Donald Sutherland, eclectic Canadian actor best known for his role in The Twelve Bastards (1967) or his role as dictator in the saga Hunger Gamesdied at the age of 88, his son Kiefer Sutherland announced on Thursday June 20.
“It is with a heavy heart that I announce the death of my father”wrote on the social network “one of the most important actors in the history of cinema”. “He was never intimidated by a role, whether good, bad or uglyadded his son. He loved what he did and did what he loved, and you couldn’t ask for anything more. A life well lived. »
In more than fifty years of career and some 200 films, Donald Sutherland has established himself as a chameleon actor, capable of embodying great cinema villains, antiheroes or romantic characters. The Canadian received an honorary Oscar for his entire career in 2017.
After starring in cult British series like Bowler hat and leather bootsDonald Sutherland had obtained his first major role in 1967 in The Twelve Bastards, with Charles Bronson. His slender silhouette, his absent air and his enigmatic smiles ensure his charisma and singularity.
Other hits include the anti-militarist farce MASH (1970) and the thriller Klute (1971) where he plays a private detective in search of a perverse killer who threatens a call girl played by Jane Fonda. Federico Fellini also gave him the role of Casanova in 1977. More recently, he distinguished himself as President Coriolanus Snow, the cruel dictator of Panem, tormentor of Jennifer Lawrence in Hunger Games.
