Through the past nine days we've chronicled each of the Canadian celebs who'll be cast in stone today at the latest induction ceremony of Canada's Walk of Fame.
We close with the last (but not least), Kiefer Sutherland, son of Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas and best known these days as Jack Bauer on the clock- obsessed Fox hit 24.
With that number in mind, herewith, 24 reasons why Kiefer's cool enough for the Walk.
1. He has more names than you. He was born Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland.
2. Tommy Douglas -- The Greatest Canadian according to that TV poll last year -- was his grandfather. That makes Kiefer a Pretty Damn Good Canadian, even factoring in genetic drift.
3. He took a break from filming in the '90s to buy a ranch in Montana and join the rodeo circuit. He won first place in the U.S. team roping championships.
4. While filming Stand by Me, he stayed in character by picking on Corey Feldman between scenes. Time would prove he had an uncanny sense of who needed a wedgie.
5. His nickname in high school, predictably enough, was "Reefer."
6. This year, he became the first Inside The Actors Studio guest whose dad was a former guest.
7. He has been "zapped" back to life onscreen twice -- in Flatliners and this year's season finale of 24.
8. He's friends with Wayne Gretzky. By law, every FOG (Friend of Gretz) gets a star on the Walk eventually.
9. Long ago eclipsed Raymond Burr as the best Canadian screen villain in Hollywood history. The role of Lieut. Kendrick in A Few Good Men would nail the title by itself, but there's also Freeway, An Eye For An Eye, Phone Booth, A Time To Kill, The Killing Time, etc.
10. We suspect he's partly responsible for all the Canadians on 24, including Leslie Hope, Elisha Cuthbert, Mia Kirshner and Alberta Watson.
11. Didn't marry Julia Roberts.
12. Acted with Angelina Jolie -- didn't leave anybody for her.
13. His character, Jack Bauer, has iron kidneys. We watch him hour after hour on 24 and he never goes to the bathroom.
14. Kiefer and other stars of 24 will star in a PlayStation 2 video game come fall.
15. He has collected Gibson guitars for more than 20 years, and offers them for use in his recording studio Ironworks -- which he built and runs with Toronto pal Jude Cole.
16. Despite all this, he has not blessed us with a "movie-star rocker" band a la Kevin Bacon, Russell Crowe or, ahem, Lou Diamond Phillips.
17. He's the only one of the Brat Pack Version 2.0 (circa Young Guns) doing work he can be proud of. (Two And A Half Men? Sorry, Charlie).
18. Has worked with 19. both his parents (two films with dad, a play with mom). Such a good boy.
19. He's a better subject for his own game than Kevin Bacon. (Kiefer to Elvis in four degrees -- Kiefer was in Stand By Me with Corey Feldman, who was a "pal" of Michael Jackson, who married Lisa Marie, who was Elvis' daughter).
20. He channelled Peter Lorre in the underrated cult film Dark City. Over-the-top has seldom been as fun.
21. He's named after Warren Kiefer, who wrote and directed Castle Of The Living Dead (which starred his dad). Obscure Italian horror movies are cool.
22. He likes Bad Company and AC/DC and had a '67 Mustang named Lucy.
23. He doesn't take crap. In 1993 he won both an apology and an undisclosed sum in a libel suit against News of the World, which had reported that his first marriage was a publicity stunt.
24. He's often nominated (three Emmys and a Genie) but practically never wins even though he deserves to. (He has won a Golden Globe and Sweden's Aftonbladet TV prize). Here's your star, Kiefer. Short of a jackhammer, they can't take it away.
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