Donald Sutherland died in Miami Thursday after battling a long illness.
Legendary actor Donald Sutherland has passed away at the age of 88. The agency CAA announced the news of Sutherland’s death, as the actor died in Miami Thursday after battling a long illness. Donald Sutherland is the father of 24‘s Kiefer Sutherland and CAA Media Finance executive Roeg Sutherland. Donald Sutherland is known for his iconic roles in The Hunger Games franchise, MASH, Animal House, The Dirty Dozen, and much more. He is a former Emmy winner for his role in Citizen X, and is a 2017 Honorary Oscar recipient.
Donald Sutherland was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, on July 17, 1935. His biggest acting break on the big screen came in the 1967 World War II drama The Dirty Dozen, where he played Vernon Pinkley. He was joined in the all-star cast by Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Ernest Borgnine, George Kennedy, Telly Savalas, and more.
One of Sutherland’s next big projects came in 1970 in another war movie, MASH, where he portrayed Capt. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce in the Robert Altman film. MASH earned five Oscar nominations, winning the Best Screenplay category. It eventually inspired the CBS series of the same name.
Sutherland was recently added to the cast of the Paramount+ series Lawmen: Bass Reeves as Judge Isaac Parker, an imposing and commanding judge in the Fort Smith Courthouse with a complicated legacy. The anthology series hails from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan.
Photo credit Manuel Romano/NurPhoto via Getty Images
