Kiefer Sutherland - Celebrity - Milestones
Milestones
- 2005: Received a SAG nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series for his role on 24
- 2004: Starred opposite Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke in the thriller "Taking Lives"
- 2003: Received a Golden Globe nomination for best actor in a lead dramatic role, for his work in "24"
- 2003: Cast as artist Paul Gaugin in the biopic "Paradise Found"
- 2002: Received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Drama series for "24"; also received a SAG nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
- 2002: Cast in Joel Schumacher's thiller "Phone Booth"
- 2002: Acted opposite Anthony LaPaglia in "Dead Heat"
- 2001: Co-starred with Robert Carlyle in the WWII-themed drama "To End All Wars"; screened at Cannes
- 2001: Cast in leading role as a government agent in the Fox drama series "24"; received 2003 and 2004 Emmy nominations as Lead Actor in Drama Series
- 2000: Portrayed writer William S. Burroughs in the Sundance-screened drama "Beat"
- 2000: Assumed Kevin Spacey's role of Southern California policeman Jack Vincennes in the unsold pilot for a series based on "L.A. Confidential"
- 2000: Had co-starring role as a sheriff in the black comedy "Picking Up the Pieces"; aired on Cinemax in lieu of theatrical release
- 1999: Directed and starred in "Woman Wanted", featuring Holly Hunter
- 1998: Had featured role in the underrated "Dark City"
- 1997: Feature directorial debut, "Truth or Consequences, N.M."; had co-starring role as a psychopathic ex-convict
- 1997: Co-starred with his mother, Shirley Douglas, in an Ottawa stage production of Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie"
- 1996: Starred opposite Sally Field as a freed rapist-murderer in "Eye for an Eye"
- 1996: Had leading role opposite Reese Witherspoon in "Freeway", a contemporary spin on the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale; aired on HBO in lieu of a theatrical release
- 1996: Appeared as a Ku Klux Klan leader in "A Time to Kill"; father Donald was also in the cast playing an alcoholic lawyer
- 1995: Had supporting role in the Oscar-nominated short "The Duke of Groove", helmed by Griffin Dunne
- 1995: Helmed the "Love and Blood" segment of the Showtime series "Fallen Angels"
- 1994: Executive produced the Fox TV-movie "Dark Reflections"
- 1994: Appeared opposite Woody Harrelson in the comedy-drama "The Cowboy Way"
- 1993: Directorial debut with the Showtime-produced prison drama "Last Light"; also starred
- 1993: Second film with Charlie Sheen, "The Three Musketeers"
- 1992: Reteamed with director Rob Reiner on "A Few Good Men"
- 1990: Acted in the ensemble of "Flatliners"; met and fell in love with co-star Julia Roberts to whom he was once engaged
- 1990: Starred opposite Dennis Hopper in the feature "Flashback", playing a buttoned-up FBI agent
- 1988: First of two films with Charlie Sheen as co-star, "Young Guns"
- 1988: Teamed with Robert Downey Jr. as draftees in the Vietnam war-era drama "1969"
- 1987: Co-starred as a teenage vampire in "The Lost Boys"
- 1986: TV-movie debut as a mute teenager in the CBS drama "Trapped in Silence"
- 1986: Played the gang leader Ace Merrill in "Stand By Me"; initial collaboration with director Rob Reiner
- 1985: US TV debut in "The Mission" episode of NBC's "Amazing Stories", directed by Steven Spielberg
- 1984: Film acting debut, "The Bay Boy"; was nominated for a Genie award
- 1984: Moved back to Los Angeles
- 1983: First film appearance in a bit part, "Max Dugan Returns"; Donald Sutherland co-starred
- From 1983 to 1984: Moved to NYC; spent a year-and-a-half looking for work; reportedly spurned offers to appear on daytime serials
- 1977: Moved with mother and twin sister to Toronto at age 10 (date approximate)
- 1976: Stage debut with Los Angeles Odyssey Theater in "Throne of Straw" at age 9 (date approximate)
- 1971: After parents' divorce, lived with mother in Los Angeles
- 1970: Parents separated when Sutherland was four