Kiefer Sutherland Bio | Wiki
Kiefer Sutherland is a British-Canadian actor and musician. He is best known for his starring role as Jack Bauer in the Fox drama series 24 from 2001 to 2010 and 2014. For his performance, Kiefer won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Satellite Awards.
He got his first leading film role in the Canadian drama The Bay Boy in 1984, which earned him a Genie Award nomination. He has been inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Canada’s Walk of Fame and has received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Zurich Film Festival.
Kiefer Sutherland Age
Kiefer was born on December 21, 1966, in St Mary’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom. He is 55 years old.
Kiefer Sutherland Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 9 in (Approx. 1.75 m).
Kiefer Sutherland Family
He was born in St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London, to his parents Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas. Keifer’s parents were both successful Canadian actors who had been living and working in England. He has a twin sister, Rachel, who works as a post-production film supervisor. His paternal half-brother is actor Rossif Sutherland, who appeared in Timeline as Francois Dontelle.
Keifer’s maternal grandfather was Scottish-born Canadian politician and former Premier of Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas, who is widely credited for bringing universal health care to Canada. He is named after American-born writer and director Warren Kiefer, who directed Donald Sutherland in his first feature film, Castle of the Living Dead. Keifer’s family moved to Corona, California, in 1968. His parents divorced in 1970. In 1975, he moved with his mother to Toronto, Ontario.
Kiefer Sutherland Wife
Keifer married Camelia Kath from 1987 to 1990. Together, they had a daughter named Sarah. Through their marriage, Keifer became stepfather to Camilla’s daughter, Michelle Kath, who has two sons. Sarah is an actress and appeared on the TV series Veep. On 29 June 1996, Keifer married Kelly Winn. The couple separated in 1999, and he filed for divorce in 2004.
They divorced on 16 May 2008. He dated Bo Derek in 2000. Keifer began dating model/actress Cindy Vela of Olmito, Texas sometime in 2014, keeping their relationship private up until 2017 when they began to be seen together in public. Vela and Keifer became engaged in 2017. As of 2019, they reside in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles.
Kiefer Sutherland Education
He attended Crescent Town Elementary School, St. Clair Junior High East York, and John G. Althouse Middle School in Toronto. Keifer attended several high schools, including St. Andrew’s College, Martingrove Collegiate Institute, Harbord Collegiate Institute, Silverthorn Collegiate Institute, Malvern Collegiate Institute, and Annex Village Campus.
He also spent a semester at Regina Mundi Catholic College in London, Ontario, and attended weekend acting lessons at Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School.
Kiefer Sutherland In Stand By Me
Stand by Me was the first film Keifer made in the United States. In the film, directed by Rob Reiner, he played a neighborhood bully in a coming-of-age story about a search for a dead body. Before that, he played a silent, supporting character, as one of Sean Penn’s friends who goes up against Christopher Walken in James Foley’s crime-thriller At Close Range.
24 With Kiefer Sutherland
Since 2001, Keifer has been associated most widely with the role of Jack Bauer on the critically acclaimed television series 24. After four times nominations for the “Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series” Primetime Emmy Award, he won the award in 2006 for his role in 24’s fifth season.
In the opening skit of the 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards, Keifer made an appearance as his 24 characters, Jack Bauer. He also became nominated for Best Actor in a Drama Television Series at the 2007 Golden Globe Awards for 24. According to his 2006 contract, his salary of $40 million for three seasons of the show made him the highest-earning actor on television.
Kiefer Sutherland Julia Roberts
Keifer met Julia Roberts in 1990 when they co-starred in Flatliners. In August 1990, they announced their engagement, with an elaborate studio-planned wedding scheduled for 14 June 1991.
Roberts broke the engagement three days before the wedding allegedly because Keifer had been meeting with a go-go dancer named Amanda Rice. Keifer denied having an affair with Rice and said that they only met because he liked to play pool. On the day of their supposed wedding, Roberts went to Ireland with Keifer’s friend Jason Patric.
Kiefer Sutherland Band | Music
In 2016, Keifer released his first album, Down in a Hole, and a music video for “Not Enough Whiskey” from the album. Country music songs became written by him and Jude Cole. The Kiefer Sutherland Band toured in April and May of that year and debuted at the Grand Ole Opry on June 6, 2016. The band performed in Scotland and in Las Vegas in 2019. The band’s second album, Reckless and Me, became released in April 2019.
Kiefer Sutherland Reese Witherspoon
He starred with Reese Witherspoon in Freeway, which gained a cult following. In 2009, Keifer joined DreamWorks’s animated film Monsters vs. Aliens, reuniting him with actress Reese Witherspoon with whom he starred in Freeway. Monsters vs. Aliens is Sutherland’s highest-grossing film to date.
Kiefer Sutherland Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Keifer’s estimated net worth is $100 million.
How Tall Kiefer Sutherland
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 9 in (Approx. 1.75 m).