Donald Sutherland Dies at 88

ACTOR DONALD SUTHERLAND has died at the age of 88 after a long illness, according to Variety.

Sutherland's career spanned well over 50 years, making an early impression in movies like 1967's The Dirty Dozen and 1970's M*A*S*H, and never slowing down from there. He starred in one of his final projects, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, alongside David Oyelowo on Paramount+ last fall.

The Canadian-born Sutherland has one of the most impressive resumes you can imagine, racking up memorable roles in classics like Klute, Don't Look Now, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Ordinary People, and a memorable and hilarious supporting role in Animal House. In later years, he would make one of the most iconic single-scene appearances in film history as Mr. X in Oliver Stone's JFK and appear in all four original Hunger Games movies as the series's primary villain, President Coriolanus Snow.

Despite his lengthy career and plethora of great roles in great movies, Sutherland was never nominated for an Academy Award, and was frequently cited as one of the best to never receive that honor. He did, however, receive an honorary Oscar in 2017, and won an Emmy for his work in the 1995 TV film Citizen X.

He was also known as the father of Kiefer Sutherland, who played Jack Bauer on 24 and is a well-accomplished actor in his own right. Kiefer was among the first to pay tribute to his late father on social media.

"I personally think one of the most important actors in the history of film," he wrote. "Never daunted by a role, good, bad or ugly. He loved what he did and did what he loved, and one can never ask for more than that. A life well lived."

After news of Sutherland's death was confirmed, many online reacted by paying tribute to the actor and his wonderful work.

While he was best known for his work in film, Sutherland did some great work on television as well. He played a wealthy family patriarch in the underrated Dirty hot Money (which was, in a way, a precursor to Succession), portrayed J. Paul Getty in Danny Boyle's Trust, and earned praise for the gravitas he put on display in HBO's The Undoing.

His role in Lawmen: Bass Reeves, where he played Judge Isaac Parker, will go down as his final on-screen work.

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