Donald Sutherland

Sutherland in 2013 Donald McNichol Sutherland (17 July 1935 – 20 June 2024) was a Canadian actor. With a career spanning six decades, he received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards as well as a BAFTA Award nomination. Considered one of the best actors never nominated for an Academy Award, he received an Academy Honorary Award in 2017.

Sutherland rose to fame after roles in the war films ''The Dirty Dozen'' (1967), ''M*A*S*H'' (1970), and ''Kelly's Heroes'' (1970). He subsequently appeared in many leading and supporting roles, including ''Klute'' (1971), ''Don't Look Now'' (1973), ''The Day of the Locust'' (1975), ''1900'' (1976), ''Fellini's Casanova'' (1976), ''Animal House'' (1978), ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers'' (1978), ''Ordinary People'' (1980), ''Max Dugan Returns'' (1983), ''A Dry White Season'' (1989), ''JFK'' (1991), ''Six Degrees of Separation'' (1993), ''Disclosure'' (1994), ''Without Limits'' (1998), ''Space Cowboys'' (2000), ''The Italian Job'' (2003), ''Pride & Prejudice'' (2005), and ''Ad Astra'' (2019). He portrayed President Snow in ''The Hunger Games'' franchise (2012–2015).

On television, he portrayed Mikhail Fetisov in the HBO thriller ''Citizen X'' (1995), which earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He played Clark Clifford in the HBO biographical war film ''Path to War'' (2002) for which he received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. He also acted in the NBC war drama ''Uprising'' (2001), the miniseries ''Human Trafficking'' (2005), the FX drama series ''Trust'' (2018), and the HBO mystery limited series ''The Undoing'' (2020).

Sutherland was made an Officer of the Order of Canada (OC) in 1978, raised to Companion (CC) in 2019, inducted into the Canadian Walk of Fame in 2000 and the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011. He is the father of Kiefer, Rossif, and Angus Sutherland, all actors. Sutherland was a prominent voice in politics throughout his life and was particularly vocal during the Vietnam War, where he was an anti-war activist. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Integrating Laboratory and Epidemiological Techniques for Population-Based Surveillance of HIV Strains and Drug Resistance in Canada by Gayatri C Jayaraman, Chris P Archibald, Lee Li Lior, Donald Sutherland

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