Mr. Donald McNichol Sutherland

  • Deceased
  • Georgeville, (Canton de Stanstead), Quebec, Canada

Order of Canada

  • Officer of the Order of Canada

    • Awarded on: December 18, 1978
    • Invested on: April 25, 1979

    A native of Saint John, New Brunswick, who as a versatile actor and producer in theatre, film, radio and television has won acclaim in Canada, England and the United States. He has recently formed his own film production company.

  • Companion of the Order of Canada

    • Awarded on: May 9, 2019
    • Invested on: November 21, 2019

    Donald McNichol Sutherland, C.C.
    Saint John, New Brunswick

    The engraving on Donald Sutherland's honorary Academy Award reads: "For a lifetime of indelible characters, rendered with unwavering truthfulness." From Norman Bethune and Fellini's Casanova, to the CBC's Pirate's Passage, he has been a Canadian presence worldwide for six decades, whose talent and magnetic charisma have made him a shining ambassador and promoter of Canada. When U.S. border patrol agents look at his Canadian passport and ask him why he's never become an American citizen, his smiling reply has always been: "You don't have the same sense of humour."

    This is a promotion within the Order.