Donald Sutherland



Donald Sutherland (born July 17, 1935) is a Canadian actor, who played Merrick Jamison-Smythe in the film Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992).

Sutherland's career spans more than 40 years, and he has appeared in numerous films of varying commercial and critical success such as Robert Altman's MASH (1970), Nicholas Roeg's Don't Look Now (1973), John Schlesinger's The Day of the Locust (1975), Phillip Kaufman's Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), and F. Gary Gray's The Italian Job (2003).

He has won a pair of Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award.

Sutherland has been married three times. His most recognizable offspring is his son Kiefer who, since 2001, has played the role of Jack Bauer on the FOX drama 24.