Canadian acting legend Donald Sutherland dies at 88, son Kiefer says Donald Sutherland, the New Brunswick-born acting legend with the distinct baritone voice and prolific stage and screen career that inspired sons Kiefer and Rossif to pursue the craft, has died. The Canadian Press Jun 20, 2024 11:01 AM Jun 20, 2024 11:05 AM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message Actor Donald Sutherland poses for photographers as he arrives at the opening ceremony of the 11th Lumiere Festival, in Lyon, central France, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Laurent Cipriani Listen to this article 00:06:58 Donald Sutherland, the New Brunswick-born acting legend with the distinct baritone voice and prolific stage and screen career that inspired sons Kiefer and Rossif to pursue the craft, has died. He died at the age of 88, Kiefer Sutherland said in a social media post on Thursday. "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 than that," the younger Sutherland wrote on X. "A life well lived.
" With a height of six-foot-four, big blue eyes and deep, dulcet tones, the elder Sutherland was a striking and unmistakable presence in film, television and radio for over 50 years. His varied film roles included snarky surgeon Hawkeye Pierce in "MASH," Julie Christie's troubled husband in the thriller .
