Sutherland is known for the films The Hunger Games, The Dirty Dozen, Field Hospital, Don’t Look Now, Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors, but the list of films and TV series in which he starred is quite long.
Actor Donald Sutherland, the star of the films, in particular, died at the age of 88 after a long illness. The Hunger Games And Animal House. His son Kiefer announced his father’s death, writes the BBC.
“It is with a heavy heart that I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away. Personally, I believe he was one of the most important actors in the history of film,” he said.
The son emphasized that Donald Sutherland played various roles because he loved his life’s work.
“He was never intimidated by a role, good, bad or ugly. He loved what he did and he did what he wanted,” said Kiefer.
Sutherland is known from the movies The Hunger Games, The Dirty Dozen, Field Hospital, Don’t Look Now, Dr. Terror’s House of Horrorsbut the list of movies and teleseryes in which he starred is quite long.
Born in New Brunswick, Canada, Sutherland began working as a radio reporter before leaving Canada for London in 1957. There he studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He then played small roles in British film and television, and the actor’s breakthrough in Canada was as Hawkeye Pierce, a surgeon in the 1970 film MASH.
It was previously reported that filming of the new Bridget Jones movie has been suspended after the main character was hospitalized following an injury.
Source: korrespondent
