Trivia

Birth name: Donald McNichol Sutherland 

Date of birth: 17 July 1935 

Place of birth: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada 

Height: 6' 4" (1.93 m) 

Spouse: Francine Racette (1972 - present) 3 children, Shirley Douglas (1966 - 1970) (divorced) 2 children, Lois Hardwick (1959 - 1966) (divorced) 

Grew up in the town of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia where he also graduated from high school.

His first part-time job was as a news correspondent for local radio station, CKBW.

Graduated from University of Toronto

Was a member of "UC Follies" comedy troupe in Toronto.

Radio interview with Michael Enright on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's "This Morning" [29 February 2000]

Turned down starring in The Sweet Hereafter (1997) because the salary was too low. His role eventually went to Ian Holm.

Dubbed (uncredited) the part taken by English actor William Devlin in The Shuttered Room (1967).

In addition to an on-screen bit part as a computer scientist in Billion Dollar Brain (1967), he also provided the mechanical voice for the eponymous "brain".

Has three sons with Racette, Roeg Sutherland (b. 1974), Rossif Sutherland (b. 1978) and Angus Redford Sutherland (b. 1979).

He was featured in the computer game Conspiracy (digitized video and sound).

Both Sutherland and Alan Alda, who took up the role of Hawkeye in the TV version of "M*A*S*H" (1972) suffered from polio as children.

Starred in the remake of The Italian Job (1969), which starred Michael Caine. Sutherland and Caine appeared together in Hamlet (1964/III) (TV).

Former son-in-law of Tommy Douglas

In 2003, twice played a character who dies who was the father of a young woman, in Cold Mountain (2003) and The Italian Job (2003).

Father, with Douglas, of Kiefer Sutherland and Rachel Sutherland.

Even though he receives top billing in The Day of the Locust (1975), he doesn't appear in the film for the first 42 minutes.

Appears throughout MASH (1970) wearing glasses and a fishing bucket hat. This look was later mirrored by his son, Kiefer Sutherland, in Article 99 (1992).

By the time he was 14, he had become a radio DJ.

Appeared in The Day of the Locust (1975) as a character named Homer Simpson, and then later made a guest appearance on "The Simpsons" (1989).

He and MASH (1970) co-star Elliott Gould both own apartments in the same Manhattan high-rise luxury building.

Being very tall, Sutherland has long since had a habit of slouching over so he could meet other actors eye to eye.

As with son Kiefer Sutherland, named after director Warren Kiefer, he named his other son, Roeg Sutherland, Kiefer's half-brother, after Don't Look Now (1973) director Nicolas Roeg.

He was originally cast as Franklyn Madson in Dead Again (1991), but was eventually replaced by Derek Jacobi.

Has two roles in common with Alan Alda. Sutherland played Flan in Six Degrees of Separation (1993), the role Alda played in an audiobook publication. Sutherland also played Hawkeye Pierce in MASH (1970), the role Alda played in "M*A*S*H" (1972).

Made two guest appearances on "The Saint" (1962), playing two different characters.

Is an Officer of the Order of Canada