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Hollywood actor Donald Sutherland, known for his roles in M*A*S*H, Klute and The Hunger Games, has died after a long illness.
The 88-year-old died on Thursday in Miami, his agency CAA confirmed.
“It is with a heavy heart that I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away,” his son Kiefer Sutherland wrote in an Instagram post Thursday.
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“I personally consider him one of the most important actors in the history of cinema. He was never afraid of a role, good, bad or ugly.
“He loved what he did and did what he loved, and you can never ask for more than that. A life well lived.”
Tall and known for his intensity on screen, Sutherland’s career spans more than 50 years and 140 film credits, and he won an Emmy for his role as a Soviet official in HBO’s fact-based film Citizen X, as well as two Golden Globes.
Sutherland’s big break came when he was cast as one of the Dirty Dozen in the 1967 star-studded film that became a huge hit. He followed that up with another war film, Kelly’s Heroes, before playing the wisecracking doctor Hawkeye Pearce in the film version of M*A*S*H and opposite Jane Fonda in her Oscar-winning portrayal of “girl on call’ of a high class in the crime mystery Klute.
Reflecting his ability to play any number of roles, Sutherland’s 1970s resume includes a remake of the horror film Invasion of the Body Snatchers and a memorable turn as a pot-smoking professor in the National Lampoon comedy Animal House.
Meanwhile, many younger moviegoers will probably remember him as the evil president in the Hunger Games movies.
Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Sutherland suffered several bouts of ill health as a child, including polio.
He attended the University of Toronto where he studied engineering before turning to drama and acting, graduating with degrees in both.
Asked what advice he would give young actors, Sutherland told Reuters in 2019: “Try to be as virtuous as possible, read, read a lot, study, remember things, enjoy your artistry, learn to dance, be a circus performer , learning how to juggle so many things, but most of all you have to observe.
Sutherland received an Honorary Award from the Board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2017 and was awarded the Order of Canada.
– with CNN
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