Canadian actor Donald Sutherland, best known for his roles in The Dirty Dozen and the Hunger Games films, has died at the age of 88.
Sutherland’s son, Kiefer Sutherland, announced his father’s death “with a heavy heart” in a post on X on Thursday.
With a heavy heart, I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away. I personally think one of the most important actors in the history of film. Never daunted by a role, good, bad or ugly. He loved what he did and did what he loved, and one can never ask for more… pic.twitter.com/3EdJB03KKT
— Kiefer Sutherland (@RealKiefer) June 20, 2024
“With a heavy heart, I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away. I personally think one of the most important actors in the history of film. Never daunted by a role, good, bad or ugly. He loved what he did and did what he loved, and one can never ask for more than that. A life well lived,” Kiefer Sutherland said in the post.
Donald Sutherland was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, on July 17, 1935, studying in the country and later the United Kingdom until his breakthrough role in 1967’s The Dirty Dozen.
Sutherland starred in various films across his esteemed acting career, including M*A*S*H and National Lampoon’s Animal House in the 1970s, but for younger generations, he is best remembered for his role as President Snow in the four Hunger Games films released from 2012 through 2015.
He won two Golden Globes, a Primetime Emmy, and an honorary Oscar during his career. In his native Canada, he also received several honors, including the country’s highest civilian award — the Order of Canada — along with being selected as one of eight notable Canadians who carried the Olympic Flag during the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
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Earlier in the year, Penguin Random House announced it would be publishing Sutherland’s memoir Made Up, But Still True. The book is the “long-awaited, bracingly candid, and utterly unpredictable personal story of movie legend Donald Sutherland” and promises to share “his deep passion for acting, his intense journey through success and loss, and every wild story in between,” according to the publisher. The book is expected to be released on Nov. 12.
Sutherland is survived by his five children and his wife, Francine Racette.
