page_title: Donald Sutherland
section_title: Awards and recognition
hierarchical_section_title: Donald Sutherland / Awards and recognition
caption_attribution_description: Donald Sutherland's star on Canada's Walk of Fame
context_page_description: Donald McNichol Sutherland CC is a Canadian actor whose film career spans more than seven decades. Sutherland has been nominated for eight Golden Globe Awards, winning two for his performances in the television films Citizen X and Path to War; the former also earned him a Primetime Emmy Award. An inductee of the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Canadian Walk of Fame, he also received a Canadian Academy Award for the drama film Threshold. Several media outlets and film critics describe him as one of the best actors who have never received an Academy Award nomination. In 2017, he received an Academy Honorary Award for his contributions to cinema.
  Sutherland rose to fame after starring in films including The Dirty Dozen, M*A*S*H, Kelly's Heroes, Klute, Don't Look Now, Fellini's Casanova, 1900, The Eagle Has Landed, Animal House, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Ordinary People, and Eye of the Needle. He later went on to star in many other films where he appeared either in leading or supporting roles such as A Dry White Season, JFK, Outbreak, A Time to Kill, Without Limits, Big Shot's Funeral, The Italian Job, Cold Mountain, Pride & Prejudice, Aurora Borealis and The Hunger Games franchise.
context_section_description: 1978: Officer of the Order of Canada (OC)
  1983: 4th Genie Awards, winner, Best Actor, Threshold
  1995: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role in a Miniseries or a Movie, Citizen X
  1995: Golden Globe Award, winner, Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Citizen X
  1998: Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Drama, Without Limits
  2000: Canada's Walk of Fame
  2000: Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement
  2002: Golden Globe Award, winner, Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Path to War
  2005: Honorary Doctor of Arts (Hon DArt) from Middlebury College (Middlebury, Vermont, U.S.)
  2011: Hollywood Walk of Fame.
  2012: Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
  2017: Academy Honorary Award
  2019: Companion of the Order of Canada (CC)
caption: Sutherland's star on Canada's Walk of Fame
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