 12, 2007, Sutherland made clear statements of his opposition to torture, specifically that, "...it is widely known that you can torture someone and they'll basically tell you exactly what you want to hear, whether it's true or not, if you put someone in enough pain. Torture is not a way of procuring information. The way of procuring information is in fact quite the opposite, and unfortunately that takes a lot of time." (see minute 19:00) In another interview on November 20, 2008, Rose asked Sutherland, "You'd shut down Guantanamo tomorrow, would you not?" Sutherland's reply, "Me personally? Absolutely. And unless you can charge those detainees, I'd let them go too. The Constitution makes that really clear." (see minute 18:30)
On 24 March 2009, Sutherland reported to the Associated Press that he will be back for an 8th season.
On 14 February 2010, Fox TV announced they were temporarily suspending production of Season 8 of 24 due to a ruptured cyst near one of Sutherland's kidneys. According to the report, he waited a few days before going in to have "elective surgery" performed. It was anticipated that he would return after a week, but a further few days was needed and Fox reported that his return to set would be 1 March.
On 26 March 2010, it was announced that 24 would end at the conclusion of the 8th season, paving the way for the 24 feature film to go into production. Production was anticipated to begin at the beginning of 2011.
Several episodes of 24 have allegedly been rewritten to work around minor injuries Sutherland sustained when partying. In an interview with
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, Sutherland said, "I can't deny half the stuff that's been written about me has been true. I've done some stupid things. You have to take responsibility, go, 'That was embarrassing,' and move forward as best you can."
Family and relationships
Sutherland has one daughter, Sarah Jude, born 18 February 1988, from his first marriage to Camelia Kath, the widow of
ChicagoChicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. The self-described "rock and roll band with horns" began as a politically charged, sometimes experimental, rock band and later moved to a predominantly softer sound, becoming famous for producing a number of hit ballads. They had...
guitarist/singer
Terry KathTerry Alan Kath , born in Chicago, Illinois, was the original guitarist and founding member of the rock band Chicago...
, to whom he was married from 12 September 1987—1990. Through his marriage to Camelia, he became stepfather to Michelle Kath.
Sutherland has a twin sister, Rachel Sutherland, who is a TV post-production supervisor in Toronto.
Julia RobertsJulia Fiona Roberts is an American actress. She became a Hollywood star after headlining the romantic comedy Pretty Woman , which grossed $464 million worldwide...
met Sutherland in 1990, when he was her co-star in
FlatlinersFlatliners is a 1990 American thriller film starring Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin and Oliver Platt as medical students using physical science in an attempt to find out if there's anything out there beyond death by conducting clandestine experiments with near-death...
. In August 1990, Roberts and Sutherland announced their engagement, with an elaborate studio-planned wedding scheduled for 14 June 1991. Roberts broke the engagement three days before the wedding allegedly because Sutherland had been meeting with a stripper named Amanda Rice. Sutherland denied having an affair with Rice and said that they only met because he liked to play pool. On the day of what was supposed to be their wedding date, Roberts ran off to Europe with Sutherland's friend
Jason PatricJason Patric is an American film, television and stage actor. He may be best-known for his roles in the films The Lost Boys, Sleepers, Your Friends & Neighbors, Narc, The Losers and Speed 2: Cruise Control. His father was actor/playwright Jason Miller...
.
On 29 June 1996, Sutherland married Kelly Winn. The couple separated in 1999. He filed for divorce in 2004. The divorce was finalized on 16 May 2008. He had two stepsons from this marriage: Julian and Timothy.
Hobbies
Sutherland is a guitar collector, the majority of which are
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s. Recently, the Gibson Custom shop has released a guitar (signed by Sutherland), the KS-336, as part of their 'Inspired By' series. When
QueenQueen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...
appeared on
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in 2006 for the Rock Honors Event, Sutherland gave Queen's introduction and announced that they are his favourite band, and that he has listened to them ever since he was a child.
Sutherland is an American football fan, particularly of USC Trojans football, and recorded a birthday message for former USC head coach
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's 56th birthday. After losing a bet to friend
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over the 2010
New England PatriotsThe New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...
vs.
Baltimore RavensThe Baltimore Ravens are a professional football franchise based in Baltimore, Maryland.The Baltimore Ravens are officially a quasi-expansion franchise, having originated in 1995 with the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy after Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced his...
playoff game, Sutherland was forced to appear on the
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wearing a dress.He is also a
NASCARThe National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
fan. He narrated the
IMAXIMAX is a motion picture film format and a set of proprietary cinema projection standards created by the Canadian company IMAX Corporation. IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film systems...
film NASCAR: The IMAX Experience. Additionally, his character
Jack BauerJack Bauer is the main protagonist of the American television series 24. His character has worked in various capacities on the show, often as a member of the fictional Counter Terrorist Unit based in Los Angeles, and working with the FBI in Washington, D.C...
in
2424 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
has used the name of team owner
Jack RoushJack Roush is the founder, CEO, and co-owner along with John Henry of Roush Fenway Racing, a NASCAR team headquartered in Concord, North Carolina, and is Chairman of the Board of Roush Enterprises....
as an alias.
Additionally, Sutherland paints. One of his paintings served as the cover art for the twelfth edition of the Live X acoustic compilation series released by the American alternative rock radio station WNNX.
In the late 1990s, Sutherland, inspired by the experience in his films
Young GunsYoung Guns is a 1988 action/western film, directed by Christopher Cain and written by John Fusco. The film was the first to be produced by Morgan Creek Productions...
, The Cowboy Way, and Cowboy Up, retired from acting briefly to pursue the
rodeoRodeo is a competitive sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later the United States, Canada, South America and Australia. It was based on the skills required of the working vaqueros and later, cowboys, in what today is the western United States,...
circuit. He purchased a 900 acres (3.6 km²) ranch in Montana, and travelled on the road with the rodeo, he participated in numerous roping contests, two of which he won in Phoenix and Albuquerque.
Legal troubles
Sutherland was arrested early on 25 September 2007, on drunk driving charges, his second time since another incident in 2004, after performing poorly on a field sobriety test. His test exceeded the state's legal blood alcohol limit, and he was later released on a $25,000 bail. Sutherland pleaded
no contest is a legal term that comes from the Latin for "I do not wish to contend." It is also referred to as a plea of no contest.In criminal trials, and in some common law jurisdictions, it is a plea where the defendant neither admits nor disputes a charge, serving as an alternative to a pleading of...
to the
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charge and was sentenced to 48 days in jail. Initially, he arranged to split his sentence and spend 18 days in jail during 24's winter break in late December and early January 2008; the Hollywood writers' strike interrupted production, allowing him to serve his sentence in 48 consecutive days.
Sutherland surrendered to NYPD on 7 May 2009 for
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fashion designer Jack McCollough, founder and co-designer of
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, at the Mercer Hotel in
SoHoSoHo is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City, notable for being the location of many artists' lofts and art galleries, and also, more recently, for the wide variety of stores and shops ranging from trendy boutiques to outlets of upscale national and international chain stores...
following a fundraiser for the
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. Several weeks later, Sutherland and McCollough issued a joint statement in which Sutherland apologized; Police later dropped the charges.
Business ventures
Sutherland is the co-owner (along with
Jude ColeJude Cole is a manager, record producer and singer/songwriter/guitarist.-Career:Cole's solo records, "Jude Cole", "A View from 3rd Street" and "Start the Car" were released on Warner Bros./Reprise Records, and contained the singles "Baby, It's Tonight", "Time for Letting Go" and "Start the Car"...
) of the independent record label
IronworksIronworks is a small independent record label created and owned by the lead actor of the Fox TV hit series 24, Kiefer Sutherland, and his long time friend and fellow musician, Jude Cole....
.
Sutherland had reportedly fallen victim to a financial scam involving
cattleCattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius...
in 2010. The perpetrator, Michael Wayne Carr, allegedly took US$869,000 from Sutherland, ostensibly on the account of steers to be purchased, according to The AP. Prosecutors alleged that Carr never purchased the steers. Carr pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay US$956,000 in restitution to Sutherland and his investment partner.
Filmography
Film and television (acting)
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Title |
Role |
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| 1983 |
Max Dugan ReturnsMax Dugan Returns is a 1983 American comedy-drama film starring Jason Robards as the titular Max Dugan, Marsha Mason as his daughter Nora, Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland, and Matthew Broderick as grandson Michael...
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Bill |
Appeared with his father, Donald SutherlandDonald McNichol Sutherland, OC is a Canadian 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, , MASH , and Kelly's Heroes , as well as in such popular films as Klute, Invasion of the...
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| 1984 |
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Donald Campbell |
Nominated - Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role The Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian actor.-1st Genie Awards:* Christopher Plummer, Murder by Decree...
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| 1985 |
Amazing Stories Amazing Stories is a fantasy, horror, and science fiction television anthology series created by Steven Spielberg. It ran on NBC from 1985 to 1987, and was somewhat erratically screened in Britain by BBC1 and BBC2 - billed in the Radio Times as "Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories" - with episodes...
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Static |
TV Series: 1 Episode |
| 1986 |
Brotherhood of Justice Brotherhood of Justice is a 1986 American television movie starring Keanu Reeves, Billy Zane, Kiefer Sutherland, and Lori Loughlin.-Overview:...
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Victor |
TV Movie |
| 1986 |
Trapped in Silence Trapped In Silence is a 1986 film starring Kiefer Sutherland and Marsha Mason. The film is about a psychologist works with a traumatized boy with elective mutism - the patient chooses not to talk because of his trauma. Eventually the boy starts to open up to reveal his sordid story....
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Kevin Richter |
TV Movie |
| 1986 |
Stand by Me Stand by Me is a 1986 American drama film directed by Rob Reiner. Based on the novella The Body by Stephen King, the film takes its title from the Ben E. King song of the same name, which plays over the end credits.-Plot:...
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Ace Merrill |
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| 1986 |
At Close Range At Close Range is a film based on the real life rural Pennsylvania crime family led by Bruce Johnston, Sr. which operated during the 1960s and 1970s. It was released on April 18, 1986, and stars Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Mary Stuart Masterson, Millie Perkins, Candy Clark and...
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Tim |
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| 1987 |
Crazy Moon |
Brooks |
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| 1987 |
Promised Land Promised Land is a 1987 drama film written and directed by Michael Hoffman, and it stars Kiefer Sutherland and Meg Ryan. It is set in Utah and is apparently based on a true story...
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Danny |
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| 1987 |
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David |
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| 1987 |
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The Stranger |
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| 1988 |
Bright Lights, Big CityBright Lights, Big City is a 1988 drama film starring Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland and Phoebe Cates, based on the novel of the same name by Jay McInerney. It was the last film directed by James Bridges before his death in 1993.-Plot:...
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Tad Allagash |
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| 1988 |
Young Guns Young Guns is a 1988 action/western film, directed by Christopher Cain and written by John Fusco. The film was the first to be produced by Morgan Creek Productions...
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Josiah Gordon 'Doc' Scurlock |
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| 1988 |
1969 1969 is a 1988 drama film starring Robert Downey, Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, and Winona Ryder. It was written and directed by Ernest Thompson. The original music score is composed by Michael Small...
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Scott Denny |
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| 1989 |
Renegades Renegades is a 1989 crime film starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Kiefer Sutherland. Floyd Red Crow Westerman debuted in this film as "Red Crow", Hank Storm's father....
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Buster McHenry |
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| 1990 |
Young Guns II Young Guns II is a 1990 western film, and the sequel to Young Guns . It stars Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater, and features William Petersen as Pat Garrett. It was written and produced by John Fusco and directed by Geoff Murphy.It follows the life of...
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Josiah Gordon 'Doc' Scurlock |
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| 1990 |
Flatliners Flatliners is a 1990 American thriller film starring Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin and Oliver Platt as medical students using physical science in an attempt to find out if there's anything out there beyond death by conducting clandestine experiments with near-death...
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Nelson |
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| 1990 |
Chicago Joe and the ShowgirlChicago Joe and the Showgirl is a 1990 British crime drama film directed by Bernard Rose and written by David Yallop. The film was inspired by the real-life Hulten/Jones murder case of 1944, famously known as the Cleft Chin Murder.-Plot:...
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Karl Hulten |
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| 1990 |
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The Nutcracker Prince |
Voice Only |
| 1990 |
Flashback |
John Buckner |
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| 1992 |
Article 99 Article 99 is a 1992 American dramatic film written by Ron Cutler and directed by Howard Deutch. It was produced by Orion Pictures and starred Kiefer Sutherland, Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker, John C. McGinley, Rutanya Alda and Lea Thompson...
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Dr. Peter Morgan |
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| 1992 |
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me |
Sam Stanley |
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| 1992 |
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Lt. Jonathan James Kendrick |
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| 1993 |
Last Light Last Light is a 1993 film starring Forest Whitaker, Kiefer Sutherland, and Danny Trejo.-Plot:The film is about awaiting execution. Denver Bayliss gains an unlikely friend and confidant in Fred Whitmore , a former cop who is now a prison guard. Whitmore's life is a mess, however: he shuts out his...
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Denver Bayliss |
TV Movie
Also Director |
| 1993 |
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Athos Olivier d'Athos de la Fère, Comte de la Fère is a fictional character, a Musketeer of the Guard in the novels The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père....
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| 1993 |
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Jeff Harriman |
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| 1994 |
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Sonny Gilstrap |
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| 1996 |
Eye for an Eye |
Robert Doob |
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| 1996 |
Freeway |
Bob Wolverton |
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| 1996 |
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Freddie Lee Cobb |
Appeared with his father, Donald Sutherland
Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best VillainThis is a following list of the MTV Movie Award winners and nominees for Best Villain.-References:...
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| 1997 |
Armitage III: Poly-Matrix |
Ross Sylibus |
Voice Only |
| 1997 |
Truth or Consequences, N.M.Truth or Consequences, N.M. is a 1997 American neo-noir film directed by Kiefer Sutherland, in his directorial debut. The film was executive produced by Phillip M. Goldfarb and features Sutherland, Vincent Gallo, Mykelti Williamson, Kevin Pollak, Max Perlich, Rod Steiger and Kim Dickens among others...
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Curtis Freley |
Also Director |
| 1998 |
Dark City |
Dr. Daniel Schreber |
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| 1998 |
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Rat Kiley |
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| 1998 |
Break Up Break Up is a 1998 thriller starring Bridget Fonda, Kiefer Sutherland, and Steven Weber.- Cast :* Bridget Fonda as Jimmy Dade* Hart Bochner as Frankie Dade* Kiefer Sutherland as Officer John Box* Steven Weber as Officer Andrew Ramsey...
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John Box |
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| 1998 |
Ground Control Ground Control is a 1998 disaster thriller film starring Kiefer Sutherland.-Synopsis:Chicago air traffic controller Jack Harris, though cleared of responsibility for a major Transair crash, killing all 174 aboard, gives up the job and designs air control software. Five years later, his...
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Jack Harris |
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| 1999 |
After Alice After Alice is a 1999 mystery thriller directed by Paul Marcus and written by Jeff Miller. The film stars Kiefer Sutherland as Detective Mickey Hayden.- Summary :...
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Detective Michael "Mick" Hayden |
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| 1999 |
Watership DownWatership Down is an animated television series, adapted from the novel of the same name by Richard Adams. It was a co-production of Alltime Entertainment of the United Kingdom and Decode Entertainment of Canada, and produced by Martin Rosen, the director of the 1978 feature film...
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Hickory |
TV Series: 3 Episodes
Voice Only |
| 2000 |
Beat Beat is 2000 American drama film written and directed by Gary Walkow, concerning the period of writer William S. Burroughs's life that he spent with his wife, the late Joan Vollmer, leading up to her accidental murder in 1951....
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William S. BurroughsWilliam Seward Burroughs II was an American novelist, poet, essayist and spoken word performer. A primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodernist author, he is considered to be "one of the most politically trenchant, culturally influential, and innovative artists of the 20th...
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| 2000 |
Woman Wanted Woman Wanted is a film directed by Kiefer Sutherland. It is based on a novel by Joanna McClelland Glass who also wrote the screenplay. The story is about a woman who works as a housekeeper for a widower and his son. It stars Sutherland, Holly Hunter, Michael Moriarty and Sutherland's own mother,...
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Wendell Goddard |
Also Director |
| 2000 |
Picking Up the Pieces Picking Up the Pieces is a 2000 film directed by Alfonso Arau and starring Woody Allen.-Story:Allen plays Tex, a butcher who kills his unfaithful wife Candy, played by Sharon Stone. After cutting up the body, Tex buries most of her body parts in the desert in New Mexico. A blind woman accidentally...
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Bobo |
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| 2000 |
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Michael Farrow-Smith |
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| 2001 |
Cowboy Up |
Hank Braxton |
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| 2001 |
To End All Wars To End All Wars is a 2001 war film starring Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland and Sakae Kimura and directed by David L. Cunningham.- Storyline :...
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Lt. Jim Reardon |
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| 2001–10 |
2424 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
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Jack Bauer |
TV Series: 192 Episodes
Also Executive Producer
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (2002)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (2006)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series This page lists the winners and nominees for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, since its institution in 1951. The award is often cited as one of the "main awards" at the Emmys ceremonies, and has changed names many times in its history. It was first called Best Dramatic Show...
(2006)
Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (2002-2003)
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (2004,2006)
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (2003-2007)
Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (2002-2005,2007)
Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama SeriesThis page lists the winners and nominees for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, since its institution in 1951. The award is often cited as one of the "main awards" at the Emmys ceremonies, and has changed names many times in its history. It was first called Best Dramatic Show...
(2003-2005,2007)
Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2003,2005)
Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (2004,2006) |
| 2002 |
Dead Heat Dead Heat is a 2002 action comedy drama film starring Kiefer Sutherland and Anthony LaPaglia and directed by Mark Malone.-Synopsis:A cop forced into retirement by ill health is persuaded by his brother to buy a race horse...
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Phally |
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| 2002 |
Desert Saints Desert Saints is a 2002 film starring Kiefer Sutherland as a hitman named Arthur Banks. He stars alongside Melora Walters and Jamey Sheridan.-Plot:...
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Arthur Banks |
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| 2002 |
Behind the Red Door |
Roy |
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| 2003 |
Phone BoothPhone Booth is a 2002 American suspense-thriller film about a man who is held hostage in a telephone booth by a sniper. It stars Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Katie Holmes, and Radha Mitchell. The film was directed by Joel Schumacher, with music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams...
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The Caller |
Theatrical release was delayed due to the Beltway sniper attacks The Washington sniper attacks took place during three weeks in October 2002 in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Ten people were killed and three others critically injured in various locations throughout the Washington Metropolitan Area and along Interstate 95 in Virginia...
in October 2002.
Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best VillainThis is a following list of the MTV Movie Award winners and nominees for Best Villain.-References:...
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| 2003 |
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Bron (Littlefoot's father) |
Voice Only |
| 2003 |
Paradise Found Paradise Found is a 2003 biographical film based on the life of Post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin.-Plot:The film covers a later part of Gauguin's life when he resigned his job as a stock broker to paint full-time and journey to Polynesia...
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Paul Gauguin |
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| 2004 |
Taking Lives Taking Lives is a 2004 psychological thriller film starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke. The film was marketed with the tagline "He would kill to be you."...
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Hart |
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| 2004 |
NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience |
Narrator |
Voice Only |
| 2005 |
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Narrator |
Voice Only
TV Movie |
| 2005 |
River QueenRiver Queen is a 2005 New Zealand film directed by Vincent Ward and starring Samantha Morton, Kiefer Sutherland and Cliff Curtis. The film opened to mixed reviews but performed well at the local box-office.-Plot:...
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Doyle |
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| 2006 |
I Trust You to Kill Me |
Himself |
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| 2006 |
24: The Game24: The Game is a third-person shooter video game, based on the FOX television series, 24. The game was developed by Sony Computer Entertainment's Cambridge Studios and was published by 2K Games for PlayStation 2. It was announced on March 30, 2005 and first released in North America on February...
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Jack Bauer |
Voice Only
Video Game |
| 2006 |
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David Breckinridge |
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| 2006 |
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Samson the Lion |
Voice Only |
| 2006–11 |
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The Colonel/Jack BauerJack Bauer is the main protagonist of the American television series 24. His character has worked in various capacities on the show, often as a member of the fictional Counter Terrorist Unit based in Los Angeles, and working with the FBI in Washington, D.C...
/Wayne |
Voice Only
TV Series: 3 Episodes |
| 2007 |
American Misfits |
Himself |
TV Series |
| 2008 |
Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight is a 2008 animated film, the first to be based on the Dragonlance campaign setting of Dungeons & Dragons. It is based on the first novel in the setting, Dragons of Autumn Twilight by co-creators Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, both of whom supplied creative...
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Raistlin MajereRaistlin Majere is a fictional character from the Dragonlance series of books created by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Raistlin played an extensive role in the two main series of books, particularly in Dragonlance: Legends in which he was both primary protagonist and antagonist...
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Voice Only |
| 2008 |
Mirrors Mirrors is a 2008 horror film directed by Alexandre Aja, and stars Kiefer Sutherland. The film was first titled Into the Mirror, but the name was later changed to Mirrors...
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Ben Carson |
Also Executive Producer |
| 2008 |
Call of Duty: World at War Call of Duty: World at War is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision for PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360. It is generally considered to be the fifth mainstream game of the Call of Duty series and returns the setting to World War II. The game was...
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Sgt. Roebuck |
Voice Only
Video Game |
| 2008 |
Corner Gas Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV and The Comedy Network in Canada; it formerly aired on WGN America in the United States....
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Himself |
TV Series: 1 Episode - cameo appearance |
| 2008 |
24: Redemption |
Jack Bauer |
TV Movie
Also Executive Producer
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie |
| 2009 |
Monsters vs. Aliens Monsters vs. Aliens is a 2009 American computer-animated 3-D science fiction film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures...
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Gen. W.R. Monger |
Voice Only |
| 2010 |
Twelve Twelve is a 2010 crime film directed by Joel Schumacher. The film was written by Jordan Melamed, adapted from the novel of the same name by Nick McDonell. The film tells a story of drug addiction, violence, and sex among wealthy teenagers from Manhattan's Upper East Side...
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Narrator |
Voice Only |
| 2010 |
Marmaduke Marmaduke is an American live action film adaptation of Brad Anderson's comic strip Marmaduke. The film centers on a rural Kansas family and their pets – a Great Dane named Marmaduke and a Balinese cat named Carlos – as the family relocates to California.-Plot:Marmaduke is a Great Dane living in...
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Bosco |
Voice Only |
| 2011 |
Melancholia |
John |
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| 2011 |
The Confession The Confession is a 10-part web series created by Kiefer Sutherland, written and directed by Brad Mirman, and starring Kiefer Sutherland and John Hurt. It premiered on Hulu on 28 March 2011. Each episode is around five to nine minutes long...
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The Confessor |
Also Executive Producer |
| 2011 |
Touch Touch is an upcoming American television series written and created by Tim Kring. On February 22, 2011, it was announced that Kiefer Sutherland would star in the series. On September 22, 2011, Fox announced that they were picking up Touch for a 13-episode season, to premiere sometime in the spring...
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Martin Bohm |
Pre-production
Also Executive Producer |
| 2012 |
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is a fighting game in the Tekken series and the successor to 1999's Tekken Tag Tournament. The game was released in Japanese arcades on September 14, 2011 and will be released on the PlayStation 3 sometime in 2012...
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Heihachi Mishima |
UK and Europe version in PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 only. |
Film and television (directing)
| Year |
Title |
Notes |
| 1993 |
Last Light Last Light is a 1993 film starring Forest Whitaker, Kiefer Sutherland, and Danny Trejo.-Plot:The film is about awaiting execution. Denver Bayliss gains an unlikely friend and confidant in Fred Whitmore , a former cop who is now a prison guard. Whitmore's life is a mess, however: he shuts out his...
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TV movie |
| 1995 |
Fallen AngelsFallen Angels was an American neo-noir anthology television series that ran from 1993 to 1995 on the Showtime pay cable station and was produced by Propaganda Films. No first-run episodes were shown in 1994....
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TV series; 1 episode |
| 1997 |
Truth or Consequences, N.M.Truth or Consequences, N.M. is a 1997 American neo-noir film directed by Kiefer Sutherland, in his directorial debut. The film was executive produced by Phillip M. Goldfarb and features Sutherland, Vincent Gallo, Mykelti Williamson, Kevin Pollak, Max Perlich, Rod Steiger and Kim Dickens among others...
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| 2000 |
Woman Wanted Woman Wanted is a film directed by Kiefer Sutherland. It is based on a novel by Joanna McClelland Glass who also wrote the screenplay. The story is about a woman who works as a housekeeper for a widower and his son. It stars Sutherland, Holly Hunter, Michael Moriarty and Sutherland's own mother,...
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credited as Alan Smithee Alan Smithee was an official pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project, coined in 1968. Until its use was formally discontinued in 2000, it was the sole pseudonym used by members of the Directors Guild of America when a director dissatisfied with the final product proved to...
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| 2008 |
Broken "Broken" is a song by American alternative band Lifehouse. It is the third single released from their fourth studio album, Who We Are . The song was written by Lifehouse lead singer Jason Wade, who was inspired to write the song after he visited a friend in Nashville who needed a kidney transplant...
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Music video |
| 2008 |
Little Toy Gun |
Music video |
Awards and nominations
Ranked #68 on the 2006 Forbes Celebrity 100 list of the world's most powerful celebrities. His earnings were a reported $23 million.
DVD Exclusive AwardsThe DVD Exclusive Awards is an award that honors direct to video productions. The awards were first held in 2001. They are awarded by online periodical Video Business and The Digital Entertainment Group....
- 2003: nominated for best actor — Dead Heat
Dead Heat is a 2002 action comedy drama film starring Kiefer Sutherland and Anthony LaPaglia and directed by Mark Malone.-Synopsis:A cop forced into retirement by ill health is persuaded by his brother to buy a race horse...
Emmy Awards
- 2002: nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
- 2002: nominated for Outstanding Drama Series — 24
- 2003: nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
- 2003: nominated for Outstanding Drama Series — 24
- 2004: nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
- 2004: nominated for Outstanding Drama Series — 24
- 2005: nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
- 2005: nominated for Outstandinng Drama Series — 24
- 2006: won for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
- 2006: won for Outstanding Drama Series — 24
- 2007: nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
- 2009: nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie — 24: Redemption
Genie Awards
- 1985: nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role — The Bay Boy
The Bay Boy is a 1984 Canadian film. It is a semi-autobiographical film based on director Daniel Petrie's experiences of growing up in Glace Bay, a mining town on Cape Breton Island, during the Great Depression...
Golden Globe Awards
- 2002: won for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
- 2003: nominated for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
- 2004: nominated for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
- 2006: nominated for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
- 2007: nominated for Best Performance by an actor in a drama television series — 24
- 2009: nominated for Best Performance by an actor in a television movie — 24: Redemption
Monte-Carlo TV FestivalThe Monte-Carlo Television Festival was created in 16-20 January 1961 by Prince Rainier III of Monaco, who wished to “encourage a new art form, in the service of peace and understanding between men”....
- 2006: won for Best International Producer — 24
- 2006: won for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
MTV Movie AwardsThe MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV . It also contains movie parodies that used official movie footage with hosts and other celebrities and music performances. The nominees are decided by producers and executives at MTV. Winners are decided online by the general...
- 1997: nominated for Best Villain — A Time to Kill
A Time to Kill is a 1989 legal suspense thriller by John Grisham. Grisham's first novel, it was rejected by many publishers before Wynwood Press eventually gave it a modest 5,000-copy printing...
- 2004: nominated for Best Villain — Phone Booth
Phone Booth is a 2002 American suspense-thriller film about a man who is held hostage in a telephone booth by a sniper. It stars Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Katie Holmes, and Radha Mitchell. The film was directed by Joel Schumacher, with music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams...
People's Choice AwardsThe People's Choice Awards is an American awards show recognizing the people and the work of popular culture. The show has been held annually since 1975 and is voted on by the general public. The People's Choice Awards air on CBS and are produced by Procter & Gamble and Survivor magnate Mark Burnett...
- 2005: nominated for Favorite Male TV Star
- 2006: nominated for Favorite Male TV Star — 24
- 2007: nominated for Favorite Male TV Star
- 2009: nominated for Favorite Male TV Star
Satellite AwardsThe Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards.- Film :*Best Actor – Drama*Best Actor – Musical or Comedy*Best Actress – Drama...
- 2002: won for Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Drama — 24
- 2003: won for Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Drama — 24
- 2009: nominated for Best Television Film - 24: Redemption
Screen Actors Guild AwardsA Screen Actors Guild Award is an accolade given by the Screen Actors Guild to recognize outstanding performances by its members. The statuette given, a nude male figure holding both a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy, is called "The Actor"...
- 2003: nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series — 24
- 2003: nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series — 24
- 2004: won for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series — 24
- 2005: nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series — 24
- 2005: nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series — 24
- 2006: won for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series — 24
- 2009: nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie - 24: Redemption
Slamdunk Film FestivalThe Slamdunk Film Festival was a "counter-festival" in Park City, Utah, held during the Sundance Film Festival from 1998 to 2003. Prior to this it had hosted screenings at Cannes and Toronto during the film festivals there.-External links:...
- 2000: won for Best Feature Film — Woman Wanted
Woman Wanted is a film directed by Kiefer Sutherland. It is based on a novel by Joanna McClelland Glass who also wrote the screenplay. The story is about a woman who works as a housekeeper for a widower and his son. It stars Sutherland, Holly Hunter, Michael Moriarty and Sutherland's own mother,...
Teen Choice AwardsThe Teen Choice Awards, are an annual awards show that air on the Fox cable channel, that honor the year's biggest biggest achievements in music, movies, sports, television, fashion and more, voted by teen viewers aged 14 through 17. Winners receive an authentic full size surfboard designed with...
- 2003: nominated for Choice TV Actor – Drama/Action Adventure — 24
- 2005: nominated for Choice TV Cast
- 2006: nominated for Choice TV Actor — 24
- 2006: nominated for Choice TV Actor – Drama/Action Adventure — 24
- 2010: nominated for Choice TV Actor – Action — 24
Television Critics Association Awards
- 2002: nominated for Individual Achievement in Drama — 24
- 2003: nominated for Individual Achievement in Drama — 24
- 2004: nominated for Individual Achievement in Drama — 24
- 2005: nominated for Individual Achievement in Drama — 24
- 2006: nominated for Individual Achievement in Drama — 24
- 2009: nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Mini-Series and Specials — 24: Redemption
Western Heritage Awards
- 1989: won Theatrical Motion Picture — Young Guns
Young Guns is a 1988 action/western film, directed by Christopher Cain and written by John Fusco. The film was the first to be produced by Morgan Creek Productions...
External links
Interviews and articles