| One of the famous acting brat-pack of the 1980s, Kiefer Sutherland is the star of the TV series 24 as counter-terrorism expert Jack Bauer. The show broke convention by having each hour-long episode represent an hour in Bauer's day. Sutherland's success on television came after a respectable 15 years in the movies: his memorable turn as a bully in Stand By Me (1986) led to a string of successful ensemble movies, including The Lost Boys (1987), Young Guns (1988), and Flatliners (1990). Although he has carried the lead in several movies and played a variety of roles, he has a reputation for playing bad guys, such as in A Few Good Men (1992, with Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson), Freeway (1996, opposite Reese Witherspoon), A Time to Kill (1996), Eye For An Eye (1996) and Dark City (1998). He is the son of movie star Donald Sutherland, he learned how to rope and ride in the movies and has competed professionally as a calf roper. Sutherland was nominated for the Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series every year from 2002-2006; he won the award in 2006.
Born: December 21, 1966
Birthplace: London, England
Best known as: Star of the FOX TV series, "24" |
Kiefer Sutherland has directed three and appeared in 71 films:
Acting
Max Dugan Returns (1983) as Bill, The Bay Boy (1984)1
Brotherhood of Justice (1986)
Trapped in Silence (1986) (TV) as Kevin Richter
Stand By Me (1986)
At Close Range (1986) as Tim
Crazy Moon (1987) as Brooks
Promised Land (1987) as Danny
The Lost Boys (1987) playing the leading vampire (David) in Santa Carla, California in the United States in this cult classic.
Bright Lights, Big City (1988) as Tad Allagash
Young Guns (1988)
1969 (1988), as Scott Denny
Renegades (1989)
Young Guns II (1990) as Josiah Gordon 'Doc' Scurlock
Flatliners (1990)
The Nutcracker Prince (1990), as the Nutcracker Prince
Flashback (1990) as John Buckner
Article 99 (1992) as Dr. Peter Morgan
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992) as Sam Stanley
A Few Good Men (1992) as Lieutenant Jonathan James Kendrick
Last Light (1993) as Denver Bayliss
The Three Musketeers (1993) as Athos
The Vanishing (1993) as Jeff Harriman
The Cowboy Way (1994) as Sonny Gilstrap
Eye for an Eye (1996)
Freeway (1996)
A Time to Kill (1996) as Freddie Lee Cobb2
Armitage III: Poly-Matrix (1997) as Ross Sylibus
Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997)
Dark City (1998), as Dr. Daniel Schreber
A Soldier's Sweetheart (1998) as Rat Kiley
Break Up (1998) as John Box
Ground Control (1998) as Jack Harris
Eye of the Killer (1999), as Detective Michael Hayden
After Alice (1999), as Mickey Hayden
Woman Wanted (2000) as Wendell Goddard3
Picking Up the Pieces (2000) as Bobo
The Right Temptation (2000) as Michael Farrow-Smith
To End All Wars (2001) as Lt. Jim Reardon
Desert Saints (2002) as Arthur Banks
Dead Heat (2002) as Pally LaMarr
Behind the Red Door (2002) as Roy
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration (2003), Bron (Littlefoot's Father) (voice)
Phone Booth (2002), as the nameless sniper
Taking Lives (2004), as Hart
The Flight That Fought Back (2005)(TV), as the Narrator
River Queen (2005) as Doyle
I Trust You To Kill Me (2006) as himself
The Sentinel (2006), as David Breckinridge
The Wild (2006) as Samson the Lion (voice)
24 (2001-) as Jack Bauer
The Simpsons (2006-7), as the Colonel in "G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)"; as Jack Bauer in "24 Minutes"
Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (2007) as Raistlin Majere (voice)
24 (2008), as Jack Bauer
Mirrors (production to begin in 2007)
Notes
1 The Bay Boy was Sutherland's first film role, for which he was nominated for the Genie Award for best actor.
2 Appeared alongside his father, Donald Sutherland
3 Appeared alongside his mother, Shirley Douglas
Directing
Last Light (1993)
Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997)
Woman Wanted (2000)
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