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Kiefer Sutherland
at The Paley Center for Media, Nov. 2008
Born
Kiefer William Fredrick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland[1]

(1966-12-21) 21 December 1966 (age 57)
London, England
Occupation(s)Actor, director, producer
Years active1983–present
Spouse(s)
Camelia Kath
​
(m. 1987⁠–⁠1990)​

Elizabeth Kelly Winn
​
​
(m. 1996⁠–⁠2008)​
Parent(s)Donald Sutherland
Shirley Douglas
RelativesRossif Sutherland (half-brother)
Angus Sutherland (half-brother)
Tommy Douglas
(grandfather, deceased)
Francine Racette (stepmother)
Signature

Kiefer Sutherland (born 21 December 1966) is a Canadian actor, producer and director, best known for his portrayal of Jack Bauer on the Fox thriller drama series 24. He is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe award-winner. He is the son of Canadian actors Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas.

Early life

Sutherland was born in London, England, the son of Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas, both of whom are successful Canadian actors.[2] He has Scottish ancestry from both parents, and is the grandson of Canadian politician Tommy Douglas, widely credited for bringing universal health care to Canada. Sutherland and his twin sister, Rachel, were born in London (in Saint Mary's Hospital) while his parents were working there. As a result, he is both a British citizen (by jus soli) and a Canadian citizen (by jus sanguinis).[citation needed]

He received his first given name from Warren Kiefer, the Italian director who gave his father his first movie role.[3]

His family moved to Corona, California and in 1972, his parents divorced.[2] In 1975, Sutherland moved with his mother to Toronto. He attended elementary school at Crescent Town Elementary School, St. Clair Junior High East York, and John G. Althouse Middle School in Toronto. He attended five different high schools including St. Andrew's College, Martingrove Collegiate Institute, Harbord Collegiate Institute, Silverthorn Collegiate Institute, Malvern Collegiate Institute and Annex Village Campus. He also spent a semester at Regina Mundi Catholic College in London (Ontario) and attended weekend acting lessons at Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School.

Sutherland reported on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2009) that he and Robert Downey, Jr. were room-mates for three years when he first moved to Hollywood to pursue his career in acting. In the same interview he revealed that his favourite television show of all time is Just the Ten of Us.

Career

Kiefer Sutherland's star on Canada's Walk of Fame

Stand by Me was the first film Sutherland made in the United States.[4] He played the neighbourhood bully in this coming of age story about the search for a dead body. As of 2008, Sutherland has appeared in more than 70 films, most notably The Lost Boys, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, A Few Good Men, Flatliners, Young Guns, The Vanishing, The Three Musketeers, Eye for an Eye, Dark City, To End All Wars and A Time To Kill, The Sentinel and Mirrors. In 2005, Sutherland was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto,[5] where both of his parents have also been inducted. Sutherland was also the first Inside the Actors Studio guest to be the child of a former guest; his father, Donald, appeared on the show in 1998.[2] Sutherland was featured on the cover of the April 2006 edition of Rolling Stone, in an article entitled "Alone in the Dark with Kiefer Sutherland". The article began with Sutherland revealing his interest to be killed off in 24. However, he stated, "Don't get me wrong. I love what I do." It also revealed that he devotes 10 months a year working on 24.[1][dead link]

Sutherland holding his check for The 1 Second Film.

He has starred in Japanese commercials for Calorie Mate, performing a parody of his Jack Bauer character. Sutherland also provides voice-overs for the current ad campaign for the Ford Motor Company of Canada. In mid-2006, he voiced the Apple Computer advertisement announcing the inclusion of Intel chips in their Macintosh computer line.[6] He also voices the introduction to NHL games on the Versus network in the U.S. Recently, he has starred in Brazilian TV commercials for Citroën C4 sedan. He has recently done voice-over for a commercial for Bank of America's "Keep the Change" program. He voiced Sgt. Roebuck in Treyarch's video game Call of Duty: World at War.

Sutherland will executive produce the two-hour pilot of Phenomenon. Maggie Murphy will also be an executive producer for the show. The Sci Fi Channel ordered a script to be written. The show revolves around a mysterious young female prodigy who leads a crack team of experts in investigating odd and supernatural anomalies of nature.[7] Sutherland is currently the top celebrity producer of The 1 Second Film.

As a big fan, he also narrated "The Feeling On Ice" documentary that was included on UK band The Feeling's DVD Come Home. Recently he voiced a character in the movie Monsters vs. Aliens.

In 2009, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[8]

On 2 November 2010 it was announced that Kiefer Sutherland will make his Broadway debut, opposite Brian Cox, Jim Gaffigan, Chris Noth and Jason Patric in That Championship Season which will open in March 2011.[9]

24

Sutherland signs an autograph at Green Hill conference in 2007

Since 2001, Sutherland has been associated most widely with the role of Jack Bauer, on the critically acclaimed television series 24.[2] After being nominated four times for the "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" Primetime Emmy Award, Sutherland won the award in 2006 for his role in 24's fifth season. His father, Donald, was also an Emmy winner; he won an Emmy award for his role in Citizen X in 1996. In the opening skit of the 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards, Sutherland made an appearance as his 24 character, Jack Bauer. He was also nominated for Best actor in a Drama Television Series in the 2007 Golden Globe Awards for 24. According to his latest contract, his salary of $40 million for three seasons of the show makes him the highest-earning actor on television.[10] Sutherland constantly emphasizes that the show is merely "entertainment."[11] The Dean of the United States Military Academy, Brigadier General Patrick Finnegan, visited the set of 24 in February 2007 to urge the show's makers to reduce the number of torture scenes[12] and Sutherland accepted an invitation from the U.S. military to tell West Point cadets that it is wrong to torture prisoners.[13] In an interview with OK! Magazine, Howard Gordon tells that it would be an "unbearable loss" if they killed off Sutherland's character.[14]

On 24 March 2009, Sutherland reported to the Associated Press that he will be back for an 8th season.[15]

On 14 February 2010, Fox TV announced they were temporarily suspending production of Season 8 of 24 due to a ruptured cyst near one of Sutherland's kidneys. According to the report, he waited a few days before going in to have "elective surgery" performed.[16] It was anticipated that he would return after a week, but a further few days was needed and Fox reported that his return to set would be 1 March.[17]

On 26 March 2010 it was announced that 24 will end at the conclusion of the 8th season, paving the way for the 24 feature film to go into production. Production is anticipated to begin at the beginning of 2011.[18]

Several episodes of 24 have allegedly been rewritten to work around minor injuries Sutherland sustained when partying. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Sutherland said, "I can't deny half the stuff that's been written about me has been true. I've done some stupid things. You have to take responsibility, go, 'That was embarrassing,' and move forward as best you can."[19]

Personal life

Family and relationships

Sutherland has one daughter, Sarah Jude, born 18 February 1988, from his first marriage to Camelia Kath, the widow of Chicago guitarist/singer Terry Kath, to whom he was married from 12 September 1987—1990. Through his marriage to Camelia, he became stepfather to Michelle Kath.

Julia Roberts met Sutherland in 1990, when he was her co-star in Flatliners. In August 1990, Roberts and Sutherland announced their engagement, with an elaborate studio-planned wedding scheduled for 14 June 1991. Roberts broke the engagement three days before the wedding allegedly because Sutherland had been meeting with a stripper named Amanda Rice. Sutherland denied having an affair with Rice and said that they only met because he liked to play pool. On the day of what was supposed to be their wedding date, Roberts ran off to Europe with Sutherland's friend Jason Patric.[20]

On 29 June 1996, he married Kelly Winn. The couple separated in 1999. He filed for divorce in 2004. The divorce was finalized on 16 May 2008. He had two stepsons from this marriage: Julian and Timothy. Sutherland is currently dating Fashion Editor for Allure Siobhan Bonnouvrier.[21]

Hobbies

Sutherland is a guitar collector, the majority of which are Gibson Les Pauls. Recently, the Gibson Custom shop has released a guitar (signed by Sutherland), the KS-336, as part of their 'Inspired By' series.[22] When Queen appeared on VH1 in 2006 for the Rock Honors Event, Sutherland gave Queen's introduction and announced that they are his favourite band, and that he has listened to them ever since he was a child.

Sutherland is an American football fan, particularly of USC Trojans football, and recorded a birthday message for former USC head coach Pete Carroll's 56th birthday.[23] After losing a bet to friend Dave Andreychuk over the 2010 New England Patriots vs. Baltimore Ravens playoff game, Sutherland was forced to appear on the Late Show with David Letterman wearing a dress.[24]

Additionally, Sutherland paints. One of his paintings served as the cover art for the twelfth edition of the Live X acoustic compilation series released by the American alternative rock radio station WNNX.[25]

In the late 1990s, Sutherland, inspired by the experience in his films Young Guns, The Cowboy Way, and Cowboy Up, retired from acting briefly to pursue the rodeo circuit. He purchased a 900-acre (3.6 km2) ranch in Montana, and travelled on the road with the rodeo, he participated in numerous roping contests, two of which he won in Phoenix and Albuquerque.

Sutherland was arrested early on 25 September 2007, on drunk driving charges, his second time since another incident in 2004, after performing poorly on a field sobriety test. His test exceeded the state's legal blood alcohol limit, and he was later released on a $25,000 bail. Sutherland pleaded no contest to the DUI charge and was sentenced to 48 days in jail.[26] Initially, he arranged to split his sentence and spend 18 days in jail during 24's winter break in late December and early January 2008; the Hollywood writers' strike interrupted production, allowing him to serve his sentence in 48 consecutive days.

Sutherland surrendered to NYPD on 7 May 2009 for head-butting fashion designer Jack McCollough, founder and co-designer of Proenza Schouler, at the Mercer Hotel in SoHo following a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[27][28] Several weeks later, Sutherland and McCollough issued a joint statement in which Sutherland apologized; Police later dropped the charges.[29]

Business ventures

Sutherland is the co-owner (along with Jude Cole) of the Independent Record Label Ironworks.

Sutherland had reportedly fallen victim to a financial scam involving cattle in 2010.[30] The perpetrator, Michael Wayne Carr, allegedly took $869,000 from the 24 star, ostensibly on the account of steers to be purchased, according to The AP. Prosecutors alleged that Carr never purchased the steers.

Filmography

Film and television (acting)
Year Title Role Notes
1983 Max Dugan Returns Bill Appeared with his father, Donald Sutherland
1984 The Bay Boy Donald Campbell
1985 Amazing Stories Static TV series
1986 Brotherhood of Justice Victor
1986 Trapped in Silence Kevin Richter TV movie
1986 Stand by Me Ace Merrill
1986 At Close Range Tim
1987 Crazy Moon Brooks
1987 Promised Land Danny
1987 The Lost Boys David
1987 The Killing Time The Stranger
1988 Bright Lights, Big City Tad Allagash
1988 Young Guns Josiah Gordon 'Doc' Scurlock
1988 1969 Scott Denny
1989 Renegades Buster McHenry
1990 Young Guns II Josiah Gordon 'Doc' Scurlock
1990 Flatliners Nelson
1990 Chicago Joe and the Showgirl Karl Hulten
1990 The Nutcracker Prince The Nutcracker Prince Voice
1990 Flashback John Buckner
1992 Article 99 Dr. Peter Morgan
1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me Sam Stanley
1992 A Few Good Men Lt. Jonathan James Kendrick
1993 Last Light Denver Bayliss
1993 The Three Musketeers Athos
1993 The Vanishing Jeff Harriman
1994 The Cowboy Way Sonny Gilstrap
1996 Eye for an Eye Robert Doob
1996 Freeway Bob Wolverton
1996 A Time to Kill Freddie Lee Cobb Appeared with his father, Donald Sutherland
1997 Armitage III: Poly-Matrix Ross Sylibus Voice
1997 Truth or Consequences, N.M. Curtis Freley
1998 Dark City Dr. Daniel Schreber
1998 A Soldier's Sweetheart Rat Kiley
1998 Break Up John Box
1998 Ground Control Jack Harris
1999 After Alice Detective Michael "Mick" Hayden
1999 Watership Down Hickory TV series; voice for three episodes of season 2 only
2000 Beat William S. Burroughs
2000 Woman Wanted Wendell Goddard
2000 Picking Up the Pieces Bobo
2000 The Right Temptation Michael Farrow-Smith
2001 Cowboy Up Hank Braxton
2001 To End All Wars Lt. Jim Reardon
2001–2010 24 Jack Bauer 192 episodes
2002 Dead Heat Phally
2002 Desert Saints Arthur Banks
2002 Behind the Red Door Roy
2003 Phone Booth The Caller Theatrical release was delayed due to the Beltway sniper attacks in October 2002.[31]
2003 The Land Before Time X Bron (Littlefoot's father) Voice
2003 Paradise Found Paul Gauguin
2004 Taking Lives Hart
2004 NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience Narrator
2005 The Flight That Fought Back Narrator TV movie
2005 River Queen Doyle
2006 I Trust You to Kill Me Himself
2006 24: The Game Jack Bauer Video game; voice
2006 The Sentinel David Breckinridge
2006 The Wild Samson the Lion Voice
2006–07 The Simpsons The Colonel; Jack Bauer TV series; voice in "G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)" and "24 Minutes"
2007 American Misfits TV series, episode 13: "New Boss" Himself
2008 Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight Raistlin Majere Voice
2008 Mirrors Ben Carson
2008 Call of Duty: World at War Sgt. Roebuck Video game; voice
2008 Corner Gas Himself TV series, episode: "Final Countdown"
2008 24: Redemption Jack Bauer TV movie
2009 Monsters vs. Aliens Gen. W.R. Monger Voice
2010 Twelve Narrator Completed
2010 Marmaduke Bosco Voice
2011 Melancholia John Post-production
2011 The Confession[32] The Confessor
2011 Touch[32] TBA Pre-production
Film and television (directing)
Year Title Notes
1993 Last Light TV movie
1995 Fallen Angels TV series; 1 episode
1997 Truth or Consequences, N.M.
2000 Woman Wanted
2008 Broken Music video
2008 Little Toy Gun Music video

Awards and nominations

Ranked #68 on the 2006 Forbes Celebrity 100 list of the world's most powerful celebrities. His earnings were a reported $23 million.[citation needed]

DVD Exclusive Awards
Emmy Awards
  • 2002: nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
  • 2003: nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
  • 2003: nominated for Outstanding Drama Series — 24
  • 2004: nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
  • 2004: nominated for Outstanding Drama Series — 24
  • 2005: nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
  • 2005: nominated for Outstandinng Drama Series — 24
  • 2006: won for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
  • 2006: won for Outstanding Drama Series — 24
  • 2007: nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
  • 2009: nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie — 24: Redemption
Genie Awards
  • 1985: nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role — The Bay Boy
Golden Globe Awards
  • 2002: won for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
  • 2003: nominated for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
  • 2004: nominated for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
  • 2006: nominated for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
  • 2007: nominated for Best Performance by an actor in a drama television series — 24
  • 2009: nominated for Best Performance by an actor in a television movie — 24: Redemption
Monte-Carlo TV Festival
  • 2006: won for Best International Producer — 24
  • 2006: won for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series — 24
MTV Movie Awards
People's Choice Awards
  • 2006: nominated for Favorite Male TV Star — 24
  • 2008: nominated for Favorite Male TV Star
Satellite Awards
  • 2002: won for Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Drama — 24
  • 2003: won for Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Drama — 24
Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • 2003: nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series — 24
  • 2003: nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series — 24
  • 2004: won for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series — 24
  • 2005: nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series — 24
  • 2005: nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series — 24
  • 2006: won for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series — 24
Slamdunk Film Festival
Teen Choice Awards
  • 2006: nominated for Choice TV Actor – Drama/Action Adventure — 24
Television Critics Association Awards
  • 2002: nominated for Individual Achievement in Drama — 24
  • 2003: nominated for Individual Achievement in Drama — 24
  • 2004: nominated for Individual Achievement in Drama — 24
  • 2005: nominated for Individual Achievement in Drama — 24
  • 2006: nominated for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Drama — 24
Western Heritage Awards
  • 1989: won Theatrical Motion Picture — Young Guns

References

  1. ^ a b Hedegaard, Erik. Kiefer Sutherland: Heart of Darkness, Rolling Stone, 7 April 2006. Accessed 26 May 2008.[dead link]
  2. ^ a b c d Stated in interview on Inside the Actors Studio
  3. ^ Biography for Kiefer Sutherland at IMDb
  4. ^ "Kiefer Sutherland: 24: Redemption". SuicideGirls.com. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
  5. ^ "Kiefer Sutherland 2005 Inductee". CanadasWalkofFame.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009.
  6. ^ Michaels, Philip (13 January 2006). "Assessing Apple's Intel ad | Mac IT | Editors' Notes". Macworld. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  7. ^ Sutherland's Sci Fi 'Phenomenon': Actor dons his executive producer hat 22 March 2007
  8. ^ "Canadian Kiefer gets star treatment". The Vancouver Province. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  9. ^ "Cox, Gaffigan, Noth, Patric & Sutherland to Star in THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON 2010/11/02". Broadwayworld.com. 2 November 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  10. ^ Kiefer Sutherland signs on for more 24, AskMen.com, 11 April 2006. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
  11. ^ "Kiefer Sutherland". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  12. ^ Buncombe, Andrew. US military tells Jack Bauer: Cut out the torture scenes ... or else!, The Independent, 13 February 2007. Accessed 26 May 2008.
  13. ^ WENN. U.S. Army Invites Sutherland to Give Anti-Torture Speech, Hollywood.com, 26 February 2007. Accessed 26 May 2008.
  14. ^ OK! Magazine, issue #49 (8 December 2008), p.8
  15. ^ Sutherland says he's on for 8th 24 season, By MIN LEE, AP Entertainment Writer.
  16. ^ Schneider, Michael (15 February 2010). "'24' Production Shut Down".
  17. ^ Josh Grossberg. "Kiefer Sutherland All Better, Ready to Clock Back Into 24".
  18. ^ "Kiefer Sutherland Interview". Sky1.sky.com. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  19. ^ Daily Telegraph. 24 heaven. Retrieved 19 April 2007.
  20. ^ "Miss Roberts Regrets" People, July 01, 1991
  21. ^ "Hollywood hell-raiser Kiefer Sutherland is on his best behaviour over lunch with his girlfriend". Daily Mail location=London, UK. 15 June 2010. {{cite news}}: Missing pipe in: |work= (help)
  22. ^ "Kiefer Sutherland Custom Series". Gibsoncustom.com. 24 June 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  23. ^ Ben Malcolmson, A surprise birthday present, USCRipsIt.com, 15 September 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
  24. ^ "Kiefer Sutherland appears on David Letterman show in a dress after losing a bet". Daily Mail. London. 14 January 2010.
  25. ^ Eldredge, Richard L. (30 October 2007). "Kiefer Sutherland's art will grace 99X's CD". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  26. ^ "Watch Late Show with David Letterman on CBS.com. Full Episodes, Clips and Behind the Scenes footage". Lateshow.cbs.com. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  27. ^ "Prosecutors: If Kiefer Sutherland Is Charged with Assault, Probation May Be Violated". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  28. ^ "Kiefer Sutherland to Answer Police on Assault Claim". New York Times. 7 May 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  29. ^ "Assault charges dropped against Kiefer Sutherland". CNN. 23 July 2009.
  30. ^ "Kiefer Sutherland Gets Tangled in Alleged Cattle-Selling Scheme". TVGuide.com.
  31. ^ "'Phone' release delayed". 18 October 2002. Retrieved 11 November 2008. The Associated Press
  32. ^ a b Kiefer Sutherland at IMDb
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