Kiefer sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland or Jack Bauer, the two sides of a coin that is the soul of the 24 series . An innovative and quality series where Sutherland and his guys from the anti-terrorist unit experience an authentic 24-hour ordeal each season. A single day that he manages to keep half the world on edge. Success, in this case, has been linked to good manners, which has led Sutherland to win two Emmy Awards -as producer and actor-, and a Golden Globe as best actor, as well as four other nominations in different years. . Sutherland’s work has always been recognized, even though his long career has not included big hits or memorable movies. He was an actor, and Bauer has made him a star.

A star with an important interpretive load in his genes. He is the son of Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas , two actors who are over 70 but still active, of great popularity especially the former. Kiefer was born in London in 1966. Four years later his parents separated, and Kiefer and his twin sister were left in the care of his mother in Canada. In Toronto he began to frequent the theater company Young People’s Theatre. These first steps in acting led him to make his film debut in 1983, with a brief role in Hello, Mr. Dugan , a film in which his father played. A year later he starred in The Boy from the Bay, drama about the worries of a teenager that earned him a Genie nomination – the Canadian Oscars. Kiefer started off on the right foot, but his later career was not going to be characterized by leading roles or by awards. He has been secondary in titles such as Count on Me (1986), by Rob Reiner or Dark City (1998), by Alex Proyas . He almost specialized in shared leading roles, as happened in Promised Land (1987), where two young people showed the two faces of the American dream; Or in The Three Musketeers(1993), where Athos was. These shared leading roles sometimes coincided with characters of troubled young people who were far from embodying the ideal of an exemplary son. As in Botherhood of Justice (1986), made for television with Keanu Reeves , or Men Face to Face (1986).

It is indisputable that Sutherland has not succeeded in the cinema, but it is also true that he has worked with many recognized professionals such as Joel Schumacher , who had him for four films: Hidden Youth (1987), Deadline (1990), Time to Kill ( 1996), in which he coincided with his father in high school, and Last Call (2002), where he was the sniper who kept Colin Farrell in suspense inside a cabin. Deadline was more than a movie, as it helped Kiefer to meet Julia Roberts. They got engaged, but the actress left him planted at the altar. At the time, Sutherland was divorced from Camelia Kath, with whom he had a daughter, now a teenager. He would marry again, this time to Kelly Winn, whom he has also divorced.

In the late eighties Kiefer felt somewhat lost. He had had a great time in titles that had some success, such as Young Gun (1988), despite which, doubts assailed him. He decided to retire temporarily, to become a professional American rodeo rider. Shortly after he returned to the cinema convinced of his vocation. His rodeo experience helped him make Cowboy Up (2001), about two professional rodeo brothers. A clear example, on the other hand, of an inconsequential title of his filmography. Nothing to do with Some Good Men (1992), a new film directed by Rob Reiner, where he was Lieutenant Jonathan Kendrick, a secondary character with whom he stood up in the interrogation of the loquacious lawyer played byTom Cruise . Lieutenant Kendrich was not a little angel, as were many of Sutherland’s roles in the 1990s. He went from a rebellious and troubled young man to a murderer with the skills of a kidnapper. If not, ask the terrified Reese Witherspoon in No Way Out (1996), or Sally Field in An Eye for an Eye (1996).

Titles followed one another, but success resisted. Kiefer Sutherland had tried directing with the telefilm Last Night (1993), and with the feature films Últimas consecuencias (1997) and Woman Wanted , where his mother appeared in high school. He ‘redeemed’ himself from evil characters in films like Strange Visions (1999), where he was a policeman; but success turned his back on him. Until he came 24 . It was 2001 and Kiefer had never had an important role in a television series, although he was always linked to the medium. 24It changed his life, in addition to having a decisive influence on the way of conceiving a television series. Bauer’s success transcends borders. Thus, while the 5th season arrives on DVD in Spain, the 6th season has just premiered on television in the United States. In addition, it seems that Sutherland has signed to make up to an 8th, also as a producer, and that Jack Bauer ties him 13 hours a day, six days a week. Even so, he has taken time to shoot The Shadow of Suspicion (2006), along with Michael Douglas and Eva Longoria . He has not lost interest in cinema, and affirms: “That 24ends up on the big screen is the hope of all of us who work on the project”. Who knows, the series watch seems to be endless. Until then, Kiefer Sutherland can continue to enjoy Jack Bauer, his better half.