Kiefer Sutherland by the Numbers: Looking Back on His Career Milestones
Kiefer Sutherland returns as a TV action hero in Rabbit Hole. Fans will meet Sutherland’s John Weir when the spy thriller premieres March 26 on Paramount+, and fans can expect the actor’s latest heroic character to fit the mold of guys like 24‘s Jack Bauer and Designated Survivor‘s Tom Kirkman.
“At the start of it, he’s kind of bad, but what makes it right is that he’s doing it to [people who are] repulsive,” Sutherland said in his cover story interview for the inaugural issue of TV Insider Magazine. “Then, over time, he starts doing things because they are the right thing to do, as opposed to just simply being the right thing for him.”
Ahead of his new espionage tale, we’re looking back at Sutherland’s life and career in numbers, from the movies he’s starred in with his father, Donald Sutherland, to his time at the rodeo, career milestones, and beyond. Scroll through Sutherland memory lane in the gallery below.
Rabbit Hole, Series Premiere, Sunday, March 26, Paramount+
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1 Films Sutherland has co-starred in playing son to his real-life dad, film legend Donald Sutherland
The 2016 revisionist Western Forsaken. The pair also appeared in Kiefer’s first U.S. movie, 1983’s Max Dugan Returns, but they didn’t share screen time; it was the same with 1996’s A Time to Kill.
3 The Simpsons episodes Sutherland has lent his voice to
He played an Army colonel in Season 18’s “G.I. (Annoyed Grunt).” He also voiced a character named Wayne Slater in Season 23’s “The Falcon and the D’ohman.” And in another Season 18 episode (called “24 Minutes”), he played an animated version of his 24 hero, Jack Bauer.
3 Fingers Sutherland broke during his first rodeo
Years later, his crew won the 1998 U.S. Team Roping Championships.
4 Major awards that Sutherland won for playing Bauer
One 2006 Emmy, one Golden Globe (2002) and two SAG awards (2004, 2006), all for lead actor in a drama series. He also shared a best drama Emmy as an executive producer (2006) on the series.
5 Films he made with the late director Joel Schumacher
The Lost Boys (1987), Flatliners (1990), A Time to Kill (1996), Phone Booth (2003) and Twelve (2010).
7 Video games Sutherland has been featured in
24: The Game, three Call of Duty games and three Metal Gear games.
7 Names on the actor’s birth certificate
Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland.
20 Guitars Sutherland owned at last count
Including two coveted 1954 Gibson Les Paul Juniors. Sutherland’s axe collection once numbered about 100.
145 Jack Bauer catchphrase moments
During the run of 24 that Jack Bauer uttered his drinking-game-inspiring catchphrase “Damn it!”
204 Episodes of 24
In which he worked to save the world as 24’s agent with nine lives.
