His son Kiefer Sutherland said goodbye to his father on Twitter, reporting his death after a long illness.
June 20, 2024, 8:11 p.m.
Updated June 20, 2024, 20:14
Donald Sutherland has died in Miami after a long illness. Born on July 17, 1935 in Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada), the beloved actor starred in dozens of films, from ‘The Dirty Dozen’, ‘MASH’ and ‘Klute‘ to ‘Ordinary People’, passing through ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and the ‘Hunger Games’ franchise, as well as some 200 credits in film and television over more than 60 years.
An immortal career
His son, the also very popular Kiefer Sutherland, has written a informative post on social networks:
“It is with great sadness that I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away. He personally seems to me to be one of the most important actors in the history of cinema. He was never intimidated by 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”
A great talent for both leading and supporting characters, both heroes and villains, Sutherland played memorable roles in films of all kinds, but he also stood out in horror films, with titles such as ‘Shadow Menace’ or ‘Invasion of Thieves’. of bodies’ A remake of the 1956 classic, where the actor played a public health inspector who discovers an alien invasion in the form of perfect duplicates of human beings.
He worked with filmmakers such as Robert Altman, Federico Fellini, Bernardo Bertolucci and played President Snow in the ‘Hunger Games’ saga. In 2017, rreceived an Honorary Award at the Oscars for his outstanding contribution to cinema. He received an Emmy Award as a supporting actor for the HBO television film ‘Citizen
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