Rossif Sutherland, a Canadian actor, is the son of renowned actor Donald Sutherland and actress Francine Racette. He began his acting career in a short film he directed while studying at Princeton University, taking on the lead role after the original actor failed to show up on the first day of shooting.
With the encouragement of his father, Rossif Sutherland went on to study acting with renowned coach Harold Guskin, who has also worked with notable actors such as Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, and the late James Gandolfini.
Sutherland made his professional debut in Richard Donner's film Timeline, playing a young French archaeologist. He then landed his first lead role in Clement Virgo's Poor Boy's Game, starring alongside Danny Glover and traveling to film festivals in Toronto and Berlin.
In Gary Yates' High Life, Sutherland portrayed Don Juan, a morphine addict who gets his pills from seductive nurses and teams up with three other addicts to rob a bank, earning a Genie nomination for his performance.
Sutherland has appeared in a range of TV series, including ER, King, and Reign, where he played the role of Nostradamus. He was also nominated for an ACTRA award for his performance in Flashpoint, playing an escaped convict with a crippling speech impediment who seeks justice after being wrongfully accused.
Despite not initially intending to pursue an acting career, Sutherland's passion for the craft has driven him to commit fully to his work. He grew up in Paris, where he developed a fluency in French, and spent his time writing and singing before transitioning to acting.
