| Biography | Nama : Kiefer Sutherland
Birth Name : Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland
Birth Date : 12/21/1966
Birth Place : London, England, UK
Height : 5' 9½"
Sex : M
Nationality : Canadian
Occupation : Actor
Father : Donald Sutherland
Mother : Shirley Douglas
Spouse : Camelia Kath (12-Sept-87 - 1990), Kelly Winn (since June 29, 1996), Kelly Winn (model, 29-Jun-1996 - 2004)
Relation : Julia Roberts (engaged in 1991), Amanda Rice (dancer, 1991), Reiko Aylesworth (actress, 2003-2005), Tricia Cardozo (former publicity manager, 2006)
Claim Fame : As Ace Merrill in "Stand By Me" (1986)
Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born December 21, 1966) is a Canadian television and film actor. He was born in London, England while his parents were working there, but was raised in Canada. He is the son of Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas, both actors themselves, and the grandson of Canadian statesman Tommy Douglas. He has a twin sister named Rachel, who has had a few credits in film production but does not work as an actress.
Sutherland is well known for his role as special agent Jack Bauer in U.S. television show 24. 24 was originally intended to be a one time mini-series in which special agent Jack Bauer (played by Sutherland) has to stop a presidential candidate from being assassinated as well as rescue his wife and daughter (who are being held hostage). The first season was such a hit that there was a second and third season made. A fourth season is due to begin in January of 2005. There is also a graphic novel called One Shot due to come out in the summer of 2004. The graphic novel is about Sutherland's character Jack Bauer when he first joins CTU; this takes place before the first season occurs.
After the original broadcast of the November 25, 2003 episode of 24, Kiefer Sutherland broke character to address the issue of gun safety, most likely to waive Fox Network of liability in case someone attempted to recreate the Russian Roulette scenes. Sutherland gave a promotion for an organization called Americans For Gun Safety Foundation. Sutherland's personal views on gun politics are unknown.
On April 18, 2000, Sutherland was a featured speaker at the Friends of Medicare rally in Edmonton, Alberta, which sought to prevent the governing Conservative premier Ralph Klein from amending Bill 11 in manner which protesters alleged would permit "two-tier health care" in Canada.
During the fall of 2001, Sutherland unintentionally interrupted the filming of the premire episode of the online series The Lonely Island (http://www.thelonelyisland.com/). In the episode "White Power", The Dudes beat an old lady and steal her purse to facilitate their addiction to teeth whiteners. Sutherland, driving by at the time, jumped out of his car and intervened, only to discover that he was interrupting a student film. A portion of Sutherland's appearance is displayed after the credits.
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