Claim: Donald Sutherland is an actor in movies.

Cold Mountain is a 2003 American epic war drama film written and directed by Anthony Minghella . The film is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Charles Frazier . It stars Jude Law , Nicole Kidman , and Renée Zellweger in leading roles as well as Natalie Portman , Philip Seymour Hoffman , Melora Walters , Jena Malone , Donald Sutherland , Brendan Gleeson , Ray Winstone , Jack White , Kathy Baker , Cillian Murphy and Giovanni Ribisi in supporting roles .   The film tells the story of a wounded deserter from the Confederate army close to the end of the American Civil War , who is on his way to return to the love of his life .   Cold Mountain opened to positive reviews from critics and won several major awards . Renée Zellweger won the Academy Award , BAFTA Award , Golden Globe Award , and Screen Actors Guild Award for her role in the film . It was also a success at the box office and became a sleeper hit grossing more than double its budget worldwide .