“Are you, are you coming to the tree?”: Legendary actor Donald Sutherland has died at the age of 88. He is remembered for half a century of career in which his role as Coriolanus Snowthe fearsome president of Panem in The Hunger Games.
His death was confirmed in X by his son Kiefer Sutherland, director of 24 and Last call:
“It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away. Personally, I think he is one of the most important actors in the history of cinema. He never shied away from a role, whether good, bad or ugly. I loved what I did and he did what he loved, and you can never ask for more than that. A life well lived.”
Sutherland always enjoyed acting: “I love working. I’m passionate about working,” she told Charlie Rose in 1998. “I love feeling like my hand fits into another character’s glove. I feel enormous freedom: time stops for me. “I’m not as crazy as before, but I’m still a little crazy.”
Donald Sutherland’s death was confirmed by his son in a statement from X.
What happened to Donald Sutherland, actor who played President Snow?
Sutherland died Thursday in Miami. His representative told the specialized media The Hollywood Reporter that his departure took place after a long illnessbut no further details were given.
The Canadian actor never retired and worked regularly until his death, in November he planned the publication of his memoirs, Made Up, But Still True.
Donald Sutherland in ‘The First Great Train Robbery’ (1978). (Photo: IMDb).
Who was Donald Sutherland?
Donald Sutherland Born on July 17, 1935 in Canada, he was the son of a salesman and a mathematics teacher. He was raised in Nova Scotia, at age 14 he was already a disc jockey with his own radio station.
In five decades of career on stage, the actor gave life to all types of characters, from villains to protagonists of romancesalthough his fame was consolidated in several generations of moviegoers after his interpretation of the evil President Snow in the franchise of The Hunger Games.
In these films he was the author of tense dialogues with the protagonist, such as “Miss Everdeen, the things we love most are the ones that destroy us.”
Donald Sutherland had a long illness. (Photo: The Hunger Games).
Donald Sutherland series and movies
His career began in the 1960s, but his big career break came in 1970 with the lead role in the black comedy film M*A*S*Hby Robert Altman, in which he played Hawkeye Pierce, an Army doctor in Korea, which earned him his first Golden Globe nomination.
In 1971 he premiered Kluteby Alan J. Pakula, a neo-noir psychological thriller that gave him what is considered one of his most acclaimed roles in which he played John Klute, a private detective who falls in love with a prostitute played by Jane Fonda.
Actor Donald Sutherland at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, California, on October 13, 2017. Sutherland, the towering Canadian actor from “MASH” and “The Hunger Games,” has died at age 88. (Photo: AP). (Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
That same year he shared a project with Clint Eastwood in Kelly’s Heroes and released three more films, marking a career of incessant work, amounting to 200 titles, and of experimentation by having accepted risky projects such as Steelyard Blues and Johnny Got His Gun.
Donald Sutherland in Pride & Prejudice (2005). (Photo: IMDb).
It was Hawkeye Pierce in MASH (by Robert Altman), the hippie tank commander of Kelly’s Heroes and the teacher Animal House.
The performer was known for productions such as:
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
- Pride & Prejudice
- Klute
- The Dirty Dozen
- MASH
- Don’t Look Now
- Ordinary People
- Without Limits
Awards: Donald Sutherland was recognized with an Oscar
The Canadian won an Emmy for his performance as supporting actor for Citizen (1995) on HBO and was nominated in 2006 for the miniseries Human Trafficking.
His work on television was recognized with two Golden Globes for his participation in the television series Citizen and Path to War.
In 2017 he was recognized by the Hollywood Academy with an honorary Oscar, although was never nominated for some of his actions.
Donald Sutherland’s children
Sutherland was married to Francine Racette, Shirley Douglas and Lois Hardwick and began his career in the 1960s and had five children:
- Rachel and Kiefer, with actress Shirley Douglas.
- Rossif, Angus and Roeg, with Francine Racette.
With information from EFE and AP.
