During nine seasons playing Jack Bauer on Fox’s “24” Kiefer Sutherland learned a thing or two about protecting the President of the United States. For his return to television in ABC’s much buzzed about political thriller “Designated Survivor,” Sutherland plays Tom Kirkman, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the country’s “designated survivor” -- a nominated member of the Cabinet assigned to fill the Presidential shoes in the event of a catastrophe that leaves the country without a leader. So how does the most famous protector of the free world leader feel about having the tables turned on him?
Kiefer Sutherland of ABC's “Designated Survivor” on Playing a POTUS
