Kiefer Sutherland is a versatile actor who has played a wide range of roles. He was born into a family of actors and decided to follow in their footsteps. Kiefer began his acting career in films like Max Dugan Returns, The Bad Boy, Stand by Me, and The Lost Boys, in which he played minor roles. He rose to prominence after minor appearances in films such as Young Guns and Flatliners.
After making the switch to television, he played agent Jack Bauer in the series ‘24.’ Over the course of eight seasons, he received numerous honors for this character and was consistently nominated for Golden Globes and Emmys. He also became one of the serial’s executive producers. For the series, he received a Golden Globe and a couple of Emmys. He was also honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. You can learn more about him by reading the article below.
How much is Kiefer Sutherland Net worth?
Kiefer Sutherland is a London-born Canadian-American actor, director, and producer who has amassed a sizable fortune and celebrity as a result of his work in the entertainment industry. His estimated net worth is $75 million, according to web sources, and his income is roughly $250 thousand every episode. His assets, on the other hand, are yet to be revealed.
What is Kiefer Sutherland Famous For?
- An English-born Canadian actor, voice actor, producer, director, and singer-songwriter.
- His starring role as Jack Bauer in the Fox drama series 24 (2001-2010, 2014).
Where is Kiefer Sutherland From?
Kiefer was born in the year 1966, according to his birth certificate. He spent his childhood in London, England, where he was born. His ethnicity is mixed and his nationality is Canadian. Similarly, he was born to Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas, both of whom were renowned actors. From a young age, this piqued his interest in performing. He grew raised with two sisters who were twins. His parents then split, and he went to Toronto with his mother. However, nothing is known about his early years and upbringing.
Silverthorn Collegiate Institute, John G. Althouse Middle School, Crescent Town Elementary School, St. Andrew’s College, and Harbord Collegiate Institute were among his educational institutions.
Kiefer Sutherland Career Highlights:
- Talking about his career journey, Kiefer had a minor role in the 1983 comedy, Max Dugan Returns. His father acted in the movie too, but Kiefer did not have any scene with him.
- His first starring role was in the Canadian film, The Bad Boy, in 1984. The coming-of-age film saw him play a sensitive teenager who resists his mother’s attempts to make him a priest.
- In 1986, he acted in his first American film, Stand by Me. In this film about four boys’ looking for a dead body, he played “Ace” Merrill, a bully.
- He acted for the first time in a Joel Schumacher directed the movie, the 1987 horror-comedy, The Lost Boys. The movie was critically and commercially successful. Sutherland would work with Schumacher in many more films.
- In the 1990 sci-fi thriller, Flatliners, he starred with Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin, and Oliver Platt, as one of the five medical students researching life beyond death.
- year of 1992, he acted in the psychological thriller, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, and had a more significant role in the Oscar-nominated film, A Few Good Men, as Lieutenant Jonathan James Kendrick.
- In 1993, He starred alongside Jeff Bridges and Nancy Travis in The Vanishing, an unconvincing remake of a Franco-Dutch thriller, and The Three Musketeers which received negative reviews, but did well commercially.
- In the 1996 crime thriller, Eye for an Eye, he played Robert Doob, a serial killer. The film also starred Sally Field and Ed Harris and was criticized for its promotion of vigilantism.
- Now considered a cult classic, Dark City, the sci-fi film of 1998, starring the actor with Rufus Sewell, Jennifer Connelly, and William Hurt. The film received many awards in film festivals around the world.
- He had a supporting role in the Joel Schumacher directed 1996 box-office hit, A Time to Kill. The movie starred Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, and Kevin Spacey.
- The TV series, ‘24’, starring Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) agent Jack Bauer, premiered in 2001 and has now completed 192 episodes over 8 seasons. Events in each episode happen in real-time.
- In the Joel Schumacher nail-biter, Phone Booth (2003), the actor was given second billing behind Colin Farrell, despite appearing physically onscreen only for three minutes. He is the mysterious caller in the movie.
- In the 2006 thriller, The Sentinel he starred with Michael Douglas. Both don the roles of secret service agents. Directed by Clark Johnson, the movie was poorly received by critics.
- In the 2012 supernatural drama series, Touch, he stars as a former reporter who discovers that his sensitive special-needs son has a gift for foretelling future events.
- Year of 2014, In May and July, twelve-episodes of 24: Live Another Day, was aired by Fox.
- In 2015, it was announced that he was cast in the lead role of the former ABC political drama series Designated Survivor as Tom Kirkman, the President of the United States. The show was renewed by Netflix for a third season which was released on June 7th, 2019.
- Also, He has been inducted to the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Canada’s Walk of Fame and has received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Zurich Film Festival.
Who is Kiefer Sutherland Married to?
Camelia Kath was Kiefer’s girlfriend at the time. They married in 1987 after having known each other for a long time. Sarah Jude, their beautiful baby, was born to them as a couple. Despite having the ideal family that everyone could want for, they divorced in 1990.
Later, following an engagement with Julia Roberts that drew a lot of publicity, he called off the wedding. In 1996, he married Kelly Winn, with whom he had two kids. However, the couple divorced in 2008 after they split in 1999.
Later in his life, he had short-lived romances with Ashley Scott, Tricia Cardozo, Reiko Aylesworth, Catherine Bisson, and Bo Derek. From 2009 until 2011, he was in a relationship with Siobhan Bonnouvrier. His relationship status is now single.
How tall is Kiefer Sutherland?
Kiefer stands at 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs 76 kilograms, according to his physique measurements. His eyes are blue, and his hair is light brown. He also has an average figure, with a chest measurement of 41 inches, a waist measurement of 35 inches, and biceps measurements of 14 inches.