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.
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Donald Sutherland parents: Meet Dorothy Isobel McNichol, Frederick McLea Sutherland
Donald was born to Dorothy Isobel Sutherland (1892-1956) and Frederick McLea Sutherland (1894-1983), who worked in sales and owned the local transportation, gas, and electricity companies.
Sutherland was born on July 17, 1935, in Saint John, New Brunswick. He has Scottish, English, and German origins.
He had hepatitis, poliomyelitis, and rheumatic illness as a child. He spent his teenage years in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. When he was 14 years old, he got his first part-time work as a news reporter for the nearby radio station CKBW.
Sutherland has had three marriages.
