Canadian actor Donald Sutherland has died aged 88, his son has announced.
He was the star of Ordinary People, M*A*S*H and Six Degrees Of Separation and was the father of 24 TV show actor Kiefer Sutherland.
A statement from CAA said: “Acclaimed actor Donald Sutherland died today in Miami, Florida, after a long illness. He was 88 years old.”
Donald Sutherland won a Golden Globe for the television movie Path To War and another gong along with an Emmy Award for the mini-series Citizen X.
With a heavy heart, I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away. I personally think one of the most important actors in the history of film. 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… pic.twitter.com/3EdJB03KKT
— Kiefer Sutherland (@RealKiefer) June 20, 2024
In 2017, he received an Academy Honorary Award for his acting.
His most recent roles included The Hunger Games film franchise as dictator president Coriolanus Snow and as a judge in the 2023 TV show Lawmen: Bass Reeves.
In a post on X, Kiefer Sutherland said: “He loved what he did and did what he loved, and one can never ask for more than that.”
