Donald Sutherland, ‘M*A*S*H’ and ‘Hunger Games’ Star, Dead at 88
Written by Rtradio on June 20, 2024
Donald Sutherland, the beloved actor whose storied career in Hollywood spanned six decades and became recognizable for his roles in M*A*S*H, Klute, Ordinary People and The Hunger Games, has died. He was 88.
According to Deadline, Sutherland died Thursday in Miami following a long illness. The cause of death was not disclosed. Sutherland’s death comes just months before his memoir, Made Up, But Still True, was set to be published.
He first made his mark in the 1967 World War II classic, The Dirty Dozen. That role would eventually help him land the role of Hawkeye Pierce in the 1970 war comedy, M*A*S*H. That same year, Sutherland appeared as the hippie tank commander “Oddball” in Kelly’s Heroes and then starred opposite Gene Wilder in the comedy, Start the Revolution Without Me.
Astonishingly, Sutherland was never nominated for an Academy Award, though he masterfully performed in films that would earn a gold statues. In 1971, Sutherland starred opposite Jane Fonda in the Alan J. Pakula-directed psychological thriller Klute, which went on to be nominated for two Academy Awards — Best Original Screenplay and Best Actress, which went to Fonda. Sutherland was honored with an Honorary Oscar in 2017.
Sutherland — the father of five children and whose son, Kiefer Sutherland, went on to star in The Lost Boys and the TV hit series, 24 — earned a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie in 1995’s Citizen X. He’s a two-time Golden Globe winner for Best Supporting Actor, Television for Citizen X and 2002’s Path to War.
He starred in notable movie such as JFK, Backdraft, A Time to Kill (starring opposite Matthew McConaughey and Sandra Bullock. His son, Kiefer, also appeared in the film), The Italian Job, Fool’s Gold and Horrible Bosses. But a younger generation will perhaps forever remember him as the authoritarian president Coriolanus Snow in The Hunger Games franchise, the first of which premiered in 2012 and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz and Stanley Tucci.
Sutherland reprised his role in 2013’s Catching Fire, 2014’s Mockingjay, Part 1 and 2015’s Mockingjay, Part 2. He most acting credits includes the 2023 period drama film, Miranda’s Victim, and the Taylor Sheridan-created Paramount+ series, Lawmen: Bass Reeves.
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