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Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born December 21, 1966
in London, England) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian television
and film actor, currently well known for his role of Jack Bauer on the series 24.
Sutherland also owns a recording studio and record label, called Ironworks.
 Early
life
Kiefer Sutherland is the son of Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas who are both
successful Canadian actors. He is of Scottish descent on both sides and is the
grandson of Canadian statesman Tommy Douglas.
He and his twin sister, Rachel, were born in London (in Saint Mary's Hospital,
Paddington) while his parents were working there. As a result, through the jus soli
and the jus sanguinis, he holds both a Canadian passport and a British passport
with certificate of Right to Abode.
His family moved to Los Angeles, California shortly afterwards, but his parents
eventually divorced in 1970. In 1975, Sutherland moved with his mother to Toronto,
Ontario, Canada, where he attended high school at St. Andrew's College, Martingrove
Collegiate Institute, Harbord Collegiate Institute and Malvern Collegiate
Institute. Kiefer also spent a semester at Regina Mundi College in London, Ontario,
Canada. He also attended St. Clair Junior High School in East York, Ontario.
Career
As of 2006, Kiefer Sutherland has appeared in over fifty films, most notably The
Lost Boys, A Few Good Men, Flatliners, Young Guns, The Vanishing, Stand By Me
(film), Dark City, and A Time To Kill as well as the Sentinel. But since 2001,
Sutherland is most widely associated with the role of Jack Bauer, on the critically
acclaimed television series 24. After being nominated four times for the
"Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" Primetime Emmy Award, Sutherland won the
award in 2006 for his role in 24s fifth season. His father, Donald, was also an
Emmy winner; he won an Emmy award for his role in Citizen X in 1996. In the opening
skit of the 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards, Sutherland also made an appearance as his
24 character, Jack Bauer. He was also nominated for Best actor in a Drama
Television Series in the 2007 Golden Globe Awards for 24.
The actor was reportedly horrified to learn that the series 24 had influenced some
U.S. Army personnel to think that torture is acceptable.. Brigadier General Patrick
Finnegan visited the set of 24 in February 2007 to urge the show's makers to reduce
the number of torture scenes and Sutherland accepted an invitation from the U.S.
military to teach West Point cadets it is wrong to torture prisoners.
In 2005, Sutherland was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto, where both
of his parents have also been inducted. Sutherland was also the first Inside the
Actors Studio guest to be the child of a former guest; his father, Donald, appeared
on the show in 1998.
Sutherland was featured on the cover of the April 2006 edition of Rolling Stone, in
an article entitled "Alone in the Dark with Kiefer Sutherland". The article opened
up with Sutherland revealing his interest to be killed off in 24. However, he had
also stated, "Don't get me wrong. I love what I do." It also revealed that he
devotes 10 out of 12 months a year working on 24.
He has starred in Japanese commercials for Calorie Mate, performing a parody of his
Jack Bauer character. Sutherland also provides voiceovers for the current ad
campaign for Ford Motor Company of Canada. These advertisements are thematically of
the comedy genre. In mid-2006, he voiced the Apple Computer advertisement
announcing the inclusion of Intel chips in their Macintosh computer line. He also
voices the introduction to NHL games on the Versus network in the U.S.
Sutherland will be the executive producer for the two hour pilot of 'Phenomenon'.
Maggie Murphy will also be an executive producer for the show. The Sci Fi channel
ordered a script to be written. The show revolves around a mysterious young female
prodigy who leads a crack team of experts in investigating odd and supernatural
anomalies of nature.
Personal
life
Sutherland was engaged to Julia Roberts in 1991, although their relationship ended
just five days before their planned marriage.
Several episodes of 24 have allegedly been rewritten to work around minor injuries
Sutherland sustained when partying. In an interview with the London Daily
Telegraph, Sutherland said, "I can't deny half the stuff that's been written about
me has been true. I've done some stupid things. You have to take responsibility,
go, 'That was embarrassing,' and move forward as best you can."
On April 26, 2007 Sutherland, appearing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, related
his encounter with an orangutan while filming "1969", with his longtime pal Robert
Downey Jr. The two actors were being filmed driving a car (actually being towed)
when the young female Orangutan became enamoured with Kiefer. Sutherland told the
story of his pal "Bobby" climbing out of the passenger side window, leaving him to
deal with his new found love, awaiting the trainers who were in the follow car.
During the autumn of 2001, Sutherland unintentionally interrupted the filming of
the premiere episode of an online series titled The Lonely Island. In the episode
"White Power", the main characters develop an addiction to teeth whitener, and
eventually mug an old woman to facilitate their addiction. Sutherland, driving by
at the time, believed the mugging was real and jumped out of his car to intervene.
A small portion of Sutherland's appearance is displayed after the credits, though
the portion is only Kiefer stopping his car and looking at them. This anecdote was
recounted by Andy Samberg.
True to his grandfather's legacy, Sutherland is an active member of the Canadian
New Democratic Party, and has appeared from time to time in NDP advertisements.
He has one daughter, Sarah Jude, born in 1988, along with a stepdaughter, Michelle
Kath, from his first marriage to Camelia Kath, widow of Chicago guitarist/singer
Terry Kath.
Hobbies and
Interests
Sutherland is a well known collector of many guitars, most of which are Gibson
guitars. Recently, the Gibson Custom shop has released a Kiefer Sutherland
signature guitar, the KS-336, as part of their 'Inspired By'
series.Source : Some of the information on this
page came from a Wikipedia article and is licensed under the GNU
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