Canadian actor Donald McNichol Sutherland CC, born on July 17, 1935, has worked in movies for more than six decades.
His performances in the television movies Citizen X (1995) and Path to War (2002) got him two Golden Globe nominations and two victories; the first also garnered him a Primetime Emmy nomination.
Who is Donald Sutherland wife Shirley Douglas?
Shirley was the second wife of Donald. Their union lasted from 1966 to 1970. Shirley Douglas was a social democrat politician in Canada.
She was the daughter of Tommy Douglas, who is regarded as the “founder” of that country’s universal healthcare system.
Donald and Shirley gave birth to twins Kiefer and Rachel Sutherland.
He was honoured with both a Canadian and Hollywood Walk of Fame induction as well as a Canadian Academy Award for the drama movie Threshold (1981).
He has been named by numerous film critics and media sources as one of the best performers who was never nominated for an Academy Award. He was given an Academy Honorary Award in 2017 in recognition of his services to cinema.
Donald received the Critics’ Choice Television Award for in 2021 for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries for his work in the HBO miniseries The Undoing (2020).
