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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:210:[[Series/TwentyFour This is the longest day of my life.]]]] |
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| 4 | ->''"The most significant piece of advice [[Creator/DonaldSutherland my father]] gave me early on about acting was, don't get caught acting. Really believe in what you're doing and then commit to it. Even if it feels uncomfortable, even if you feel that you're gonna look like an ass. It's all acting, but find the truth in a moment as opposed to just pretending you have and rather than trying to act your way out of it."'' |
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| 6 | [[OverlyLongName Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland]] (born December 21, 1966 in Paddington, London) is a Canadian actor. He first achieved fame in TheEighties, mostly as scene-stealing villain characters. To this day he's best known for the role of Jack Bauer in the TV series ''Series/TwentyFour'', for which he received multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations (and won one of each). |
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| 8 | He is the son of actors Creator/DonaldSutherland and Shirley Douglas, as well as the grandson of former Saskatchewan Premier/Canadian New Democratic Party (NDP) Leader Tommy Douglas [[note]] the man who introduced Universal Healthcare to Canada [[/note]]. His daughter, Sarah Sutherland, played Catherine Meyer on ''Series/{{Veep}}''. |
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| 11 | !!Kiefer Sutherland is known for: |
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| 13 | * ''Film/StandByMe'' (1986) as Ace Merrill |
| 14 | * ''Film/TheLostBoys'' (1987) as David Powers |
| 15 | * ''Film/BrightLightsBigCity'' (1988) as Tad Allagash |
| 16 | * ''Film/YoungGuns'' (1988) as Gordon "Doc" Scurlock |
| 17 | ** ''Film/YoungGunsII'' (1990) |
| 18 | * ''Film/{{Flatliners}}'' (1990) as Nelson Wright |
| 19 | * ''Film/{{Flashback|1990}}'' (1990) as Free 'John' Buckner |
| 20 | * ''Film/TwinPeaksFireWalkWithMe'' (1992) as FBI Agent Sam Stanley |
| 21 | * ''Film/AFewGoodMen'' (1992) as Lt. Jonathan Kendrick |
| 22 | * ''Film/TheVanishing'' (1993) as Jeff Harriman |
| 23 | * ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993'' as Athos |
| 24 | * ''Film/DukeOfGroove'' (1996) as Hugo |
| 25 | * ''Film/{{Freeway}}'' (1996) as Bob Wolverton |
| 26 | * ''Film/EyeForAnEye'' (1996) as Robert Doob |
| 27 | * ''Film/ATimeToKill'' (1996) as Freddie Lee Cobb |
| 28 | * ''Anime/ArmitageIII: Polymatrix'' (1996) as Ross Sylibus |
| 29 | * ''Film/TruthOrConsequencesNM'' (1997) as Curtis Freley |
| 30 | * ''Film/DarkCity'' (1998) as Dr. Daniel Schreber |
| 31 | * ''Series/TwentyFour'' (2001-2010) as [[Characters/TwentyFourJackBauer Jack Bauer]] |
| 32 | ** ''Series/TwentyFourLiveAnotherDay''. |
| 33 | ** Reprised the role and played characters like him on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' |
| 34 | * ''Film/PhoneBooth'' (2002) as The Caller |
| 35 | * ''Film/TheSentinel2006'' as Secret Service Agent David Breckinridge |
| 36 | * ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyWorldAtWar'' (2008) as Cpl./Sgt. Roebuck |
| 37 | * ''Film/{{Mirrors|2008}}'' (2008) as Ben Carson |
| 38 | * ''Film/{{Melancholia}}'' (2011) as John |
| 39 | * ''Series/TheConfession'' (2011) as The Confessor |
| 40 | * ''Series/{{Touch|2012}}'' (2012-2013) as Martin Bohm |
| 41 | * ''Film/{{Pompeii}}'' (2014) as Senator Quintus Corvus |
| 42 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidV: [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVGroundZeroes Ground Zeroes]]/[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain The Phantom Pain]]'' (2014) as Snake/Big Boss |
| 43 | * ''Film/{{Forsaken}}'' (2015) |
| 44 | * ''Series/DesignatedSurvivor'' (2016-2019) as Tom Kirkman |
| 45 | * ''Series/TheFugitive2020'' as Detective Clay Bryce |
| 46 | * ''Series/{{Creepshow}}'' (2020) as Richard Pine |
| 47 | * ''Film/TheContractor'' (2022) as Rusty Jennings |
| 48 | * ''Series/TheFirstLady'' (2022) as UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt |
| 49 | * ''Series/RabbitHole2023'' as John Weir |
| 50 | * ''Film/TheyClonedTyrone'' (2023) |
| 51 | * ''Film/TheCaineMutinyCourtMartial'' as Captain Queeg |
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| 54 | !!This actor provides examples of: |
| 55 | * TheComicallySerious: According to legend, there's a gag take from ''24'' wherein Sutherland gives an intense, gripping dramatic scene everything he has...with a stuffed bunny perched on his head. |
| 56 | * EvilSoundsDeep: He plays a lot of villainous or morally shady roles that put his raspy, intimidating voice to good use. |
| 57 | * SmokyVoice: He's known for his very raspy, gravelly voice which is owed in part to years of heavy smoking. |
| 58 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Other than the difference in height (Kiefer is about 5'10 while Donald is 6'4), he looks almost exactly like his father, Creator/DonaldSutherland. |
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| 60 | ->''[[PassingTheTorch "From here on out,]] [[WhamLine you're Big Boss."]]'' |
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