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Donald
McNichol Sutherland, (born July 17, 1935) is a prolific
Canadian actor with a film career spanning over 40
years. His first great successes came with the three war
films The Dirty Dozen in 1967 with Lee Marvin and
Charles Bronson, in 1970 as the lead Benjamin Franklin
"Hawkeye" Pierce in Robert Altman's M*A*S*H
(film) and as tank commander Sgt. Oddball in Kelly's
Heroes with Clint
Eastwood and Telly Savalas. Sutherland had an
intimate relationship (on and off-screen) with actress
Jane Fonda, during the filming of the Academy
award-winning detective thriller Klute. In more recent
years, Sutherland has been noted for his role as the
Reverend Monroe in the civil war drama Cold Mountain
(2003), in the re-make of The Italian Job (2003), in the
TV series Commander in Chief (2005-2006) and in Pride
and Prejudice (2005) starring alongside Keira Knightley.
He earned an Emmy nomination in 2006 for his performance
in the TV movie "Human Trafficking".
Sutherland currently stars as Tripp Darling in the
prime-time serial, Dirty Sexy Money, for ABC.
Sutherland's distinctive voice was also used in many
radio and television commercials, including those for
Volvo automobiles. Sutherland's son, Kiefer
Sutherland is also a successful actor, best known
for his role as Jack Bauer on the TV action thriller
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