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Kiefer Sutherland (born December 21, 1966Kiefer Sutherland is an Anglo-Canadian television and film actor.

He was born in London, England while his parents were working there, but was raised in Ontario, Canada, where he attended Martingrove Collegiate Institute, and, as a result, he holds both Canadian and British passports. He is the son of Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas, both successful actors. He is the grandson of Canadian statesman and inventor of Canadian medicare Tommy Douglas, who was in 2004 voted by CBC viewers as The Greatest Canadian. 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 an accomplished musician, but this is mainly a hobby as he considers acting his primary career.

Originally known for his work in films, and for being a member of the Brat Pack in the 1980s, now Sutherland is probably best known for his role as secret agent Jack Bauer on the hit U.S. television show . The first season was such a hit that there were second, third, and fourth seasons made. The fifth season has begun in January 2006. On January 28 in 2006, Kiefer Sutherland won the "Best Actor in a Drama Series" award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards

Sutherland also lent his voice and motion design, along with various other cast members from the series, to 24: The Game. The game is based on events that occurred between the second and third seasons of the show and will be released in February 2006. There was also a graphic novel published by IDW that was released 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 , Kiefer Sutherland broke character to address the issue of gun safety, possibly to limit the liability of Fox Network in case someone attempted to recreate the Russian Roulette scenes. Sutherland gave a promotion for an organization called during the original broadcast of the February 7, 2005 episode for a PSA addressing Arab Americans portrayed on the show. He said that Arab-Americans are united with other Americans in their stand against terrorists. This PSA was in response to a complaint and possible lawsuit by an Arab-American group.

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 a manner which protesters alleged would permit "two-tier health care" in Canada.

During the fall of 2001, Sutherland unintentionally interrupted the filming of the premiere episode of the online series (see [[1]]) . 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.

Kiefer is named after Warren Kiefer, who directed the Donald Sutherland-starring movie based fame extends to Japan where he reprised his role as Agent Jack Bauer to be the spokesman for

Selected filmography

Sutherland has directed three and appeared in over 50 films. Some of them are listed below.

(1997). Director and supporting actor, playing a double crossing criminal who ends up on the wrong side of Martin Sheen's crime lord. (1996) in this film loosely based on the famous Little Red Riding Hood Kiefer plays a serial killer who gives Reese Witherspoon's character a ride. (1996) playing the rapist and killer of Sally Field's character's daughter in this tale of revenge. (1993), a Walt Disney film also starring Charlie Sheen, Tim Curry and Chris O'Donnell. Based loosely on the classic novel by Alexander Dumas. (1992). Lieutenant Johnathan Kendrick. Supporting actor alongside: Jack Nicholson, Kevin Bacon, and Tom Cruise. (1992), the prequel to the acclaimed Twin Peaks series. Sutherland plays the partner of Chet (Chris Isaak) in this supporting role. (1990), along with Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon playing a group of medical students experimenting with death. Kiefer Sutherland and Julia Roberts became engaged during filming, however shortly afterwards Julia Roberts broke off the engagement. (1988), with Emilio Estevez, and Charlie Sheen. A story about a group of outcast cowboys trying to defend the land of a man who took them in and helped educate them.Wayne Gretzky is one of his closest friends and the two appeared together in Ultimate Gretzky, a two DVD set featuring a look at the hockey legend's career. Gretzky is also prominently featured in Ford commercials in Canada.His names actually derives from another man's pseudonym: when his father, Donald Sutherland, was acting in italian horror movie "Il castello dei morti vivi", the film's italian director, Lorenzo Sabatini, was using the alias Was originally signed to play his own grandfather Tommy Douglas in a 2005 Canadian miniseries. However, he had to pull out due to conflicts with the fourth season of Intel Mac ad, as of January 11, 2006: "The Intel chip. For years it's been trapped inside PCs. Inside dull little boxes. Dutifully performing dull little tasks when it could have been doing so much more... Starting today, the Intel chip will be set free and get to live life inside a Mac. Imagine the possibilities."From 1988-1990 Kiefer was married to actress Camelia Ortiz Kath, widow of original Chicago guitarist, Terry Kath, and they had a child, Sarah Jude, together, before they ended up divorcing.While filming River Queen in New Zealand, Sutherland was spending an evening drinking in a bar. Having a little too much to drink, Sutherland left the bar and entered a male strip club that happened to be next door. After jumping on stage and removing some articles of clothing, he was escorted out by bouncers and arrested. The owner dropped the charges the next day stating, "Kiefer had a hell of a night", club President Danny Mills told The Associated Press. "He had an enjoyable evening and so did everyone that was here." Mills added: "He's coming back in August, mate, and as far as we're concerned we want him back in here" (see [Article Here]).In an appearance on the TV show Inside the Actor's Studio Keifer said that gravitas is his favorite word, and that