Claim: Kiefer Sutherland is an actor.

Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland -LRB- born 21 December 1966 -RRB- is a British born Canadian actor , producer , director , and singer-songwriter . One of his better-known roles was Jack Bauer on the Fox drama series 24 -LRB- 2001 -- 2010 -RRB- , for which he earned an Emmy Award , a Golden Globe Award , two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Satellite Awards .   He has also starred as Martin Bohm in the Fox drama Touch , and provided the facial motion capture and English voices for Big Boss and Venom Snake in the video games Metal Gear Solid V : Ground Zeroes and Metal Gear Solid V : The Phantom Pain . He currently stars as President Tom Kirkman in the ABC political drama series Designated Survivor .   Sutherland got his first leading film role in the Canadian drama The Bay Boy -LRB- 1984 -RRB- , which earned him a Genie Award nomination . Since that time he has had a successful movie career , starring in films like Stand by Me -LRB- 1986 -RRB- , The Lost Boys -LRB- 1987 -RRB- , Young Guns -LRB- 1988 -RRB- , Flatliners -LRB- 1990 -RRB- , A Few Good Men -LRB- 1992 -RRB- , The Three Musketeers -LRB- 1993 -RRB- , A Time to Kill -LRB- 1996 -RRB- , Dark City -LRB- 1998 -RRB- , Phone Booth -LRB- 2002 -RRB- , Melancholia -LRB- 2011 -RRB- , Pompeii -LRB- 2014 -RRB- and Forsaken -LRB- 2016 -RRB- .   Sutherland has been inducted to Hollywood Walk of Fame and Canada 's Walk of Fame , and further has been bestowed with a Lifetime Achievement Award from Zurich Film Festival .