# Kiefer Sutherland = Jack Bauer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiefer-sutherland-jack-bauer/340230 "2006-01-16T16:19:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiefer-sutherland-jack-bauer/340230/1 "2006-01-16T16:19:36Z")
I watched parts of _The Vanishing_ this weekend with some odd Jeff Bridges some less-than-typical Sandra Bullock (there was actually a change of expression once or twice) and some “sympathetic” Kiefer. Every time I see an older role of his now, it’s impossible not to see Jack. The role was made for Kiefer and he’s been building to it his whole life. That’s my position. If you disagree with that, either point to another Kiefer role that is more him, or else name another actor who could _be_ Jack Bauer more. I mean even his work in _Young Guns_ and _Lost Boys_ had him headed toward the rendezvous with Jack. If you need a refresher on his work, [here’s his IMDB page.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000662/) ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiefer-sutherland-jack-bauer/340230/2 "2006-01-16T16:51:43Z")
I watched _Dark City_ this weekend and I had no problem believing he was Dr. Shreber. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiefer-sutherland-jack-bauer/340230/3 "2006-01-16T17:40:21Z")
We _was_ William Burroughs in _Beat_, which is remarkable considering how far away he is from the physical type. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiefer-sutherland-jack-bauer/340230/4 "2006-01-16T18:18:57Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I watched parts of _The Vanishing_ this weekend with some odd Jeff Bridges some less-than-typical Sandra Bullock (there was actually a change of expression once or twice) and some “sympathetic” Kiefer. > > Every time I see an older role of his now, it’s impossible not to see Jack. The role was made for Kiefer and he’s been building to it his whole life. > > That’s my position. If you disagree with that, either point to another Kiefer role that is more him, or else name another actor who could _be_ Jack Bauer more. > > I mean even his work in _Young Guns_ and _Lost Boys_ had him headed toward the rendezvous with Jack. > > If you need a refresher on his work, [here’s his IMDB page.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000662/) Don’t know if I totally agree, but in **Flatliners** he _was_ revived from a near-death state just like hour 24 of last season. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiefer-sutherland-jack-bauer/340230/5 "2006-01-16T18:25:06Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > I watched _Dark City_ this weekend and I had no problem believing he was Dr. Shreber. Damn. That…was…my…exactthought. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiefer-sutherland-jack-bauer/340230/6 "2006-01-16T18:36:24Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > Don’t know if I totally agree, but in **Flatliners** he _was_ revived from a near-death state just like hour 24 of last season. And in the 2nd half of season 2, when he was tortured to death and brought back to life. Though in Season 4 he was trying to use the paddles to revive Paul. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiefer-sutherland-jack-bauer/340230/7 "2006-01-16T18:38:36Z")
I tend to watch Phone Booth when it’s on just to listen to Keifer threaten Colin Farrell with a rifle. And I keep thinking, “This is what would happen if Jack ever went ‘bad’.” If season 2 had been the last season, you can imagine Ryan Chapelle in that booth instead. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiefer-sutherland-jack-bauer/340230/8 "2006-01-16T19:01:16Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > I watched _Dark City_ this weekend and I had no problem believing he was Dr. Shreber. Kiefer as Dr. Shreber sounded a lot like Peter Lorre, or perhaps Ren from Ren and Stimpy (whose voice was obviously based on Lorre as well). I would have loved for Dr. Shreber to stand up to the Strangers just once, to say “Mr. Book! You fat, bloated, EEDIOT!”