Kiefer Sutherland Net Worth

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Born: December 21, 1966 in United Kingdom, London

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Movie actor

Born in London, England, in 1966, Sutherland was named after Italian director Lorenzo Sabatini, who used the nom de plume “Warren Kiefer.” Sabatini had directed Sutherland’s father in his first feature film, 1964′s Castello dei Morti Vivi. Sutherland’s mother, known primarily for her stage work, is the daughter of Tommy Douglas, widely credited with being the father of Canada’s government-funded health care system. The Sutherlands moved to California as Donald’s career took off after his breakthrough performance in the film M*A*S*H. Sutherland’s parents split up in 1971. In 1974, Shirley Douglas and her two children moved back to her native Bridgewater, Canada. Donald Sutherland would not play a large part in his son’s life until much later. In a 1988 interview with Film Review, Sutherland revealed, “I never really lived with my father. I admired his acting, and the sort of quiet, intense characters he’d play. Like in Klute or Ordinary People. But I didn’t model myself after my dad, or try to emulate him in any conscious way.”

Sutherland attended various private schools, including Catholic boarding school in Ottawa before dropping out at the age of 15. He moved first to Toronto and then relocated to New York where he studied acting. In a 1989 interview with Sky magazine, Kiefer described his education, “They say to you that the way to become a really good actor is to tell them everything about yourself, tell them all your fears and insecurities. Let everything out into the open and then let them hurt you with it. That kind of evil crap is really offensive. Ever since I left theatre school I’ve done my best to get away from all that sort of thing.”

In 1983 his father helped to secure him a small part in Max Dugan Returns. This was followed by a part in 1984′s The Bay Boy, set in Nova Scotia in the ’30s, opposite Liv Ullman, which garnered attention for the fledgling actor. Of Sutherland’s performance, Stanley Kauffmann wrote in the New Republic, “The best surprise, a very pleasant one, is the performance of the son, the Bay boy, by Kiefer Sutherland.”

Sutherland soon relocated to Los Angeles, California, at the age of 18. Of his early years there, he told Andrew Duncan of the Radio Times, “I had a blast–more fun than anyone. There were a few too many parties, girls, and I drank a lot, but was never late for a day’s work. I had a brief moment of drugs, but not really, because I couldn’t handle them.”

The year 1986 proved to be a banner time for Sutherland. In addition to roles in television movies, he took on the important role of the leader of a gang of bullies in Rob Reiner’s acclaimed Stand By Me, adapted from a Stephen King story. A small role in 1986′s At Close Range, starring Sean Penn and Christopher Walken, increased his visibility and laid the foundation for Sutherland’s rapid ascent over the next few years. He played the hero in the 1986 television movie The Brotherhood of Justice, opposite a vigilante played by Keanu Reeves.

In 1987, he dusted off the bad-boy image developed in Stand By Me in his role as David, leader of a pack of vampires in The Lost Boys. This paired Sutherland with fellow actor Jason Patric. Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert wrote, “There’s some good stuff in the movie, including a cast that’s good right down the line and a willingness to have some fun with teenage culture in the Mass Murder Capital.”

In 1987 Sutherland took a role in The Killing Time, playing a psychotic drifter. The film co-starred Camelia Kath, 12 years his senior. They soon became involved and, after living together, they married in 1988. While the marriage was short-lived, dissolving in 1990, it produced a daughter, Sarah Jude, who was born in 1988. Sutherland’s friendship with co-star Patric was cited as one of the causes of the break up and Patric would later play a significant role in another of Sutherland’s off-screen dramas.

The Lost Boys turned out to be a hit and Sutherland soon after landed a role in the much-anticipated 1988 film, Bright Lights, Big City, from the Jay McInerney novel, starring fellow Canadian Michael J. Fox. The film was described by critic Ebert as “a ‘Lost Weekend’ for the 1980s, a chronicle of wasted days and misplaced nights.”

In 1988 Sutherland originated the role of poet-outlaw Doc Scurlock in Young Guns, with brat packers Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, and Lou Diamond Phillips. It was a new twist on the Billy the Kid story. This film became a huge hit, further impressing Sutherland on the public consciousness. He reteamed with Phillips in 1989′s Renegades, with Sutherland playing cop Buster McHenry. Continuing in the role of badge-wearer, he played FBI agent John Buckner in 1990′s Flashback, opposite counterculture icon Dennis Hopper.

Kiefer seemed to have taken a misstep in 1990′s World War II drama, Chicago Joe and the Showgirl. Based on a true story and set in wartime London, it starred Sutherland as G.I. Ricky Allen, who fell for a manipulative showgirl played by Emily Lloyd. The couple went on a crime spree that resulted in Allen being hanged, the only American soldier hung in Britain for a wartime crime. Ebert, in a generous review of the film, wrote, “Kiefer Sutherland has been one of the busiest young actors in Hollywood, and he’s versatile (in upcoming roles, he plays a student and a cowboy). Because he’s prolific, there’s a tendency to take him for granted, but he’s good, all right….” The film did not perform well at the box office nor was it treated kindly by the critics but Sutherland quickly bounced back in, first, Young Guns II, reprising his role as Doc Scurlock, and then in the 1990 hit Flatliners. The latter film concerned a group of medical students who experimented with crossing the barrier between life and death, and returning to tell about it. Sutherland, as Nelson Wright, played the key role in an ensemble cast that included Julia Roberts, whose popularity was already well established. The two soon became involved and, for the duration of their relationship, were Hollywood’s most-written-about couple and fodder for the tabloids. The couple announced their engagement, with the wedding set for June 14, 1991. While Sutherland was reported to be consorting with an exotic dancer known as Raven, Roberts struck up a new relationship with former Sutherland chum, Patric. The breakup was very public and, for a while, Sutherland retreated to escape from the newshounds and paparazzi. In a 1997 interview with Us, Sutherland told Neil Turitz, “We broke up because we realized at the last moment, oh my God, this isn’t what we should be doing. A lot of nasty things were said about both of us; but I couldn’t really afford to pay much attention, because it was hard enough just breaking up…. I felt bad because something that was important to us at one time was trivialized and turned into such a circus.”

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