Donald McNichol Sutherland, a Canadian actor who has worked on more than 50 films in both leading and supporting roles, was born on 17 July 1935 in Saint John, New Brunswick Canada, of English, German and Scottish lineage He has played a diverse range of roles in his lengthy career, and he has a combined number of more than 150 shows and films under his belt. His versatile roles and huge number of movies and shows is the reason for his huge net worth.
A famous and experienced Canadian actor, how rich is Donald Sutherland? Sources estimate that Sutherland has a net worth of $40 million dollars, mostly accumulated through his vast career as an actor during which he has appeared in that huge number of movies and shows.
Donald Sutherland Net Worth $40 Million
Donald Sutherland struggled through a lot of health issues during his childhood, including poliomyelitis, rheumatic fever and hepatitis. Although born in Saint John, he spent his teenage years in Nova Scotia where he got his first job at athe early age of 14, working at a local radio station. He attended Bridgewater High School before going to Victoria College at the University of Toronto, from where he graduated with a double major degree in engineering and in drama. He soon lost interest in pursuing a career in engineering and went to Britain to study at gthe London Academy of Music and Art. He then joined the Perth Repertory theatre located in Scotland, and was cast in small roles in some British movies and shows. He left Britain and went to try his luck Hollywood after getting a breakthrough in the movie “The Dirty Dozen”. He was then featured in two consecutive war based films named “MASH” and “Kelly’s Heroes”. During the shooting of “Klute” Sutherland and Jane Fonda came closer to each other romantically and later starred together in various movies including “Steelyard Blues”. Between 1980 to 2000 he starred in various award winning movies and shows and reached a rare level of popularity, thus increasing his net worth significantly.
Sutherland’s recent works include “Cold Mountain”, “The Italian job” and “Pride and Prejudice”. Sutherland also appeared in the TV shows “Commander in Chief” and “Dirty Sexy Money”. He has a distinct voice which has been used various times on radio commercials and television ads, including commercials for Volvo, Simply Orange and Delta Airlines.
Donald has numerous awards, including stars on both Canada’s and Hollywood’s Walks of Fame.
In his personal life, Sutherland has married three time, firstly to Lois Hardwick(1959-66), then to Shirley Douglas(1966-70) – their son is actor Kiefer Sutherland – and he has been married to Francine Racette, whom he met during the shooting of “Alien Thunder”, since 1972; they have three sons named Rossif, Angus and Roeg, all named after famous directors Sutherland has worked with. He showed his support for the presidential campaign of Barack Obama through his blog on the website called Huffington post. He currently owns a mansion in Georgeville, Quebec.
