Donald Sutherland died this Thursday at the age of 88, following a long illness. Several stars paid tribute to this eminently recognized actor (“Hunger Games”, “Pride and Prejudice”, “MASH”, “The 12 Bastards”, etc.).
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- Donald Sutherland died this Thursday June 20, 2024. The Canadian actor and father of Kiefer Sutherland died following a “long illness”, which was not specified by his loved ones. He was 88 years old.
- Donald Sutherland was a very prolific actor in Hollywood. He was revealed to the public in 1970, for his role in the film MASH. He also starred in the drama Klute, The 12 bastards And Gold for the brave Or Animal College. Active on television, he has also won two Golden Globes for Limitless in 1999, then for the TV film On the warpath in 2003. Donald Sutherland continued to be very active in cinema. After playing Lizzie Bennett’s father in the 2005 version ofPride and Prejudicehe played the tyrannical President Snow in the saga Hunger Games. He also appeared in Space Cowboys, JFK Or Return to Cold Mountain.
- Hollywood mourns “one of the most important actors in cinema history”. His son, Kiefer Sutherland, paid tribute to him, writing on social media that “he was never intimidated by a role, good, bad, or ugly.” Actress Helen Mirren hailed “one of the smartest actors to work with [elle ait] never worked” when Jane Fonda, who worked with him several times, said she was “heartbroken”. The director of the first film Hunger GamesGary Ross, praised someone “wonderful”.
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10:36 – The director of the first “Hunger Games” remembers Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland was a major figure in the franchise Hunger Games, since he played, for four films, the big bad guy of the saga: the president of Panem Coriolanus Snow. When the actor’s death was announced, the director of the first episode, Gary Ross, paid tribute to him at the microphone of The Hollywood Reporter : “Donald was so wonderful. Kind, gracious and caring.” But it is above all for “his loving enthusiasm for the work” that he is remembered: “it was not enough to do the work, he had to feel the work and he wanted you to feel it with him every second” .
10:04 – Actress Helen Mirren pays tribute to “a cinema legend”
In a press release, actress Helen Mirren, who co-starred with Donald Sutherland in The Leisure Seekers in 2017, paid tribute to the man she describes as a “cinema legend”: “Donald Sutherland was one of the most intelligent actors I have ever worked with. He had a wonderful, curious brain and great knowledge on a wide variety of subjects He combined this great intelligence with a deep sensitivity, and a seriousness in his acting profession. All this made him the cinema legend that he became.
09:30 – His son, Kiefer Sutherland, mourns “the most important actor in history”
Donald Sutherland was the actor’s father 24 hours flat, Kiefer Sutherland. It was he who confirmed the death of the 88-year-old Canadian actor on social networks, by sharing a black and white photo of him, as a child, at his side: “It is with a heavy heart that I announces that my father, Donald Sutherland, has left us I personally think he is one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema Never intimidated by a role, whether good, bad or ugly He. loved what he did and he did what he loved, and no one can hope to achieve more than that A life well lived.”
09:04 – Jane Fonda is “heartbroken” by the death of Donald Sutherland
Since the announcement of Donald Sutherland’s death this Thursday, June 20 at the age of 88, several Hollywood personalities have spoken to pay him a vibrant tribute. Among them, we find Jane Fonda, who gave him the answer in the film Klute And FTA : “I am stunned to learn of the death of Donald Sutherland. He was a fascinating co-star on Klute and we loved working together.” After sharing a snapshot from the set of the film on Instagram, the actress went on to describe Donald Sutherland as “a brilliant actor and a complex man who shared some adventures with me, like FTA, an anti-Vietnam war tour that we played in front of 60,000 soldiers and sailors serving in Hawaii, Okinawa, the Philippines and Japan in 1971. I’m heartbroken.”
Donald Sutherland Short Biography – Donald Sutherland was born in Saint John, Canada on July 17, 1935. After starting as a disc jockey on Canadian radio stations, he turned to theater at the University of Toronto. Later, he went to England to study at the London Academy of Dramatic Arts. He appeared for the first time in an Italian series then he obtained a role in “At the combat posts” (1965). His son Kiefer Sutherland was born in 1966. His first major role came in 1967 with the “Douze Bastards”. During this period, he alternated between cinema and television (“The Saint”, “Bowler Hat and Leather Boots”). In 1970, he was revealed to the public by his role in “M*A*S*H”.
The following year, he confirmed his acting talent in the drama “Klute”. He became involved against the war in Vietnam by co-directing “FTA” with Jane Fonda in 1972. Donald Sutherland was less prolific in the 1980s and 1990s but his performances in the films “High Security” (1989), “JFK” (1989) 1991) or “Haute Treason” (1996) are remarkable. We find him more active than ever in the 2000s where he shines in “Space Cowboys” (2000), “Return to Cold Mountain” (2003) but also in series (“Commander in Chief”, “Dirty Sexy Money “). He then became known to a new audience for the role of Mr. Bennett in “Pride and Prejudice” (2005) and for that of President Coriolanus Snow in the “Hunger Games” franchise (2012 to 2015).
Donald Sutherland was married three times: to Lois Hardwick from 1959 to 1966, then Shirley Douglas from 1966 to 1970, before ending with Francine Racette, whom he married in 1972. He had five children: the actor Kiefer Sutherland from “24 Heures Chrono”, then Rossif Sutherland, Rachel Sutherland, Angus Sutherland and Roeg Sutherland. Donald Sutherland died on June 20, 2024, following a long illness, at the age of 88.