Jake Coyle, The Related Press
Printed Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 1:19 PM EST
Final up to date Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 1:19 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Sutherland, the prolific movie and tv actor whose lengthy profession spanned from “MASH” to “The Starvation Video games,” has died. He was 88 years outdated.
Kiefer Sutherland, the actor’s son, confirmed his father’s demise on Thursday. There are not any particulars, we are actually obtainable.
“I personally suppose he is without doubt one of the most necessary actors within the historical past of movie,” Kiefer Sutherland mentioned on X. “No function, good, unhealthy or ugly, scares me.” He beloved what he did and did what he beloved, and nobody may ask for greater than that.”
The tall, lean Canadian actor with a smile that may very well be both candy or devilish was recognized for such offbeat characters as Hawkeye Piece in Robert Altman’s MASH, the hippie tank commander in Kelly’s Heroes, and the stoned professor in Animal Home.
Earlier than happening to a protracted profession as a revered character actor, Sutherland embodied the unpredictable, anti-establishment cinema of the Nineteen Seventies.
Over the many years, Sutherland has proven his vary in easier — however nonetheless eccentric — elements in Robert Redford’s “Abnormal Folks” and Oliver Stone’s “JFK.”
Most just lately, he starred within the “Starvation Video games” movies and the HBO restricted sequence “The Undoing.” He by no means retired and labored frequently till his demise.
“I like the work. I like the work with a ardour,” Sutherland informed Charlie Rose in 1998. “I like to really feel my hand match into one other character’s glove. I really feel very free, time stops for me. “I am not as loopy as I was, however I am nonetheless just a little loopy.”
He acquired an honorary Academy Award in 2017.
It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I inform you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has handed away. Personally, I believe he is without doubt one of the most necessary actors within the historical past of cinema. By no means be intimidated by a job, whether or not it’s good, unhealthy or ugly. He beloved what he did and did what he beloved, and nobody may ask for extra… pic.twitter.com/3EdJB03KKT
– Kiefer Sutherland (@RealKiefer) June 20, 2024
