Kiefer Sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland
	Sutherland at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland; 21 December 1966 (age 57); London, England
Citizenship	Canada; United Kingdom;
Occupations	Actor; musician;
Years active	1983–present
Spouses	Camelia Kath (m. 1987; div. 1990); Elizabeth Kelly Winn (m. 1996; div. 2004);
Partner(s)	Cindy Vela (2014–present; engaged)
Children	Sarah Sutherland
Parents	Donald Sutherland (father); Shirley Douglas (mother);
Relatives	Angus Sutherland (paternal half-brother); Rossif Sutherland (paternal half-brother); Francine Racette (stepmother); Tommy Douglas (maternal grandfather);
Website	kiefersutherland.com
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Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland^[2] (born 21 December 1966)^[3] is a Canadian actor and musician. He is best known for his starring role as Jack Bauer^[4] in the Fox drama series 24 (2001–2010, 2014), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

Born to actors Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas, he got his first leading film role in the Canadian drama The Bay Boy (1984), which earned him a Genie Award nomination.^[5] He has since appeared in such films as Stand by Me (1986), The Lost Boys (1987), Young Guns (1988), Flatliners (1990), A Few Good Men (1992), The Three Musketeers (1993), Freeway (1996), A Time to Kill (1996), Dark City (1998), Phone Booth (2002), Melancholia (2011), Pompeii (2014), and The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023).

He has also starred in the Fox drama Touch (2012–2013), and provided the facial motion capture and voice for Venom Snake in the video games Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (2014) and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015). From 2016 to 2019, he starred in the ABC/Netflix political drama series Designated Survivor. Sutherland has been inducted to the Hollywood Walk of Fame and to Canada's Walk of Fame, and has received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Zurich Film Festival.

^ "Kiefer Sutherland: You Ask The Questions". The Independent. 4 May 2005. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
^ "Beckham baby: Why the middle name Seven?". BBC News. 11 July 2011. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
^ "Kiefer Sutherland Biography, Celebrity Facts and Awards". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
^ Harp, Justin (19 September 2016). "Kiefer Sutherland says Jack Bauer "will not ever" return to 24 on television... but he's still open to a film". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
^ "The Bay Boy (1985)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.

[British-1] "Kiefer Sutherland: You Ask The Questions". The Independent. 4 May 2005. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2020.

[Beeb-2] "Beckham baby: Why the middle name Seven?". BBC News. 11 July 2011. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.

[tvguide-3] "Kiefer Sutherland Biography, Celebrity Facts and Awards". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.

[4] Harp, Justin (19 September 2016). "Kiefer Sutherland says Jack Bauer "will not ever" return to 24 on television... but he's still open to a film". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2017.

[5] "The Bay Boy (1985)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.

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