FrameThrower · Actors · Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland
6 films · 564 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1986–2023
Born 21 December 1966 · Paddington, London, England, UK
Kiefer Sutherland is a British-Canadian actor, producer and director, best known for his portrayal of Jack Bauer on the Fox thriller drama series 24. Sutherland first achieved critical acclaim for his role in the Canadian film The Bay Boy (1985,) after which he rose to further prominence for Hollywood roles, primarily as villains. During the 2000s, he pivoted to more heroic roles. He has won an Emmy Award and Golden Globe award. He is the son of Canadian actors Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 6 films · 564 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1986–2023
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama2002
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series2006
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series2004
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series2006
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series2006
- Canada's Walk of Fame2005
- Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama2003
- Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama2002
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 564 frames from the 6 films we hold. This is the look of the work Kiefer takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 6 films we hold, 44% of their frames are night, 45% natural — the look of the work Kiefer takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 564 frames from Kiefer Sutherland's 6 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.